Dean Salakas is the ‘Chief Party Dude’ at The Party People. The Party People is a bricks and clicks retailer, with 2 Australian stores and a market leading website. The first online store was launched in 1998 and Dean’s always been focused on keeping The Party People at the forefront of eCommerce development. They’re now turning over $2 million a year.
Click to Tweet: The eComMasterPlan #podcast is going off with a bang as we interview The Party People Australia’s, Dean Salakas
[Read more…]Lee Wilcox runs On The Tools – a business selling clothing for the building trade. Central to their range are witty slogans and solid clothing. On The Tools is the online only eCommerce part of the business started in Mar 2015 and in the first 12 months did 7,000 orders and turnover £175,000.
Click to Tweet: On @eCommerceMasterPlan #Podcast Lee Wilcox, On the Tools. Social media has helped him nail a huge customer base.
[Read more…]Tim Fargo is the founder of Social Jukebox aka Tweet Jukebox – yes we’re diving into the world of SaaS (that’s software as a service) today. Social Jukebox is a cloud-based software system for managing your twitter activity, there is a simple free option, then a range of subscription packages depending on how much you want to do. Social Jukebox launched in 2014 and as we record now in March 2016 they have 28,789 users, 1,033 are paying.
Click to Tweet: Give the @eComMasterPlan #podcast a spin it’s all about Software as a Service, featuring Tim Fargo of Social Jukebox
[Read more…]David Hathiramani is the co-founder of A Suit That Fits, a multi award winning, bespoke tailor that operates a hybrid bricks and clicks model. It all started with a proof of concept market stall in Hampstead back in 2006 – and now they deliver about 10,000 orders every year, and last year raised just under £1 million in Crowdfunding over 90% of which was generated from the customers.
Click to Tweet: David Hathiramani, A Suit that Fits, tells all about his tailored approach to his business @eComMasterPlan #Podcast
[Read more…]Last year I did an episode about the 5 books I think every eCommerce Business Person should consider reading to get them ready for 2016 – and it remains one of our most popular episodes. So today, as summer approaches (in the northern hemisphere at least!) I’m going to take you through another reading list.
This time it’s My top 7 marketing manipulation books to be read over the Summer.
I don’t think you should read all 7 this summer, you know I’m all about efficiency and focus! Rather you should listen to this review then pick the one that best meets your challenges and opportunities for what’s left of 2016.
Liam Jennings is co-founder of Regal Gentleman an online only retailer who sell the very best male grooming products. Launched in late 2014 they’ve had quite the journey already, and now 150% year on year growth (revenue and customers).
Click to Tweet: @eComMasterPlan #Podcast listen to hear how Liam Jennings has successfully groomed his business Regal Gentleman
[Read more…]Tamara Duschl is the Head of Brand at Tesco. Tesco is the fifth largest retailer in the world, turning over £63bn last year, and is the middle of a big turnaround process – so far shifting from a loss of £6.3bn to a profit of £162million. In this episode Tamara’s going to be telling us a bit more about how Tesco do what they do, and we’ll be exploring the lessons the smaller retailer can take from it all.
Click to Tweet: @eComMasterPlan #Podcast with Tamara Duschl Head of Brand at Tesco talking about getting into the customer mindset
[Read more…]Alastair Broom founder of Garage Flex. Alastair and his team design and install perfect garage storage solutions. 3 years ago they started selling their modular products online, and today the online side averages £5,000 per month – and attracts new customers into the core design and install side of the business.
Click to Tweet: @eComMasterPlan #podcast how Alastair Broom of GarageFlex organised his multiple new websites and business rebrand
[Read more…]I’m really pleased to be bringing you another hot of the press Takeaways episode.
Last week I was lucky enough to be speaking at the Direct Commerce Association’s Annual Summit in London. So I stuck around for the whole day to see what I could learn and bring to the podcast for all of you!
I’ve been attending Direct Commerce Association events for over 10 years now, and you get discussions and education there that just doesn’t happen anywhere else. Due to the traditional mail order core of the organisation there’s always a lot of great discussions about attribution, data selection, and print mailings. Whilst I am a big fan of print I’ve resisted spending the podcast waxing lyrical about all the new inline personalisation that’s available. Simply because there was other content that I feel would be more impactful and relevant to many more of you.
I’m covering:
Amanda Curtis is the CEO and cofounder of Nineteenth Amendment, recently named in Forbes 30 under 30 in retail and eCommerce. Nineteenth Amendment is an online only boutique introducing new designers to the world, it’s been live for almost one year, but the tech took about 18 months before that to build and test, they are currently working with over 400 designers from 29 different countries.
Click to Tweet: Find out how Amanda Curtis fashioned her #eCommerce Marketplace – Nineteenth Amendment – @eComMasterPlan #Podcast
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