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An investigation by The Globe and Mail found that spying was an ingrained part of the celebrated women's national team rocked by scandal at the Paris Olympics. But the revelation of a spying program uncovered many other problems inside the Canada Soccer organization.Globe reporters Nancy Macdonald and Greg Mercer explain what their investigation found, how the scandal has affected players and what Canada Soccer is doing to address allegations.Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email us at thedecibel@globeandmail.com

On this episode of The People's Show, Josh and Dom dive into the latest shake-ups and triumphs in Vancouver sports. The Vancouver Whitecaps have parted ways with manager Vanni Sartini, with Axel Schuster sharing insights into the decision and plans for the future. The Canucks continue their impressive season with a franchise-best road start, and a gritty win over Ottawa raises questions about Keifer Sherwood's value as a key offseason signing. Plus, Greg Mercer joins to discuss Canada Soccer's troubling culture, spanning cheating scandals and toxic team dynamics. It's a packed episode blending analysis, controversy, and hope for local teams. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Media Inc. or any affiliate.

A year after the death of prominent Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, questions remain about who he really was. His murder sparked international tension between the Canadian and Indian governments and this past spring the RCMP charged four Indian nationals with his murder. To those who knew him, Nijjar was a community leader and family man but the Indian government has called him a murderous terrorist.Globe reporters Nancy Macdonald and Greg Mercer spent months speaking with members of Nijjar's Surrey B.C. community as well as those who knew him in India. They join the show to discuss what they found about Nijjar's enigmatic life.Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email us at thedecibel@globeandmail.com

In this episode of the EcomCrew Podcast, I'm joined by longtime friend Greg Mercer, to dive into the world of AI in e-commerce.    Check out our sponsor, Portless, today!    We explore how AI is shaping the landscape of online retail. I've been following Greg's work closely, as he's been adding some exciting functionalities to Jungle Scout. So, if you're curious about the latest developments and practical advice for boosting your e-commerce brand, stay tuned for some valuable insights!   00:00 - Introduction 01:52 - AI in the Amazon space 04:02 - Closing the gap on copywriting 07:10 - Overwhelming amount of data 11:33 - Business recommendations and insights 15:33 - Keeping track of business leaks 17:38 - Evolving tools for competitive advantage 24:12 - Product weights and measurements 31:19 - Refined searches using natural language 34:06 - Sponsored ads and organic results   It's clear that AI is a game-changer in the e-commerce world. It's a leveling ground for those lagging behind, providing the means to catch up with competitors, while also giving market leaders the edge they need to maintain their position.   

Greg Mercer, 2020 EY Entrepreneur of the Year, is the Founder and CEO of Jungle Scout. Greg is a leader in the Amazon selling community, who originally built Jungle Scout as a Chrome extension to automate his process of finding products to sell on Amazon. Today, Greg leads a team of 200+ global employees who have built Jungle Scout into a robust suite of SaaS solutions. Greg has helped thousands of people build their own businesses and pursue financial freedom. He continues to share his experience and advice, frequently speaking at conferences or on podcasts or videos about ecommerce and entrepreneurship.    Connect with Greg: Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/gregmmercer Twitter: https://twitter.com/mercer_greg Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/g_mercer/   Connect with Jungle Scout: Website:  https://www.junglescout.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@junglescout Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amazonjunglescout/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/junglescout_/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/junglescout         Want to sit down with Anatoly 1 on 1? Even though I keep saying I AM NOT A GURU, many of you ask to sit down and pick my brain. I have decided to do a 1h HELP calls. There are 2 purposes: 1st to support you in your journey and second also to be able to break even on the production of this podcast (each episode editing, marketing, guest research etc takes about $60 - $150 to produce). Now you can schedule 1h with me, and we can talk about launching products, hiring, product research, keywords, mindset, how I did an Ironman or anything at all. Link is here: https://calendly.com/anatolyspektor/anatoly-connsulting-1h?month=2022-08   ANATOLY's TOOLS:   Product Development: Helium10 - I use it for Product Research, Keyword tracking and Listing Optimization . SPECIAL DEAL: Get 50% your first month or 10% every month: http://bit.ly/CORNERSIIH10 Pickfu - I use it for split testing all of my products and for validation ideas . SPECIAL DEAL: First split test 50% 0ff  https://www.pickfu.com/10mj   Trademarking: Trademark Angels - For all my trademarking needs. SPECIAL: Mention Anatoly and 10MJ podcast and get 10% Off your trademark.   Fiverr - I hire my 3dMockup person and images label designer here on Fiverr - http://bit.ly/10mjFIVERR Upwork - I hire people long term on Upwork - upwork.com Loom.com - for creating SOP's, I record everything on Loom and give to my VA's Keepa.com - to track historical data such as prices   ANATOLY's 3 Favorite Business Books: DotCom Secrets by Russel Brunson - I think this is a must read for every online entrepreneurs - http://bit.ly/10MJDotCom 4 hours work week by Tim Ferriss - This book changed my life and made me become an entrepreneur - http://bit.ly/10MJ4WW The Greatest Salesman In The World by Og Mandino - Old book but it goes to the core of selling -  http://bit.ly/10MJGREATSM   DISCLAIMER: Some Links are affiliate, it costs you nothing, but helps to keep this podcast on the float   Have questions? Go to https://www.10millionjourney.com   Follow us on: Instagram: @10millionjourney Twitter: @10miljourney

Over the past few years, the Buddhist organization Bliss and Wisdom has been buying up several parcels of land in PEI. So much so, residents have begun to question how their acquisitions are legal in a province with strict rules around how much land individuals and organizations can own. Meanwhile, the monks insist they haven't broken any rules.Investigative reporter Greg Mercer explains how some legislative loopholes have created a conflict in the eastern part of the province.Questions? Comments? Ideas? E-mail us at thedecibel@globeandmail.com

Coal mining might seem like a job of the past, but global demand for it has actually surged in the past few years. Nearly 7,000 coal miners are still working in the industry. But the job is killing them. Inhalation of coal dust particles is leading to black lung, an incurable condition that workers describe as drowning in their own lung fluid. Worse yet, Canada doesn't have a tracking system, which makes compensation difficult for many miners.Decades after coal fuelled Canada, miners are now being left behind. Greg Mercer, investigative reporter for The Globe, spoke to the workers fighting to have their labour remembered – and to protect future generations.Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email us at thedecibel@globeandmail.com

In the community of Gaultois, Newfoundland, an upcoming vote will determine whether to keep receiving government services, or take a payout to relocate to the mainland, leaving behind their homes and dramatic beauty of their small island town.Greg Mercer, the Globe's Atlantic Canada reporter, tells us about the history of resettlement in Newfoundland, and how the people of Gaultois feel about deciding the town's fate.Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email us at thedecibel@globeandmail.com.

GREG MERCER, Investigative Reporter at the Globe and Mail AIDEN CHASE, Midget hockey player  & JASON McCAIG, Hockey Coach RITESH KOTAK, Toronto-based Cybersecurity and Technology Analyst ANNIE KRITCHER, American Nuclear Engineer and Physicist & Lead Designer on the Experiment at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

GREG MERCER, Investigative Reporter at the Globe and Mail

It's been a month since post-tropical storm Fiona slammed into Atlantic Canada, causing huge amounts of devastation. In Prince Edward Island, thousands of trees came down, houses were destroyed, and people remained without power for weeks. Amidst a labour shortage, recovery efforts in the province are moving slowly.The Globe's Greg Mercer visited PEI recently and spoke to people picking up the pieces after Fiona about what comes next.Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email us at thedecibel@globeandmail.com

More than two years after Canada's worst mass shooting, we've finally heard from someone who was there at the start. Lisa Banfield, the shooter's common-law spouse, spoke last Friday at the inquiry into how the RCMP handled the incident. She provided insight into what happened in April, 2020, and described a chilling portrait of intimate partner violence.The Globe's Greg Mercer tells us about what Banfield witnessed, the shooter's violent history, and why some of the victims' families walked out during her testimony.

As we learn more about Canada's worst mass shooting, the families of the people killed are so frustrated with how the inquiry's going that they've started to boycott the proceedings. Senior RCMP officers have been spared cross-examination as they detail the series of missteps they made in April, 2020.The Globe's Greg Mercer has been following the inquiry, and he tells us how the RCMP didn't believe the reports they received from the public, lacked training in their own communications systems, and gave commands after having several drinks.

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On today's show, the mass shooting inquiry in Nova Scotia continues to make waves. We get the latest from Greg Mercer, an Atlantic Canada reporter with the Globe and Mail. Plus, severe weather season is upon us. We chat with Nevin deMilliano with Prairie Storm Chasers to find out what we can expect to see this summer. And we find out what's going on with Canadian men's national soccer team from Derek van Diest, the national soccer columnist for Postmedia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Letter to Greg Mercer of Jungle Scout Hi Greg and Jungle Crew,   I'm writing to let you know that you may be saving the tiger, and other beautiful creatures of the jungle...and I know how much you love the jungle. By saving the wild cats of our planet's jungles it saves the entire eco-system for all wildlife there.  Those jungles, in turn, provide the oxygen we all need to survive; so maybe I should start by saying you saved my life ;-)   Here's how you are doing it:   Through the amazing tools, like Jungle Scout and the Chrome extensions, Jump Send, and others that I want to use, like Splitly and Fetcher you are providing tools that will make it easier for me to raise funds to protect, and awareness about, the plight of tigers (who have seen a decline in wild populations of 96.8% in just the last 20 years).   I've hungrily devoured every podcast, google hangout, or line of text I could find about your products and am up to episode 15 in the #MillionDollarCaseStudy Your excellent content, delivery and guests have made it possible for me to navigate areas of SellerCentral that I didn't even know existed even after watching every one of the Amazon University videos.   Big Cat Rescue is the leading 501c3 non profit sanctuary in the efforts to end the trade in exotic cats as pets, props and parts.  There are only a handful of accredited sanctuaries that rescue lions, tigers and other wild cats; mostly from the pet trade.  Those cats end up in the pet trade when they hit 12 weeks of age and are no longer cute and cuddly photo props.  We are home to about 70 such cats, but we can't rescue our way out of this crisis.   Ending the captive trade is critical to saving the cats in the wild, because the legal (yes, it's actually legal in most places to pay $40 for a USDA exhibiter permit and have a tiger) trade provides a smokescreen for illegal poaching.  In the U.S. if someone is caught with tiger teeth, or skins all they have to do is say it was their pet.  End of investigation.   What sets Big Cat Rescue apart is that we are part of a Big Cat Coalition that is leading the efforts to ban the private possession of big cats via the Big Cat Public Safety Act HR 1818.  See BigCatAct.com   So, what are YOU doing to protect tigers?   You are helping me create another revenue stream, and a way to reach people on Amazon who might not have any idea how dire the situation is for big cats.  We have to raise almost 4 million dollars a year to take care of our 70+ cats and fund our efforts in education and advocacy.  We've done that for the past 25 years through a combination of donations, visitor revenue and sales from our onsite and online gift shop at BigCatRescue.biz  There is no government funding for this work.   My goal is to build the Amazon business, using all of your grrrreat (could not help myself) advice.  I just had my first shipment from China to FBA initiated and am working on my second.  A bit a of hiccup on the second one as Amazon decided that Tiger's Eye bracelets are fine jewelry, so they are requiring a $5000 application fee.   I think they will waive it though as we are one of the 13 charities they are featuring on Prime Day tomorrow in their Smile.Amazon push.  We get about $3500 a month from a large number of our 2.2 million FB fans using Smile.Amazon.com on our behalf.   If I can grow the Amazon FBA business large enough, then I intend to duplicate the efforts for my other business at CatRescue.biz  It is a for profit business so that I can take all of my after tax profits there to donate to the politicians who can push our federal bill through and into law.  The bill will end 99% of the abuse in this country and hopefully in time to save the last remaining tigers in the wild. Non profits can donate to advocacy, and we spend the limit allowed by the IRS each year, but non profits cannot donate directly to politicians, so that's why I started up CatRescue.biz this year.   I've owned a multimillion dollar real estate investment business for 37 years, but I'm 56 and getting too old to deal with tenants and all the ways they can destroy my homes, so I'm excited at the prospects of gradually converting that intensive management business into one that I can run from a laptop in my own beach view jungle hut. Costa Rica is next on my list of places to "fix" when it comes to wildcat issues, and thanks to you and your team, I may get there while I'm still young enough to do it.   So again; a huge virtual hug of thanks for helping save the big cats.   I think I'll go post this on a social site and tag you and a friend, just in case this email address isn't monitored.   For the cats,   Carole Baskin, CEO of Big Cat Rescue   Hi, I'm Carole Baskin and I've been writing my story since I was able to write, but when the media goes to share it, they only choose the parts that fit their idea of what will generate views.  If I'm going to share my story, it should be the whole story.  The titles are the dates things happened. If you have any interest in who I really am please start at the beginning of this playlist: http://savethecats.org/   I know there will be people who take things out of context and try to use them to validate their own misconception, but you have access to the whole story.  My hope is that others will recognize themselves in my words and have the strength to do what is right for themselves and our shared planet.     You can help feed the cats at no cost to you using Amazon Smile! Visit BigCatRescue.org/Amazon-smile   You can see photos, videos and more, updated daily at BigCatRescue.org   Check out our main channel at YouTube.com/BigCatRescue   Music (if any) from Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com) This video is for entertainment purposes only and is my opinion.  Closing graphic with permission from https://youtu.be/F_AtgWMfwrk

The pounding of civilian infrastructure by Russian forces has continued this week in cities like Mykolaiv and Mariupol even as peace talks were underway. And Russia's claims it will reduce its military activity in the north and focus more on Ukraine's eastern Donbas region are being treated with scepticism. Orla Guerin is in Kyiv. Ukraine's President, Volodymyr Zelensky, described the siege of Mariupol as a ‘crime against humanity' this week. Mariupol's mayor has called for the evacuation of the entire city. But the journey away from the city is fraught with danger and a safe passage is far from guaranteed. Hugo Bachega spoke to those that did manage to escape. A few days after the invasion, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz unexpectedly announced a massive boost in military spending. It's arguably one of the most dramatic shifts in German foreign policy since the Second World War. According to polls most Germans support the new policy, but enthusiasm for it is muted. Our correspondent Damien McGuinness is in Berlin. In Sudan, women have been celebrated for leading the revolution that saw former military ruler Omar al-Bashir toppled. But the Generals still have the upper hand. After two years of sharing power with civilian politicians they staged a coup in October and instituted a transitional military council. Sudan's women and men have been protesting daily and at least 90 people have been killed in a crackdown. Catherine Byaruhanga was in Khartoum. Nearly 1.4 million people in Canada are of Ukrainian heritage. Many of them trace their roots to Ukrainian immigrants who came to Canada in the late 19th century. Greg Mercer's heard how they are rallying to the defence of the old country. Presenter: Kate Adie Producer: Serena Tarling Editor: Hugh Levinson

 It's been almost two years since the mass shooting in Portapique, Nova Scotia, that killed 22 people. An inquiry into the tragedy that will make recommendations on how to prevent it from happening again began its public phase on Tuesday.“Nova Scotia has not been able to fully come to terms with this massacre,” Atlantic Canada reporter Greg Mercer says. He'll explain the criticism families and politicians have of the inquiry and what we've learned about the shooting and its perpetrator since it happened.

There are only nine students but the kids of Taigh Sgoile na Drochaide – or the Bridge Schoolhouse in English – represent the future of Gaelic fluency in Canada. This is the first Gaelic-immersion school in the country and the people who founded it hope one day it'll be the first of many.Greg Mercer, who reports on Atlantic Canada for The Globe and Mail, shares the story of how this school sprouted up from a small community that is passionate about regaining its Gaelic roots.

Episode Highlights: His experience in creating and developing Jungle Scout, Learn what led Jungle Scout to the fast growth trajectory, His journey growing up as a kid with a successful entrepreneur dad, How to counter the fear of failure, How Greg's role grew in Jungle Scout (The strengths he developed in five years), How to step back and not micromanage (let go!), Tips and tricks in systemizing your hiring process, Learn the deciding factors of hiring, Tips in firing your employee... The post Selects Edition: Scaling Jungle Scout Fast with Greg Mercer appeared first on Eventual Millionaire.

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Episode Highlights: His experience in creating and developing Jungle Scout, Learn what led Jungle Scout to the fast growth trajectory, His journey growing up as a kid with a successful entrepreneur dad, How to counter the fear of failure, How Greg's role grew in Jungle Scout (The strengths he developed in five years), How to step back and not micromanage (let go!), Tips and tricks in systemizing your hiring process, Learn the deciding factors of hiring, Tips in firing your employee... The post Selects Edition: Scaling Jungle Scout Fast with Greg Mercer appeared first on Eventual Millionaire.

Ashley Armstrong ‘The Hidden Rules Expert'™, Business Advisor and Best Selling Author, is the Go-To eCommerce Expert for National USA Media. Ashley helps multi-million dollar companies and solopreneurs navigate the in's and out's of Amazon and eCommerce to scale their businesses to 7-figures and beyond. After building a 7-figure physical product business, Ashley established an eCommerce consulting firm that specializes in navigating Amazon's ‘hidden rules' of engagement while being nominated as one of the best Amazon consultants by SellerPoll 2020. Recently she pivoted to provide a dedicated community for women to get expert advice and mentorship for every aspect of their eCommerce business. Her expertise has helped thousands of sellers properly position their product lines in order to increase sales, build a loyal customer base, and drive revenue. On average Ashley's top clients see a 140% increase in sales in 30 days. Ashley partnered with Amazon and Marketing guru Dan Hollings, and consulted companies like Sustain Natural and Viome, who won awards like The Most Innovative Startups 2019, Company of the Year Award and Startup Award 2020. She has also consulted for influencers like Naveen Jain and Jeffrey Hollender, and joint ventured with experts including Joe Polish, Jason Fladlien, Philip Jepsen, and Greg Mercer. For her expertise, she has been featured in Entrepreneur, Business Insider, Yahoo Finance, Medium, Authority Magazine, Thrive Global, Emmy-Award winning program The List Tv, CBS, NBC, ABC, and FOX NEWS. Think of Ashley as the business coach for eCommerce sellers. www.TheHiddenRulesExpert.com (rebranding) www.TheHiddenRulesNetwork.com www.ProductInfographic.com www.facebook.com/AmazonWithAshley https://www.facebook.com/AshleyArmstrongHiddenRules http://tiny.cc/AshleyYouTube https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashley-sage-armstrong/ https://www.instagram.com/ashleyarmstrong.hiddenrules/

Ashley Armstrong ‘The Hidden Rules Expert'™, Business Advisor and Best Selling Author, is the Go-To eCommerce Expert for National USA Media. Ashley helps multi-million dollar companies and solopreneurs navigate the in's and out's of Amazon and eCommerce to scale their businesses to 7-figures and beyond. After building a 7-figure physical product business, Ashley established an eCommerce consulting firm that specializes in navigating Amazon's ‘hidden rules' of engagement while being nominated as one of the best Amazon consultants by SellerPoll 2020. Recently she pivoted to provide a dedicated community for women to get expert advice and mentorship for every aspect of their eCommerce business. Her expertise has helped thousands of sellers properly position their product lines in order to increase sales, build a loyal customer base, and drive revenue. On average Ashley's top clients see a 140% increase in sales in 30 days. Ashley partnered with Amazon and Marketing guru Dan Hollings, and consulted companies like Sustain Natural and Viome, who won awards like The Most Innovative Startups 2019, Company of the Year Award and Startup Award 2020. She has also consulted for influencers like Naveen Jain and Jeffrey Hollender, and joint ventured with experts including Joe Polish, Jason Fladlien, Philip Jepsen, and Greg Mercer. For her expertise, she has been featured in Entrepreneur, Business Insider, Yahoo Finance, Medium, Authority Magazine, Thrive Global, Emmy-Award winning program The List Tv, CBS, NBC, ABC, and FOX NEWS. Think of Ashley as the business coach for eCommerce sellers. www.TheHiddenRulesExpert.com (rebranding) www.TheHiddenRulesNetwork.com www.ProductInfographic.com www.facebook.com/AmazonWithAshley https://www.facebook.com/AshleyArmstrongHiddenRules http://tiny.cc/AshleyYouTube https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashley-sage-armstrong/ https://www.instagram.com/ashleyarmstrong.hiddenrules/

Ashley Armstrong ‘The Hidden Rules Expert®', Business Advisor and International Best Selling Author, is the Go-To eCommerce Expert for National USA Media & TV. Ashley helps multi-million dollar companies and solopreneurs optimize customer decisions by monetizing their Amazon/eCommerce listings into a money maker with the traffic they already have. After building a 7-figure physical product business, Ashley established an eCommerce consulting firm that specializes in navigating Amazon's ‘hidden rules' of engagement while being nominated as one of the best Amazon consultants by SellerPoll 2020. Her expertise has helped thousands of sellers properly position their product lines in order to increase sales, build a loyal customer base, and drive revenue 120% in 30 days. Recently she started a women in eCommerce mastermind The Hidden Rules Network.com providing a safe space for expert advice and mentorship. Ashley partnered with Amazon and Marketing guru Dan Hollings, and consulted companies like Sustain Natural and Viome, who won awards like The Most Innovative Startups 2019, Company of the Year Award and Startup Award 2020. She has also consulted for influencers like Naveen Jain and Jeffrey Hollender, and joint ventured with experts including Joe Polish, Jason Fladlien, Philip Jepsen, and Greg Mercer. For her expertise, she is a regular guest expert on an Emmy-Award winning show The List Tv, as well as, Entrepreneur, Business Insider, Yahoo Finance, Medium, Authority Magazine, Thrive Global, CBS, NBC, ABC, and FOX NEWS. -0:38: Introducing Ashley Armstrong  -1:55: How Ashley got good at doing what she does  -3:43: Mentors are key  -8:59: Every industry is simple you just have to know what your doing  -12:15: Life is a roller coaster  -16:38: Should people do hypnotherapy?  -22:20: It's still a good time to join ecom  -25:15: Positioning your product line, your listing, and/or your brand is important things to do  -30:19: Social commerce vs social media marketing  -36:05: If you want to succeed and grow your company is by being present  41:05: If you are working on to many things at once you're going to make millimeters worth of growth  -43:20: Ashley's Final Thoughts  -47:40: How to contact Ashely Armstrong  www.TheHiddenRulesExpert.com www.TheHiddenRulesNetwork.com www.ProductInfographic.com  www.facebook.com/AmazonWithAshley https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashley-sage-armstrong/ https://www.instagram.com/ashleyarmstrong.hiddenrules/ https://www.youtube.com/c/AshleyArmstrongTheHiddenRulesExpert

Location: New York Date: Wednesday 9th June As of February 2021, annual growth in the money supply reached 39% in the US, leading to widespread fears of inflation and the impact on the economy. Consumer prices soared 5% in May, the largest increase since 2008. While the Fed has argued that inflation will revert to normal by next year, others are looking to hedge the risk of inflation. Bitcoin is viewed by many as the ultimate inflation hedge. With its fixed monetary policy and transparent, consistent and decreasing supply issuance, it is the antithesis of fiat currencies, perpetually debased by governments' increasingly extreme monetary policy. Are we right to fear more significant inflation? And what role do Bonds and Bitcoin play? In this interview, I talk to William Elman and Greg Mercer. We discuss bond yields and what they signal, the pros and cons of market intervention and the ever-increasing government debt.

“A lot of the tools that we're using today to combat this coronavirus crisis were cooked up in 2008 during the great financial crisis, but now they're on steroids; they've completely blown up to magnitudes that are unprecedented.”— Greg MercerLocation: New YorkDate: Wednesday 9th JuneAs of February 2021, annual growth in the money supply reached 39% in the US, leading to widespread fears of inflation and the impact on the economy. Consumer prices soared 5% in May, the largest increase since 2008. While the Fed has argued that inflation will revert to normal by next year, others are looking to hedge the risk of inflation.Bitcoin is viewed by many as the ultimate inflation hedge. With its fixed monetary policy and transparent, consistent and decreasing supply issuance, it is the antithesis of fiat currencies, perpetually debased by governments' increasingly extreme monetary policy.Are we right to fear more significant inflation? And what role do Bonds and Bitcoin play?In this interview, I talk to William Elman and Greg Mercer. We discuss bond yields and what they signal, the pros and cons of market intervention and the ever-increasing government debt.This episode's sponsors:Gemini - Buy Bitcoin instantlyBlockFi - The future of Bitcoin financial servicesSportsbet.io - Online sportsbook & casino that accepts BitcoinCasa - The leading provider of Bitcoin multisig key security.Exodus - The world's leading Desktop, Mobile and Hardware crypto wallets.Ledger - State of the art Bitcoin hardware walletRevolut - A better way to handle your money-----WBD359 - Show Notes-----If you enjoy The What Bitcoin Did Podcast you can help support the show by doing the following:Become a Patron and get access to shows early or help contributeMake a tip:Bitcoin: 3FiC6w7eb3dkcaNHMAnj39ANTAkv8Ufi2SQR Codes: BitcoinIf you do send a tip then please email me so that I can say thank youSubscribe on iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | SoundCloud | YouTube | Deezer | TuneIn | RSS FeedLeave a review on iTunesShare the show and episodes with your friends and familySubscribe to the newsletter on my websiteFollow me on Twitter Personal | Twitter Podcast | Instagram | Medium | YouTubeIf you are interested in sponsoring the show, you can read more about that here or please feel free to drop me an email to discuss options.

Former President Jacob Zuma's long-delayed fraud trial saw a surge in interest this week as the accused arrived to plead not guilty to all charges. Andrew Harding has been following this intricate case for years and was in court in Pietermaritzburg. The worst of the pandemic may have passed in India's megacities, but the virus is still spreading fast in rural areas - and leaving lasting grief and trauma across the country. Rajini Vaidyanathan reflects from Delhi on the sadness now permeating all levels of society. Chinese consumers have been knocking back Australian wine with gusto in recent years, even as political relations between Beijing and Canberra have grown ever more strained. But the export boom might not last. Shaimaa Khalil reports from the Barossa Valley in South Australia, where they're bracing for the impact of new Chinese tariffs on imports. In Canada, a Catholic archdiocese has been found liable for damages to be awarded to several survivors of physical and sexual abuse in a Church-run orphanage. Greg Mercer talked to one man who grew up in the Mount Cashel home. The city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo is surrounded by dangers - armed rebel groups, a lake with dangerous levels of dissolved CO2 and methane - and now an erupting volcano. Olivia Acland was one of the tens of thousands who had to join a mass evacuation as Nyiragongo rumbled. Producer: Polly Hope

Over 6500 servers of the enterprise software VMware are currently exposed due to a security vulnerability. This vulnerability exposes servers and allows malware to be slipped into unpatched devices to take over companies' entire networks. The situation has been classified as “Highly Critical” and was reported to VMware, who have released official patches and are urging all customers to update their systems as soon as possible.Salesforce has been getting into a string of amazing investments over the last financial year.They have declared a whopping 2.17-Billion-dollar gain on Investments made. This is primarily due to investments in companies like snowflake and nCino. Snowflake had an amazing Q4 where their revenue rose by 117% raking in 190 Million dollars.Tel Aviv based payroll and management cloud platform company, Papaya Global, raised its Series C funding round of over $100 Million last week. This brings their valuation to over $1Billion dollars. In total, Papaya has now raised $190 million from Series B and C since October last year. Papaya will use the new funding to meet the strong demand for its global workforce management platform, reinforce its market leadership, as well as invest in its product, engineering and go-to-market teams.Austin Texas based company, Jungle Scout, raised $110m in growth funding led by Summit Partners and Jungle Scout Founder & CEO Greg Mercer. The company intends to use the funds to expand its technology suite by acquiring Seattle-based Downstream Impact, an Amazon advertising technology company founded by former Amazon employees Connor and Salim in 2017. This acquisition is aimed at extending Jungle Scout's SaaS platform to support Walmart, and continue to scale its capabilities in advertising and full-scale ecommerce brand management.

Brazil is facing the deadliest point of the pandemic so far – this week posting record death tolls as scientists warn the variant found in the country appears to be more contagious. For Katy Watson, who has been reporting on Brazil's outbreak throughout, it’s a story that’s become personal too. Meanwhile in Europe, some countries are cautiously re-opening. We're Germany, where hairdressers have opened again – and garden centres and bookshops will follow suit from next week, but plans for a wider lifting of restrictions will hinge on keeping rates low. With just six per cent of the country inoculated, scientists are warning a new wave is already underway. Jenny Hill visited a hospital in Dortmund. The small community of Africville in Canada was established by Black settlers more than two centuries ago, many of whom had fled a life of slavery in the US. The vibrant community lived there for generations, until their forcible relocation in the 1960s when authorities demolished the settlement for industrial use. Now, the local mayor wants to give the land back, finds Greg Mercer. In Somalia, there is political impasse due to delayed elections in February. President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed's four year term has officially come to an end but talks on the electoral rules have stalled. Nick Redmayne visited Mogadishu and found the cosmopolitan parts of the city belied a backdrop of uncertainty. And we hear about a life lived under Soviet rule – the recent death of his father-in-law led Martin Vennard to reflect on a remarkable life. Vladimir Davidovich was a scientist and musician whose story spans much of the twentieth century. Presenter: Kate Adie Producer: Serena Tarling

Joe Cardillo quit his first job out of college after a year to start selling on Amazon. In late 2017 did $30k in sales his first month. Have since launched 3 brands and 12 products. Get 30% off Jungle Scout.Joe met Greg Mercer at Ryan Moran's Brand Builder Conference in Austin TX. "I joined the JS team shortly after, where I work in marketing since 2018. Amazon is a side hustle for me, spent ~5 hours per week on it right now. I really love the entrepreneurship mindset and talking product research/branding." Joe has launched products in baby goods, cat collars, and Apple airpods.Jungle Camp - Went to Indonesia to do a cultural get together every year to connect.Jungle Scout was the first chrome extension for product research. Jungle Scout has a supplier database using import records. You can click a sku and see unit and sales counts over time now in Seller Central. In Jungle Scout you can put your cost of goods in and other personnel costs. Jungle Scout can automate request a review button.Growth Hacks:Create irresistible product page to improve conversion rates. Have dozens of designers create design to pick the winner. https://99designs.com/. Target keywords with less comeptition. Blackhat tactics are dying, avoid.Create authenticity of your product.JS predictions for 2021: https://www.junglescout.com/blog/amazon-predictions/Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/myamazonguy)

This week, the Irish Taoiseach described the findings of an official report into decades of abuse of women and children at mother and baby homes as a “dark, difficult and very shameful chapter of very recent Irish history.” The report acknowledged the harsh treatment was supported and condoned by the Irish State and the country’s churches. Those who survived the homes battled with long running prejudices and emotional scars, finds Chris Paige. Indonesian airlines have one of the worst safety records in Asia. The fatal crash on January 9th has again raised questions about how safe the country’s airlines are and brought back painful memories. The BBC’s Asia editor, Rebecca Henschke, reports. There’s been a sluggish start to Covid vaccinations in many parts of the EU complicated by public resistance and disinformation. In the Czech Republic, anti-vaccination activists made international headlines this week by wearing yellow Stars of David, claiming they were being ostracised just as Jews were in Nazi Germany. Rob Cameron has more. Somalia has been in a state of conflict for three decades and this is reflected in media coverage of the region. And yet, life goes on, with even a construction boom in Mogadishu. Mary Harper, the BBC’s Africa editor found that Somalis are tiring of stereotypes about their country as a place of violence and suffering. In Nova Scotia - the lobster season usually starts late in November and finishes in May – and between those months, most fishermen are not allowed to catch the crustaceans. But thanks to a treaty, signed with the British in 1761, the Mi’kmaq people are exempt from this and can fish all year round. One businessman is doing rather well out of it much to the consternation of those who do not have these rights, finds Greg Mercer. Presenter: Kate Adie Producer: Serena Tarling

Amazon sellers use various software as tools to help grow their businesses and make the processes smoother. If you’ve ever wondered which ones are used by most sellers, you’re not alone. To settle this matter, we’ve decided to conduct a survey that will give us a list of the most popular Amazon seller software. We’ve created a total of four categories, which we discuss in detail in this episode. The good news is that you can take part in this survey, and after answering just four questions, you can get a chance to win a full year of EcomCrew Premium subscription! That’s a prize valued at $2000 for a few minutes of your time. Plus, you’ll also get a swag pack from us if you win. Just head on over to ecomcrew.com/vote, and don’t miss your chance to enjoy EcomCrew Premium for free! Timestamps Updates on my e-commerce websites - 3:20 My 2020 Black Friday sales compared to last year - 5:00 The difficulties in comparing year-over-year Black Friday sales - 5:50 What you need to do if you want to sell your business in the future - 10:05 1st Category: Product Launches and Giveaways Software - 12:30 2nd Category: Keyword and Product Research Software - 16:17 3rd Category: PPC Management Software - 22:00 4th Category: Reimbursement Services - 36:03 For more details about the survey and the software tools we feature, head on over to the EcomCrew blog page and read Dave's article. If you want to get to know more about Jungle Scout, one of the software featured in our poll, listen to the podcast episode I had with its CEO, Greg Mercer. You can also watch the video of the interview on Youtube. If you like this episode, please don’t forget to leave us a review over on iTunes. It helps our channel a lot and also allows us to reach more e-commerce sellers who can benefit from our content. Until the next one, happy selling!

For Hindus, Sikhs and Jains it's Diwali - the festival of lights. But this year there's the pandemic. What impact is that having in India, asks Rajini Vaidyanathan in Delhi. In Azerbaijan, the decades-long intermittent war with Armenia over the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh flared up again in September. Earlier this week, Russia brokered a deal to end the conflict. Olga Ivshina has just returned from the Azeri side of the frontline, where reporters' safety was not just threatened by shelling. The French Caribbean island of Martinique has a difficult relationship with its past. For about two hundred years the colony relied on enslaved Africans to work in its sugar cane plantations. Some think that period might have been shorter if it hadn't been for Josephine, the wife of Napoleon. And as Tim Whewell found, that's not the only sensitive subject of conversation on the island. Bicycles have been recommended as a safe form of transport in the pandemic, and cities around Europe have been improving their cycling infrastructure as a result. Anna Holligan lives in the Netherlands, where cycling is second nature to many, and says that even there, more people are now switching to two wheels. On Mosher Island off the coast of Canada’s Nova Scotia province, self-isolation takes on a different meaning. No need to worry about social distancing, there is no one to keep a distance from. The island only has two residents, a former lighthouse keeper and his wife. Greg Mercer paid them a visit. Presenter: Kate Adie Producer: Arlene Gregorius

Resource Links: Buying Online Businesses Website (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com)  Download the Due Diligence Framework (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com/freeresources/) Interested in Selling Your Website Business? Hit us here (https://www.buyingonlinebusinesses.co/sellyourbusiness) Jungle Scout Website (https://bit.ly/33PkdQ2) Splitly Website (https://www.splitly.com/) Selling on Amazon is highly competitive, but there are ways to grow your business there.   Jungle Scout Founder Greg Mercer joins us today as he shares with us his story of leaving his corporate job to become an entrepreneur and travel, how to find the best products to sell on Amazon, taking your customers out of Amazon and the right mindset for success. Download and listen to this episode to find out how you can stand out on Amazon!   Episode Highlights: The moment when Greg decided to be an entrepreneur [03:50] The motivation for selling on Amazon [07:57] Creating the idea for Jungle Scout [10:54] Spot opportunities with the product research functionality [14:43] Optimise your listings first before adding more products [16:19] Avoid shiny object syndrome [19:04] Three tips to gain more traction for your products [22:13] Getting your customers out of Amazon [25:24] Why now is the best time to get into Amazon [28:54]   About Our Guest: Greg Mercer is passionate about big data. Having left a corporate job to become an entrepreneur and pursue financial freedom, Greg went on to start Jungle Scout, the leading software used by Amazon sellers. Originally developed as a Chrome extension to help him find the best products to sell on Amazon, it has since grown into a robust suite of SaaS solutions provided by a 125+ strong global team.  If you liked this episode, please don’t forget to subscribe, tune in, and share this podcast. You may also leave us a review on anywhere you listen to and share your feedback!  Connect with Jaryd Krause of Buying Online Businesses: Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JarydKrause1 Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ3g6G2USlnq7EgnUsajTBw See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interested in starting a Small Business selling private-label products on Amazon and other marketplaces? Join your hosts Dave Hamilton and Shannon Jean as they meet Janis Carmena of Ecommerce Queen Bee. Janis shares her story of success that has led her to help others succeed with private-label sales. There's a ton of great tips on this episode that you don't want to miss! Listen in and then visit the Small Business Support Group to ask your questions and join the conversation. 00:00:00 Small Business Show #297 for Wednesday, October 7, 2020 00:01:22 SPONSOR: Linode. Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. Get a server running in seconds with your choice of Linux distro, resources, and choice of 10 node locations. Visit Linode.com/SBS to start with a $100 credit.  00:03:02  Janis Carmena, Ecommerce Queen Bee, Vanisle Trading Retail Arbitrage, a How To! Then to Private Label “What Can I Learn from this Thousand Dollar Mistake?” Sad Turtle Straw Video No Straw Challenge Alibaba To Find Your Manufacturer Find a way to make yourself stand out Test on Facebook Marketplace FIRST, then once you've got your product, order 1,000 and sell on Amazon A better, silicone tip Go for Perception — if it looks high quality, it will sell better. Build trust with yourself! Use Sales Funnels to Meet Your Customers “Get 50% off of Amazon” with a Facebook ad.  “To use the promo code, search for [x]” Outsource anything outside your area of expertise “You cannot scale a business being a solopreneur.” ActiveCampaign for Email Lists with Automations ClickFunnels Rolodex Helium10 or Jungle Scout Listen to our interview with Greg Mercer of JungleScout NoTraceBags Advice: Don't Get Stuck in Analysis Paralysis! Just get the samples. Find Janis Free Boot Camp - ecommercequeenbee.com Join the boot camp! Selling on Amazon Mastermind Group Small Business Pocket Guides

Greg Mercer is the Founder and CEO of Junglescout, a leading software for Amazon sellers, and an 8 figure seller. In this conversation we discuss predictions for Q4, how Covid-19 has changed ecommerce and Amazon, whether small sellers can still compete, thoughts on Walmart and what's next for JungleScout. This episode is brought to you by my Amazon ads agency IncrementumDigital.com Email Liran@Incrementumdigital.com to find out how we can grow your brand's sales using the power of Amazon Advertising! Join the E-commerce Mindset Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/ecommercemindsetgroup/ on facebook to continue the conversation and follow Liran on social media: https://www.facebook.com/lhirschkorn https://www.instagram.com/liranhirschkorn/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/liranhirschkorn/ For inquiries on inventory financing for your Amazon/ecommerce business, or if you are looking to sell your Amazon business over $1mm in revenue, email Liran@IncrementumDigital.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/liran-hirschkorn0/message

Joe Hansen is the Founder and CEO of Buy Box Experts, a digital performance marketing agency devoted to helping brands on Amazon. Leading and working with the executive and director-level teams, Joe successfully converges marketing and fulfillment strategies to deliver a fluid marketing, sales, onboarding, and management experience for clients. He is a serial entrepreneur who has built and sold half a dozen different brands and is also the Co-founder of the Prosper Show, the largest educational conference for Amazon sellers. Greg Mercer is the Founder and CEO of Jungle Scout, a software tool that helps everyone from entrepreneurs to large brands win on Amazon. As a leader in the Amazon selling community, Greg originally built Jungle Scout as a Chrome extension to automate his process of finding products to sell on Amazon. Today, he leads a team of 125+ global employees who have built Jungle Scout into a robust suite of SaaS solutions. In this episode… All e-commerce sellers who join the Amazon marketplace do so with the intention of driving traffic to their listings, making sales, and growing their brands. However, many sellers notice that after some time on the platform, their reports show declining sales and margins.  In order to reverse this situation and avoid any subsequent losses, it's essential for these sellers to first identify the causes behind their declining margins. According to Amazon experts Joe Hansen and Greg Mercer, some common reasons include pricing, competition, and Amazon costs and commissions. So what are their tried and true tips for increasing margins and boosting profits? In this webinar hosted by Buy Box Experts, James Thomson is joined by Joe Hansen from Buy Box Experts and Greg Mercer from Jungle Scout to talk about the common causes of declining margins on Amazon—and how to reverse them. They discuss the nuances of the Amazon flywheel, their best strategies for optimizing paid advertisements, and how to monitor your competition in order to stay at the top of your market. Stay tuned.

There's a lot of talk about tech companies and antitrust these days, and a great deal of the focus falls on Amazon. But is antitrust law really the right approach, or even capable of achieving the results many people want? This week, we're focusing on one specific complaint that comes up a lot, about Amazon being both a marketplace and a seller in that marketplace and gaining various advantages including, supposedly, from the data it has access to. We're joined by Greg Mercer, founder and CEO of Jungle Scout, to talk about whether Amazon really has a data advantage, and how much it really matters.

In the e-commerce space, selling private label products on Amazon has been a popular side hustle for the last several years. But is it still the best way to go? Or is there a lower risk, higher reward way to turn your ideas into profits? In this episode, which is the second episode of our Showdown series this month, we’re comparing two ways you can capitalize on opportunities in the market; selling private label products and product licensing. For this debate, I’ve sourced two guests who have appeared on the Side Hustle Show before: Greg Mercer of JungleScout.com, creator of the popular Jungle Scout product research and amazon analytics software. We last from Greg on episode 263, when he talked about how to find your first Amazon FBA private label product. (Try Jungle Scout for half off your first month with my referral link.) Stephen Key of, InventRight.com and author of the One Simple Idea: Turn Your Dreams into a Licensing Goldmine While Letting Others Do the Work. We last heard from Stephen on episode 113, when he talked about how you can turn your ideas into recurring revenue. Both business models allow you to exercise our creative muscles. But, as you’ll find out, each model is suited to a different personality type and has a different balance of risk and reward. Tune in to hear both Greg and Stephen dig into the different strategies behind: Getting started Marketing and discoverability Start-up costs Beating the competition Monetization And more There is some interesting insight into these business models. By the end of the episode, you’ll have a clearer idea of which business model is best for you. Full show notes

Show Notes: https://outdoorsonline.co/012 Nick Loper from the Side Hustle Podcast is on the show to share some tips on how you can turn your side hustle into a full time business.  Find out how the comparison shopping site was his first step into commerce and affiliate sales online. Nick shares the listener pyramid concept and how you get a stranger up your podcast pyramid and turn a stranger into a raving fan.  Nick also shares a great reminder about looking for speculative projects. Show Notes with Nick Loper 11:15 - Pat Flynn, Mixergy, Rise to the Top and Entrepreneurs on Fire were all going strong in the podcasting space when Nick first started his podcast. 20:45 - Amy Porterfield is known for her big juicy opt ins for each episode.  These are called content upgrades and is something we should all be thinking about. 22:25 - Dan Carlin's Hardcore History is a show so good that you’ll contribute and follow it. 27:25 - Nick notes Fiverr.  I created the logo for this brand but had a person from fiverr add the red line up the middle. 30:15 - Nick’s youtube channel is the amazing thing for Nick seeing the return on the ads. 35:25 - Nick notes Udemy and the affiliate sales in the past. 36:10 - PostMates and Instacart 36:30 - Greg Mercer from Jungle Scout is leading the FBA game on searching for products on Amazon. 38:15 - Aaron Walker has a paid mastermind and was on the podcast in episode 11 here. 42:15 - Tropical MBA 47:35 - Rich Dad Poor Dad had a big influence 48:35 - 80 20 Sales and Marketing Book 53:35  - Busy Budgeter and Jenn have some killer affiliate funnels on their email list. You can find them here:  sidehustlenation.com/ideas Side Hustle Ideas for a Podcast Use the Listener Pyramid (14:30) Use old gmail lists to address strangers - Do they know others? Use your Facebook friends - Who do they know? Paid Mastermind group The show is content marketing Ads don’t work for a small show Episode specific lead magnets - PDF Summary of the show How to find your product - Know you goal - Do you need money ASAP or do you have time to build it. The Income Pie - You have to find ways to make money in your sleep.  Carve out time in your week for speculative projects The Listener Pyramid Strangers are at the Bottom Listeners are next up the pyramid Subscribers are the 3rd level Raving Fans are at the top - You have to give them a big win (Help them accomplish a goal and they will be a fan for life).  Photo via: https://podcastfasttrack.com/124-side-hustling-his-way-to-podcasting-success-nick-loper/   3 Revenue pillars for Nick 1. Sponsors 2. affiliate streams through blog and  (fastest growing) 3. Self publishing, affiliate sites, online course, free lancing 4. Investments “If you don't find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.” -Warren Buffett “I love Amazon as a customer, but don’t know if I want to be in bed with them as a business owner.” -Nick Loper “Your are financially free when income from assets you control exceeds your monthly expenses.” -Nick Loper Resources Noted in the Show Rich Dad Poor Dad 80 20 Sales and Marketing Conclusion with Nick Loper Nick Loper shares some great tips on how you can make your side hustle a full time business.  We hear about who influenced Nick and how he has created a full time business through the Side Hustle Podcast.  Nick breaks down some easy steps to set a plan to go all in on your passion. Show Notes: https://outdoorsonline.co/012

Greg Mercer of Jungle Scout reports: 48% of consumers shopping more frequently on Amazon since the COVID-19 pandemic

Greg Mercer Founder and CEO of Jungle Scout, he once was a civil engineer who decided to create his own business on Amazon and succeeded. He then went on to try and make the process easier helping thousands if not millions of people do the same. In this episode you will learn: The top mistakes people make when selling on Amazon How you can use Jungle Scout to build your business beyond selling on Amazon Greg's story of going from engineer to full-time Amazon seller then creating his own business on top of it! Learn how you can win $50,000 in a contest for entrepreneurs Connect with Greg Check out Jungle Scout Check out Jump Send Apply to win $50,000 at 5MinutePitch.com

Today we're joined by Scott Voelker of The Amazing Seller podcast. Scotty's not just a personal friend but a comrade-in-arms in a number of ecommerce projects, the most recent being season one of the 5 Minute Pitch along with Steve Chou and Greg Mercer. Scott and I have many similarities when it comes to our background and how we've grown our respective ecommerce businesses. So, after hearing his presentation on ecommerce business sustainability at this year's Sellers Summit, I got him on the show solo. Not everything works forever Ecommerce is a dynamic industry. It's constantly evolving according to the latest market trends and who's dominating it (big “bad” Amazon). Strategies that may have worked will lose their edge eventually. As Scott puts it, “Things that worked yesterday may not necessarily work today”. Innovation and a good understanding of the market are crucial for being successful long-term. Grab their attention “Attention is the new currency.” Speaking of marketplaces, what we've found that does work is capturing the market's attention. How do you that? By being genuine and bringing something valuable to the table. After you've identified a target market, you'll need to create a plan that grabs and sustains their attention. This usually involves putting out content in some form or another. But offering valuable content is only half of the picture. You also need to establish that trust with your audience. Do so by proving your expertise in the subject and your willingness to guide people who may not experts themselves, but are working towards getting on that level. Tune in to the full podcast episode for more insights on how you and your brand can navigate the changing tides of ecommerce and remain relevant in the years to come. And check out the resources section of this page for more information on an ecommerce event Scotty's putting together in September.   We have a book and we're giving it away for FREE. If you want a physical copy of our tried-and-tested Amazon launch strategy complete with examples and screenshots, get yours here. Want to get advice from Mike and have your business featured on the podcast?  Sign up for the EcomCrew Roadshow today! Join season two of the 5 MInute Pitch by filling out and submitting the application form. Finally, if you enjoyed listening and think this episode has been useful to you, please take a moment to leave us a review on iTunes. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them below. Happy selling! Resources Brand Accelerator Live 2019 E187: How to Save on High-Quality Content for SEO – Under the Hood with Sebastien Taché

Early this year my buddies Steve Chou of My Wife Quit Her Job, Scott Voelker of The Amazing Seller, Greg Mercer of Jungle Scout and I came up with a new show called the 5 Minute Pitch. All four of us met up last week to film the semi-finals, and it's a little strange to say this, but it's probably the hardest I've worked the whole year. The schedule was so brutal that I wasn't able to touch my laptop for 3 whole days. Imagine that. The 5 Minute Pitch The 5 Minute Pitch is a Shark Tank style show where we have 32 contestants pitch us their businesses for 5 minutes, for a chance to win $50,000. Unlike Shark Tank, there's no strings attached, which means we don't take any equity from the company that wins. Over the next few weeks after the creation of the show, the four of us and a couple of guest judges got together on Skype while 32 companies pitched their business ideas to us. We narrowed the contestants down to 8 and had them fly to San Diego last week to present an extended pitch, in person, to all four of us plus one very special guest judge who we can't reveal yet (hint: his podcast is in iTunes' top 100 Business Podcasts). We will be airing the first batch of pitches early next year on iTunes and YouTube. The finals, which will determine the winner who will take the $50,000 prize, will be held in Miami, Florida during the Sellers Summit. Most Important Takeaway from the Semi Finals There is one thing that stood out to me during our filming last week (aside from the back pain from having to sit in the same position for too long) and that is there's one thing all successful businesses have. The ability to adapt to change. In business, you don't need to have everything figured out at the get go. You don't need to have everything planned. If you get too buried in planning, taking into account every possible scenario in your head, you might not get around to doing anything at all. Learn to take action, get early feedback, and use that feedback to steer your business in the right direction. Being nimble and learning how to ride the tide is the most important skill you need to learn to achieve business success. If you think about it, so many successful businesses--AirBnB, Lyft, Cisco--didn't have all their ducks in a row. And if you look at their history, they are not the same company as they were when they started. But they all have one thing in common: the ability to adapt to change. Even the 5 Minute Pitch didn't start out perfectly. We knew we wanted to do this but the details weren't clear to any of us when we started. But we went ahead and did it anyway, improvising and learning from our mistakes along the way. The result of it is a show that all four of us are excited and proud to present to you. EcomCrew Premium Opening One Last Time This Year We've recently been limiting the number of people we accommodate with EcomCrew Premium because we wanted to be able to attend to the needs of every single one of our members, and having too many people sign up prevents us from doing that. We have a trick up our sleeve for our next reopening on Black Friday, which will be the last time we will open registrations this year. Connect with us on Facebook to be among the first to get updates about our surprise for the reopening. Thanks for listening to this episode! Until the next one, happy selling.

If you're an entrepreneur who's been tinkering around with an awesome business idea but short on capital, we'd love to help. In this episode, I met up with three of my buddies in the industry, Greg Mercer from Jungle Scout, Steve Chou from My Wife Quit Her Job, and Scott Voelker from The Amazing Seller, to talk about our latest project called the 5 Minute Pitch. It's an opportunity for bootstrapped online businesses to pitch their best business idea to us as judges and win $50,000. Who are we looking for? We are on the lookout for an online business with great forward momentum. We want someone who can take a unique business idea and add the meat and bones to it. So, give us your business backstory, be transparent about your numbers, and spill all the details for your chosen venture.   Finally, act natural. “Let your personality shine through because at the end of the day we are investing in people. Oftentimes, businesses have to make pivots and go on to do different types of things. So we want to know that the founders that we're giving this money to as a gift are going to really exceed with it.”, says Greg. How can you join? Simply log on to www.5minutepitch.com or fill out the application form here. Please note we only accept 32 entries so time is of the essence. How do we pick a winner? The grand prize winner will be selected after a series of elimination rounds. We're starting with 32 contestants who will be giving us their 5-minute pitch on Skype. From that cluster, we'll be selecting 8 contestants to advance to the next round. These 8 contestants will again be narrowed down to 4. The lucky 4 will be flown to San Diego to present their pitch live to the four judges. From these, we'll then select the grand winner of a $50,000 cash gift.   What does the winner get? We're giving away a cash gift worth $50,000 to the lucky winner plus some mentoring time with each judge. We're launching this contest in the fall. Sign up for our email list to get the latest updates.   Other Useful Resources: MyEcomcrew Jungle Scout My Wife Quit Her Job The Amazing Seller   Thanks for listening to this episode! If you enjoyed listening and think this episode has been useful to you, please take a moment to leave us a review on iTunes. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them below. Happy selling!

Greg Mercer is the founder and CEO of Jungle Scout, a product that helps sellers on Amazon to research and find profitable product ideas and market niches. The Show Notes Jungle Scout Amazon Amazon FBA Greg on Twitter Omer on Twitter Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe to the podcast Leave a rating and review Follow Omer on Twitter Need help with your SaaS? Join SaaS Club Plus: our membership and community for new and early-stage SaaS founders. Join and get training & support. Join SaaS Club Launch: a 12-week group coaching program to help you get your SaaS from zero to your first $10K revenue. Apply for SaaS Club Accelerate: If you'd like to work directly with Omer 1:1, then request a free strategy session.

Greg is the founder and CEO of Jungle Scout as well as a suite of other tools to empower Amazon sellers. When he's not working on the software side of things, he continues to manage and grow his physical product brands. Listen in as he explains what you need to do on Amazon in order to create the proper products, stay competitive and follow the trends in the fast-paced world of Fulfilled By Amazon e-commerce. Resources JungleScout: Amazon Product Research Tool (Website) Million Dollar Case Study: Watch Greg Launch a Product in Europe (Site) Greg Mercer (Twitter)

Today I want to talk about the direction the company is taking and how I plan to keep up with it. We have really plateaued as a company, and part of that is because we don't have the manpower. We need some new structure. I have decided to take a two-prong approach to restructuring things. The two sides of the business are:  The product side or “getting the product to our customers.”  The eCommerce side - email marketing, promotions, product development, and generally everything pre-sale.  Hopefully, this new structure will help us get to an eight figures status. If you know someone who is kind of a “techie” person, then contact me at mike@terran.com. I would like a resume or a letter telling me why you are the best fit for the company.  The things I'm looking for in a new hire are as follows:  Able to relocate or already living in the San Diego area.  Understands and knows how to manage content.  Experience in eCommerce is super important. You need to know how to run Amazon and Shopify stores.  A fast learner who can pick up on the stuff they don't know.  A good communicator, so that we can be more efficient.  A hard worker and self-starter.  Someone who wants a long term position.  I realize that nobody is going to have all the experience I am looking for, but what is important is the prospect's willingness to learn. So if you know someone or you are a good fit for me, please let me know.  Just a reminder, I will be speaking at some events this year. Here is a list of those events.  Ecommerce All Stars -- Austin, TX, August 4-5. Global Sources -- Hong Kong, October 17-19. EcommerceFuel Live -- Laguna Beach, CA, January 11-13, 2018. Also if you go to www.ecomcrew.com/summit2017, you can download my slides from my presentation at Sellers' Summit 2017. You will also get a discount code for $50 off the price of a virtual pass to all the great content from the summit.  Included in this package will be a free round table session with Scott Voelker, Greg Mercer, Jeff Cohen, Steve Chou, and myself. That round table will be June 26th at 2 pm Pacific time. If that's something that interests you, then check out the link to sign up.  This episode is sponsored by Stamped.io. We have recently switched to Stamped.io, so we can get the most out of our reviews, and they have a really great product. We are proud to partner with them and there is a link below to check them out.  Resources Mentioned Today:  Amazon.com Colorit.com Ecommerce All Stars EcommerceFuel Live Ecom Crew Facebook Page Global Sources Sellers' Summit Virtual Pass Shopify Stamped.io Tactical.com  Don't forget about our Facebook Live episodes. Just like our Facebook page and you will be notified when we do an episode. If you have any questions or anything you'd like us to discuss on the podcast please go to ecomcrew.com and fill out the contact form. Also, we would really appreciate if you would leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks for listening!

Our guest today is Greg Mercer, the founder of JungleScout. Jungle Scout is an application that pairs with a seller's Amazon account. The software offers a suite of tools for Amazon sellers to help them optimize their product and the product reputation.  Greg also has his hand in other software tools such as Fetcher, Spitly, and Review Kick. On today's episode, Greg tells us about how Jungle Scout got its start and how their products complies with Amazon's new system changes. The topics we covered today are: Greg's digital nomadic lifestyle Jungle Scout's product database Jungle Scout's uses to Amazon sellers Greg's rules of thumb Why Jungle Scout was created The development of Spitly and its uses Beta testing with Fetcher Using Review Kick Greg's opinion of where Amazon will be in 3 years Resources Mentioned Today: JungleScout.com Spitly.com Fetcher.com Review Kick Amazon If you have any questions or anything you'd like us to discuss on the podcast, please go to ecomcrew.com and fill out the contact form. Also, we would really appreciate if you would leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks for listening!