Million Dollar Brands

In this episode I share my experiences after selling a business for 8-figures.

I still have a minority stake in the brand but it was time to hand it off to a team that can scale it even further while I focus on building out Capitalism.com.

Crowdfunding is one way to get past the hurdle of coming up with enough seed money to launch new products AND find validation in the market and determine demand.

On this episode I invited a crowdfunding expert and consultant, Khierstyn Ross to walk through some of the important things you need to think about as you launch products using crowdfunding.

Khierstyn Ross shares the experiences she's had helping many companies not only have successful campaigns but actually build long-term successful brands.

In this monologue talk I share with you how you can raise your prices when selling products, without isolating your customers, even if your competitors are charging less money than you.

You'll be able to keep your profit margins high, sell more, and still be cool in the process.

This will making getting to the $1 Million per year mark much easier if you POSITION your brand the right way.

On this episode I talk with Travis Killian, who has made a 10-figure business out of selling physical products on Amazon.

We wanted to let you know what Travis has learned about growing his business; he's got great tips that you can apply to your own venture now.

Key Takeaways

• Commit to the journey
• You either provide value, or you don't, and
• Don't be greedy; a giving mindset will bring success and a team who wants you to succeed

I just had an intriguing chat with eCommerce entrepreneur Jeff Lieber on what new strategies can keep your business relevant on Amazon RIGHT NOW.

Key takeaways:

• Amazon Giveaway is powerful
• You don't run an Amazon business, but you may run a business that uses Amazon, and
• Inform your confidence in your business

Robert Herjavec probably sees more deal flow in a week than most people see in a lifetime, and every business he invests in must be successful. As a member of the Shark Tank he's learned a lot about physical products businesses.

What is the common thread among those businesses he invests in? Leadership that thinks big. In this clip from The Capitalism Conference, Robert shares his goal of reaching $50 million before he turned 50, and how to think bigger.

Mike Zagare is one of the world's leading experts on maximizing traffic to Amazon product pages.

Mike went all-in on pet products on Amazon and hit it big using pay-per-click (PPC) advertising.

Key takeaways:

• Optimize your spend with products under one brand
• Craft excellent PPC ads, and
• Put those ads in front of the right audiences

This episode is all about driving traffic and converting customers – and the handsome man telling us what's working and how to do it is none other than Ezra Firestone himself.

Ezra is a long-time, experienced e-commerce entrepreneur who has created a massive e-commerce businesses for himself and his clients.

Ezra is the eCommerce wizard.

This is my most popular keynote of all time with over 1.5 million views on YouTube. This talk covers the step-by-step playbook on how to get to $1M/yr in revenue selling physical products online. Amazon is always changing so make sure you listen to all of the Million Dollar Brands episodes to stay up to date.

This is episode will walk you through the basics of building a successful brand.

Today Amazon has many great resources and processes available to distribute your company products to the world.

This episode covers manufacturing, positioning yourself to be in front of Amazon traffic, and how to think about keywords and reviews. If you already understand all of these 101 fundamentals skip to the next episode.