6/9/2020
Businesses are a great way to make money. In fact, a big group of people say that it is the best way to stop becoming an employee, start becoming a boss, and start earning a significant amount of money. However, if it is a great path towards financial success and freedom, why doesn’t everybody do it? The truth of the ...
6/8/2020
The pandemic has many countries locked down tight. This has affected people’s jobs, and more importantly, the ability to earn money. While online jobs are available, they may be hard to come by. Don’t worry though. Chances are there are entrepreneurial souls out there that are just waiting for the right opportunity. This opportunity is actually already available. For extra ...
5/26/2020
Fulfillment Bridge and PrestaShop are launching the first global fulfillment platform allowing PrestaShop merchants to easily manage all their logistics and fulfillment operations from a single dashboard. The Fulfillment Bridge platform offers advanced order fulfillment and logistics features (such as synching inventory to a multi-country warehouse network, return management, domestic and global shipping, courier optimization), at one of the most ...
2/19/2017
Hey everyone, It’s Terry here and I just wanted to let you know that I’ve been struck with a cold the past week and haven’t been able to record anything with this cough. However I can still type so here are some updates from my side of the table. I hope to be back before the end of Feburary! Forever ...
12/13/2015
How to use Google Webmaster Tools to audit your site health, keyword rankings, speed, and backlinks.
11/29/2015
A guide for e-commerce stores on how to make SEO & PPC work together to increase sales, reduce costs, and grow your business.
11/15/2015
Last week a listener left a comment calling me out on a few things I’ve failed to follow up on and wanted to get my thoughts. You can find the original comment here. Since there were quite a few questions, I decided to answer them in a post here incase some other folks might be wondering the same thing. ...
11/1/2015
The following is an excerpt from a book called The Truth: An Uncomfortable Book About Relationships by Neil Strauss. It’s got nothing to do with e-commerce, but everything to do with handling challenges in life, relationships, and knowing yourself. The core concept is that growing up as children, we are often exposed to positive and negative trauma that can determine how we act ...
10/18/2015
Last month I read a book called The Martian just before the movie came out in October 2015. It’s about an astronaut named Mark Watney that gets stranded on Mars after his crew mistakenly believes he’s dead after being hit by debris in a violent sandstorm. Once they leave and the dust settles, he has to find a way to survive, ...
10/4/2015
It’s really hard to focus now with so many distractions. I’ve tried things like Steven Covey’s time management grid, blocking social media websites, task-list software, or just plain old pencil and paper. None of them really pushed the needle and it wasn’t until recently that I stumbled upon a new system that’s been working in the past few weeks. Full credit to ...
9/20/2015
Last week I caught up with a few SEO guys to talk about what’s new and changing as 2015 comes to a close. Everyone agreed that it was becoming harder to game the system, and having high quality content was even more important for a site. So what’s considered “high quality content”? It’s certainly not 300-400 word articles that are keyword ...
9/6/2015
Last month week I met a pair of co-founders ready to launch an e-commerce startup. They were getting all their ducks lined up for the launch, but were struggling with the marketing side of things. To make things more complicated, someone handed them a list of emails from a database of potential customers. They also had issues figuring out where visitors ...
10/8/2014
We are now accepting new members for the Jan 2015 round of mastermind calls. If you’d like to join this round of calls, reserve your tickets below and Terry will get in touch on the dates and arrangements. As a bonus, you will also get lifetime access to the membership forum, where we post the call notes and discuss other topics ...
6/4/2014
In 1980, a 34-year old man was broke and living in his car after a $500,000 investment deal to start a hair products business fell through. Instead of purchasing the 100,000 units of shampoo and conditioner needed to launch the business, he opted for a sample run of only 10,000 bottles with a $700 loan. The first task was to get ...
2/19/2014
Ferdinand Magellan led the world’s first expedition to circumnavigate the world between 1519 and 1522 in an effort to find a trade route to the rich Spice Islands of Indonesia. Over twenty years ago, Christopher Columbus also tried to reach Asia but instead established the existence of North America. Trade routes via land were filled with middlemen, bandits, and inefficient ...
12/11/2013
Part 3 of my journey in coming up with an idea, how to get into manufacturing, and locating a supplier for my first e-commerce product.
12/4/2013
UPDATED on 12/6 thanks to Will Evans at Chiefs As I get deeper into the manufacturing game and past the sampling process, the next question is – How do I get products to the customer? In my first batch of pre-orders, I picked, packed, and shipped over 30 units by hand and it wasn’t fun. If you’re considering shipping products ...
11/20/2013
When I first started going down the path of product manufacturing, I had no idea what to expect. Finding suppliers, vetting them, and getting things made seemed like daunting tasks at first. But as time went on, I realized it was actually quite simple because the manufacturing process is relatively straightforward. You find a supplier, see if they are legit, ...
10/21/2012
Just wrapped up a mastermind conference here in Bangkok, Thailand with my mastermind group the Dynamite Circle. Below are some quotes I scribbled on my phone during the two days of knowledge bombs. Hope you enjoy: “Every business has their problems and opportunities for people to solve.” – Brendan Tully “Don’t launch for money, launch to add value.”- Chris Ducker ...
8/16/2012
I’ve been an avid listener of podcasts lately, and found a few which will help grow your eCommerce business. Advice in these shows are grounded in real experiences or solid research, and below is a brief overview on why I like them, along with a few notable episodes that you should check out. All shows are free in iTunes or ...
In the past few weeks, I went through a training program with an A/B testing consultancy that’s a 3-star partner with Optimizely. If you’ve been around this space, you know Optimizely is one of the leading split testing tools that’s been around since 2009. Prior to this program, I had thought A/B testing was for larger companies with plenty of resources ...
2/5/2014
“This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings…the device is inherently of no value to us.” -Western Union, 1876 “While theoretically and technically the television may be feasible, commercially and financially it is an impossibility.” – Lee DeForest, Inventor “By 2005 or so, it will become clear that the Internet’s impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax machine’s.” ...
11/27/2013
Having spoken in-depth to over 100+ e-commerce entrepreneurs on-air and privately, I’ve seen a multitude of business models that have annual revenues anywhere from $100,000 to $20 million. As the landscape evolves, its fascinating to see the different ways people are utilizing e-commerce to make a living online – whether it’s on Amazon, drop-shipping, manufacturing, or private labeling. But on ...
8/17/2013
This is a guest post by Tristan King, Self-Confessed Ecommerce Nerd and Founder of Shopify Ninjas, a small web development business which specialises Shopify Ecommerce and building Bilingual Ecommerce Stores. Tristan was a guest on podcast episode #19. When diving into Ecommerce on an international level, there can be a lot to consider. You’ve sold some products to your mom, ...
8/12/2013
Part 2 of my journey in coming up with an idea, how to get into manufacturing, and locating a supplier for my first e-commerce product.
3/14/2013
Keyword research gives you insight on how much demand there is within online search engines for your E-commerce keywords. It’s also used to analyze your competitor’s rankings in Google. With that information, you can then do some math to ballpark your potential income and profitability. Join me on this webinar on how to property do keyword research so you don’t ...
1/2/2013
Below is an excerpt from the last few minutes of Seth Godin’s Startup School Episode #14, The ShipIt Journal. It beautifully sums up the resistance we all go through in our projects, businesses, and daily lives. All credit goes to Seth. ===================== Shame is the project killer. The fear of shame is what people use to keep us in line ...
12/10/2012
Register Now! (closed) By the end of the webinar, you will have multiple ideas that are ready to be tested out. Format: 30-min: Presentation 15-min: Q&A Session Date and Time: Tuesday, December 18th, 14:00PM Eastern Tuesday, December 18th, 13:00PM Mountain Tuesday, December 18th, 12:00PM Central Tuesday, December 18th, 11:00AM Pacific Presenters: (Registration closed) ...
4/14/2012
Would you rather text message someone than talk on the phone? Are you addicted to updating your Facebook status or Tweet multiple times a day? When you are alone in public, do you get anxious, fidget, and then reach for your phone?
Read my journey in coming up with an idea, how to get into manufacturing in China, and locating a supplier for my first e-commerce product, step by step
Knowing the best online payment methods for e-commerce stores will allow you to purchase products conveniently, while also offering ...
1/5/2013
Podcast: DownloadIn December 2012, we hosted a live webinar with Andrew Youderian at Ecommercefuel.com on how to find an E-Commerce idea. We went through the purchasing cycle, adding value, and key concepts to keep in mind when you’re looking for a market to enter. There is both a video and audio replay, available below: Watch the Videos (6/6 Modules) Download ...
12/1/2012
Adding value always seemed like a nebulous concept to me. While I understood what it meant at a gut level ie: being helpful, solving problems, etc… it was hard to quantify into something on paper. How would you compare the value of the two videos below? One is probably the most hilarious cat video you’ve ever seen. Another is probably ...
4/9/2012
A Ring In Every Candle, from $10 to $5,000! Diamond Candles is a store on the Shopify platform that sells organic soy candles with a catch - at the end of every candle contains a ring that can be worth up to $5,000 USD. Started in January 2011, Diamond Candles now has over 90,000 fans on Facebook.
