The Ecomcrew Ecommerce Podcast

Hello, it's Mike and Dave! This is our first official podcast together. We figured a good first episode was to compare notes about our experiences with doing business in and with China. Dave and I both import our products from China and for the most part, we've both had great results from it. This topic will be a two-parter. Today we answer some questions about China. If you are thinking about get...

I'm sure our listeners have noticed that Grant hasn't been on the podcast lately. The reason for this is Grant has moved on to do other things. We agreed that he should follow his new direction, so he has left the podcast. Our friendship remains strong. However, I am happy to announce that Dave Bryant will be joining me on Ecom Crew! Dave is the founder of chineseimporting.com, a blog for newcomer...

On today's episode, I discuss why you need to start planning for the holidays. It is easy to fall into the trap of assuming you have enough, and then underestimating your demand. A lack of inventory means a loss of sales. Don't let it happen! Here's what I cover today: Our Ecom Crew courses. The ideal time frame to order standard inventory. The ideal time frame to order a new product. The process...

Today I want to talk about the direction the company is taking and how I plan to keep up with it. We have really plateaued as a company, and part of that is because we don't have the manpower. We need some new structure. I have decided to take a two-prong approach to restructuring things. The two sides of the business are:   The product side or "getting the product to our customers."   The eCommer...

On today's episode we welcome back Dave Bryant. Dave is here for a friendly little debate. We are going to trade views on Amazon. Dave tends to believe you should build your business completely on Amazon, and I disagree. This is a respectful discussion and we both make some really good points.   If you are just starting out in ecommerce, then maybe this episode will help you balance out which appr...

I'm going to take a big bet on the future of ecommerce which will direct how things go over the next few years. Back in 2013, Grant and I purchased a domain name called Tactical.com. We are getting ready to launch the site around the beginning of July. Until then we are offering a promotional giveaway. We are offering an item from 511 Tactical to the people who sign up. Hopefully, this will do two...

Last week I talked about Sellers Summit. This week I want to talk about the presentation I gave at Sellers Summit. I won't be able to cover all of my presentation, but if you want to see the full presentation you can find it at ecomcrew.com/summit2017 . You will also find a link for the Sellers Summit Pass. The link offers a discount for our Ecom Crew listeners.   My point in this presentation and...

Hi Listeners! I'm back from the Sellers Summit in Florida and am so excited to share my experiences with you. The summit was not only a really fun experience, but it was also educational. So, for this episode, I will be recapping my time at the summit and sharing any useful information. Before we begin, I must say that I loved meeting some of you podcast listeners at the summit and it's really som...

Hey there! It's Mike and I'm back from Asia. I'm going to take today's episode as an opportunity to give an honest account of my trip. For full disclosure, I was given a ticket to this event by the event coordinator. Meghala Bhardwaj was a guest on our show awhile back. The conditions she gave were I had to give an honest reaction and review of my experience. I was going to do that anyway, so it w...

Today I welcome Jeff Cohen from Seller Labs to discuss a couple products. Seller Labs develops products that help optimize your Amazon seller experience. Jeff and his team developed Ignite and Feedback Genius. Jeff will explain what both of these products can and will do for new and established Amazon sellers, especially after the changes Amazon has made to their terms of services. Today is the fi...

We are back together for a new episode of Ecom Crew podcast! Today we talk about the things we're gearing up to do. We have a lot of exciting things in the pipeline and we're happy to share them with you guys!  We reflect back on our first quarters and what this quarter has told us about our businesses moving forward. Mike wants to remind you about his upcoming trip to China and the mastermind and...

The Ecom Crew Podcast welcomes guest Dave Bryant to this episode. Dave is an ecommerce veteran who shares his experience with us. Dave has been importing goods for 10 years now. He grew his business to 2 million and sold it. He tells us how he did it and why he began his blog Chinese Importing. Dave has been doing business in China during 2008. So, he has some really useful information for new e c...

Hi, it's Mike here. Today I'm going to be answering some listener questions. We get tons of great questions from you guys and we love hearing from you! On a side note, Colorit is about to launch a new product. I'm really excited about it! So keep an eye on Colorit.com to hear more about it. Here's a rundown of the questions addressed on today's episode: What apps do I find are worth the money? Whi...

Hey it's Mike here for Ecom Crew! I will be doing a solo podcast today. I'm going to talk about my plans for my upcoming trip to China. I will be attending the Global Sources Show and the Canton Fair. There will be some other visits I'm going to make this time around, but Hong Kong will be where I will spend the majority of my time. I also talk about our recent promotion on Colorit.com. It is work...

Our guest today is the coordinator of the Global Sources Summit, Meghala Bhardwaj. We discuss the upcoming tradeshow in Hong Kong and what visitors can expect  from this year's event. The summit will be held in 3 phases. Along with the phases, a conference will overlap with the second phase, the Mobile Electronic and Home & Gift show. The phases and dates for this summit are as follows: Phase 1 -...

Hi, Grant here. I am broadcasting solo today, but I have a great topic. I want to talk about brick and mortar business. I have been franchising for around 3 years now, so I have some experience with physical location selling. Most people consider brick and mortar "old fashioned," but if you couple brick and mortar with ecommerce something special can happen. Today I'm going to tell you how you can...

Welcome back to Ecom Crew! Today we are going to discuss a part 2 about how we plan to grow our business from the bottom line, up. We share what we need to work on in our respective companies. Of course what we want to do tends to overlap with each other's lists. We discuss what we want to improve and how those improvements will grow our revenue. Here are some things on our lists and what we discu...

Hey it's Mike and Grant! Today we are going to talk about how you can grow your business when you have a "rocket ship" year. We are still making plans for 2017, but there are some plans already in the works.   We discuss those plans as well as suggestions you can do when you are in our current situation. Here is what we cover in today's discussion: Grant's trip to Asia. Our growth in 2016. What to...

Hi this is Mike and I'll be doing the podcast solo today. Grant is out of town, but he'll be back. I'm going to finish our latest listeners' questions today. Then we will change the topic in the next episode. Again you guys have sent lots of great questions and I'll try to answer them to my best ability. Here are some of the topics I discussed today for you guys: How to choose a 3pl. Why we don't...

Hey it's Mike and Grant here! Today's episode of the podcast is part 2 of a Q & A series we started last week. You guys send awesome questions and we love hearing from you. For those of you who watched us on the Facebook Live recording if you had any questions that you wanted to ask during the recording, we tried to answer those as well. Here are some questions we answered today: [In regards to dr...

Hi it's Mike and today I am going to talk about how organizing giveaways and special promotions has really helped our brand. We did five special promotion/giveaway type events in 2016. All the giveaways and specials really helped us reach out to our audience and draw in new customers as well. We did these 5 promotions during 2016: 4 Free Drawings 10 Downloads  for a $1 10 Free Drawings (just pay s...

Happy New Year Everybody! Welcome back to the Ecom Crew podcast. This is Mike and  I'm going to talk about Ecom Crew's 2016 and where we are planning to go for 2017. We had an awesome 2016! We learned tons of lessons and had a lot of challenging and helpful experiences. We grew 326%! That is phenomenal for any business! During today's episode I'm going to share how we plan to keep the momentum goi...

Hey there this is Mike, I'm on my own today, with some really useful information about Facebook ads. So, Facebook is a great way to move your business away from Amazon and build your own platform. Now, Grant and I will talk about Facebook Ads more in depth sometime in January. However, today I want to talk about some really easy Facebook ad types that have really worked well for me and ColorIt. Th...

Hey, it's Mike again with another solo episode. Grant can't join us today, but he'll be back with us soon. Today I want to talk more about ColorIt's holiday planning. The last time I talked about this I talked about our promotions and our discounts. Today I want to share how all that work paid off for ColorIt these last few weeks. Today's Topics: ColorIt's Thanksgiving Sale. Our best sales days du...

Grant is back with us today and we are going to continue our series on How to Get Off Amazon. Today's episode is part 3. Part 1 was when we discussed PPC (pay per click) ads. Part 2 we discussed the role SEO (search engine optimization) in getting your own site noticed away from Amazon. Part 3 of this topic is how to use Facebook ads to build an audience. Today we're going to talk about why people...