Jim Cockrum

Silent Sales Machine Radio

As of Spring 2026 voted a top 20 overall e-commerce podcast*! Also voted the #1 podcast for Amazon sellers**! The ONLY e-commerce podcast that features 100's of RECENT, REAL success story interviews with real people building great businesses online. Welcome to the most listened to and success filled Amazon seller and e-commerce podcast on the web! This is also the official podcast of the award winning ProvenAmazonCourse.com training course. Inside the free 84,000+ member Facebook group for fans of the show (SilentJim.com has a link) you'll MEET and INTERACT with an amazing community that uses...

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Jim Cockrum

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Business

Latest episode

Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

#583: Full-time firefighter finding his way with an Amazon REPLENS business 06.02.2023

Our typical podcast episode is an interview with a successful student who has serious momentum or results, but we also hear from many listeners who say they'd like to hear with those who are just starting and struggling a bit. That's today's guest Ted.   He's made several thousand dollars in sales, but it's not quite clicking for him yet at the level where he'd like to be. He loves our community,...

#582: Our weekly highlights and recap of powerful business lessons 04.02.2023

In today's episode we have all of the highlights of prior shows including where to find the many resources mentioned! We covered episode #565 and #570.   Show note LINKS: SilentJim.com/returns - If you are tired of getting returns sent to your home or office as an Amazon seller, send them here instead! They'll sell them for you on eBay!   PrepCenterNetwork.com - Need a hand in prepping inventory?...

#581: Homeschooling pastors wife with four young kids builds beautiful Amazon REPLENS business 02.02.2023

Today's guest is a married mom with four young kids and a thriving photography business as well that keeps her super busy! With all that going on she's still finding a few hours per week to dive into the Amazon training she's learned through the provenamazoncourse.com and our coaching program, and get this -   She's built an amazing business that's sure to inspire you! She's seeing tremendous resu...

#580: How deep should I go on any given product on Amazon? What if I bought too much? 01.02.2023

On today's podcast episode we discuss a mix of helpful topics for any Amazon seller who is following the REPLENS system as taught in the ProvenAmazonCourse.com course.   We address questions like: How deep should I go on any given product? How do I know when it's time to let a product go? How can I get rid of unwanted products? What's the best strategy for avoiding excess unwanted products and oth...

#579: From doing construction with zero Ecommerce experience to Amazon REPLENS success 30.01.2023

Today I interview to ProvenAmazonCourse.com students who have built a great business and they are aiming to go even higher in 2023.   They are business partners with a background in the constructions industry, but after reconnecting with an old friend they heard on this podcast they decided to jump into Amazon REPLENS.   You'll hear how they source profitable inventory, what tools they use and we'...

#578: Our weekly highlights and recap of powerful business lessons 28.01.2023

In today's episode we have highlights of a prior show including where to find the many resources mentioned! We covered episode #523 and it's perfect if you're just getting started. Show note rsources and LINKS: My Silent Team Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam 100% FREE!  JimCockrumCoaching.com - Get a free session with a business consultant on our team at 1-800-994-1792 /...

#577: Your first item, your 40th item and your 1,000th item sold on Amazon 26.01.2023

There are "growth stages" we've discovered in the process of running a 72,000 member facebook group for our PROVENAMAZONCOURSE.COM   Amazon seller community while also assisting hundreds of successful Amazon REPLENS coaching students.   In other words, we've served more than enough students at this point to notice some distinct patterns.   The list of things that "keep you up at night" (which real...

#576: Selecting good inventory, quantities and some of those "gray areas" Amazon sellers encounter 25.01.2023

On today's podcast episode we discuss a mix of helpful topics for any Amazon seller who is following the REPLENS system as taught in the ProvenAmazonCourse.com course.   We discuss: making good decisions on your inventory purchasing, how many units you should send in when testing new "REPLENS", if barcodes must necessarily match when selling against a listing on Amazon as well as several other pra...

#575: Couple with full-time careers and newborn building a beautiful Amazon REPLENS business 23.01.2023

Today's guests have an MBA and PHD along with a new baby, but they are carving out a couple hours per day to build an amazing business with the ProvenAmazonCourse.com REPLENS model. They are doing it without doing any of the prepping/shipping themselves (no inventory in their house!)   They are also coaching students as you'll hear them describe. They've quickly found 70-80 profitable products tha...

#574: Our weekly highlights and recap of powerful business lessons 21.01.2023

In today's episode we have all of the highlights of the prior week's shows including where to find the many resources mentioned! We covered episode #486 and #482.   My Silent Team Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam 100% FREE! Join 70,000 + Facebook members from around the world who are using the internet creatively every day   JimCockrumCoaching.com - Get a free session wi...

#573: The EXACT products our successful students are selling, what they pay and the sell price revealed 19.01.2023

Would you like to hear the EXACT products, buy prices and sell prices of dozens of our most successful students? Better yet, do you want to know HOW they are finding these great items to sell? That's what our show is all about today! In a recent post in our 71,000 member Facebook group of Amazon sellers I asked members to reveal a product they sell, what they paid and what it sells for. It's a gre...

#572: How to have a successful Amazon selling business with no coaching or courses 18.01.2023

Can you learn all you need to know about building and sustaining a beautiful ECOMMERCE business without using any courses, coaches or paid training? YES!   Can you launch and grow a fantastically profitable, thriving AMAZON selling business without spending a penny on training, courses or coaching? Again YES!   Can someone tell you exactly how to do that RIGHT NOW PLEASE?!   Of course - let's do i...

#571: Building a wholesale business using ProvenAmazonCourse.com strategies 16.01.2023

Today's guest has used strategies from the provenamazoncourse.com to build a beautiful wholesale business on Amazon. He is also helping a client get established on Amazon as a consultant and he's paid $3,000 / month for his efforts in applying the basic strategies that he's learned as a student of our Amazon training strategies.   Watch this interview on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/8jvJ9kb-e5E...

#570: College student with full-time job builds amazing Amazon REPLENS business quickly! 12.01.2023

Not only did today's guest quickly build an amazing business using the ProvenAmazonCourse.com training, he also launched a service that is helping many sellers in our community!   While working a full-time job (as a college student) he used the lessons he learned in the PAC to run an amazing business with only a few hours per week.   Today we meet Will Abrams. A family member of his referred him t...

#569: Many successful sellers in our community have this in common 11.01.2023

After observing thousands of Ecommerce business builders and coaching countless Amazon sellers over the years, I've noticed undeniable patterns.   There are a handful of simple lessons that will serve you well if you can learn them by HEARING them instead of being PAINFULLY forced to understand them by the realities of ecommerce that we all must eventually understand if we are to succeed.   These...

#568: Built a successful business ONLY by listening to our podcast (no investment needed) 09.01.2023

Today I interview a student who only recently bought the provenamazoncourse.com course and he's not even really dug into it yet.   But get this - He's built an amazing business using the Amazon REPLENS strategies that we teach in our community. He's done it all simply by listening to our podcast and hanging out in our free facebook group (there's a link to all podcast episodes and our group at Sil...

#567: Top 10 pitfalls new & experienced Ecommerce sellers fall into - Part 2 05.01.2023

Concluding the 2 part series about the top 10 pitfalls many new and experienced sellers fall into when launching or growing an ecommerce business.   If you're ready to work with a PROVEN team - give us a call. Details are at JimCockrumCoaching.com   Pitfalls discussed in this Part TWO episode include: Sourcing using liquidations Buying based on INSTINCT Using too much credit too soon Pursuing your...

#566 Top 10 pitfalls new & experienced Ecommerce sellers fall into - Part 1 04.01.2023

In this two part series we discuss the top 10 pitfalls that many new and experienced sellers fall into when launching or growing an ecommerce business.   These observations come from having watched 1,000s of business building warriors both succeed and fail over the past 18 years. Many of these observations are timeless truths that are simply ignored by so many people who would otherwise see far gr...

#565: The ten scariest phrases we hear from those trying to build a business online 02.01.2023

Are you saying things that scare me (and probably should scare you as well?)   Here's what I mean -   As you've likely heard me mention, we've been coaching ecommerce success strategies around here for coming up on 20 years. With thousands of ProvenAmazonCourse.com students and countless success stories (as you've heard on past recent episodes of our podcast), we have some obvious observations tha...

#564: Our weekly highlights and recap of powerful business lessons 31.12.2022

In today's episode we have all of the highlights of the prior week's shows including where to find the many resources mentioned! We covered episode #557 and #544.   Show note LINKS:   ProvenAmazonCourse.com - the comprehensive course that contains ALL our Amazon training modules. The PAC is updated with new courses free for life   JimCockrumCoaching.com - Get a free session with a business consult...

#563: From full-time pastoral ministry to full-time Amazon consulting 29.12.2022

Today we meet a coach on our team who made a major life pivot a few years ago. He's a ProvenAmazonCourse.com student who went on to be a coaching student through our program -and then became a coach!   He's focused in on the "PPP" model (one of the modules inside the Proven Amazon Course). That's the Proven Product Partnering training that teaches you how to get paid to consult with businesses and...

#562: New seller is up to $50 net per hour pretty fast after deploying REPLENS strategies - Part 2 28.12.2022

Today's episode is part two of a great conversation with a ProvenAmazonCourse.com student who is super excited by the progress she's seen in just a few short months using the PAC training! She's finding profitable inventory quickly and building her systems to help automate the entire process. She's up to about $50/hour net for her time invested, and she's projecting a bright future!   This is a tw...

#561: New seller is up to $50 net per hour pretty fast after deploying REPLENS strategies - Part 1 26.12.2022

Today's guest is a ProvenAmazonCourse.com student who is super excited by the progress she's seen in just a few short months using the PAC training! She's finding profitable inventory quickly and building her systems to help automate the entire process. She's up to about $50/hour net for her time invested, and she's projecting a bright future! This is a two part episode, so please visit SilentJim....

#560: Our weekly highlights and recap of powerful business lessons 24.12.2022

In today's episode we have all of the highlights of the prior week's shows including where to find the many resources mentioned! We covered episode #553 and #555.   Podcast #553 Retiring Soon and Building a Business For the Next Season with Amazon Replens We talk about the software program Replen Dashboard - developed by Jimmy Smith and Karl Jacobi. Inventory management system that helps sellers d...

#559: The most popular Amazon policy questions and points of confusion for sellers 22.12.2022

Over the past few months we've spent a few minutes per week with Jeff Schick of JeffSchick.com . He's the favorite Amazon policy and legal expert in our community and you'll benefit greatly from his real world experience and insights.   The response has been fantastic as listeners have given us feedback about the "mini-segments" we've been releasing at the end of our Wednesday episodes. We decided...

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