Talk Commerce

Brent and Kalarav talk about all things Magento and how the community has been embracing the changes that are happening with Adobe, Magento, and the Magento Association. Kalarav is a Certified Scrum Master, Adobe Certified Expert – Business Practitioner, and Adobe Certified Professional Developer with more than a decade of experience in the eCommerce world. He is a Delivery Manager with BrainVire,...

I was able to sit down with Mariano Gomide de Faria at ShopTalk 2022 in Las Vegas and we had a great conversation about commerce. The United States needs to catch up with the rest of the world with conversational commerce. Mariano tells us how big players are going to be skipping distribution and going straight to the consumer. The world is global by definition.

Just going back to to multi-store front the, if we put all these pieces together, you have a solution now that will work across borders, across currencies, across languages maybe help us understand how big you've already helped us understand how big of a hurdle it was, but some of the solutions now that people can go to market with and the speed in which they could do. Yeah. So one example I love...

Welcome to this Big Commerce episode of talk commerce. And I have Brent Bellm here, the CEO of Big Commerce. Brent, why don't you introduce yourself? Tell us your day-to-day role and maybe one of your passions in life. Great. So I'm CEO of Big Commerce. I took over for the founders about seven years ago. Big Commerce is a software as a service e-commerce platform where basically the software. Bran...

Youth don't stop playing sports because they lose a game, they stop because they have a bad experience while playing. We interview Tim Williams about his company and his approach to youth sport. Tim is the Founder and CEO at T.WILL Sports, a dynamic sports company that delivers a variety of youth, recreational, and competitive sports services. He focuses on youth sports and takes pride in the abil...

With so much technological disruption, it is important to stay relevant and I can think of no better way than merging, acquiring, or being acquired. However, these transactions fail because critical deal processes, such as diligence and integration, are being poorly conducted without proven success techniques. We interview Kison Patel, CEO, and Founder of M&A Science. As a former M&A advis...

SAM GEORGE is a master at two things: discerning trends before they are recognized as trends and communicating these ideas to the public at large. Sam was convinced he was insane. When anyone would not respond to his message, he would get upset. The process is predictable. He thought something was wrong. The delay must be related to him. He wrote "I'll Get Back to You" to bring this issue to light...

Are you an entrepreneur looking for cash to grow? Banks, Venture capital, they all want a piece of you. Asher Ismail shows us a new perspective on funding a growing business and walks us through how his model will help entrepreneurs grow. Asher is the Co-founder of Uncapped. He helps entrepreneurs raise capital without giving up control of their business. The company was born out of frustration wi...

Are you tired of the monotonous sales outreach that never seems to get traction? Do you need to contact thousands of prospects for your sales team? Need appointments booked appointments at scale? We interview Tyler Kemp with LeadRoll and talk about Qualified Sales Appointments For High-Ticket Service Providers and SaaS Startups LeadRoll delivers unlimited sales bandwidth, quick turnarounds, and un...

Do you want to create more engaging content in your newsletters? Jared Loftus helps us to understand the importance of a fabulous newsletter. Rasa enables marketers to create newsletters that engage customers through curated content that helps to build relationships. They give businesses a way to provide a real benefit regularly for everyone on their email list. And not just regularly, but relevan...

Imagine doom scrolling through Netflix, looking for the ideal show to binge-watch this weekend. Not the mind-numbing, watch while playing "Candy Crush" content, but the great shows that you really want to burn through 24 hours watching. After reviewing thousands of low-budget horror movies and sitcoms, you finally stumble upon a hidden gem that you enjoy… but wouldn't it be easier if these incredi...

How often have you gotten a handwritten note from an online store or a service that you bought something from? I bet you can remember when this happened last. David Wachs tells us about his unique business and his army or robots churning out thank yous and notes in your handwriting (But written by a robot!)

Isn't tax compliance fun? If you ever thought tax compliance was boring then you haven't met Shannon Kelly. Shannon (pronounced Shanuuun in Galic) entertains us with his tax compliance antics and then we dive deep into partner marketing.

Magento was born in Ukraine and the health and safety of our Ukrainian sisters and brothers are top of mind. Jisse Reitsma and Brent talk over a little history of where Magento came from and the strong Ukrainian community that has helped to make it a world-class e-commerce platform. We dive into Shopware and its advantages in today's market and close out with a little Magento Association talk. PWA...

Contrary to rumors Magento Open Source is indeed alive and here to stay for a long time to come. Willem Wigman talks about the two different support models of Magento Open Source and how this will benefit the community. Long Term Support from Adobe will be called the Magento Open Source LTS version. This is a very common practice in Open Source software. The Short Term Support or STS version of Ma...

What is the future of Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source? Vinai Kopp and Brent talk about the recent Adobe Developers Live Commerce conference and discuss the keynote. We talk about Mage-OS and how the community has stepped up to help Magento Open Source move faster into the future. We debunk speculation in social media and talk about how long-term and short-term support will work around Magen...

Coaches are a dime-a-dozen, right? Maybe so. Maybe not. Perhaps you've never taken the plunge and experienced the transformation, Or you did and thought, meh. Been there. Was it YOU who went wrong? Maybe. Maybe not. Henry Daas talks about his book FQ: Financial Intelligence as well as some of the highlights of the importance of having a business coach for entrepreneurs.

Do you want to sell your products across a multitude of Shopify stores? We interview David Perry on how Carro connects participating Shopify stores. This is done to enable cross-store selling or the ability for like-minded partners to directly sell each other products without the need for inventory, managing returns, or minimum order quantities. Sell your products on leading stores, sell their pro...

Do you know the four ways to add B2B business to your B2C Shopify Store? Avi Kumar helps us to understand some of the complexities around doing B2B on Shopify. We discuss different business models and how you can be successful on your SaaS-based eCommerce store. Avi is the owner and chief wizard of Invisible PPC, a white label PPC company that is helping agencies break into new markets. Four ways...

Before the pandemic, most CEOs thought a 100% remote workforce was unsustainable. The new reality is higher productivity by employees who have had to work at home. We interview Karthik Chidambaram with DCKAP about employee happiness as well as his adventures in selling products.

We speak with long-time Magento Community member Aron Stanic from Inchoo. We discuss all the changes in the community over the years as well as the state of Magento and its brand. We finish off with a discussion on the importance of expectations in the client/agency relationship

The Indian Ecommerce market is progressing rapidly and merchants and agencies need to recognize its importance. Swapnil Ghone talks about his experience in the Indian market and we discuss some of the companies that are already succeeding. Swapnil has nearly 20 years of experience in Sales/ Business Development/ Account Management, Project Management, Operations, Training, and Customer Services se...

Artificial intelligence is amazing and is progressing leaps and bounds week after week. We interview Kate Bradley with Lately.ai and learn how their tools help social media managers produce and distribute social media efficiently while saving hundreds of hours. Lately’s A.I. learns which words will get you the most engagement and turns video, audio, and text into dozens of social posts. Unlock whi...

  Brent: Welcome to this new year today, I have ghetto Yansen and he is with Spriker and I'm very excited to talk to him ghetto. You are the global business and technology. Evangelists for Spriker and which in the blue room or the green room, we talked about that you're the Ben marks of Spriker or the Ben marks of shop where, or the benchmarks of Magento or whatever.    Brent: However you want to...

Cody notes that they work with D2c brands.  Cody mentions that the mission is to educate brands on the right way to do influencer marketing. Cody says there are influencers that have zero social following and their job is to get influencers to rally around their brand. Cody talks about how influencers are choosing to represent you as much as you are trying to represent them. Cody mentions that the...