Amazon Legends Podcast

The guest on today's episode is Marcial Stewart. He is the definition of an innovator and entrepreneur. Playing in a gaming tournament, John Madden football to be exact. He lost a big prize pot and bragging rights to his hands being clammy from all the intense gameplay. His fingers slipped off the controller ten yards from the endzone, resulting in his running back getting hit and fumbling th...

The guest on today's episode is Jonne Välilä. He launched his own FBA private label brand in 2017. After selling more than 1 million pens on Amazon, he founded an Amazon agency with his team. He sold both his brand and agency and co-founded aggregator eBrands in early 2021. In today’s episode, he discusses Differentiating Yourself in Three (3) Different Levels. Takeaways: Create your own uniq...

The guest on today's episode is Casey Hauan. He is an experienced sales & marketing leader with a demonstrated history of leadership, innovation, and passion for moving forward in both e-commerce and the brick-and-mortar retail world. He is skilled in sales identification presentations, retail marketing, event creation, scaling management, and consumer goods with both a regional and globa...

The guest on today's episode is John Esborn. He is the Head of International Transportation at Perch. He has over 40 years of diverse experience in the supply chain industry. Heading up the ocean and air freight organizations, trade compliance, custom brokerage, hub operations, warehousing and fulfillment operations, and final mile delivery. His efforts have particularly focused on start-ups...

The guest on today's episode is D.Scott Smith. He is a collaborator sitting at the juncture of strategy and execution. He is known as a “Motivational Listener”. Scott is a speaker, coach, and mentor who will inspire and motivate you. He has created and published the “Independent Planner”. An analog calendar with a unique daily Goal Tracking system. This planner was created specifically for so...

The guest on today's episode is Ann Sieg. She is the CEO and founder of E-Commerce Business School. Rightly so, she’s known as The Renegade with her “think outside the box” mindset. Ann has sold over $20,000,000 in products online. In today’s episode, she discusses the Golden Rules for Scaling an Online Business Takeaways: In order to be successful, one must put in place solid systems and pro...

The guest on today's episode is Eric Stopper. He is a jiujitsu practitioner, professional podcaster, Youtuber, and Amazon entrepreneur who has worked with over 2000 brands in his career. He recently founded Profitibull, a lead generation company that caters to organizations with high lifetime value customers like HRT and fertility clinics, accident and injury Lawyers, CEO coaches, and more. I...

The guest on today's episode is Aleksandr Migdalovich. He is an Amazon expert with over eight years of relevant experience optimizing profit margins and sales channels through a lean and scalable approach. He helps growth-driven companies increase their channels of revenue. In today’s episode, he discusses Achieving the Highest Conversion Rate on Listings. Takeaways: *People buy because they...

The guest on today's episode is Drey Hilton, He is the Strategy Manager at Dragonflycommerce. He focuses on growing acquired brands by breaking down silos, driving collaboration, and doing the hard things. Using his consulting and Fortune 500 experience, he leverages his expertise to navigate international complexity, drive organizational simplicity, and achieve outsized growth while maintain...

The guest on today's episode is Tom Robinson, He is currently working as BRANDED's Home and Kitchen Category Manager. BRANDED is a global digital consumer product platform that transforms marketplace sellers into international brands loved by millions. Takeaways: *Acquisitions are happening too slowly now. *Aggregators are more focused on operational efficiency and profitability. *Stayin...

In today's episode, our guest is Andrew Morgans. He is the founder of Marknology. He is a thought leader in the Amazon Branding space. He is a resident mentor at UMKC's Regnier Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and guest lectures at the Henry W. Bloch School of Management. Marknology™ has worked with over 300 global brands and has managed sales of over $500 million. Andrew i...

In today's episode, our guest is Carlo Lucatino. He is the founder of ACG Sales & Marketing. He is a Solid Sales and Marketing Professional with over 30 years of Retail Brick & Mortar and e-commerce experience. ACG Sales & Marketing represent several Toy Companies as well as other categories such as Hair Accessories, Travel Accessories, Scooters, Skates, and HBA products. In today...

In today's episode, our guest is Cinthya Coutinho. She is the founder of BrushinBella. As a single mom and former dolphin trainer, she is passionate about the ocean and educates the public about how to help the environment. She founded BrushinBella to create eco-friendly, high-quality, and easy-to-use items every parent needs! In today’s episode, she discusses how to Build a Quality-oriented...

 In today's episode, our guest is Todd Snively. He is the Founder of CreateProfits. Online. He has built and sold 12 businesses over the years and operates six online profit centers, including an eight-figure Amazon business and seven figure private label company. He is one of the few entrepreneurs who created six-figure separate monthly incomes for FOUR different Amazon income opportunities,...

In today's episode, our guest is Ashlee Earl. She is the E-Commerce Manager at Plugable Technologies. She's done it all when it comes to e-com including buying 5000 pens at her local grocery store and flipping them online. In today’s episode, she discusses how to Utilize Amazon Attribution to increase traffic and sales. Takeaways:  You can drive traffic to your product through Amazon att...

 In today's episode, our guest is Ryan Flannagan. He is the CEO and Founder of Nuanced Media, an international eCommerce marketing agency. Ryan has over 15 years of experience in eCommerce, multi-channel digital marketing, and third-party marketing. In today’s episode, he discusses how to connect your products with Shoppers. Takeaways:   Reviews are the most important thing in selling on amaz...

Our guest today is Eddie Wheeler, the founder of Guava Listings, an Amazon Listing Optimization agency working with 300+ listings for a leading Amazon Aggregator. In this episode, Eddie is here to share his secrets. Learn how to craft emotional content that will grab attention, engage your target audience, and sew in SEO keywords naturally.  Takeaways:  You need to grab your customer's attent...

 Our guest today is John Cavendish, the CEO & Founder of Seller Candy. John owned and operated multiple 7-figure brands on Amazon, leading him to start a full-service Amazon agency. In this episode, he discusses managing seller performance metrics and complaints.  Takeaways: Try to avoid negative ratings on your product. Amazon is not as easy as it used to be, it would be hard to remove a nega...

Our guest today is Jordan Dekker, he is currently the Director of Strategy and Operations at Thrasio which is one of the largest aggregators in the world. Thrasio works with successful sellers, using a deep understanding of rankings, ratings, and reviews – plus supply chain and marketing smarts – to transform the art and science of commerce. In this episode, he talks about managing an aggregator a...

Our guest today is Ben Leonard. A classic millennial entrepreneur who is now helping others build their ecommerce business through his ecommerce consultancy and brokerage. On today's episode, he discusses how to value your Amazon business and leverage obstacles. Takeaways:  Embrace difficulties, because that would help your product. Every time you have a competition in e-commerce, it is an op...

Today's guest is Denny Smolinski, he is a software engineer turned beauty product entrepreneur. He has used his experience, knowledge, leadership and team building skills to start and grow beBOLD to where it is today. On this episode he discusses about leveraging variations to boost reviews on Amazon. Takeaways:  Separate your product first before grouping them in a parent-child relationship....

Today’s guest is Daniel Fernandez, he is the Founder and CEO of AMZ Clever. He talks about building and ranking your item listings the proper way on Amazon and taking advantage of PPC to rank products and sustain them for more sales. Takeaways: It is all about organic ranking, if you don’t reach organic ranking, your product will not be profitable on Amazon. You profit on Amazon when you get ranke...

Our guest today is Bart Tashakor, E-commerce Manager at Art of Tea. He discusses how to maximize Pay Per Click campaigns with video advertisements and conversion rates using his excellent technical and business expertise, which has led to several successes in commercial and online marketing. Takeaways:  You need to know your product well to help you create good keywords for an effective campaign....

Today’s guest is Adam Shaffer, with more than 30 years of expertise in the field and the rare ability to lead both established businesses and start-ups, Adam speaks about the role of videos and micro-influencers in launching products on Amazon. Takeaways: If you are going to help a brand or your brand grow, you have to be able to tell its story. You need to have A+ content that answers all the que...

Today’s guest is a successful entrepreneur with 2 Amazon exits, one was building a brand in Health & Beauty, the other was building a SaaS platform (SellerTools) for Amazon sellers, which led him to his current role at Carbon6 as a M&A advisor. He's also an active mentor in the growing Amazon seller community on Facebook. Takeaways:  Embrace the chaos to a degree, and then find that p...