Silent Sales Machine Radio

Having a balanced book of business on Amazon means having stability. How can this be achieved? That's the topic we discuss today!   It'll take some work at first and it will be hard before it's easy, but this is the necessary path every true Business Building Warrior must go down!   We also announce our upcoming Virtual Conference to help kick off the fourth quarter! Unlike past years, we are offe...

Amazon recently hosted 2,500+ sellers at their Seattle headquarters and we were honored to be invited to attend at no charge as "media". I think they wanted us there because of the popularity/influence of our podcast, but regardless - it was a huge honor to attend at no charge!   On this episode Nathan Bailey (my 20 year coaching director) and I discussed the event, what we learned and make some o...

In this segment, you'll hear a bunch of great highlights from a previous episode. A few nuggets include tenacity and keeping at it, putting the pieces in place with the right mindset and what is a sustainable business model. Listen to the full episode - Episode 653: Branded bundles on Amazon have changed her life at https://silentjim.com   Highlights: The guest shares how she's always wanted to be...

There are a few practical and mindset shifts that will give you a HUGE advantage in business. If you pair these lessons with Ecommerce, you become virtually unstoppable. These lessons have been learned over 20 years of teaching 1,000s of students. The patterns are undeniable.   On today's episode I discuss: -Why ecommerce is different than traditional business -Your opinion on "profit" REALLY matt...

In this segment, you'll hear a bunch of great highlights, but a few nuggets are what are the essential tools to get started, an inside look at sourcing and why the "why" is important.   You can hear the full episode at https://silentjim.com/podcast Episode #613 - Four months into AZ Replens and these lifelong friends are seeing exciting results     HIghlight notes:   The guests talk about starting...

Today's podcast guest is another successful provenamazoncourse.com student (and coaching student) who has seen some true challenges and struggles in the past few years. He's very candid about the relational and health challenges that likely would have ended the dreams of many people, but he's persisted and gone on to build a beautiful life and business on the other side of it all. Watch this episo...

Sometimes we get new Amazon selling students who have already sent in multiple shipments that might not have been quite as successful as they had hoped they'd be. On today's new podcast episode we talk about the solutions we offer these students in our coaching. We also have an update for you about our ProvenBrandedBundles.com brand new course! Learn to launch bundle listings with brand name produ...

Today's guests started with very little funding and are super excited about the trajectory and results they are seeing in their Amazon business!   You'll be encouraged and inspired by the latest ProvenAmazonCourse.com students who've agreed to be interviewed about their journey!   The community, their coaches and all the relationships they've built along the way have played a huge role as you'll s...

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     Show note LINKS:   SilentSalesMachine.com - text the word "free" to 507-800-0090 to get a fr...

On today's all new episode we dive into the topic of selling BRANDED BUNDLES on Amazon.   We are super excited to launch ProvenBrandedBundles.com!   We've been seeing some exciting success stories and momentum on our team lately with this concept! One of our students discussed today has all 40 of his branded bundle listings on Amazon on FIRE (all of them are doing well!)   There's a lot to love ab...

Today's all new podcast episode will be great for our newer Amazon selling students who don't quite understand the difference between looking for "profitable products" and "filling underserved shelf space at Amazon".   Get in the flow...that's the big lesson today!   Are you over complicating the process of building a business on Amazon? Part of the beauty of being an Amazon seller is that you ben...

Once per week or so I love to go live on Zoom in the Facebook group with whoever can join me and answer as many ecommerce and Amazon selling related questions as possible. Recently, we recorded one of these sessions for you.   Added segment - Alex from Sellerboard discusses the features and advantages of this tool. Special pricing can be found at: silentjim.com/numbers   Questions and comments:  ...

Today's new podcast episode is part 2 of a 2 part story. If you missed part 1, go back and listen to episode number 694 at https://silentjim.com   One big lesson in this episode is this: Your Amazon selling skills are wildly valuable in the real world!   Another lesson: Our community and coaching is something truly special - we have so many amazing stories!   Today's episode is the conclusion of m...

How does the Amazon selling model that we call "REPLENS" compare to the other businesses "opportunities" that are available to all of us?   If you're like me, you've tried and failed at many models.   I now consider any biz opportunity based on these factors: Learning required Odds of sustained success Overall costs and risk Quality of the community of people working that biz model   etc.   How do...

I hope you realize how incredibly valuable your Amazon selling skills are in the real world! There are some amazing doors of opportunity that open up to you once you understand the basics of selling on Amazon.   Today's podcast interview with another provenamazoncourse.com success story is proof of just that.   Paul started out where so many of our successful students start - skeptical and willing...

Our recap of episode 609: After 20 years of ecommerce experiments, she's really into Amazon REPLENS and doing great! Listen to the whole episode here https://silentjim.com/podcast   This episode is sponsored by the https://JimCockrumCoaching.com team! We have nearly 60 coaches currently. Set up a time to chat with us about coaching if you are ready to speed up your journey towards having a real bu...

On today's all new podcast episode, I met with a mastermind group that formed in our community organically. They're having tremendous success in supporting each other and growing together. They've navigated some very challenging situation's together and they are all proven Amazon course students.   All of them are also fairly new to selling on Amazon, but most of them have already built beautiful...

Phrases like those below have played a role in helping 1,000s of people launch beautiful businesses on Amazon.   "Slow and Steady Wins The Race" -The main lesson from "The Tortoise and the Hare" Aesop's fable   We like "fast and steady too" though!   "Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself." -Eleanor Roosevelt   "If you do enough small things right,...

  Did you know that we have many provenamazoncourse.com Amazon sellers who use our REPLENS strategies to build multiple seven figures businesses? One of the great leaders on our team actually did about $13MM last year and get this -he's aiming for $36MM next year on Amazon with his unique approach to REPLENS WHOLESALE.   And he's sharing all the details on today's new podcast episode! Watch this e...

Once per week or so I love to go live on Zoom in the Facebook group with whoever can join me and answer as many ecommerce and Amazon selling related questions as possible. Recently, we recorded one of these sessions for you.   In this segment, Jim offers suggestions for new sellers - listen to podcasts (silentjim.com/podcast) and get a free copy of his Silent Sales Machine book. Jim also discusses...

We love to hear the stories of the amazing businesses and relationships that emerge from our community of business building warriors who are using the provenamazoncourse.com to thrive!   Today's brand new podcast interview is a great example of this.   Nichole and Elizabeth each run their own successful Amazon businesses, but they operate with complete transparency in support of each other's busin...

Especially for newer ecommerce warriors, the landscape of opportunities and challenges that come with building an Amazon or online business can feel overwhelming or even scary at times. The solution we've offered over the years that has helped countless students is this encouragement: Do NOT do it alone! We are here to help! We've been helping ecommerce warriors launch beautiful businesses for ove...

Our free podcast and Facebook group (not with over 73,000 members!) has had a huge impact on the businesses of thousands of people- and today's latest podcast guest is no exception!   He's now built an amazing business based on the ideas he's learned from the friends he's met in our community while applying the REPLENS model (as taught as the "new seller" training module in the provenamazoncourse....

In this segment, you'll hear a bunch of great highlights from one of our  ProvenAmazonCourse.com students. A few nuggets include selling private label, how online arbitrage allows travel flexibility and proof that the ASIN shortage thought is a myth. Great content!   The full episode title is #607 - Fulltime Engineer prepares to leave career as he's replaced his income with Amazon Replens. Listen...

Today's podcast episode guest is another great provenamazoncourse.com success story. She started less than 18 months ago while still working her very busy corporate leadership schedule, but soon she was considering making her Amazon business her full-time gig.   Jump forward a few months and she was a coaching student and was continuing to build a fantastic business. She's now gone full-time and i...