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Next Level eCommerce
Author: Isaac Smith
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Weekly Interviews With Successful eCommerce Entrepreneurs. Be mentored by high level business owners. Learn from the entrepreneurs who have already made it, so you won't have to spend years figuring it out on your own. Listen to the real stories of eCom store owners, who speak honestly about building their businesses. They share the highs and the lows, and what it really took to overcome the obstacles. They talk about what kept them going when they felt like giving up. Learn the mindsets, strategies, and tactics these business owners needed to achieve success. Guests describe building drop shipping stores, Amazon and FBA businesses, building stores on Shopify, Magento, BigCommerce, and WooCommerce. They discuss private labeling with factories in China, manufacturing their own products in the USA. Next Level eCommerce is hosted by Isaac Smith, an eCommerce store owner since 2014. He recently sold his business, and is now seeking out the best and brightest to learn from, and to their wisdom with you. Now hit subscribe and take your business to the Next Level!
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I’ve started 9 businesses in 12 years. No wonder I’m exhausted. Here’s what I would do differently if I were starting today, which is actually what I did to start my latest business. Note: if you want to be a solo consultant or freelancer, that’s different than I’m talking about in this episode. That’s a fine choice but it will have very different considerations. Also, I said make $100k in annual revenue before committing to the business. That might be too high. Maybe $50k is the number, but ...
What is product-market fit actually? I stumbled onto it, partly on purpose, partly through dumb luck. In this episode I share how 3-way differentiation (a niche within a niche within a niche) built my current business. And the 4 phases you'll go through to find product-market fit. Listen and apply them to your own business. You can contact Isaac by clicking the link below: http://hireteamup.com/contact-isaac
It's been 2.5 years since Isaac published an episode. What happened? Where did he go, and why publish this now? You can contact Isaac by clicking the link below: http://hireteamup.com/contact-isaac
Check Jesse out at productpearl.com Get a free copy of Joe Valley's book The Exitpreneur's Playbook: exitpreneur.io/nextlevel/ Get ready to sell you business by getting your books in order: summitecommerce.co
Daisy Delfinado Operations Manager Summit eCommerce Advisors Need help with your bookkeeping or cashflow planning? Daisy & Isaac's professional team provides bookkeeping and fractional CFO service. Get in touch here: Summit eCommerce Advisors summitecommerce.co
Nate Ginsburg tells the story of acquiring Centrurica, a company that does due diligence services for online businesses. Nate Ginsburg CEO Centurica centurica.com Need help with your bookkeeping? Want help with cashflow planning? Isaac's professional team provides bookkeeping and fractional CFO service. Get in touch here: Summit eCommerce Advisors summitecommerce.co
Nick Contristan tells his story of building and selling his ecommerce business. Want to sell your business? First, you'll need clean books. (Otherwise buyers and brokers won't even talk to you.) Second, you'll need a team doing most of the work. (Buyers don't want to buy a job.) Isaac's team can help with both of these things. Get your books cleaned up and ready for the sale by having Summit eCommerce Advisors do it for you. And let us help you build a rockstar team. ...
Scott Moran Founder of Go2 https://www.go2.io
Joe Valley Quite Light Brokerage - https://quietlight.com The Exitpreneur's Playbook Get a free copy here: https://exitpreneur.io/nextlevel Have Isaac's team get your bookkeeping in order, so you can sell your business: https://summitecommerce.co
Mads Singers Management Consultant www.madssingers.com
The story of Duda acquiring Snipcart, with the CEOs of both companies. Duda - https://www.duda.co Snipcart - https://snipcart.com Francois’ blog post about selling Snipcart - https://www.flanthiernadeau.com/selling-snipcart-part-one/
Amy Wees Founder of Amazing At Home
Get free SEO tips & fundaments - www.summitecommerce.co/seomonth Check out John’s new eCommerce SEO course - www.ecomseomethod.com
Guest: Ben Leonard Company: Ecom Brokers Links: EcomBrokers Website Why eCom Brokers in Facebook
What if you focused on your superpower? How much progress could you make? Michael Erickson Facchin did exactly that. He knows where he's best and delegates the rest. Listen now to find out how he found his superpower, how he trusted it, and how he's able to delegate without fear of losing control. Show notes: http://nextlevelecommerce.co Get Beta Access to our new program at NO COST: How To Build Teams & Systems For Ecommerce Business Owner We're only taking beta 25 member...
Everything changes when you find out you have a baby on the way. If you're doing everything yourself in your business when you find out, what changes would you make? Anastasia Vankova knew she had to systemize and outsource. Otherwise how would she run her growing business with a new baby? How did she get free from the day-to-day operations without causing problems? Listen now to find out. Show notes: http://nextlevelecommerce.co Get your no-cost bookkeeping strategy session...
Entrepreneurs are a strange bunch. It takes someone special to make that big leap. Caleb Roth has been hustling since college, when he learned to flip textbooks on Amazon. When he turned his side hustle into his full-time gig, he found out what separated him from everyone else. He learned it again with his employees. Why didn't they try to steal his ideas and compete with him? Listen now to find out what separates entrepreneurs from employees and everyone else. Show note...
How will marketing change in 2021? How will you keep up? George Bryant has his finger on eCommerce marketing's biggest pulse. Today, George shares: - the #1 most important thing for marketing in 2021 - the 3 fundamental ways marketing will change in 2021 Listen now to find out how you can avoid being left behind. Show notes: http://nextlevelecommerce.co Want to exit your eCommerce business? Sell it to Ian Bond and his investors. Contact Ian - ianbond@professionalwebsiteinvestors.com
For many, Robert Kiyosaki's book Rich Dad Poor Dad opened our eyes to entrepreneurship. But what can you learn by revisiting the book? Guest Matt Scott has built a successful ecommerce business. In planning for his family's future, he's gone back to Rich Dad Poor Dad and the follow up, Cashflow Quadrant. He shares how he's starting to put those lessons into practice in his business. Listen to find out how. Show notes: http://nextlevelecommerce.co Get your no-cost bookkeeping ...
What sourcing advantages can you gain for your eCommerce business by living in China for 10 years? How about being able to find your competitors' factories, improving their products, and beating them on Amazon and other platforms? That's exactly what Brian Miller has done. During that time, he also built a logistics company, with a modern warehouse in China. Click to listen, and find out exactly how he's done that. Show notes: http://nextlevelecommerce.co Want to exit your eCommerce...



