eCommerce MasterPlan

It's great to have Dave Rotheroe back on the podcast - last time we spoke to him he'd just launched 2 subscription businesses in 6 months, and now he's back to share what he's learnt in the last 8 months. Lots here about using your customers to grow your business - getting them to spend more and recruit new customers too. Plus we delve into how he's tweaked his products to incr...

Julia Lowe is a serial business woman and founder of Farm Toys Online. With her permanent team of 6 she runs the online only business which does the majority of its sales in the 6 weeks to Christmas. We discuss creating points of difference, using marketplaces to clear dead stock, email segmentation, and much more. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analy...

Sean Senvirtne is the found of MyDeal.com.au - Australia's favourite online store that's on track to turnover $30,000,000 in 2016. It's a bootstrapped business (so growth is funded from the profits) and he's achieved that growth by focusing on excellent customer service (from the product pages onwards), SEO, and looking after his suppliers. Lots for us all to learn in this episode...

Jon Butt is the accidental founder of Fire Protection Online, a business he launched in 2007. He's build it to turnover £2,000,000 per year, and systematised the business so his team are able to run it day to day without him. (In fact he only visits on Thursday mornings). In this show we discuss how to systematise effectively, plus lots of ways to market your business for strong growth. This p...

Our host Chloe Thomas attended both the Internet Retailing Conference, and eDelivery Conference last week, and now brings you her pick of the top takeaways from the event. Including product, single customer view, customer experience, and lots on delivery. Including insights from Airbnb, Holland and barratt, Feelunique, Boots and more This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysi...

Dan Adler is co-founder of Wink Beds, they launched in March 2015 and in their first year did $2million in sales, despite having only one product. In the show Dan shares his keep-it-simple approach, and we discuss the marketing methods he used in year one, and is still using now. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/le...

Our host Chloe Thomas attended eCommerce Expo last week, and now brings you her pick of the top takeaways from the event. Including how to get more email sign ups, improving conversions with personalisation, Apple pay for email, and Chloe's own tips on how reviews can improve your marketing and return on investment. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad...

After 15 years in the fashion industry Jia Wertz launched Studio 15 (her own business) on the public in 2015 and now has 10,000 customers buying her off the peg and bespoke dresses. Since launch she's also helped 30 African women start their own business. There are many clever layers to Jia's business and you're just going to have to listen to get it all - but key themes are sticking t...

Nejc Skoberne is the Lead Growth Marketer at Honest Brew, who have over 20,000 customers and 3,000 active subscribers. We dive into how the business has grown over the last 2 years and where his focus as "Lead Growth Marketer" is - which isn't what you'd think! It's not all Adwords and cost per click, there's a far bigger focus on building great relationships with the custo...

Mat Braddy was the founding CMO of Just Eat, and is now building Rock Pamper Scissors to revolutionise the hairdressing world. He has a wealth of experience that we dive into in the show. Including his top advice for startups, why offline marketing is key to growing fast, some great tips for building the right website for your customers, and great insight into how to build a successful marketplace...

Kimarie Santiago is the creator and owner of Saltopia Salts a business that simple sells Salt. Natural sea salt infused with amazing flavours. They're on target to hit $500,000 turnover in 2016, 50% of which will be online, the rest wholesale. Kimarie discusses the challenges and successes of building a business out of a hobby whilst juggling family life. Plus why it's so important to outs...

Tim Thorp is co-founder and head of marketing and sales at Snakehive. A UK eCommerce business with sales equally split between marketplaces and their own website. Tim discusses how they started the business, their focus on product, great customer service. And lots about marketing including welcome sequences, social media, google shopping campaigns, and much more. This podcast uses the following th...

Nick Griffiths is co-owner of Any Old Lights a bricks and clicks business selling vintage lights. They've found a focus on SEO and great content to be the best way to grow their woocommerce site. In the bricks and mortar world they've followed a test and measure process slowing increasing the size and focus of their retail store. Lots of tips on all that and blogging! This podcast uses the...

Charles Fitzgerald founded bandage dress specialist The Kewl Shop in 2012. His team are all over the world, and his business sells in to the USA. He's focused on great customer service, and investing in a regular high quality blog to grow to 50,000 visitors per month. He shares his tips on all that as well as his product sourcing and Facebook ad tips. This podcast uses the following third-part...

Janet Murray is a journalist and author of "Your Press Release is Breaking my Heart: A Totally unconventional guide to selling your story in the media”. In this podcast she shares her 4 key ways that you can manage your own PR and get great national and international coverage for your business in a straightforward way. We discuss how to find out what stories journalists need your help with, ho...

Ryan Langford is the CEO of Ultimate Bundles. It’s a very different type of eCommerce business to those we normally feature, rather than focus on selling products day in day out, Ryan and his team put all their effort into sales events, during each of which only one single product is on sale – a specific bundle of resources. In the last 3 years they’ve run 20 of them and sold over 160,000 bundles....

Dean Salakas is the "Chief Party Dude" at The Party People. A bricks and clicks Australian party supplies business that started eCommerce back in 1998 with click and collect. He has a repuatation for being first - first Google Adwords customer in Australia. AND for using TV as a way to increase customer trust and build brand awareness. Hear all about how he does it in this show. This podca...

Lee Wilcox is a co-founder of On The Tools, a business that started with B2B app plans, but due to the massive response to their social media activity headed down the eCommerce route. They sell logo t shirts and hoodies to tradespeople. All based on their Facebook, Instagram and SnapChat followings. Lee gives us a masterclass in why content is essential, and listening to your customer is the be al...

Tim Fargo is the founder of socialjukebox – yes we’re diving into the world of SaaS (that’s software as a service) today. socialjukebox is a cloud-based software system for managing your twitter activity, there is a simple free option, then a range of subscription packages depending on how much you want to do. Socialjukebox launched in 2014 and as we record now in March 2016 they have 28,789 users...

David Hathiramani is an eCommerce veteran of over 10 years, we discuss how listening to the needs of the customer has totally changed his bespoke tailoring business over the last 10 years, and how he's on a mission to bring bespoke tailoring to the masses. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-pri...

My top 7 Marketing Manipulation Books to read over Summer 2016 (or winter if you're in the southern hemisphere!). Taking you through the 7 best books available to help you take your business to the next level, by ethically manipulating your customers. And no I don’t think you should read all 7, you know I’m all about efficiency and focus! Rather you should listen to this review then pick the o...

Liam Jennings and his co-founder Josh might still be holding full time jobs alongside their eCommerce business - but they've already learnt the lessons many of us struggle with for years! Seeing 150% year on year growth - Liam really knows his stuff when it comes to looking after the customer, engaging on social media and growing those sales. Tips here for even the most seen-it-all eCommerce b...

This week we're excited to bring you Tamara Duschl Head of Brand for one of the world's Top 5 retailers! Yes, we have Tesco in the interview chair today. And it's all about brand, values, and the customer experience. Lots of tips and ideas for even the smallest of retailers. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.co...

Alasdair Broom explains how the eCommerce arm of his business enables him to satisfy existing customer's demands for add-ons, and has enabled him to provide two new types of products - a DIY solution, and garage flooring. All of which is increasing customer acquisition. We also discuss stock management, product sourcing, and the challenges of rebranding. This podcast uses the following third-p...

Our host Chloe Thomas attended the Direct Commerce Association Annual Summit last week, and now brings you her pick of the top takeaways from the day. Including great mobile commerce tips from Amy Africa, how to use Web Chat to increase your sales with Dixons Carphone, some great new research, and Chloe's own How to Grow your Sales with Social Media. This podcast uses the following third-party...