eComFuel Podcast
Not Your Typical Business Show
The eComFuel Podcast (formerly known as the eCommerceFuel Podcast) features weekly conversations with entrepreneurs who are doing the impossible—building thriving businesses AND rich, meaningful lives.
Expect to geek out on business tactics, swap financial wisdom, share family wins, and hear the occasional story of adventures gone awry.
Episodes
Using Internal Linking to Get More Traffic
In the second episode of our SEO series, SEO expert and founder of 180Marketing Jeff Oxford explains how to optimize your internal links to generate more traffic. While internal linking is not the most important SEO factor, solid internal structure will make it easier for Google’s crawlers to index your pages.
On-Page SEO Factors: How to Boost Your Rankings Without Links
SEO rankings can make or break the success of your eCommerce business. But you can boost your on-page SEO with some simple fixes that together create big results. Our resident SEO expert and founder of 180Marketing, Jeff Oxford, drops some optimization knowledge in the first episode of our SEO series.
Facebook, Amazon, Investing & More with Andy Bedell
The ins and outs of Amazon, Facebook, SEO, and other online advertising tools are an ever-changing and challenging landscape. Andy Bedell of Key Smart has learned how to leverage these tools to advertise his incredibly simple yet clever product, and he's letting us in on some of his secrets.
Unmasking the Borg: 5 Key Takeaways from Amazon’s Boost Event
Amazon’s BOOST Event was the first annual FBA (Fulfilled By Amazon) conference for sellers on the platform. Long overdue guest Bill D'Alessandro joins us to give us his five biggest takeaways from BOOST, including new developments in international selling, protecting your brand on Amazon, multichannel fulfillment, and much more.
Importing Products from China in 2017
With several Hong Kong exhibitions coming up, it's important to make the most out of the opportunity to meet with factories and directly source products. Cameron Walker, President of Gifts, Home, and Hardware Group at Global Sources, explains how to get what you want out of these massive events.
Working in an Amazon Warehouse
On the show today, our resident Importing & China expert Dave Bryant shares what he learned from his experience working in an Amazon warehouse. After selling his business, he wanted to get an inside look at how Amazon works - and he came away with some fascinating takeaways about their business and his own.
Identifying Leverage Points in Your Business
We're trying something a little different on this episode of eCommerceFuel. Instead of our normal interview, I've invited Noah Kagan and Dave McGeady to talk about Dave's business Wyldsson. Noah and I evaluated Wyldsson's products and website, and today we're aiming to identify big levers that could make Wyldsson even more successful in a short period of time.
The Battle to Protect Intellectual Property
Entrepreneurs that make money off of intellectual property - like artists and eCommerce storeowners Meredith Erin and Matt Snow - know that protecting your IP is an uphill battle. Meredith and Matt join us to talk about how they've dealt with counterfeiters stealing their ideas and ways we could improve policy to better support small businesses in the US.
How to 100x Your Business in 3 Years
Imagine being able to grow your business 100x in a span of only three years. Impossible? Not if you're Daniel Parker of My Choice Software. Daniel is here to share the story of how his company did just that. After being recruited to My Choice Software in 2013, Daniel and his partner used clever marketing and stellar customer service to drive their business to exponential growth.
When Major Press Blows Up Your Business
Welcome to the first episode of 2017! Today I'm chatting with Brad Bernhart, a fellow Montana business owner and craftsman behind the awesome tools over at Earlywood Designs. Brad talks about his recent experience handling an unexpected rush of orders, thanks to a press release over the holiday season that depleted his inventory and left him shorthanded in the workshop.
Looking Ahead to 2017
If you've been listening for the past few weeks, you already know I'm stepping away from the podcast in 2017 to focus on some new projects. So in this episode I'm filling you guys in on my plans, which include producing long-form blog content for you all and the possibility of buying a new eCommerce business.