MegaMinds | eCommerce Growth + Personal Development

From engineer to entrepreneur, Barry's journey to building Mason has been an epic one. ____________________ Before writing a single line of code or designing the product, he spent time talking to over 100 merchants, primarily on Shopify, to deeply understand their biggest pain points. He found that while merchants were able to do marketing and automation outside their storefronts, they struggl...

In this episode, we hear from Ruslan Leteyski, a self-made millionaire (at 24!) who has founded multiple successful businesses, including CheckoutX and Vanga AI (which he exited successfully). Not to mention building a VILLAGE in the countryside for business owners ( Coliving Semkovo ) :O He talks about his latest venture, ZipChat AI, which focuses on driving e-commerce sales through AI-powered ch...

Talking ALL things content and marketing (and more), this insightful conversation between Evan (Content Executive at Australia's #1 digital marketing agency) and Matt (Founder of Goodo Studios ) unpacks creative strategy in easy-to-digest ways. Referencing the likes of David Ogilvy and Claude C. Hopkins, the chat is jam-packed with laughs and killer insights. The boys serve up great tips like....

Based out of the San Francisco bay area, Dr. Kyra Bobinet combines business know-how with detailed neuroscience – giving her a truly fascinating, unique perspective on business and personal growth tactics. Her decades in the medical field helped her understand the workings of the brain, and she's harnessed these learnings to help herself and countless professionals achieve their personal devel...

What's the power of the quiz? Hint: It's significant. How can business owners improve their time management? How can you harness personalisation in marketing? These are just a few of the topics we chat about with Gen Furukawa, Prior to founding Prehook, Gen was the VP of Marketing and Content at Scale, a leading AI writing tool, and also lead marketing at Jungle Scout as VP of Marketing. N...

Luis Garotti was creating graphics and designing for brands since he was old enough to work. Fast forward to today and he's helped the likes of Mercedes Benz Australia stand out in the crowded marketing landscape. How? Traditional marketing. Luis is different to most MegaMinds guests. Why? He's old-school – he uses print media (signage, print-outs, apparel, car wraps) to help brands get lo...

His third business went from 0 to 250k customers with an initial investment of just $700. A serial entrepreneur who mastered success by learning from failure, Bucharest-based Valentin Radu uses ultra-modern techniques to boost Customer Lifetime Value and Conversion Rate for DTC eCommerce brands. In one of the most value-packed episodes to date, Evan and Valentin dive into: Other channels to help D...

A Shopify master who has built HUNDREDS of websites for leading eCommerce brands, Clayton Bates tells it like it is: to get sales, you need a site that isn't just beautiful, it needs to serve its PURPOSE and nothing else. As a serial entrepreneur himself – from selling Coke cans in high school to an online Cards & Collectibles marketplace, to the award-winning web-building agency – Clayton...

In this jam-packed chat, Evan and Lamees talk about tech and AI, and how they're shaping the eCommerce landscape – including using AI to your advantage to get more customers, build a better customer relationship, and make them fall in love with your brand. Plus... the golden ticket for brands right now (to get more ROI from products) AND how the biggest D2C brands boost their community engagem...

With nearly 2 decades of growing 8 and 9-figure businesses, Monica Sharma-Patnekar knows a thing or two about connecting with customers. A business coach who also knows how to cherish the important things in life, Monica has worked with Fortune500 companies across brand management, strategy consulting & global marketing. She was hired by Google to coach their premium partners, and runs Busines...

With 15+ years, 3,000+ projects, and hundreds of clients under his belt, Mark knows what it takes to build a brand. Joining Evan and Ben is Mark Drager, Founder of Phanta Media , Spartan Race runner, and host of the We Do Hard Things podcast. Together, the team chat about: Using " Loss Leaders " to build a brand Personal brands vs corporate brands - what's the difference? Why perception is truth (...

It doesn’t matter how good your ads are, or how good your product is. If your website is slow and painful, your customers will make a beeline for your competitors. Tiny changes compound. Today, the boys deliver a special episode FULL of actionable changes you can implement for your business right now. A 1% increase in CRO can be $1000s of dollars in new customers. Want to join the discussion? Mess...

"The Real Sofa King", serial entrepreneur Edgar Blazona has a no-BS take on building brands — it's all about HUSTLE, social engineering, and providing the BEST service possible. After working at Pottery Barn and Restoration Hardware, he saw customers waiting MONTHS for sofas. So he went away, harnessed his entrepreneurial mind, and solved this problem in 2015 when he launched BenchMade Modern — a...

💬 "And that’s how you turn a mediocre customer into a diehard fan for life" 💬 Today  Evan Bryce  is joined by Growth Marketer,  Ben Gogos . As part of the  Hey Bud Skincare  team — Australia's #1 Hemp Skincare Brand — Ben is always on the nose of trends and growth tactics. In this jam-packed chat, the boys talk about NPS scores, how to improve customer service, clever fe...

🚨 Don't sleep on high-end production 🚨 (Listen to episode #29 - part 1 - first) Evan is joined once again by Matt , creative agency CEO and founder), Matt Gattozzi ! Together, the boys dig into themes like: How to THINK about content Pretty ads VS Ugly Ads Why you should invest in high-end production Is photography DEAD? Using content on your Shipping page Learning and working philosophies "Don’...

TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Google, UGC – what's working? What's not? Should I run "pretty ads" or "ugly ads"? Is UGC untrustworthy? 😱 Will TikTok be banned? And how can content build community?  Today Evan is joined by fellow content enthusiast and creative agency founder (and super nice guy), Matt Gattozzi !  Together, the boys explore themes like: Why long-form content is key Why TikTok...

"If it doesn’t make them smile, don’t send it. " (Founder of Parrot , former Lead Software Engineer at MailChimp and Vice President at BlackRock, Osa Gaius joins Evan on the show to dive into SMS marketing, ecommerce growth, learning philosophies, and more! After working with literally thousands of brands at Mailchimp, discovering everything about email marketing, Osa launched parrot to make SMS m...

💬 There is only ONE thing you need when making less than $35k monthly revenue... 💬 Today Evan Bryce is joined by Strategy Sprints CEO, Ted Talk Speaker, and expert in marketing, leadership, and growth hacking, Simon Severino . Want to know how to automate your entire business? Then FIRE yourself from operations. Want to find the right thing to do, and, more importantly, how do we do it the right...

💬 If you’re not doing this in 2022, you’re not being competitive 💬 Today Evan Bryce is joined by Growth Marketer, Ben Gogos . As part of the Hey Bud Skincare team — Australia's #1 Hemp Skincare Brand — Ben is always on the nose of trends and growth tactics. In this jam-packed chat, the boys talk about quantifying branding, creating "WOW" moments, supercharging word of mouth, the Ecom World confe...

Back by popular demand , Jai Howitt (Founder of Brand Boostr , Co-Founder of NTL ) joins Evan on the show to dive into TikTok, ecommerce growth, and the power of building positive habits. Last year we spoke with Jai after he generated over $40 million in sales for brands through performance-focused creatives. Since then, TikTok has taken the world by storm, and he's been at the forefront of capita...

Evan is joined by William Varney, Head of SEO at Megaphone (Australia's #1 Digital Marketing Agency). As a former coding and web design expert, Will has a unique understanding of what it takes to grow a website's online footprint, and he shares plenty of actionable tips throughout this chat. The boys explore strategies to cleverly harness SEO to grow your brand ; take a step back and share why you...

"Features are gonna tell, benefits are gonna sell." As the CEO of Rush, Kiril Kirolov has helped hundreds of e-commerce merchants and agencies increase their AOV (average order value) & CLTV (Customer lifetime value). In this insight-packed show, your host Evan Bryce sits down with Kiril to uncover his secrets to success, unpacking topics like: — How to get 8x more opens and clicks with email...

“TikTok has completely changed the way that content is made and delivered at scale. If you do not adapt, you get left behind.” — Arjun Shukla, CEO Megaphone USA —— TIKTOK Special! —— In today’s show, Arjun Shukla is back to chat with Evan Bryce about the social media platform that’s reinventing how we create and consume ads: TikTok. In this insight-packed show, the boys discuss how to capitalise o...

Did you know that 35% of Amazon’s revenue comes from cross-selling and upselling? Ruslan Leteyski is an upsell mastermind, with experience increasing the bottom line of thousands of e-commerce brands . On one hand, his Shopify apps have helped him glean data from an exhaustive list of DTC companies. On the other hand, he's built his own successful 8-figure business while maintaining a 50% profit m...

In this insight-packed show, Evan is joined by Alon Abraham, Founder of both TAG Direct (Melbourne-based marketing agency) and TheDailyRoutine.co (e-commerce brand). Over the episode, we explore strategies to cleverly utilise organic social media content; dive into Alon's biggest learnings and challenges from working with dozens of diverse e-commerce brands; chat about his strong approach to hirin...