On this podcast, we talk about our home office setups, DIY video tips, why you should invest in creating content, and so much more!  Kurt’s website: kurtelster.com Kurt’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/i...
Brightpearl CEO Derek O'Carroll breaks down the five operational barriers that stop ecommerce brands from scaling past $2.5M GMV. Drawing on a survey of 200 US retailers and data from $3B in proces...
Jaryd Krause of Buying Online Businesses breaks down how ecommerce founders can value and sell their stores, why every business should be built to sell from day one, how to evaluate an acquisition ...
Matt Bahr, founder of Enquire Labs, explains how a single post-purchase survey question achieves 60%+ response rates and surfaces attribution data that pixels and cookies miss entirely. He makes th...
Mike Stoychev of SMSBump breaks down how Shopify merchants should approach SMS marketing in 2020: TCPA compliance basics, the right way to build a list from scratch, how to structure automations an...
Kelly Vaughn runs Taproom, a Shopify development agency, and her own developer merch store. In this conversation with Chase Clymer, she breaks down what successful brands do differently, how to app...
Chris Meade co-founded CROSSNET, the world's first four-way volleyball game, and reached $2.2M in sales within two years on a bootstrapped budget. This episode covers their product revision process...
Sahil Gupta, CEO of Spase, explains how his company turns product photos into photorealistic 3D models for Shopify stores. The conversation covers why GLB is the universal file format to bet on, ho...
Serial entrepreneur and fractional CMO Mike Volkin breaks down how neuroplasticity and creative visualization can sharpen entrepreneurial performance, and shares a $500 scholarship SEO tactic that ...
Julien Plouffe co-founded Moonglow Jewelry after growing up selling at fairs and festivals. He breaks down how the brand scaled across three channels: live events, a wholesale network of retail par...
Mark Fachler of Veestro shares how he bootstrapped a plant-based meal delivery company from zero marketing budget to 70-80% subscription orders, why switching from Magento to Shopify changed operat...
Val Geisler, Chief Email Officer at Fix My Churn, breaks down why most ecommerce brands use only 5% of their email potential. She covers the Dinner Party Strategy for onboarding, why talking to cus...
Duane Brown of Take Some Risk Inc. breaks down how performance marketing agencies should vet clients, why trusting the algorithm over two-day gut reactions drove a 27% sales climb for one brand, an...
Mehdi Farsi of State Bicycle Co. built a digitally native bicycle brand starting with just 140 bikes and zero storefront. This episode covers how grassroots community building, a casually competiti...
Dave Taylor of AskDaveTaylor.com has been producing video and written content since the early days of the internet. In this episode, he walks through how small brands can start producing video cont...
Pat Ahern of Intergrowth breaks down why most ecommerce blogging fails, how to use competitor content gaps to find ranking opportunities, and why technical SEO matters far less than content quality...
BattlBox CMO John Roman built a subscription box business from $4 Facebook acquisition costs to eight-figure revenue, then learned the hard way why single-channel dependence is dangerous. He shares...
PURELEI's Director of Growth John Hagan breaks down the full-funnel launch strategy behind the brand's biggest revenue days, including influencer events in locations like Venice, Italy, teaser land...
Two Klaviyo data scientists break down the platform's most underused features, including Smart Send Time, which drove a median 8% open rate lift across 1,000+ users in its first month. They also co...
Alex Ikonn co-founded Luxy Hair, grew it to seven figures in its first year through YouTube content marketing, and eventually sold it. He shares why selling a business is rarely the smart move, how...
Postscript CEO Adam Turner breaks down TCPA compliance for SMS marketing, why non-compliant phone lists carry $500-$1,500 per-message liability, and how brands are seeing monthly LTV from a single ...
Jordan Rolband, president and co-founder of DFO Global, built a 350-person, nine-office performance marketing company from a watch-selling side hustle on eBay in 1997. He breaks down how CPA-based ...
Adam Hendle launched Ballsy in 2017 with 500 units and sold out in 48 hours. He shares how targeting women on Facebook drove a 7x ROAS, how themed gift boxes became a Trojan horse for product quali...
Rewind CEO Mike Potter built a Shopify backup app from a side hustle into a 30-person company by talking to every new customer personally. This episode covers how that feedback loop spawned a secon...