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.
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Hitting $20M in Annual Sales Within 3 Years
Justin Winter has a wildly interesting story with his company, Diamond Candles. They make and sell premium soy candles containing rings that range in value from $10 all the way up to $5,000. Within their first year, Diamond Candles reached $1 million in revenue. Now in their third year, they're slated to hit almost $20 million.
Building a Unique Leather Goods Business
Although he started out with very little business, sales or marketing experience, Ryan Barr from Whipping Post was able to build an online store that generated $600,000 in revenue in only its third year of existence. Here's the interesting part: Not only did he not do research to see if there was a market, but he even jumped in looking to create one.
Viral Marketing with Michael Dubin of Dollar Shave Club
Michael Dubin has built a business to more than 200,000 customers utilizing, among other things, a viral video on YouTube. Now, after generating $10 million in funding, Dollar Shave Club has continued to grow and expand.
The Power of Long Tail Keywords
Rob Walling may not be an eCommerce entrepreneur, but he has built massively successful businesses using techniques that would apply to just about any business. He posts valuable content on his blog at Software By Rob, and has grown a very successful podcast at Startups for the Rest of Us.
Improving Your Customer Service
Greg Ciotti is the head of marketing at Help Scout, an incredibly personalized help desk company. One of his chief responsibilities there is to ensure that every customer, whether they start out satisfied or not, ends up with a positive feeling about their experience.
Running Your Store Like an Investment Banker
Bill D'Alessandro is a former investment banker (sound familiar?) who has made the full-time transition into eCommerce. He found his niche almost by accident and now generates almost seven figures in revenue per year.
Partnerships and Debt with Dan Andrews
Dan Andrews is a man of many machines. He runs two eCommerce stores - Modern Cat Designs and The Portable Bar Company - and runs several other successful businesses. He has put together one of the most highly touted business shows in iTunes called The Tropical MBA Podcast, which is a staple in Andrew's weekly education.
Chatting with Steve Chou of MyWifeQuitHerJob
Steve Chou eats, sleeps and breathes eCommerce. His store, Bumblebee Linens, earns six figures per year and he blogs about his pursuits of eCommerce success at MyWifeQuitHerJob.com ... and earns six figures per year there, too.
Gary Vaynerchuk’s Thoughts on “Follow Your Passion”
Gary Vaynerchuk is this week's guest and, as usual, he delivers. Gary is the founder of WineLibrary.tv, writer of Crush It!, The Thank You Economy, and the upcoming Jab Jab Jab Right Hook, and a social media expert who got started turning his family's wine store into an ecommerce powerhouse.
Picking the Optimal Shopping Cart
Andrew Bleakley comes on the show today to discuss shopping carts and getting your ecommerce store set up for success. Mr. Bleakley is a developer who specializes in ecommerce and shopping carts with over 1,000 websites under his belt, and he talks to Andrew about the best options in shopping cart software today.
