Silent Sales Machine Radio

  In today's weekend episode we have highlights of a prior show.   We covered episode #623: A beautiful partnership leads to an amazing Amazon business which you can hear at https://silentjim.com/podcast   This episode's guests have built a fantastic Amazon business with a very part-time effort.   They are the latest of dozens of ProvenAmazonCourse.com students that I've interviewed who have succe...

Today's guest has a full-time job with limited time to dedicate to his Amazon adventure, but he's already scaling fast and doing great! He's finding numerous great REPLENS in his local area stores and online.   He calls the ProvenAmazonCourse.com training his "roadmap" that's helping him build a great business that will one day "bring him home".   This is the latest of 100s of success stories from...

Our newer ProvenAmazonCourse.com and coaching students often ask questions like, "Where can I find a source that allows me to sell items for a profit on Amazon?"   Typically these students are looking at the current or average recent buy box price on Amazon or the featured price and then setting about trying to find a "cheaper source".   While there's some potential in that model, there's far lowe...

Today's podcast episode is about the longest running annual event for Amazon sellers and Ecommerce "multiple income stream" business building warriors that is happening soon! It's the 12th annual PROVEN CONFERENCE happening May 23-25th in Orlando - and it's nearly SOLD OUT!   TheProvenConference.com has details   Today I talk with the director of our coaching programs, Nathan Bailey who has been w...

Once per week or so our Amazon seller leadership team and I love to go live on Zoom with whoever can join us and answer as many ecommerce and Amazon selling related questions as possible. We love to capture the best moments from these Monday night sessions for you and turn them into a podcast episode.   Here's the topics of today's clips put together by the team:   Robin gives us an introduction a...

Over the past 20 years, having coached ecommerce success to nearly 10,000 students, I can tell you with certainty that I know the number one question that anyone who is "stuck" has on their mind...   "What can I sell?" or "Where is the profitable inventory?" or "Where can I start if I want to find good inventory?" etc.   Let's tackle that head on with one of the dozens of great strategies that we...

Today's new podcast episode is a great one to hear as we head into the final days before our TheProvenConference.com event in Orlando FL with well over 700 attendees registered to attend!   If you can't make it to Florida with us May 23-25th, be sure to snag live-stream because you'll be blown away by nearly 50 highly successful speakers from our community (listeners to this podcast and students o...

On today's podcast episode we give an update on "The System" that we first discussed back on the wildly popular episode 754 of our show.   If you are ready to deploy a single software tool that helps you GROW and MONITOR a catalog of REPLENS ASINs while managing and automating the entire workflow process, then today's episode is a MUST LISTEN.   This is going to revolutionize the Amazon game for t...

Once per week or so our Amazon seller leadership team and I love to go live on Zoom with whoever can join us and answer as many ecommerce and Amazon selling related questions as possible. We love to capture the best moments from these Monday night sessions for you and turn them into a podcast episode.   Here's the topics of today's clips put together by the team:   Jim gives us an introduction and...

Our guest for today's episode started on Amazon many years ago, but he was on a TREADMILL model of scanning bar codes, going store to store, always selling different items and getting stuck with an ever growing "pile" of unsellable inventory.   He got (understandably) frustrated and his margins were dropping.   He did this model for TEN FULL YEARS and then he took a full two years off - he quit Am...

What can the different offerings in this community give me that I can't just get from the  ProvenAmazonCourse.com ?   This coaches corner podcast episode discussion explores various educational resources provided by the community that complement the "textbook" knowledge from PAC (Proven Amazon Course).   We discuss everything from free options like our 75K member Facebook group to our $37 Kickstar...

Today I interview a married couple who has used our coaching and the relationships they've built in our community to build an incredible business based on the concepts taught in the  ProvenAmazonCourse.com course.   He left his career in banking behind and she left her teaching career behind as well - and they've been ALL IN for over two years - and it's going great!   They are doing Amazon REPLEN...

Once per week or so our Amazon seller leadership team and I love to go live on Zoom with whoever can join us and answer as many ecommerce and Amazon selling related questions as possible. We love to capture the best moments from these Monday night sessions for you and turn them into a podcast episode.   Here's the topics of today's clips put together by the team:   Jim gives us an introduction and...

A panel of leaders from our team got together to tackle these questions recently and we recorded the conversation. ALL Amazon resellers, bundle sellers and anyone who is considering selling on Amazon will benefit from hearing this discussion.   Overview: A couple times per year for the past 20+ years we've seen both minor and major updates and changes come into play for sellers on Amazon, eBay etc...

Today's all new episode tackles common questions and challenges faced by newcomers to selling on Amazon, specifically around restrictions and approved categories. It begins by addressing the concerns of many new sellers who find themselves confused by the limitations placed on what they can sell, noting that initial approval typically includes categories like Home and Kitchen, Arts and Crafts, Off...

Today's podcast guest lives in Laos and runs a successful Amazon selling business in the US on Amazon.com . He's using concepts from the ProvenAmazonCourse.com course to provide all the living expenses he needs while he's living permanently in the country that God called him to  serve and love on the people of a poor nation.   Laos is a poor nation where the US dollar goes very far, so our guest f...

Once per week or so our Amazon seller leadership team and I love to go live on Zoom with whoever can join us and answer as many ecommerce and Amazon selling related questions as possible. We love to capture the best moments from these Monday night sessions for you and turn them into a podcast episode.   Jim gives us an introduction and background on SilentJim.com  and the ProvenAmazonCourse.com  ...

On today's new podcast episode we meet a married couple who began their Amazon selling journey just a few short months ago.   They are ProvenAmazonCourse.com students who quickly jumped into our coaching program as well and they are doing great!   As you'll hear, they have made incredible progress in a very short time! You'll hear what types of products that are selling, how they find a new "test...

Sorry to burst your bubble, but after helping hundreds of students succeed on Amazon last year we are positive that "There is No Magic Formula".   We can teach you the SYSTEM, but there are lessons to learn and opportunity comes with a steady ongoing learning curve.   This new podcast episode discusses the opportunities and complexities of finding profitable Amazon products (aka Amazon Standard Id...

Today's all new podcast episode is yet another fantastic Proven Amazon Course success story student!   Sharon is a full-time teacher, but with her spare time she's built an incredible Amazon business!   With the help of coaches on our team, she has built successful branded bundles and is also using our REPLENS selling strategies as taught in the ProvenAmazonCourse.com course.   You pick up several...

Once per week or so our Amazon seller leadership team and I love to go live on Zoom with whoever can join us and answer as many ecommerce and Amazon selling related questions as possible. We love to capture the best moments from these Monday night sessions for you and turn them into a podcast episode. Intro topics Jim gives us background on the My Silent Team Facebook group and how to join.   My S...

For over 20 years, the only income my family and I have had is from multiple online ventures. I've learned many valuable lessons about growing online streams of revenue over this time and on today's episode I break down the most important elements of the journey.   I explain why we start the vast majority of our new students with Amazon selling. I also discuss the three categories of opportunity t...

On today's new podcast episode you'll meet a coach on our team who is running a $500K+ Amazon REPLENS business with his wife.   When covid slowed their family business to a crawl they knew they had to find a flexible, scalable biz model to replace the income and they've found it in the REPLENS strategies as taught in the ProvenAmazonCourse.com course.   You'll hear about what they sell, how they f...

In today's weekend episode we have highlights of a prior show.    Today's guest only learned of Amazon REPLENS just a few short months ago. She's a busy mom working full-time and pursuing a business degree but she's managed to just have a very healthy five figure month on Amazon using the strategies as taught in the  ProvenAmazonCourse.com course.   We covered episode #775 -  Busy mom pursuing a c...

In a recent popular facebook post we discussed the most common ways we see especially new sellers on Amazon FAIL. Many mistakes are common among even the most experienced sellers as well however.   The Facebook post took on a bit of a life of its own with some great participation from the community.   The bottom line is this -if you avoid these common "traps" your odds of building a great business...