On this episode of Link Up Leaders, Francois and Lisa sit down with Carlos Alvarez, the original Wizard of eCommerce to learn more about his experience on Amazon, and how he's helping other eCommerce business owners to scale their businesses.

💥About Our Guest!💥

Carlos Alvarez, a successful Amazon retailer, created Wizards of Ecom to empower online sellers with the techniques he learned over nearly 15 years as an Amazon Seller and Digital Marketer. He is also the founder of Wizards of Amazon, the largest Amazon Meetup group in the world, a frequent keynote speaker at events and conferences, Meetup’s first City Organizer, Fiverr Community Manager, lead E-commerce mentor for the SBA, and host of the Wizards of Ecom podcast.

In addition to his Amazon experience, Carlos is the Founder and CEO of Blue Bird Marketing and Consulting. Blue Bird Marketing & Consulting offers many years of experience helping new and large businesses launch and grow thousands of new products with great success both on and off Amazon. We help brand-owners grow their brand both on and off Amazon by employing effective techniques and tools such as Amazon Marketing tools.

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Learn more about the Wizards of eCom at https://wizardsofecom.com/

Learn more about BlueBird Marketing Solutions at https://bluebirdmarketingsolutions.com/

Questions for Carlos? Send him a text! 305-902-1283

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💥Resources mentioned in this episode💥

📚Virtual Freedom by Chris Ducker https://www.amazon.com/Virtual-Freedom-Become-Productive-Business/dp/1939529743

📚The Founder's Dilemmas by Noam Wasserman https://www.amazon.com/Founders-Dilemmas-Anticipating-Foundation-Entrepreneurship/dp/0691158304

🌐Process.st https://www.process.st/

🌐BaseCamp: https://basecamp.com/ --

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During this episode of Link Up Leaders, Jake Barnett shared with us the difficulties of scaling up an eCommerce business with a focus on the supply chain, and how buyers look at the supply chain and the value that brings. He also shared with us how things such as relationships with suppliers and inventory are treated during an acquisition.

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About Our Guest!

Jake Barnett is VP, Business Development for Fortunet, a leading investment bank focused on premium 7 & 8 figure Amazon-Native brands. Prior to Fortunet, Jake was Head of Business Development for two early and prominent FBA aggregators, completing 15+ acquisitions in the space before moving to the sell-side with Fortunet to help sellers maximize outcomes with a business exit. Jake is an avid traveler and adventurer, speaking 3.5 languages, having visited 60+ countries and all continents except Antarctica.

Jake also enjoys adventure sports such as sailing, kite surfing, and riding motorcycles. Fortunet is an investment banking firm specializing in M&A for E-commerce businesses, in particular, Amazon FBA businesses. The Fortunet team has successfully completed over 50 transactions of 7 and 8 figures Amazon businesses and is well-known in the ecosystem for bringing premium deals to the market at premium prices.

Learn more about Fortunet at https://www.fortunet.net/

Get in contact with our guest! Email Jake at [email protected]

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On this episode of Link Up Leaders, Francois and Lisa sat down with Founder of Your Logistics Corp Andrew Kirk to learn

• How COVID impacted 3PLs in the US
• What business owners should look for in a reliable, reputable 3PL partner
• What business owners can do to become priority clients for their 3PL partner

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About Our Guest!

Andrew Kirk, CEO of Your Logistics has more than a decade's worth of experience in the logistics and fulfillment industry. His career first began at UPS at the age of 18 and since then, Andrew has built his own network of clientele and now operates two successful 3PLs, one in Dallas, Texas, and the other in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Learn more about Your Logistics at www.yourlogisticscorp.com

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This episode of Link Up Leaders features Brendon Fields, Founder and CEO of Rebaid. Brendon shares with viewers how to develop an agile supply chain that allows Sellers to test launch products without immediately running out of stock or taking a big risk on a large opening order from an overseas vendor. Brendon, Francois, and Lisa also discuss the history of rebates, and how Amazon Sellers can offer leverage rebates to boost their product ranking and successfully launch a new product.

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About Our Guest! Prior to the advent of Amazon FBA, Amazon Advertising, and other popular programs, Brendon Fields would request reviews in return for his product sold on Amazon back in 2013. While the strategies for launching products, sourcing inventory, warehouse, and fulfillment have changed over the years, the core principles have remained the same. Through his own experiences as an eCommerce business owner, Brendon Fields founded Rebaid.com in 2018, which has become one of the largest rebate-based launch platforms.

Rebaid.com is a rebate platform that supports sellers with product launches and liquidation of excess or obsolete inventory. Founded in 2018, Rebaid has quickly become a leading platform amongst eCom sellers. They now support launches and liquidation campaigns for products listed on Amazon, Walmart, eBay, Etsy, and independent websites.

Learn more about Rebaid at www.rebaid.com

Check out Brendon's podcast Rize & Shine on YouTube!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC00hQnpNdbPvM1uRMmF5ukg

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Francois and Lisa sat down with Yoni to learn more about how he and his team at Escala help eCommerce businesses scale through these process improvements and share tips that you can implement in your business today!

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About Our Guest!

Yoni Kozminski is the Founder and CEO of Escala, an eCommerce process improvement consultancy enabling operational growth to multi-million dollar status. Through the delivery of elements including; process mapping, SOPs, organizational strategy, built for exit SOP information transfer, global expansion, and beyond Escala helps usher in the professionalization of eCommerce sellers.

Learn more about Escala at https://www.weareescala.com/

Learn more about MultiplyMii at https://multiplymii.com/

Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Traction-Get-Grip-Your-Business-ebook/dp/B007QWLLV2

Download the MultiplyMii Amazon 2 Year Financial Planning Google Doc! https://freetools.multiplymii.com/financial-planning-template-0-0#download-form

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DON'T LEAVE MONEY ON THE TABLE!

Amazon FBA will reimburse Sellers for discrepancies that they notice, but there is a lot that goes undetected.

Do you know how to find these discrepancies?

How long do you have after an audit to be reimbursed?

On this episode of Link Up Leaders, Francois, Lisa, and Yoni will discuss how Amazon Sellers can leverage these discrepancies to maximize their profits.

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About our Guest!

Yoni Mazor is the CGO & Co-Founder of GETIDA. He began developing GETIDA after successfully operating a $20 million yearly Amazon FBA business and selling fashion brands internationally. By utilizing data visibility technology, Yoni and his team at GETIDA focus on discovering and managing financial and inventory-related discrepancies with billions of dollars of transactions managed annually.

Learn more about GETIDA at https://getida.com/

Check out Yoni's Podcast PrimeTalk at https://www.primetalk.io/

Connect with Yoni on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoni-mazor-b204a274/ or send Yoni an email at [email protected]

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About our Guest!

Currently serving as the Director of Customer Success, Nithin Mentreddy joined the SellerApp team in September of 2019. He has over 10 years of experience in Supply Chain and Business Development and is a former Entrepreneur.

Get in touch with the SellerApp team at [email protected]

Learn more about how SellerApp's services at www.sellerapp.com

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On April 14th, Francois and Lisa sat down with Chase Clymer, host of Honest eCommerce, to talk about the hardest part of being an eCommerce business owner, examine which systems are more important to build, and explore the "brand scaling framework".

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About our Guest!

Chase Clymer is the Co-founder at Electric Eye where he and his team create Shopify-powered sales machines from strategic design, development, and marketing decisions. He is also the host of Honest Ecommerce, a weekly podcast where we provide online store owners with honest, actionable advice to increase their sales and grow their business.

Check out Chase's Podcast Honest Ecommerce! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoIDYbz6QemLNgDWbj-7kTA

Learn more about Electric Eye at https://electriceye.io/

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Tomer David, the Founder and Host of Sourcing Monster, helps people understand who to start a private label business with an emphasis on selling on Amazon using the Amazon FBA model. He created Sourcing Monster to show how he started his own Amazon FBA business and continued to learn and grow! Tomer shares his tips and proven method that he still uses in his own business to help other sellers grow.

Today, we'll be talking with Tomer about how he implemented the use of virtual assistants to help him scale his business.

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About our Guest! Currently residing in Boca Raton, Tomer David helps entrepreneurs understand Private Label and start their own business. He specializes in helping online business owners get started selling on Amazon through Amazon FBA. Tomer created Sourcing Monster to share how he started his Amazon FBA business, and how he continues to learn and grow.

On Sourcing monster, he shares tips and proven methods that he has used and still uses in his own Amazon FBA business.

Check out Sourcing Monster here https://www.sourcing-monster.com/

Watch Tomer's YouTube Channel here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7RblrxgdQtxmifi4XwizxA

Questions for Tomer? Get in touch with him by emailing [email protected]

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About our guest!

Amazon Seller and Amazon engineer Scott Needham founded BuyBoxer in 2012, which came to have the largest catalog of Amazon Prime products in the nation! He also hosts The Smarter Amazon Seller podcast, where Scott shares his experience as a successful Amazon Seller to help Sellers scale their own businesses.

In 2020, Scott created SmartScout, the most extensive Amazon brand and product finder ever made. SmartScout's seller tools give users a birds' eye view of what's happening on Amazon, providing brands and Sellers a fresh perspective to get a leg up on their competition.

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