Colin McIntosh is the founder and CEO at Sheets and Giggles (awesome business name), which is the fastest growing bedding brand in the USA. It all started in 2018 with a crowdfunding launch, and in the first 12 months they hit $1m in sales.
[Read more…]257: What is your top tip for growing an eCommerce business in 2020? Our eCommerce Experts tell all
Chloe is joined by a host of eCommerce experts to answer the question What is your top tip for growing an eCommerce business in 2020? The answers are VERY wide ranging from delivery to international, lots of marketing tips, and much more.
The answers will help you work out your plans for 2020. Our experts include Chris Dawson from Tamebay; Ian Hammersley from Smartebusiness, Lucy Bloomfield of 10,000 Customers; Rachel Jacobs from eCommerce Partnerships, Ria Fiscina from Parkfield, Alex O’Byrne from WeMakeWebsites AND Rytis Lauris from Omnisend. There’s so much in this episode you’re going to listen more than once!
2020 eCommerce MasterPlan Growth Series sponsored by Omnisend
This episode is part of our annual growth series – you can find out all about how it can help you grow your business and links to the rest of the episodes here.
[Read more…]254: Taking a jewellery site from 0 to $3m in 3 years, and then exiting with Ashish Malhotra
Ashish Malhotra joins us to talk about how he took online jewellery website Novadab.com from launching from his spare bedroom to annual sales of $3million within just 3 years, then he sold it in a multi-million dollar exit.
2020 eCommerce MasterPlan Growth Series sponsored by Omnisend
This episode is part of our annual growth series – you can find out all about how it can help you grow your business and links to the rest of the episodes here.
[Read more…]221: Ex AirBnB Head of SEO Tommy Griffiths shares his top SEO tips, plus the power of automation
Tommy Griffith used to run SEO for big businesses – 4 years at Airbnb, and before that 2 years at PayPal. Then in 2017 he decided to turn his training side business, ClickMinded, into his main occupation. With projected 2019 revenue of $490k for 10 hours work per week, spending 2018 working on automating the business has clearly paid off!
[Read more…]217: Multisite eCommerce – why should you have more than one website? With Shopit’s Adam Pritchard
Adam Pritchard is the founder of Shopit – the UK’s only Pay as you grow eCommerce platform.
I’ve known Adam for a few years and when we caught up for coffee at IRX (internet retailing expo) this year ended up talking about all the many many reasons you could benefit from having multiple websites.
It was such an interesting discussion I thought we should recreate it for all of you – so that’s what Adam’s joining me to discuss in today’s episode.
Without the sponsors the podcast wouldn’t be possible – please do check them out:
This episode is brought to you by SendPro Online from Pitney Bowes.
SendPro Online makes it easy to save time and money–no matter what you send or ship–and you’ll always get the best rates and never overpay!
With SendPro, you can compare shipping rates between carriers, plus save 5 cents a letter and up to 40 percent off USPS Priority Mail shipping.
As a listener you can get a FREE 30-day trial and a FREE 10 pound scale, but only when you visit pb.com/masterplan
This episode is brought to you by the world’s first Pay as you Grow ecommerce platform – Shopit. Supporting online sellers of every size, Shopit gives EVERY customer EVERY feature they need to run an eCommerce business from day one – irrespective of their turnover. You can grow your empire with multiple web sites, full inventory management and more – all from one central login. What’s more, you ONLY pay for usage, so you can focus your budgets on your growth marketing. Plus there’s a lifetime low 1.6% payment gateway rate for everyone – Shopit really do support growing businesses.Sign up for your free trial now at shopitcommerce.com/masterplan
[Read more…]216: Achieving 80% of sales via Instagram and sticking to your strengths with Ella from Fitbakes
Ella Rauen-Prestes is the founder and CEO of Fitbakes, a low sugar high protein bakery. Ella started the business from her kitchen table in 2017, and projecting 2019 annual sales of £170k.
Without the sponsors the podcast wouldn’t be possible – please do check them out:
This episode is brought to you by SendPro Online from Pitney Bowes.
SendPro Online makes it easy to save time and money–no matter what you send or ship–and you’ll always get the best rates and never overpay!
With SendPro, you can compare shipping rates between carriers, plus save 5 cents a letter and up to 40 percent off USPS Priority Mail shipping.
As a listener you can get a FREE 30-day trial and a FREE 10 pound scale, but only when you visit pb.com/masterplan
This episode is brought to you by the world’s first Pay as you Grow ecommerce platform – Shopit. Supporting online sellers of every size, Shopit gives EVERY customer EVERY feature they need to run an eCommerce business from day one – irrespective of their turnover. You can grow your empire with multiple web sites, full inventory management and more – all from one central login. What’s more, you ONLY pay for usage, so you can focus your budgets on your growth marketing. Plus there’s a lifetime low 1.6% payment gateway rate for everyone – Shopit really do support growing businesses.Sign up for your free trial now at shopitcommerce.com/masterplan
[Read more…]213: The 3 Pillars of a Successful Subscription Business, top tips from our latest Virtual Summit
Welcome to the week that our much anticipated Subscription eCommerce Virtual Summit goes live! It’s just Chloe today, giving you a peek into all the amazing content in store and sharing her favorite Top Tips from the Summit.
If you want to have premium access to the information from the Summit on call at all times plus other amazing bonuses, you’ll want to purchase our all access pass—the price of which will increase over the week… Listeners of this podcast are also getting a special opportunity…but you have to listen to receive the magic link.
Subscription boxes are becoming increasingly popular with consumers—which means more businesses are jumping on subscription opportunities fast. The Subscription eCommerce Virtual Summit has captured top shelf experts to help you unpack, analyze and take action on all the major elements of subscription success. Broken down into three subscription success pillars, our experts take summit attendees through step by step on how to make their subscription business a success.
[Read more…]197: How to make your Facebook Ads Successful in 2019 with Amanda Perry
This episode is part of our 2019 eCommerce MasterPlan Growth Series sponsored by Omnisend, the all-in-one marketing automation platform that empowers ecommerce marketers to boost sales with omnichannel tools.
Amanda Perry is a Facebook Ads strategist par excellence, with recent client successes including driving over $1m in 4 months for one client and a launch worth over £200k for another! She joined me in the Virtual Summit last year to run through how to make Facebook Ads a success in your business – and she’s joining me on the podcast now to give us the heads up on how to make our Facebook Ads super-successful in 2019.
Omnisend – marketing automation platform tailored for eCommerce.
180: To 6-figures in year 1 Stephen Wright of Micro Bikes UK GSC, Google Ads, Remarketing, Dropship
Stephen Wright is the founder of Micro Bikes UK – the ultimate one stop shop for performance kids toys. He launched the business in mid-2017 and he is already on track for 6-figures this financial year, currently doing around £10k per month.
Join the 7,000 plus innovative ecommerce brands like Brooklinen, Taylor Stitch, and Bonobos who sell more with Klaviyo. Learn how to level up your marketing today at https://www.klaviyo.com/ecommerce-masterplan!
[Read more…]176: 25 eCommerce Marketing Tips from the eCommerce MasterPlan Virtual Summit
The eCommerce MasterPlan Virtual Summit goes live this week.
In this episode podcast host Chloe Thomas gives us a run down of a top tip from each of the 25 sessions within the summit.
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