Hey guys,

In this episode I give you a couple of news updates from around the Amazon world as always and also an update on my hazmat situation and what I'm doing to help boost my cashflow.

My quote for the week is: We cannot become what we want by staying who we are!

Show links:

Dangerous goods classification:  https://sellercentral.amazon.com/gp/help/help.html?itemID=201003400

Kabbage loan:

www.kabbage.com

Talk again later this week!

What is up everybody!

I have a really interesting podcast for you today! 

Jason Miles is Udemy’s most popular eCommerce instructor and the Adjunct Professor of Online Marketing at Northwest University. Jason has authored three best-selling books with McGraw Hill on the topic of social media. As the co-founder of several companies he’s sold millions online and he’s passionate about helping others grow their online business.

Forbes, The Huffington Post, Wharton Magazine (of the University Of Pennsylvania Business School) and other premiere publications have featured Jason’s writings. He regularly speaks at conferences on the topics of ecommerce, social media, and social enterprise. Jason also co-founded Sew Powerful a thriving charity combating extreme poverty through sewing purposeful products that enable academic achievement.

While Jason has sold millions online, he is most passionate about the start-up phase, branding, social media, and the transformational power an online business can have in the lives of hard working people as they turn their dream into reality with proven techniques and practical online marketing strategies.

Don't forget to go the link below for some free goodies from Jason and also more info on the inner circle coaching!sa

https://www.winningonshopify.com/p/AmazonEntrepreneur

Hey guys,

Sorry it's been a little while, I've been dealing with some crazy throat and flu issues but I'm back and almost at full health! :)

So in this episode I talk about a couple of updates from around the Amazon world, a big one being the image suppression email. Click here to take you to the reports page in SC to go a download the “Listing Quality and Suppressed Listing Report”.

Also, I talk about my struggles with staying in stock and hopefully why you won't get into that position!

I'll be back again tomorrow guys!

Hey guys,

I have another crazily inspirational story for you today with Chris Nowak from MyPPCPal!

He started a pool cleaning/building business before he got into selling on Amazon and since then he has created a wildly successful Amazon business and most recently hit $4 million in sales in 2017. He then went on to sell his business for multiple millions.

We talk about the struggles Chris had growing the business, using social media influencers, and leveling up mentally to keep investing in your business! Chris has also NEVER USED A LAUNCH SERVICE so we talk about how he launches products using PPC and how his MyPPCPal software can help you! 

We talk about how he bids on 1000 keywords during a launch to rank his products - and it works! Listen to his method for how he does this, it was brand new to me! This is a link to a blog post where Chris details the exact method he uses:

https://www.myppcpal.com/rank-higher-amazon-ppc/

You can sign up for MyPPCPal here and if you use code TAZ you will get a 15% discount off the available plans!

Hope you guys enjoyed the episode!

Hey guys!

My motivational quote for the week: "I never lose, I win or I learn" As always, explanation in the episode!

I'm coming at you from Vegas and in this episode I go into the details of some of the key lessons I learned as I made my way up to $50k in revenue per month and also some news on fake reviews and more million dollar sellers than ever!

1. I thought I could do way more than I did. I am super ambitious but can admit that trying to launch 7 products in Q4 was beyond me and I should have tried it... which leads me to...

2. I should have got a mentor immediately. Had I done so, I would have been protected from my own stupidity and done a lot better (though the lessons are valuable)

3. Must learn to push through the hard times.  At one point I was paying $4.5k per month in loan and card repayments with 0 sales. This was a tough time and I am blessed that I have a full time job that can support this level of risk taking!

4. Cash flow is EVERYTHING! Again, another HUGE lesson that I’ve spoken about at summits and is critical to understand before you think that you can launch (and then keep in stock) 7 successful products with about $80k. Newsflash, you can’t, at least not with the products I was going after!

5. Staying in stock is a challenge!

I also made it onto the Follow The Data podcast with Viral Launch so have Casey Gauss and Cameron Yoder talking to me about what it's like working full time and running an Amazon business! Check it out here!

Talk next week!

Hey guys!

This week I have Casey Gauss on the show and here's a summary of what we talk about:

- Quick update on where VL is at and the $100k Salesforce pitch night

- The importance of keywords and the specific action mentioned in the title that you need to take action on right now!

- How changing your title can have a temporary negative impact on your keyword ranking

- The importance of using the full length of your title real estate

You can try out the keyword research tool we mentioned in the show by clicking here!

Hey guys,

First off, my quote for the week: 

"The reason why most people won't become who they want is because they are too attached to who they have been" Lisa Nichols

So, ever since I made my post of reaching the $50k per month milestone and that the biggest help getting there was finding a mentor, I've had lots of questions on how to find a mentor so I am going to address that in this episode and also a couple of other things below:

• Tips on how to find a mentor
• How to make best use of a mentor
• Amazon banning buyer accounts for too many returns?
• My update
  • From no review to hazmat review?
  • Staying in stock challenges - should you launch more or stay in stock?

Hope you guys enjoyed the episode! 

Hey guys!

In this episode I have Manny Coats on, the founder of Helium 10 and the AM/PM podcast and we're talking about some of the latest features that have come out recently on Helium 10:

- Blackbox: Product research

- X-ray: Chrome extension for product analysis on amazon.com

There is also a full video for this episode that I've posted on my Facebook page that you can watch by clicking below as we spend a lot of time on screen share in this episode:

FB link

Also, I mentioned this in the episode and you can use my code TAZ to get $100 off your entire first year! And this code won't be around for too long as they are changing up their discount structure soon (this isn't a joke!) so use it now!

Hope you guys enjoyed the episode! Later this week I'll be talking my journey to $50k per month and beyond! 

Hey guys,

Here is my update episode for the week starting with my quote for the week:

"Giving up is simply not an option"

In this episode I talk about the importance of inspections after just this week having a product that had failed all 80 samples that were tested...! 

I also went to my first official meet up here in Boston which was so much fun and great to meet other sellers! 

I update you on my next steps for my patent claim and also what has happened in my latest hazmat review for a new product, it's not good news! 

Have a great weekend! 

Hey guys!

First off, brief warning of some colorful language from Chris in this episode! :) Also, the audio isn’t perfect as Chris is currently at an incubator in Shanghai so couldn’t get a room, hence there is a bit of background noise.

Right so today I have Judolaunch founder Chris Rawlings on the show and he has a pretty incredible story for how he got to selling on Amazon and then how he transitioned into creating Judolaunch. More on Judolaunch later! What I really loved about Chris is how transparent and honest he is about both his successes and failures and I find that it’s rare to have that kind of candid transparency!

We go over so much and here are some of the highlights:

• How Chris started his Amazon business
• His major challenges as he grew so rapidly
• What Judolaunch was created and how they can help you launch in overseas markets

Judolaunch is a platform that provides all the services you need to launch your products in foreign markets and they specifically help with:

• Build and optimize listing (native language listing
• Launching
• Automate (native language customer service)

Fun fact I also learned in this episode: New Zealand there are 7 times as many sheep as humans!

And so if you want to try out Judolaunch you will receive a 15% discount off any package and service you choose by clicking here or going to: 

https://judolaunch.com/go/tazahsan/

Hope you enjoyed the episode!