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✅ Want all-access to step-by-step training from 7, 8 & 9-figure founders? Start your Foundr+ $1 trial today → Click Here ✅ Prefer 1-on-1 mentorship to launch or scale your brand faster? Apply for eCommerce coaching: → Starting your ecom biz? Click Here → Already selling and want to scale? Click Here What You'll Learn in This Episode In this episode, Jake Kassan, co-founder of Movement Watches, reveals the emotional rollercoaster of building and selling a business for $100M—and what came after. He shares: ✅ How he scaled Movement from a $5,000 credit card to a $100M exit ✅ The loneliness and identity crisis he faced after selling ✅ Why chasing money alone didn't fulfill him ✅ The creative spark that led him to YouTube ✅ His advice for founders struggling with burnout or searching for meaning If you're a founder chasing big goals, feeling stuck, or wondering what comes next—this episode is packed with raw, honest insights that rarely get shared.

On today’s episode, Kunle is joined by Trevor Crotts, Founder of Buddy Brands. Trevor is a serial entrepreneur who started out with pet products and is now a major proponent of using 3d models and mixed reality in eCommerce. With limited or no access to brick-and-mortar stores during the pandemic, almost all types of products have now moved online. So now we have more people buying products they’ve never seen in person. This has taken the importance of product images and descriptions to another level. Customers want what they see while ordering. Otherwise you get (lots of) returns and loss of credibility. On the flipside, it is already well established that great product images help with conversion. But if you can provide customers with a 360-degree view of the product, you are really getting a leg up on the competition. You are effectively allowing the customers to touch and turn over the product in their hands - all from the safety of their home. The result? User experience and Conversion rate skyrocket. You are looking at an average jump of 30% in conversion rate!  In this episode, Kunle and Trevor talk about using 3d models and mixed reality in eCommerce. You will get to hear about triggering sales with emotions, using 3d models and mixed reality on product pages, and best practices on moving your catalogue to 3d models. This episode is a sneak peek into a technology that is rapidly becoming a norm! ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’ Famous This episode is brought to you by Famous. Famous enables brands on Shopify to easily build beautiful landing pages and product pages that include custom video, animations, and more. All pages built on famous are optimized for storytelling and selling on desktop and mobile.   Famous’ software allows you to build your pages in minutes without code, so you don’t need a developer. You just need to want to build a better experience for your customers. Famous has worked in the past with many leading online retailers including Honest, Justfab and more.   You can try it for free at famous.co/2x.   ShipBob   This episode is brought to you by ShipBob.   ShipBob is an end-to-end global fulfilment provider trusted by thousands of DTC brands. With the recent launch of their first UK fulfilment centre, in London, merchants that work with ShipBob now have access to ecommerce markets in Europe as well as North America.   ShipBob was ranked the #1 Fulfilment Tech Platform by AdWeek's Retail Award and enables affordable 2-day shipping. Get your products picked, packed, and shipped.   Go to Shipbob.com/2x to get $500 in free shipping credits today.

On today’s episode, Kunle is joined by Will Laurenson, Founder of Customers Who Click - a Customer Value Optimisation consultancy and podcast. Will helps DTC brands optimise customer experience to convert customers that bring higher lifetime value. Paid acquisition is a go-to strategy for most eCom and DTC brands. While this brings in new customers, they don’t always stick around to become repeat customers. When a customer buys purely based on incentives (discounts and rewards), their repeat purchase is also driven by those same incentives. This is not viable for the business.  Cracking the code of bagging customers who understand and value your brand is a key determinant of success. Boosting Lifetime Value (LTV) is becoming the top focus of businesses looking to build long term profitability. Today’s guest, Will believes that LTV is one of the three major pillars that drive customer value. In this episode, Kunle and Will talk about building an entire business strategy with the goal of boosting customer value. You will get to hear about conversion rate optimisation, CX goals, retention strategies and the KPIs you should be tracking. This is a great episode for marketers and business owners! ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’ Famous This episode is brought to you by Famous. Famous enables brands on Shopify to easily build beautiful landing pages and product pages that include custom video, animations, and more. All pages built on famous are optimized for storytelling and selling on desktop and mobile.   Famous’ software allows you to build your pages in minutes without code, so you don’t need a developer. You just need to want to build a better experience for your customers. Famous has worked in the past with many leading online retailers including Honest, Justfab and more.   You can try it for free at famous.co/2x.   ShipBob   This episode is brought to you by ShipBob.   ShipBob is an end-to-end global fulfilment provider trusted by thousands of DTC brands. With the recent launch of their first UK fulfilment centre, in London, merchants that work with ShipBob now have access to ecommerce markets in Europe as well as North America.   ShipBob was ranked the #1 Fulfilment Tech Platform by AdWeek's Retail Award and enables affordable 2-day shipping. Get your products picked, packed, and shipped.   Go to Shipbob.com/2x to get $500 in free shipping credits today.

On today’s episode, Kunle is joined by Samir El-Sabini, Co-founder and CEO at Juni - the Digital Bank made for Media Buying. The platform aims to provide eCom businesses access to banking power, and has a waiting list of over 3000 while still being in Beta. When entrepreneurs think about launching a new DTC or eCom business, the focus is usually on the product. While identifying the right product and market can help you drive revenue, other nitty-gritties like compliance and banking can put a dent in your profitability. Most payment gateways have settlement periods ranging from 3-7 days. Delayed access to payouts can create cash flow issues for businesses. While access to credit in the eCommerce industry has certainly improved, choosing the right option for your business is still a very real challenge. This is where Juni is trying to reimagine banking for eCom and Media buying firms. Their services are completely focused on alleviating the pain points in eCommerce banking and credit. In today’s episode, Kunle and Samir talk about the typical financial challenges faced by eCom businesses. You will get to hear about how specialised knowledge, automation and credit solutions can help overcome those challenges. This is a great episode for businesses selling internationally. There is also a special offer for 2xers! ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’ Famous This episode is brought to you by Famous. Famous enables brands on Shopify to easily build beautiful landing pages and product pages that include custom video, animations, and more. All pages built on famous are optimized for storytelling and selling on desktop and mobile.   Famous’ software allows you to build your pages in minutes without code, so you don’t need a developer. You just need to want to build a better experience for your customers. Famous has worked in the past with many leading online retailers including Honest, Justfab and more.   You can try it for free at famous.co/2x.

On today’s episode, Kunle is joined by Louis Lavedan, Strategic Partner Manager EMEA at Gorgias - a Paris-based eCommerce customer experience platform. The platform allows you to create a unified stream to offer effective customer service on all platforms. Gorgias is trusted by over 5500 merchants. What do you think of when you hear “Customer Experience”? The common answer would be sending shipping info, handling returns and answering post-purchase questions. If you are of this opinion too, then you’re leaving money on the table! Customer experience (CX) has really come into the spotlight with the explosive growth of eCommerce. For successful brands, CX is a pillar for driving sales and retention. Being wherever the customer is and responding promptly is the difference being gaining, retaining or losing a customer. However, keeping tabs of all communication channels and offering prompt customer service can be daunting. This is where a platform like Gorgias comes in. In today’s episode, Kunle and Louis talk using technology to build a CX that’ll set you apart. You will get to hear about how segmentation and automation can instantly boost productivity and drive revenue. This is a great episode for eCommerce brands of all sizes! ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’ Famous This episode is brought to you by Famous. Famous enables brands on Shopify to easily build beautiful landing pages and product pages that include custom video, animations, and more. All pages built on famous are optimized for storytelling and selling on desktop and mobile.   Famous’ software allows you to build your pages in minutes without code, so you don’t need a developer. You just need to want to build a better experience for your customers. Famous has worked in the past with many leading online retailers including Honest, Justfab and more.   You can try it for free at famous.co/2x.

On today’s episode, Kunle is joined by Raúl Galera, Chief Advocate at ReferralCandy - a customer referral platform that gets shoppers to refer their friends and drive word-of-mouth. The company has worked with over 30,000 brands since launching in 2009. In today’s market, a company’s long-term success is closely linked to their cost of acquiring new customers. Cracking the right marketing mix that enables consistent acquisition and retention is what keeps marketers up at night.  It's safe to say that every brand wants more word-of-mouth referrals. There are many advantages of word-of-mouth marketing, most of all that it doesn’t cost anything. But building a reputation that drives organic customer acquisition is not just about creating buzz or being seen more. It starts with a solid product and an even better customer experience. But that being said, there are systems you can put in place that make referrals a bit more likely. This is where a platform like ReferralCandy comes in! In today’s episode, Kunle and Raúl talk about all things referral marketing. You will get to hear about what it takes to build a solid base that breeds loyal customers, the right time to activate customers, what incentives to offer and other best practices. This is a great episode for marketers - regardless of your industry or scale! ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’ Famous This episode is brought to you by Famous. Famous enables brands on Shopify to easily build beautiful landing pages and product pages that include custom video, animations, and more. All pages built on famous are optimized for storytelling and selling on desktop and mobile.   Famous’ software allows you to build your pages in minutes without code, so you don’t need a developer. You just need to want to build a better experience for your customers. Famous has worked in the past with many leading online retailers including Honest, Justfab and more.   You can try it for free at famous.co/2x.

On today’s episode, Kunle is joined by Chris Shipferling, Managing Partner at Global Wired Advisors - an investment bank specialising in buyouts in the DTC segment. Together with his highly experienced team, Chris provides companies with comprehensive financial advice and strategic planning through the sales transaction. Entrepreneurs start businesses for various reasons. For some it will come to represent their life’s work and carry on for decades. For others it is an asset to grow, nurture and ultimately sell for a profit. The latter is definitely the more prevalent scenario, especially in the DTC world. Almost every other day, we read about businesses getting bought and sold for huge sums of money.  Buyouts are becoming more common and aided by the stellar growth spurt of eCommerce, money has come flooding into the market. More VCs, PEs and Investment banks are on the lookout for companies ripe for sale. However, with more opportunity comes more noise and different challenges. It is easy for founders to take their eye off the ball, i.e. their business, while seeking out and speaking to investors. In today’s episode, Kunle and Chris talk about the ins and outs of an exit strategy. You will get to hear about how investors screen businesses, what metrics they look at, and how transactions are modelled. This is a great episode for anyone building a business (whether or not they plan to sell it in the future). ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’ Famous This episode is brought to you by Famous. Famous enables brands on Shopify to easily build beautiful landing pages and product pages that include custom video, animations, and more. All pages built on famous are optimized for storytelling and selling on desktop and mobile.   Famous’ software allows you to build your pages in minutes without code, so you don’t need a developer. You just need to want to build a better experience for your customers. Famous has worked in the past with many leading online retailers including Honest, Justfab and more.   You can try it for free at famous.co/2x.

On today’s episode, Kunle is joined by Bob Braham, CEO of Famous - a mobile-first platform that helps build stunning storefronts and landing pages for shopify stores. With Famous, you can build premium pages without code using the super intuitive page builder.  Gone are the days when having a great-looking online store was a novelty. ECommerce is now front and centre across all industries. To compete, and indeed survive, in today’s market, you need a store that not only works well but also helps you stand out from your competitors. Not every business has the means to hire developers to build trendsetting landing pages and storefronts.  This is the very problem that Famous solves with it’s page builder. You can create custom mobile-first landing pages and product pages in minutes - all without code. Famous completely integrates with your Shopify store. Now even bootstrapped businesses can build premium pages with additional spend (and headache!). This means quicker launches and iterations that will help drive growth.  In today’s episode, Kunle and Bob talk about Famous’ unique offering and positioning to help both businesses and design agencies. You will get to hear about the company’s background and plans for the future.  ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’ Famous This episode is brought to you by Famous. Famous enables brands on Shopify to easily build beautiful landing pages and product pages that include custom video, animations, and more. All pages built on famous are optimized for storytelling and selling on desktop and mobile.   Famous’ software allows you to build your pages in minutes without code, so you don’t need a developer. You just need to want to build a better experience for your customers. Famous has worked in the past with many leading online retailers including Honest, Justfab and more.   You can try it for free at famous.co/2x.

On today’s episode, Kunle is joined by Stefan Jordev, Director of Marketplace Strategy at Bobsled - a digital marketing agency that has successfully launched 100+ brands on Amazon and managed millions of dollars in monthly sales. The founder of Bobsled was a guest on the show way back in season 2. DTC brands pride themselves on being able to control all aspects of customer experience. Be it UI on their website, packaging or fulfillment and returns. Building a rapport and direct connect with the customer is a key driver. While selling on Amazon and other marketplaces, you lose control of the experience and connect with the customer. This is why many DTC and eCom brands steer clear of marketplaces. But with growing competition and an extremely volatile market, being omnipresent is growing in importance. Being everywhere your customers are is a soon-to-be norm. That being said, DTC brands have a lot of apprehension about how to make the transition to marketplaces and replicate their success on the platform. In today’s episode, Kunle and Stefan examine the case for DTC brands to start selling on Amazon. You get to hear about how to prepare for transition, leverage Amazon’s programs and ads to succeed on the platform.   ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’ Famous This episode is brought to you by Famous. Famous enables brands on Shopify to easily build beautiful landing pages and product pages that include custom video, animations, and more. All pages built on famous are optimized for storytelling and selling on desktop and mobile.   Famous’ software allows you to build your pages in minutes without code, so you don’t need a developer. You just need to want to build a better experience for your customers. Famous has worked in the past with many leading online retailers including Honest, Justfab and more.   You can try it for free at famous.co/2x.

On today’s episode, Kunle is joined by Guillaume Cabane, a SaaS Growth Hacker with over 2 decades of online selling expertise. He has been a growth advisor to high Growth SaaS Startups including G2, Gorgias, Metadata, Madkudu and also worked for Apple. All businesses, whether eCommerce, DTC or otherwise, grapple with an ever present challenge: “how do we compete?”. Competing on price is difficult, as the race to the bottom has eroded margins almost completely. Competing on product is also easier said than done, because creating a truly innovative product requires huge investments in R & D. So in a market where there is no room in pricing and products are more or less standardised, how can we compete? To answer this question, ask yourself, if given a choice would you buy a certain product from Amazon or a smaller-relatively unknown store? Chances are you would say Amazon. Why? Because you know what to expect in terms of customer experience. A seamless, hasslefree shopping experience is enough to win over customers. In today’s episode, Kunle and Guillaume discuss how creating a seamless, responsive and easy experience for customers can be a key driver of growth. Guillaume talks about what eCommerce can learn from SaaS and also shares some key CX metrics to track for driving growth.   ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’ Famous This episode is brought to you by Famous. Famous enables brands on Shopify to easily build beautiful landing pages and product pages that include custom video, animations, and more. All pages built on famous are optimized for storytelling and selling on desktop and mobile.   Famous’ software allows you to build your pages in minutes without code, so you don’t need a developer. You just need to want to build a better experience for your customers. Famous has worked in the past with many leading online retailers including Honest, Justfab and more.   You can try it for free at famous.co/2x.

On today’s episode, Kunle lays out the key pillars that’ll drive growth for DTC brands in 2021. He distills the experience of having worked with over 60 businesses in the last 3 years into key action points all brands can (and should) implement. 2020 was a landmark year for eCommerce, where growth and adoption went into fast-forward. The brands that could adjust and pivot prospered, those that couldn’t perished . In light of the pandemic the entire business landscape changed. Manufacturing, supply chain, marketing, fulfillment, customer service and everything else in between had to be rethinked. The very way customers perceive brands and “feel” about products has shifted. 2021 has started off much in the same vein as 2020. Emotions are running high all over the world. Building a “connect” with your audience is more important now than ever before. This approach has to drive everything from product launches to marketing to customer service. The businesses that maximise lifetime value of customers will maximise profits in the long-term. On today’s episode, I lay out my top strategies and tips that marketers or business owners can implement in 2021.  It is my personal mission to make an impact in eCommerce. If you find our content useful, then please leave us a review or reach out to us on social media. Thank you and onto the episode!  ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’ Famous This episode is brought to you by Famous. Famous enables brands on Shopify to easily build beautiful landing pages and product pages that include custom video, animations, and more. All pages built on famous are optimized for storytelling and selling on desktop and mobile.   Famous’ software allows you to build your pages in minutes without code, so you don’t need a developer. You just need to want to build a better experience for your customers. Famous has worked in the past with many leading online retailers including Honest, Justfab and more.   You can try it for free at famous.co/2x.

On today’s episode, Kunle is joined by Chase Dimond, Partner at Structured Social. Chase is a leading eMail Marketer who has generated over $50 Million in attributable revenue from eMail marketing. He is always willing to share knowledge and educate, and this reflects in his large following on social media. There are sweeping changes taking place in the marketing landscape as you read this. With privacy becoming better protected, the ability to “buy” revenue is diminishing. But there is one medium that allows you to connect with prospects on a personal level, and not depend on third parties. Yes, we are talking about eMail. In the age where customer retention could mean the difference between success and failure, eMail marketing is a stand-out performer. Whether you are a small business or an 8-figure business, eMail marketing can help you convert leads and retain customers. Email allows you to segment your audiences and hit them at the right time with the right offer. With the host of powerful tools available to leverage email marketing, the possibilities are endless. But getting it right is easier said than done! On today’s episode, Kunle and Chase get into the real nitty-gritties of what it takes to run successful eMail marketing campaigns. You will get to learn a ton about flows, campaigns, segmentation, split testing, list building, and tying it all together to drive revenue. Whether you are new to eMail marketing or a veteran, there are golden nuggets for you in this one! ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’ Famous This episode is brought to you by Famous. Famous enables brands on Shopify to easily build beautiful landing pages and product pages that include custom video, animations, and more. All pages built on famous are optimized for storytelling and selling on desktop and mobile.   Famous’ software allows you to build your pages in minutes without code, so you don’t need a developer. You just need to want to build a better experience for your customers. Famous has worked in the past with many leading online retailers including Honest, Justfab and more.   You can try it for free at famous.co/2x.

On today’s episode, Kunle is joined by Nick Shackelford, Managing Partner at Structured Social. Nick is a seasoned performance marketer and media buyer who works with over 100 brands. He is an active part of the ecosystem that is going to be affected by the upcoming iOS changes. His previous appearance on the show was one of our most popular episodes of 2020. If you’ve been following the Martech news in 2020, you may have noticed the ongoing spat between Apple and Facebook. Facebook even put out full-page newspaper ads criticizing Apple.  At the center of all the back-and-forth is privacy. More specifically it is a prompt called App Tracking Transparency (ATT), which will rollout in the coming days. This prompt will ask you to Opt-in or Opt-out of data sharing for each of your apps. Why is this a big deal?  If you are a DTC or eCommerce brand, then chances are that Facebook ads are a major part of your marketing strategy. Both Facebook and Facebook ads thrive on users data. You get better targeting, metrics and attribution because of this data. But that’s all going to change now. Over 50% of the buying audience have iOS devices. A chunk of those users might stop sharing data, and alter the marketing landscape for good. On today’s episode, Kunle and Nick look at the genesis of ATT, how it is going to affect Facebook marketing and how you can brace for impact when the changes roll out. Whether you’re a marketer, business owner or just a consumer - you’re probably on Facebook and you definitely don’t want to miss this one! ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’ Famous This episode is brought to you by Famous. Famous enables brands on Shopify to easily build beautiful landing pages and product pages that include custom video, animations, and more. All pages built on famous are optimized for storytelling and selling on desktop and mobile.   Famous’ software allows you to build your pages in minutes without code, so you don’t need a developer. You just need to want to build a better experience for your customers. Famous has worked in the past with many leading online retailers including Honest, Justfab and more.   You can try it for free at famous.co/2x.

On today’s episode, Kunle is joined by Andrew D’Souza, Co-Founder and CEO of Clearbanc - a company that helps high growth eCommerce businesses raise money without diluting equity. Clearbanc is the biggest eCommerce investor in the world, having invested more than a billion dollars in almost 3000 businesses since being founded in 2015. We all know eCommerce is booming, and there are opportunities for explosive growth cropping up everywhere. But each business has its limitations. Capitalising on these opportunities usually involves spending more on marketing, growing your team and having bigger inventory. All of these are easier said than done. At the end of the day it comes down to the amount of capital you have on hand.  Raising funds is no mean feat either. On one hand you have the option of raising venture capital - where after investing a lot of time and resources you could just lose control of your company; on the other hand, you have debt financing - where you could lose everything you own if things don’t go well. Clearbanc’s mission is to solve this funding dilemma. Clearbanc has the system’s in place to analyse your business and give you an offer instantly. You can raise funds without the hassles and stress of VCs and banks. In today’s episode Kunle and Andrew discuss strategies for DTC businesses to raise funds and grow in the current eCommerce ecosystem. You will get to hear about future trends and opportunities, and how they all tie into being omnichannel. You certainly don’t want to miss this one!  ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’

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On today’s episode, Kunle reflects back on 2020 and shares his 5 biggest eCommerce lessons and 3 biggest life lessons. It has been a landmark year in many respects and the lessons learnt this year will surely endure in the near future.  2020 started off much like any other year: businesses were making plans and strategies to expand and diversify. But come March, the world came to a grinding halt. Nobody really knew where this would lead to and when things would be “normal” again. Uncertainty ruled the world! But as some of the dust began to settle, one thing was clear - the “business model” of our world is going to change. Stores and businesses pulled down their shutters (many of them for good). People were stuck at home. Human interactions, which we took for granted all along, suddenly disappeared from our lives.  In many ways it was chaos. But with chaos also comes opportunity. As most of our lives moved online, eCommerce got a real shot-in-the-arm. eCommerce growth fast-forwarded nearly 4-5 years. The businesses that could pivot and adjust to the new world have recorded their best year to date. We’ve seen a huge shake-up in the way we do business globally. This is going to fundamentally change both sales and marketing strategies going forward. In today’s episode I share some of my key learnings from a year full of learnings, and hope that these will help you and your business in 2021! ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’

On today’s episode, Kunle is joined by Kristine Venta Diemoz, Senior Manager - go-to-market strategy and operations at eBay, which is the 3rd largest eCommerce website in the US and has a global user base that’s 183 million strong!  Product auctions, refurbished goods, difficult-to-find products - these are some of the things many of us immediately associate with eBay. And with good reason. There is no other marketplace quite like eBay. But how good or suitable is eBay for DTC brands? Most DTC brands tend to steer away from eBay for concerns of brand equity and perception. But there are ways to use the unique set up of eBay to your advantage. You have full control on many aspects and also an option to sell without paying fees. Users come to eBay looking for good deals and are not sticklers for brand new goods. This makes eBay ideal for repurposing returned items and offering stock clearances. In today’s episode Kunle and Kristen discuss the unique proposition of the eBay marketplace and why it might be too big to ignore for DTC and eCommerce brands! ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’

On today’s episode, Kunle is joined by Michael Vadini, Founder & CEO of Glew.io - an eCommerce Analytics and Business Intelligence platform founded in 2014.  Glew makes it easy to analyse key data points and make decisions that positively impact your bottom line. Almost every interaction of an online business generates a data point. It is also possible to get your hands on all this data. You are looking at data from your products, traffic, ads, social media, cart, blogs and accounting apps to name a few. It is said that the average online business has no fewer than 26 sources of data. Even for a seasoned data analyst, getting actionable insights from such disparate data is no easy task. As a result, (too) many businesses don’t leverage the data they have to make more informed decisions. Almost every business owner or marketer knows of terms like Average Order Value (AOV), Lifetime Value (LTV) and Cost of Acquisition (CAC). These are the buzzwords that dictate business strategy and ultimately success or failure. Getting accurate reports on these metrics is easier said than done. This is where platforms like Glew come in. With over 95 integrations (and counting), you can harness the power of all your data and boost profitability of your business. In today’s episode Kunle and Michael discuss the evolution of Glew and how it helps businesses solve the riddle of their data. This is a great episode for businesses of all sizes! ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’

On today’s episode, Kunle is joined by Taylor Lagace, Partner, Co-Founder of Kynship - an Influencer Marketing Agency. Taylor started out his marketing journey with an NFL Agency before building out the influencer marketing department at Common Thread Collective.  Too many growing DTC and eCommerce brands leave influencer marketing out of their marketing strategy. And you can’t really fault them for doing so. The influencer ecosystem is complex in many ways. There are many “wanna-be” influencers with fake/unengaged followers, the “bikini-clad” influencers that have only one type of followers, and others still who quote astronomical figures for one-off posts. Influencers have gotten a bad rep and it’s easy to see why. But at the same time you see brands that have cracked the code of influencer marketing and are using it to skyrocket their growth. How can brands with limited marketing spends leverage the potential of influencers? Our guest today lays out a simple process to get started with influencer marketing while getting your money’s worth. In today’s episode, Kunle and Taylor discuss the nitty-gritties of influencer marketing and bust more than a few myths along the way. If you have questions like: how do I find the right influencers? Or Which social platform works best? Or How do you build a funnel with influencer content? Or even which tools should you use for your campaigns?, then this episode is an absolute goldmine for you! ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’

On today’s episode, Kunle is joined by Jeremy Parker, Co-founder and CEO of Swag.com - B2B eCommerce marketplace for promotional products. Jeremy shares the company’s growth story since being bootstrapped in 2016 to becoming the fastest growing promotional product company in the US. After having started off doing door-to-door marketing, they have grown to having over 5000 B2B clients, many of which are enterprise-level companies. Leveraging their awesome brand recall they have built a robust platform that provides a retail eCommerce experience at a bulk B2B level. It is no surprise that Swag.com has achieved 2000% growth in a 3 year period, and are actually growing during the pandemic while competitors are struggling. In today’s episode, Kunle and Jeremy discuss what it takes to grow and scale a B2B eCommerce business. You get to hear about sales and marketing strategies, managing complex operations and getting your user experience right. This is a great episode you don’t want to miss!  ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’

On today’s episode, Kunle is joined by Deividas Mikocionis, Co-founder and Head of Growth at  Sugatan.io - an eCommerce Growth Hacking Agency. Kris Sugatan, the company’s other Co-Founder is also a past guest on the show. The company has grown from having 7 to 70 employees in this period. After starting out as a facebook ad agency, the team at Sugatan quickly realised that each company has it’s unique requirements. Focusing purely on facebook ads can only take you so far. The company pivoted to an incubator model, where they closely partner with companies to achieve aggressive growth. They believe in being agile and adopting new channels to drive growth. They have successfully taken companies at different stages to $30M+ levels. Every company is seeking a formula or blueprint for rapid growth. Deividas and Sugatan have put together a formulaic system of growth that is based on some key principles. In today’s episode, Kunle and Deividas discuss the framework for hitting $30M. You will get to hear about key lever points to focus on, how to use product launches and much more.  ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’

On today’s episode, Kunle is joined by Vikas Bhambri, Senior VP Sales at Kustomer - a New York-based Omnichannel CRM platform. Kustomer delivers data from multiple sources through a single customer-view, allowing companies to deliver consistent and personalized customer service. Most eCommerce and DTC companies need repeat customers to be successful. Yet a majority of these companies fall into the trap of only targeting new customers. ECommerce adoption may be at all-time high, but that is also driving up the (dreaded!) cost of acquiring (CAC) new customers. An unsustainable cost of acquisition is one of the leading reasons why startups fail. Maximising the Lifetime Value (LTV) of existing customers is a real focus as eCommerce continues to boom. This is where customer experience (CX) comes in. Realising that CX is crucial is one thing, but getting it right is a different thing altogether. Growing adoption across all digital platforms is changing the ground rules and expectations of CX. There are multiple facets to an effective CX strategy. Getting it right is no longer a good-to-have, it can be the difference between success and failure. Kunle and Vikas discuss the pillars of every effective CX strategy, where to start and how to scale your CX strategy. Whether you are an established brand or a small business, there are great takeaways for you in this episode! ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’

On today’s episode, Kunle is joined by Tyler Sullivan, Founder of BombTech Golf - an 8-year-old DTC Golf equipment manufacturer. He is also a partner at EcomGrowers - a marketing agency specialising in email marketing, which is also a platinum agency for Klaviyo. In previous episodes, we have had business owners who have spoken about building a self-sufficient team and bringing expertise in-house. On today’s episode, we’ll get the scoop on how to do the opposite - build a successful business with a super lean team. Tyler has built an 8-figure business, but still only has 2 employees. No, that’s not a typo error. Tyler shares his story about how passion, happenstance, smart decisions and (a lot of) hard work has let him build successful businesses that can now run without him.  Kunle and Tyler talk about how KPIs are more important than the number of employees you have, and how building a variable-cost business model boosts flexibility and scalability. Whether you’re a DTC manufacturer or someone working on an eCommerce side hustle, this show has value for you! ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’ Bolt This episode is brought to you by Bolt. The fastest ecommerce checkout in the industry. Bolt loads 10x faster than native checkouts, with an average checkout duration of over 30 seconds. Bolt is mobile-native with no scroll on mobile screens. It offers a zero-fraud guarantee and has 42% fewer fields than native checkouts. Bolt supports Stripe, Apple pay, Paypal and several more payment gateways and providers. Bolt is offering a completely free checkout audit to 2x listeners. Head Over to Bolt.com/2x to get your free checkout audit now!

On today’s episode, Kunle is joined by Saksham Sharda, Creative Director at Outgrow, an interactive marketing engagement platform that enables brands to build and launch interactive calculators and viral quizzes that help engage website visitors and generate more leads. eCommerce and DTC businesses pride themselves on offering their customers a wide variety of products to choose from. Yet most of the time we find that visitors browse a bunch of pages but leave without buying anything. This often gets interpreted as a lack of options - when in fact it’s the opposite. Our guest today argues that customers get overwhelmed by too many choices and simply can’t decide what to buy! This is called Decision or Choice Paralysis.  So how can we help customers overcome this dilemma to then click and buy? By giving them a nudge in the right direction so that they quickly zero in on what they came for. This is where interactive marketing content comes in. Creating interactive applets and widgets that fit your products and customers bridges the divide and can lead to higher sales. Kunle and Saksham talk about the why and how of using interactive marketing content. You will get to learn from sample use cases, best practices and creative ideas for interactive content - and how to get it done with simple drag-and-drop tools. This is a great episode for founders, marketers, influencers and anyone looking to understand how interactive marketing content can improve eCommerce conversions! ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’ Bolt This episode is brought to you by Bolt. The fastest ecommerce checkout in the industry. Bolt loads 10x faster than native checkouts, with an average checkout duration of over 30 seconds. Bolt is mobile-native with no scroll on mobile screens. It offers a zero-fraud guarantee and has 42% fewer fields than native checkouts. Bolt supports Stripe, Apple pay, Paypal and several more payment gateways and providers. Bolt is offering a completely free checkout audit to 2x listeners. Head Over to Bolt.com/2x to get your free checkout audit now!

On today’s episode, Kunle is joined by Kelley Thornton, Co-Founder & CEO of Tiege Hanley, a Chicago-based self-funded men’s grooming DTC brand. Kelley is a 20+ year veteran in the consumer goods industry and has led Tiege Hanley to being a 8-figure company within 2 years of launching in 2016. What does it take to grow a truly niche product? A product where you don’t just have to become a part of the narrative, but you must help build up the narrative. Tiege Hanley has achieved tremendous success in this very situation and can be a great case study for new and upcoming consumer brands. They have cracked the code of the men’s grooming market by having a robust team, choosing the right platform to market on and working with influencers that truly embody what their brand stands for. A 95% user subscription rate is testament to this fact. In today’s episode, Kunle and Kelley go through the awesome growth story of Tiege Hanley. You will get great insight on growing with influencers and tenets of building a successful subscription model. Whether you’re a business owner or marketer, this is a great episode for you! ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’ Bolt This episode is brought to you by Bolt. The fastest ecommerce checkout in the industry. Bolt loads 10x faster than native checkouts, with an average checkout duration of over 30 seconds. Bolt is mobile-native with no scroll on mobile screens. It offers a zero-fraud guarantee and has 42% fewer fields than native checkouts. Bolt supports Stripe, Apple pay, Paypal and several more payment gateways and providers. Bolt is offering a completely free checkout audit to 2x listeners. Head Over to Bolt.com/2x to get your free checkout audit now!

Comic Sam Morril joins Jared on this week's Thursday episode of The JTrain Podcast, to read your emails and answer questions about guys not wanting to set up a second date after a lot of texting, how to get someone to open up sexually, having a friend act weird after you hookup, and a guy not understanding that you want to date. Check it out and Enjoy!Stream Jared's new album 'Always A Momma Bear' here: https://orcd.co/vcn-jaredfreid-mommabearSponsored by: Talkspace (talkspace.com code: jtrain) & Movement Watches (mvmt.com/jtrain)Subscribe to the JTrain Patreon now at www.patreon.com/jaredfreidinstagram.com/jaredfreid // // instagram.com/sammorril // instagram.com/classicshelbSubscribe to The JTrain Podcast on Apple Podcasts: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/By: Jared Freid

On today’s episode, Kunle is joined by Mike Potter, Co-Founder and CEO of REWIND, an Ottawa based software company founded in 2015 that provides easy and convenient backup solutions for businesses using SaaS platforms. Rewind is a spotify-plus certified app and helps secure over 20,000 businesses across 3 platforms. 2020 has already been a year where eCommerce has grown rapidly in our post-covid world. Black Friday and Cyber Monday are just around the corner, and it’s anyone’s guess as to how big they will be this year. At a time like this, eCommerce and DTC businesses are undoubtedly focused on being ready for what looks like a bumper sale. But what if the functionality or security of your store is compromised at the eleventh hour? Having a malfunctioning store could have huge ramifications this year more than ever.  In today’s episode, Kunle and Mike bust some myths and lay out some security best practices that every online store owner should follow. You will get answers to questions like why SaaS services don’t provide account-level backups? How should you vet app companies and developers? You will also get a store security checklist which you can implement for the upcoming sales and beyond. Whatever the size of your online business, you don’t want to miss this one! ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’ Bolt This episode is brought to you by Bolt. The fastest ecommerce checkout in the industry. Bolt loads 10x faster than native checkouts, with an average checkout duration of over 30 seconds. Bolt is mobile-native with no scroll on mobile screens. It offers a zero-fraud guarantee and has 42% fewer fields than native checkouts. Bolt supports Stripe, Apple pay, Paypal and several more payment gateways and providers. Bolt is offering a completely free checkout audit to 2x listeners. Head Over to Bolt.com/2x to get your free checkout audit now!

On today’s episode, Kunle is joined by Kilian Markert, a Consistent Performance Mentor who helps busy, ambitious business owners transform into Consistently Energized and High Performing Leaders who don’t burn out while scaling. We juggle multiple tasks and wear many hats each day as high performing professionals and business owners. We often feel flat or low on energy and ideas. Social media gurus have taught us that it's because we aren’t motivated or disciplined enough. That we must push harder. And before you know it, your system breaks down and your work and personal life suffer. But do we truly know what causes this?  In today’s episode, Kilian helps break down some of the key concepts and drivers of consistent energy and motivation levels. How many of us truly align our actions with our identity? Why do we keep failing at developing productive habits? Why do our energy levels fluctuate so much? How do we become more disciplined? Killian answers all of these questions and shares actionable insights on how to truly realise your potential. Whether you’re a business owner looking to boost your performance or just someone who wants to live a more fulfilled life, be sure to catch this episode! ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’ Bolt This episode is brought to you by Bolt. The fastest ecommerce checkout in the industry. Bolt loads 10x faster than native checkouts, with an average checkout duration of over 30 seconds. Bolt is mobile-native with no scroll on mobile screens. It offers a zero-fraud guarantee and has 42% fewer fields than native checkouts. Bolt supports Stripe, Apple pay, Paypal and several more payment gateways and providers. Bolt is offering a completely free checkout audit to 2x listeners. Head Over to Bolt.com/2x to get your free checkout audit now!

On today’s episode, Kunle is joined by Aadith Moorthy, Founder & CEO of Radial, a 1-year old Deep learning & AI startup based in the San Francisco Bay area . Aadith is a Stanford Knight-Hennessy Scholar, and shares his insights about the future of 1:1 personalisation. Picture this: You walk into a big store which has all sorts of products. But instead of having to browse all the aisles to find what you want, what if all the products you are likely to be interested in are neatly arranged in a special rack just for you? That is the potential power of using AI and Psychographics in eCommerce.  Whether you are on social media or Netflix or Amazon. The content you see is personalised to your history, interests and other data points, and it is meant to predict what you are likely to see and buy. 1:1 personalisation is here to stay, and is going to get more and more integrated in all external interactions we have. It is the future of targeting your customers and increasing sales. In this episode, you will get to understand how Psychographics are built and used to personalise content and increase sales. Tune in to get a sneak peek at the future of personalisation and targeting for DTC and eCommerce brands. ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’ Bolt This episode is brought to you by Bolt. The fastest ecommerce checkout in the industry. Bolt loads 10x faster than native checkouts, with an average checkout duration of over 30 seconds. Bolt is mobile-native with no scroll on mobile screens. It offers a zero-fraud guarantee and has 42% fewer fields than native checkouts. Bolt supports Stripe, Apple pay, Paypal and several more payment gateways and providers. Bolt is offering a completely free checkout audit to 2x listeners. Head Over to Bolt.com/2x to get your free checkout audit now!

On today’s episode, Kunle is joined by Isaac Kuhlman, Amazon Brand Developer and Co-founder of REAL Coaching. He started his journey business back in 2013, and since then has set up a successful coaching practice and a 7-figure course on Udemy. The brands he has worked with have grossed over $12 million in sales. He has also been mentoring sellers and businesses for over 5 years now. Amazon alone accounts for more than 50% of eCommerce transactions in the U.S and U.K. It is the proverbial “Elephant in the room” for most DTC brands. Amazon is almost too big to ignore, even for DTC brands with well established channels of their own. But as with every other channel, not everyone gets it right. In this episode, Isaac sheds light on the inner workings of the Amazon ecosystem and how DTC brands can leverage it as a profitable channel for their business. We have all seen the Facebook and YouTube ads saying “Start a successful Amazon business with $500”. Many of us might even know someone who is running a successful Amazon business. But how much does it truly cost to get going and make money on Amazon? How do you pick the right product and keyword? How long does it take to start ranking? In this episode, we will cover all this and much more about selling on Amazon and FBA. ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’ Bolt This episode is brought to you by Bolt. The fastest ecommerce checkout in the industry. Bolt loads 10x faster than native checkouts, with an average checkout duration of over 30 seconds. Bolt is mobile-native with no scroll on mobile screens. It offers a zero-fraud guarantee and has 42% fewer fields than native checkouts. Bolt supports Stripe, Apple pay, Paypal and several more payment gateways and providers. Bolt is offering a completely free checkout audit to 2x listeners. Head Over to Bolt.com/2x to get your free checkout audit now!

On today’s episode, Kunle is joined by Roy Morejon, Co-Founder & President of Enventys Partners - a full-service turnkey product launch agency based in Charlotte, NC. Roy’s company is the brains and agents behind multiple million dollar kickstarter campaigns. He has over 20 years experience in delivering digital marketing campaigns and product launches. In past episodes, we have had guests talking about first hand experiences with their own Kickstarter campaigns. But today’s guest brings the experience of creating and scaling over 80 million-dollar campaigns. He shares how after starting out as a marketing agency, his company merged with a product development company to offer end-to-end product launch services for inventors. Roy shares specific examples and insights from the over 2000 products he has helped launch. You get to learn about everything from crowdfunding platforms to building prototypes to pre-launch marketing and post-crowdfunding best practices. There are great nuggets of information here for everyone. You certainly don’t want to miss this one! ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’ Bolt This episode is brought to you by Bolt. The fastest ecommerce checkout in the industry. Bolt loads 10x faster than native checkouts, with an average checkout duration of over 30 seconds. Bolt is mobile-native with no scroll on mobile screens. It offers a zero-fraud guarantee and has 42% fewer fields than native checkouts. Bolt supports Stripe, Apple pay, Paypal and several more payment gateways and providers. Bolt is offering a completely free checkout audit to 2x listeners. Head Over to Bolt.com/2x to get your free checkout audit now!

On today’s episode, Kunle is joined by Josh Wetzel, Chief Revenue Officer of OneSignal - the most widely used push notification delivery and marketing platform for mobile applications and websites. They are an 8 year-old company based in Palo Alto, California. Josh is a veteran in the eCommerce industry and has been part of OneSignal’s incredible growth over the last few years. The growth of eCommerce has inevitably been fast tracked this year. And given our post-COVID lifestyles, it is likely to grow all the more. ECommerce businesses are investing more than ever into adopting an omni-channel marketing approach. In the past few episodes, we have covered many of these marketing channels. Today, we talk all about Push notifications, and who better to learn from than the biggest player in the business. Josh shares insights and some do’s & don’ts about using Push notifications for marketing and branding. You will get to hear about the enormous potential of Push notifications - so enormous that OneSignal’s  founders pivoted to this business after launching as a mobile game studio! OneSignal has over 1 million customer companies (!), and Josh shares some very useful nuggets and best practices learned from their experience. So whether you already use push notifications or are curious on how to get started, be sure to catch this episode! ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’ Bolt This episode is brought to you by Bolt. The fastest ecommerce checkout in the industry. Bolt loads 10x faster than native checkouts, with an average checkout duration of over 30 seconds. Bolt is mobile-native with no scroll on mobile screens. It offers a zero-fraud guarantee and has 42% fewer fields than native checkouts. Bolt supports Stripe, Apple pay, Paypal and several more payment gateways and providers. Bolt is offering a completely free checkout audit to 2x listeners. Head Over to Bolt.com/2x to get your free checkout audit now!

On today’s episode, Kunle is joined by Jason Wong, Founder of Wonghaus Ventures and Doe Lashes. Jason helps other brands streamline sourcing and manufacturing as well as leverage influencer marketing. He is also a consultant and advisor to brands like Universal Music and Adidas. All this at the age of 23! Many new entrepreneurs can’t resist the lure of the dropshipping business model. When we think of dropshipping, we tend to think of Aliexpress. But we also think of the all-too-familiar reports of unreliable products and dubious/fake suppliers. Jason speaks about the problems of sourcing products from China and how his firm simplifies the process for companies in the West. He has made it his mission to “clean up” dropshipping’s bad rep. Jason talks about why product design is vital, and how you can work out an entire branding & marketing strategy by working backwards from a mascot. You will also get to hear about why influencer marketing works (and doesn’t always cost a bomb). This episode has a bit for everyone, right from sourcing and manufacturing to product design to marketing and branding. You will hear about how you can stand out (even in a saturated market) and hacks to bump up your AOV.   ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’ Bolt This episode is brought to you by Bolt. The fastest ecommerce checkout in the industry. Bolt loads 10x faster than native checkouts, with an average checkout duration of over 30 seconds. Bolt is mobile-native with no scroll on mobile screens. It offers a zero-fraud guarantee and has 42% fewer fields than native checkouts. Bolt supports Stripe, Apple pay, Paypal and several more payment gateways and providers. Bolt is offering a completely free checkout audit to 2x listeners. Head Over to Bolt.com/2x to get your free checkout audit now!

On today’s episode, Kunle is joined by Alex Beller, Co-Founder & President of Postscript, a 2 year-old SMS-marketing platform built for eCommerce brands.  Alex is an SMS marketing expert. Alex shares his insights on how the industry has evolved and progressed since his previous appearance on the show. Alex speaks about why SMS marketing works as a revenue generator and what makes it tick.  He shares some of the interesting resources his company has built and is working on for the eCommerce ecosystem, and how the company is growing after having raised $4.5 million earlier in 2020. The one distinct differentiator for SMS marketing is that it is probably the most personal outreach marketing channel available. It is also a channel, where as a marketer, you have more “ownership” of. Leveraging this channel is becoming more and more crucial to getting the desired ROI from your campaigns. If you are thinking about using SMS-marketing or feel your campaigns aren’t doing well, then you definitely can’t miss this episode. You will get to hear best practices, examples, use cases and tips to grow your SMS marketing ROI.   ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’ Bolt This episode is brought to you by Bolt. The fastest ecommerce checkout in the industry. Bolt loads 10x faster than native checkouts, with an average checkout duration of over 30 seconds. Bolt is mobile-native with no scroll on mobile screens. It offers a zero-fraud guarantee and has 42% fewer fields than native checkouts. Bolt supports Stripe, Apple pay, Paypal and several more payment gateways and providers. Bolt is offering a completely free checkout audit to 2x listeners. Head Over to Bolt.com/2x to get your free checkout audit now!

On today’s episode, Kunle interviews Jimmy Hickey, Co-Founder & CEO of Findlay Hats, a 6 year-old Portland-based company producing unique, functional and patented hats. “Built for Good Times” is the common theme running through their comms, work culture and customer community. Jimmy shares his story of leaving behind professional photography to pursue what was a sidegig he started along with Co-founder, Sarah Wishard. They started out in a living room with their first batch of 80 hats, and have today grown to a 7-figure business having a 100k strong community called “Findlay Force”. Jimmy shares his insights and learnings from growing his company organically using communities and word-of-mouth, to fast-tracking growth leveraging Facebook ads. You will get to hear about strategies to use in Facebook marketing, and how to build (and manage) active communities. ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’ Bolt This episode is brought to you by Bolt. The fastest ecommerce checkout in the industry. Bolt loads 10x faster than native checkouts, with an average checkout duration of over 30 seconds. Bolt is mobile-native with no scroll on mobile screens. It offers a zero-fraud guarantee and has 42% fewer fields than native checkouts. Bolt supports Stripe, Apple pay, Paypal and several more payment gateways and providers. Bolt is offering a completely free checkout audit to 2x listeners. Head Over to Bolt.com/2x to get your free checkout audit now!

On today’s episode, Kunle interviews David Wachs, CEO of Handwrytten, a Phoenix-based automated handwritten notes company. He started the company in 2014 on the back of a successful career in digital marketing. David shares how wanting to build better customer experiences inspired him to transition from electronic media to handwritten notes . He shares real-world use cases of how handwritten notes can lead to ROIs of over 300% for Ecommerce and DTC businesses.  In our post-pandemic world, where more and more businesses are going online, using handwritten notes can prove to be a powerful weapon in your branding arsenal. In today’s episode, you will learn how to leverage handwritten notes for providing an unparalleled level of personalisation and boosting your ROI. The conversation circles around the “Why” and “How” of handwritten notes. You will get to hear specific examples of how companies use handwritten notes to get a leg up on their competition. There is a special bonus for 2x listeners: use the promo code “2xecommerce” while signing up on Handwrytten.com to get a $10 starting credit.   ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’ Bolt This episode is brought to you by Bolt. The fastest ecommerce checkout in the industry. Bolt loads 10x faster than native checkouts, with an average checkout duration of over 30 seconds. Bolt is mobile-native with no scroll on mobile screens. It offers a zero-fraud guarantee and has 42% fewer fields than native checkouts. Bolt supports Stripe, Apple pay, Paypal and several more payment gateways and providers. Bolt is offering a completely free checkout audit to 2x listeners. Head Over to Bolt.com/2x to get your free checkout audit now!

On today’s episode, Kunle interviews Solomon ‘Chaz’ Chazanow, Co-Founder and CEO of LIV Watches, a DTC swiss watch micro-brand based in Miami, Florida. He co-founded the company in 2012 with his wife, Esti Chazanow, and has over 20 years of experience in the swiss watch industry. Chaz shares his story of how he built a career around his life-long love of swiss watches. You will also get to hear about how he funded  and scaled his company through 4 highly successful (7-figure!) Kickstarter campaigns. He shares his company’s customer success philosophy which has helped him achieve a 40% repeat-customer rate. The focus of the conversation was to understand some of the marketing & branding strategies and tools used to grow his DTC brand. For those of you who are doing or thinking of doing a crowdfunding campaign, you’ll definitely want to listen to this one! You’ll get to hear about what it takes to make a success of your first and subsequent campaigns. ----------- SPONSORS:   This episode is brought to you by:   Klaviyo    This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo.   Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments.   Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.     Rewind   This episode is brought to you by Rewind.   The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind.   Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!     For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’.

On today’s episode, we interview one of the Co-founders of Unbound Merino. They are a 4-year-old, $4M+ in premium men’s T-shirt brand that uses only Australian Merino Wool, a sustainable ultimate performance fibre that is breathable, odourless, anti-bacterial and can be worn for weeks without the need to be washed. ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’  

On today’s episode, Kunle interviews John Tabis, a Co-Founder of Bouqs, a 9-figure, sustainable direct-to-consumer business serving the floral vertical. They are venture-backed with $74M+ raised and are the 7th biggest company to be featured on the TV show, Shark Tank. Kunle and John discuss Bouqs' DTC journey from ideation 8 years ago to their current omnichannel retail fluidity model.  They are cut-to-order online flower delivery business with roots in sustainability.    ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’  

On today’s episode, Kunle interviews Moshe Saraf, Founder and CEO of Pareto Solutions, an elite performance marketing agency headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. They specialise in promoting direct-to-consumer and unicorn brands such as eko, Fiverr, NectarSleep, Mixtiles, The Flex Belt, Uprightpose, Puls.com  If you live in the US or the EU, chances are that you will most likely have not only seen one of Pareto's fast-paced, product-oriented ads but also purchased a product or service (like Kunle has), that the agency has promoted on Facebook or Snapchat. The focus of our conversation today was on creative led media buying on the Facebook Advertising Platform.  Here is a summary of some of the most important points made,  Pareto Solutions operate a Creative Leasing Model - this means that they exclusively work with brands with a monthly Facebook ads spend starting from $500,000 - the take on $200,000 as a test to prove their expertise and control not just campaign structure but more importantly control all creatives.  When they demonstrate their entire campaign and creative structure to be better, the lease out their creatives to the clients.  They apply an 18% campaign management fee to the $200,000 spend and then a 7.5% fee on the campaigns leasing their ad creatives. Moshe says that they spend 80% of their time and focus on eCommerce ads campaigns on either creating creatives or optimising existing creatives.  When selling direct-to-consumer you essentially want to create product-oriented ads Their campaign structure is incredibly simple - it is comprised of just 2 campaigns  The first frame of creatives are hugely important for engagement - craft them like you craft a landing page - you want to address either the key value or a key pain as early as possible in your creative. Do not limit signals to Facebook by limiting audience sizes or focusing on narrow audiences.   ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’

Depesh is the author of the CBO Cookbook and has just re-launched as well as renamed his Facebook Ads course: The BPM Method. He is offering 2X eCommerce listeners a 25% OFF discount. Use this link to get $400 off the usual $2000 price tag: https://2xecommerce.com/bpm The offer will be available until Monday 3rd August 2020. On today’s episode, we talk about Brand-driven Performance Marketing (BPM) - a Facebook media buying methodology coined by Depesh Mandalia that is required in a new era of automation in the Facebook advertising space where; campaign budget optimisation (CBO), dynamic creatives and AI-driven media buying are dominant pillars. Depesh also talks about the need and obligation of marketers to create customer personas, write copy the directly appeals to each persona and the importance of telling stories that sell your brand’s essence. With the above in place Depesh drills on the importance of using effective audience filtering in funnels in the technical aspects of media buying.     ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’

In this episode, Kunle speaks with Rohan Sheth, the CEO and Co-Founder of Direct Heroes.  Over the last five years, a tremendous amount of focus has been placed on the Messenger marketing platform built on Facebook’s messaging functionality.  As Facebook gradually rolls out an amalgamated messaging platform that integrates messaging on Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, I felt the need to interview an expert on Instagram DM marketing.  Rohan as the Founder of a dedicated Instagram messaging CRM had a deep understanding of how engagement can be nurtured and honed within the Instagram direct messaging eco-system. Rohan explains how Instagram DMs work, why not is the time to aggressively build your Instagram messaging list, why open rates sit at +85% and he explains a viral loop flow that is guaranteed to maximise brand reach and engagement on Instagram.  ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’

Retailers often focus on engaging shoppers at the top of the funnel, which typically involves onsite user experience optimisation, and driving traffic. On today’s episode, Greg Greiner from Bolt discusses why a focus on the bottom of the onsite funnel - ‘checkout’, is equally important to focus. According to Baymard Institute, 30% of shoppers cite friction at checkout as a major impediment to not completing a purchase and 70% of all shoppers abandon their carts at the bottom of the funnel. Greg is the head of Product at Bolt, an eCommerce checkout solution that works a range of eCommerce platforms like Magento, BigCommerce, Salesforce, NetSuite, Woocommerce, and any headless eCommerce solution.  According to Greg, Bolt’s remit as an eCommerce checkout solution is to speed up the checkout process and improve conversions.  Bolt reduces standard guest checkout sessions times from over a minute to just 30 seconds. This episode will help you understand checkout performance benchmarks as well as checkout best practises to deploy in your checkout flow in a bid to improving conversions. ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’

On today’s episode, you’re going to learn about how a non-traditional strategy helped this bootstrapped 8-figure direct-to-consumer brand disrupt the traditional men’s wedding ring vertical. Johnathan Ruggiero is the co-CEO of Manly Bands, a DTC brand that is redefining the wedding industry for men. He shares with us the strategies his team used to transform his Manly Bands from zero to an 8-figure business in just three years.  In this episode, join Kunle and Johnathan as they discuss customer acquisition strategies at varying growth phases of the business; $0 - $1m, $1-10m and their current $10m+ On today’s interview, Kunle and Johnathan talks about, Inventory Management and Forecasting Working with 3PL Providers Customer Acquisition Strategy Retention Strategies Search Engine Optimisation Native Marketing Managing and Balancing CPA  Display Advertising Google Ads, Facebook Ads, and other Acquisition Channels Their tech stack Building Culture and Managing Teams What It Takes to Grow an 8-Figure Business ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’

As the lockdown eases in several countries and mask-wearing becomes a norm for most, on today's episode, Kunle talks about what your performance marketing strategy should look like in a post-COVID-19 environment as well as why now is the best time to prep up for Q4. He talks about the prior increase in conversion rate over the lockdown period for a segment of brands and specifically addresses actions DTC brands should start taking in preparation for the challenging months ahead. He talks about, Metrics over the last two months The panic buying ecommerce frenzy over lockdown Data backed reasons at to why the boom is behind us The impact of motivation on conversion rate Facebook advertising set up, TOF, MOF Creative refresh ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’

On today’s episode we discuss keyword research, link building and the power of search and discoverability in your marketing funnel. If you want to learn more how Search Marketing (paid and organic) has impacted eCommerce in the last decade, tune in to this week’s interview with the Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer of the leading SEO keyword research tool, SEMrush.  Dive in as Kunle and Eugene discuss competitor research, market analysis, keyword research, and some of the most effective hacks to optimize your Amazon listings.  ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’

Your customers’ journey doesn’t end after a purchase. What happens after a purchase is made, is what differentiates one DTC eCommerce brand from another. For instance, do you have a seamless and automated Return and Customer Service Program in place to assist customers that want to return an item? How is customer experience over a return process? And are you giving customers a sufficient range of options that encourage customer loyalty?   What most eCommerce brands miss in their customer retention efforts is that building a relationship with each customer is an investment in itself. One way to look at it is through incentivising your customers with free shipping or store credits. But the real deal happens when you create tailor-fit Customer Retention programs based on your rate of product returns and refunds, your purchase rates, AOV, and your conversion metrics.  On today’s episode, Kunle and Joe dig deep into analysing return metrics, industry benchmarks, and a roadmap to building a CX pipeline that reduces refunds and cuts down overheads whilst expanding your customer base.  ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’

As the saying goes, ‘mastery is a commitment to becoming your best’... In the world of Performance Marketing, mastery is no small feat. It involves a unique blend of advanced visual creativity and a highly analytical mindset, as well as the guts to spend large amounts of money with no guarantee of a return.  On today’s episode, we learn from Nick Shackleford, an Elite-Level Performance Marketing Expert that has worked on paid social media buying campaigns for over 100 direct-to-consumer brands and a media buying trainer at iStack and Foundr.  Moving on from pro-soccer, Nick kicked-off his career working with legacy brands Pepsico and Apple, then moved to selling trending products like the Fidget Spinner and Magnetic Eyelashes direct to consumers through his eCommerce venture. Over the last 7 years, he has now worked with hundreds of DTC brands through his agency, Structure Social.  Nick Shackleford has a proven track record of scaling social focused media buying campaigns consistently past 8-figures through programmatic buying on Facebook, Instagram and Snap whilst leveraging, influencer campaigns, email and the Adwords platform.  ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’  

Literally, the world stopped when governments worldwide ordained lockdowns to stop the spread of Coronavirus. With flights canceled all over the globe, people instructed to stay at home, and businesses forced to close down indefinitely, essentially everything was put to a standstill; hence, bringing down economies around the world into a recession. The gravity of the situation was not anything one would have anticipated.  But at a critical time like this, a DTC brand based in Hong Kong was still able to keep their business operations running amid the Coronavirus. First, they survived the political outburst; next, they were faced with a global pandemic that no one has ever imagined before.  Learn what UNDONE is doing to weather this economic meltdown by tuning in to this episode of 2X eCommerce. Dive into Kunle and Michael’s conversation on how UNDONE is improvising new strategies and tapping into consumers’ mindset to keep their products relevant and valuable amidst Hong Kong’s political strife and the Coronavirus pandemic. ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’  

The appropriate selection of a technology stack is critical in eCommerce as well as varies at critical business growth stages as business challenges evolve.  With numerous platforms and applications available out there in the market, it’s vital to select technologies that enable you to deliver customer experiences that level up your business in your industry.  Platform selection can be particularly tricky if you’re not familiar with the technical aspects of ecommerce development. This is why Bart Mroz, our guest and Co-founder of SUMO Heavy, reiterates how crucial it is to have a good advisor and team members that know this well from a tech standpoint.  So to help you get a headstart in building your own tech stack, here’s Kunle and Bart Mroz conversation about digital transformation and technology-driven ecommerce growth using the right tools and platforms to scale your business.  ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’  

When I heard that eCommerce Sales were up by 30% in the last six weeks compared to the previous six weeks, I couldn't help but want to know how and why this has happened.  Given that we are in the middle of a pandemic and hardly any country is back to normal, how has the ecommerce industry thrived amid the closure of bricks and mortar retail and Amazon not operating at full capacity? Well, according to Klaviyo's insights, e-tailers' seem to have seized the opportunity to serve a continuously surging customer-demand for specific products that align with consumers' hierarchy of needs.  My interview with Jake Cohen, Head Of Product Marketing at Klaviyo is a must-listen if you would like to understand better categories in ecommerce currently thriving (there are some surprises) as well understand how to make the best use of this unique opportunity.  Jake explains that Klaviyo have a customer-base of 100,000 e-commerce stores,  30,000 of which are paying customers. They selected 19,000 stores from their cohort of paying customers that were in business all through 2019 as well as 2020 and have been able to deliver their highly detailed 'Coronavirus Ecommerce Insights'.  Klaviyo have also been running a daily ecommerce brand and customer survey to get a sentiment and pulse.   ----------- 
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 Calling all eCommerce Marketers and Founders, Klaviyo have put together this daily survey to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the industry. Please fill it out here, it will take only 2-minutes. Results will be emailed to you daily So go ahead and support it by completing the form: 2xecommerce.com/covid ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo.
Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind.
The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind.
Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’

On today’s episode, Kunle interviews the founder of a direct-to-consumer brand creating an entirely new sports game called Crossnet that is rapidly growing at a 4X Year-on-Year rate despite the current slowdown in retail. You don’t want to miss this one - do stay tuned! Crossnet is volleyball reimagined - so instead of the typical two-sided court setup of volleyball, Crossnet is a four-square volleyball game that can be set up on sand, grass, or indoors. Their growth rates are impressive: 2017 set up and prototyping 2018 - $75k 2019 - $2.5m 2020 - $8-10m (estimated)   ----------- 
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 Calling all eCommerce Marketers and Founders, Klaviyo have put together this daily survey to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the industry. Please fill it out here, it will take only 2-minutes. Results will be emailed to you daily So go ahead and support it by completing the form: 2xecommerce.com/covid ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo.
Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind.
The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind.
Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’  

On today’s episode, Kunle interviews Brian Miller, the Founder of Easy China Warehouse, an Ecommerce 3PL Logistics company based in Shenzhen China. They discuss how his company survived the Cornonavirus lockdown and offer insights on what you can learn from the Chinese experience. Here is an outline of a few topics that we discussed, What happened in China when the outbreak began and how China handled the virus How the virus affected local and global supply chain Trends in the shipping/logistics market and what can be said about demand from those trends ----------- 
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 Calling all eCommerce Marketers and Founders, Klaviyo have put together this daily survey to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the industry. Please fill it out here, it will take only 2-minutes. Results will be emailed to you daily So go ahead and support it by completing the form: 2xecommerce.com/covid ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo.
Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind.
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Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’      

Actions to take in your eCommerce business right now in the wake of COVID-19   1. Stay safe - life is more important than anything else 2. Assess your supply chain and delivery partners
 3. Governments will want eCommerce to function
 4. Write to your customers immediately
 5. Organise remote working
 6. Communicate with your 3PL partners
 7. Ensure your Warehouse staff are safe
 8. Reach out to all service providers, see if you can secure any payment holidays
 9. It is not business as usual and so be empathetic in all of your communications, social media, email, etc
 10. Stay abreast on grants, loans and support from the government
 11. Facebook business grants
 Coronavirus crisis has afforded brands a rare opportunity to show their human side—but in giving out freebies, they risk looking opportunistic.    ----------- 
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 Calling all eCommerce Marketers and Founders, Klaviyo have put together this daily survey to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the industry. Please fill it out here, it will take only 2-minutes. Results will be emailed to you daily So go ahead and support it by completing the form: 2xecommerce.com/covid ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo.
Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind.
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Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’

This is the second episode of our COVID-19 series that addresses how the ecommerce industry should respond to the Coronavirus global epidemic. On today's episode, Kunle interviews three experts that serve the ecommerce industry in varying degrees,  Erich LitchPresident and Chief Operating Officer of 2Checkout, an online payment processing platform with 17,000+ Active Clients, 300+ Employees all of which currently now work remotely in the wake of the epidemic and 4 global offices. Refael Elbaz An Israeli entrepreneur, founder, and CEO of Unicargo. Unicargo leverages technology to consolidate all the data points of international shipping, thus creating services and tools for E-commerce businesses enabling them to make intelligent, data-driven supply chain decisions. Refael is an e-commerce logistics advisor to the Israeli export institute and a public speaker in international logistics and supply chain conventions. Yuriy Ostapyk Chief Operating Officer and Director of Global Operations at Logistics Plus, Inc. He has over 15 years of experience in the international and domestic transportation, logistics, and supply chain sectors. Yuriy’s responsibilities include roles in Sales and Management, Trucking and Warehousing, Freight Forwarding and Third-Party Logistics, and Global Procurement. We discuss, The impact of Covid-19 on Warehousing and fulfilment networks globally.  China's recovery Building resilient supply chains with innovative solutions regardless of the crisis How to manage the risk of chargebacks due to delayed deliveries How to brace your operations for remote working   ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’

This is the first of a series of episodes that addresses how the ecommerce industry should respond to the Coronavirus global epidemic. On today's episode, Kunle interviews three experts that serve the ecommerce industry in varying degrees,  Artur KiulianFounder of Colab, Los Angeles-based venture studio that helps ecommerce businesses and startups build AI/machine learning tech. John M. Scannapieco An attorney at law firm Baker Donelson and chair of the firm’s Global Business Team. They specialise in the sale or disposition of assets, as well as the negotiation and drafting of distribution, manufacturing, employment and agency agreements throughout the world. Andrew Tjernlund Co-founder of Tjernlund Services, they own the largest Vendor Account in the Industrial/Electrical category on Amazon. We discuss, How to effectively communicate with employees, vendors and customers.  Warehousing and fulfilment.  Remote working   ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’

On today's episode, we are joined by GQ Fu, a co-founder of LTVplus and a #cxnerd that is on a mission to rid the world of bad customer experiences. We talk about leveraging customer support functions as revenue-generating channels.      ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’

Michael Epstein started his ecommerce journey by starting and scaling an ecommerce brand to over $10m in sales with a successful exit. Michael is currently the CMO of AutoAnything, a 9-figure online retailer of aftermarket automotive accessories. He is also an investor and partner in PostPilot, an app that enables online stores to segment their customer list and automatically send personalized postcard campaigns just as they would with an email or SMS marketing automation platform.   ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’  

Arnold Ma is the Founder of Qumin, an Award-winning Chinese digital creative agency based in London and Shanghai as well as is the host of the China WTF Podcast. With clients such a Net-A-Porter, Harrods, Heathrow and Manchester United, Arnold knows a thing or two about launching and marketing brands in China.  This episode is packed with a whole lot of primer information that sheds some light on how the modern Chinese consumer thinks and reacts to branding and marketing.  We discuss three major digital marketing channels in China available to marketers,  Livestreaming will become an even more important sales medium Short-video apps will continue to embrace e-commerce - Douyin and TikTok Service and Utility apps - WeChat   ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’

John Cant runs Rising Sun Commerce, a Japan-focused Amazon agency and since Amazon in Japan is the same size as the UK he shares the opportunities currently available to direct-to-consumer brands attempting to reach Japanese consumers. We cover a lot on this episode ranging from culture to the technicalities of Amazon product page. It is a great episode you do not want to miss. ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  This episode is brought to you by Klaviyo – a growth marketing platform that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like ColourPop, Huckberry, and Custom Ink rely on Klaviyo. Klaviyo helps you own customer experience and grow high-value customer relationships right from a shopper’s first impression through to each subsequent purchase, Klaviyo understands every single customer interaction and empowers brands to create more personalized marketing moments. Find out more on klaviyo.com/2x.   Rewind This episode is brought to you by Rewind. The #1 Backup and Recovery App for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that powers over 25,000 online businesses. Direct-to-Consumer brands like Gymshark and Movement Watches rely on Rewind. Cloud-based ecommerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce do not have automatic backup features. Rewind protects your store against human error, misbehaving apps, or collaborators gone bad with Automatic backups!   For a free 30-day trial, Go to Rewind.io, reach out to the Rewind team via chat or email and mention ‘2x ecommerce’

How can you overcome your insecurities and be a stronger, more confident person?  I’ll tell you what took me from being shy, insecure and socially awkward to the person you see me as today.   In addition we’ll talk about the safest, most effective ways to include Progressive Overload in your training.  What’s the ideal training split for someone who is burned out and beat up?  You’ll learn what’s worked for me and thousands of my clients.    Wanna know how to improve your fitness biz, or any business for that matter?  I’ll give you actionable steps to help take your business to another level.    Don’t sleep, son.  Grab some pen and paper, press play and get ready to learn all this and more.   Show notes for this and every episode can be found at www.JasonFerruggia.com     This episode is brought to you by Four Sigmatic. They make a powerful, brain-boosting coffee with the active ingredient, Lion’s mane mushroom (also known as the “smart mushroom”). Lion’s Mane has been used by Buddhist monks for better focus during meditation for years. Four Sigmatic is gut friendly and great for those who get an upset stomach from regular coffee. It gets you focused but not jittery, and contains less than half the caffeine of regular coffee. Four Sigmatic comes in handy packets that you just mix with hot or cold water, and takes just a second to prepare.   Go to  http://www.foursigmatic.com/jay and use the code JAY to get 15% discount.   This episode is also brought to you by Movement Watches   Movement Watches start at just $95… at a department store; you’re looking at 400-to- 500 bucks. Movement figured out that by selling online they were able to cut out the middleman and retail markup, providing the best possible price. Classic design, quality construction, and styled minimalism OVER 1 MILLION watches sold in over 160 countries!   Get 15% off today —WITH FREE SHIPPING and FREE RETURNS—at http://www.mvmt.com/JAY   This watch has a really clean design that makes a great fashion statement.   Now is the time to step up your watch game.   Go to http://www.mvmt.com/JAY.   Join the MOVEMENT!

How’s your diet going during the holiday season? Are your resisting temptation or giving in? Are you getting your workouts in or making lame excuses about not having enough time?    Are you working on your personal development? Your relationships? Your finances? Or putting it off til tomorrow? Waiting til New Years like those who will never even come close to reaching their goals?    F*ck New Years resolutions and whatever lies you’re telling yourself. It’s time to make some changes NOW.    This episode is sponsored by MVMT Watches Classic design, quality construction, and styled minimalism. Movement Watches start at just $95. At a department store; you’re looking at 400-to-500 bucks. Movement figured out that by selling online they were able to cut out the middleman and retail mark up, providing the best possible price. At such great prices, MVMT watches make great holiday gifts!   Get 15% off today- with FREE SHIPPING and FREE RETURNS- by going to MVMT.com/Jay

Eduardo Gonzales.  Two years ago, he started working on Instagram as a broke college student with a vision to become one of the largest influencers with literally zero dollars in investment. He learned the game and began growth hacking on different Instagram pages. Today, he stands with over 5M followers combined across multiple different niches on Instagram. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Think, Grow, Prosper and The Alchemist What CEO do you follow? – Jack Dorsey, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg   Favorite online tool? — com How many hours of sleep do you get?— At least 4 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – “I wished I would have studied more programming”   Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:40 – Nathan introduces Eduardo to the show 01:26 – “The power of social media is absolutely limitless” 01:30 – You can have a more intimate relationship between brands and consumers 01:56 – Social media is a great way to target people on mobile devices 02:05 – There’s now a geographical private system where you want your followers to be 02:44 – Eduardo helped Tai Lopez with social media marketing 02:50 – Eduardo was one of the first people to help Movement Watches 03:00 – Movement Watches approached Eduardo when he was still on Tumblr 03:04 – Eduardo started growing on Tumblr as a luxury blogger and was able to grow a couple hundred thousand followers there 03:13 – Movement Watches was a small startup; Eduardo stayed with them and now they’re at Nordstrom 03:40 – Eduardo was getting 15% for every affiliate 03:50 – When Movement Watches moved to Instagram, they paid Eduardo per post 03:59 – Eduardo charges per post depending on the page, the content of the post, and the type of following they want to engage 04:20 – For 380K followers in a luxury niche, it will $125-150 per post that will last a day 04:38 – The page’s visual team will create content and then Eduardo will pick the one that matches his page 05:03 – One of Tai Lopez’s marketers is Eduardo’s friend and they approached Eduardo 05:26 – Tai Lopez did a lot of giveaways and online marketing courses 05:37 – He wanted to add value to people 05:57 – During giveaways, Tai had a large list of influencers that he reached out to 06:15 – The marketing team would ask Eduardo for a consultation regarding the strategy 06:32 – Eduardo also has a team who make content so they can make the content and reach out to Eduardo’s influencers 06:55 – Tai Lopez does social media growth and he likes to grow his followers 07:00 – Tai targeted to have 10K followers when he came to Eduardo 07:10 – Tai now has around 500K followers 07:31 – Eduardo created the visual content for Tai 07:36 – Eduardo figured out the best schedule to post Tai’s content 07:42 – Eduardo was able to track all the analytics 07:46 – As the following grew, Tai was able to know the best time to post, where the followers were coming from and where the most engaging followers come from 07:54 – They weeded out non-performing pages and created a list of pages that performed well until they reached 10K 08:07 – It took Eduardo a week and a half to reach 10K followers 08:10 – Tai paid Eduardo $5K 08:24 – The one page Tai is getting more followers is Big Toys 08:39 – The age groups on the page are 18-24 and 25-34 and mostly are in USA 08:54 – Because of the large age group, a lot of them are interested in the online courses that Tai offers 09:04 – Sometimes people would actually come to Eduardo and ask him if they should buy a page 09:12 – People do buy pages, but when you rebrand a page, you lose some of the following and it isn’t as organic 09:24 – You can buy a page that is as close or as similar to the message that you want to convey 09:45 – Eduardo has worked with Gary V on his social media growth 09:58 – The work was almost similar with what Eduardo did for Tai 10:20 – Eduardo has worked with Secret Entourage 10:28 – They wanted to promote their online marketing sources 10:46 – Eduardo is also in the process of working with Rolls-Royce 11:17 – Eduardo has a lot people who have a large number of followers 11:26 – Eduardo has 5M and with co-founder, Goodlife, they’ll have 10-11M followers combined 11:42 – Dan Fleyshman and Branden Hampton are some of the people they’ve worked for 12:13 – Dan and Brendan grew their own networks and pages and they acquired some 12:31 – Eduardo started working with small campaigns 13:15 – Eduardo launched his consulting company, Classy Savant, in 2016 13:25 – 2016 revenue was around $40K 13:30 – 2017 goal is at least $100K 14:00 – Eduardo collaborated with Mr. Goodlife and he has another partner 14:12 – Eduardo also has a few interns and photographers 14:37 – One of the most well-known tools that Eduardo uses is com 14:48 – You can check a public account’s statistics and what they use for their posting 15:02 – com is where you can pull all sorts of information 15:24 – You can know who your top followers are, your most recent, and your first followers 15:55 – It works well too when you switch your Instagram from public to business account 16:27 – You can always Google the top hashtags 16:46 – You have to keep your hashtags from 5 to 15 18:25 – The Famous Five   3 Key Points: Dream BIG even if you have to start small. It is now easier for brands to reach out to their target consumers because of social media. Gaining followers in Instagram isn’t that simple—you have to have a goal and a planned strategy to reach that goal.   Resources Mentioned: The Top Inbox – The site Nathan uses to schedule emails to be sent later, set reminders in inbox, track opens, and follow-up with email sequences Hotjar – Gives Nathan a recording of what is happening on a website or where are people clicking and scrolling on the website Organifi – The juice was Nathan’s life saver during his trip in Southeast Asia Klipfolio – Track your business performance across all departments for FREE Acuity Scheduling – Nathan uses Acuity to schedule his podcast interviews and appointments Host Gator– The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for the cheapest price possible Audible– Nathan uses Audible when he’s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5-hour drive) to listen to audio books Freshbooks – Nathan doesn’t waste time so he uses Freshbooks to send out invoices and collect his money. 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Jon likes the Johnny Drum. As well as Booker's. He is fresh from a production of Godspell. Lex just watched Little Shop of Horrors with his daughter. This guy really hates Portland. Our thanks to Protect America, award-winning home security with locked in rates starting at just $19.99 per month. Go to ProtectAmerica.com/Car to get $5 off your monthly monitoring! Our thanks also to Movement Watches, makers of beautifully designed watches that won't break your budget. Go to MVMTWatches.com/TTCA and you'll get 15% off your order with free returns. Also our thanks to Butcher Box, which delivers healthy, humanely-raised 100% grass-fed beef, organic free-range chicken and heritage-breed pork to your doorstep. Order now and get free bacon in your box AND 15% off! Go to ButcherBox.com/TTCA now. Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found @Moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.

Moltz fell down a rathole by watching the Space: 1999 intro credits. Then he watched the Six Million Dollar Man intro credits and so on and so on. Watching Julie Louise-Dreyfus crack up repeatedly is pretty fun. Get the real scoop on the 8-year-old who drove himself and his sister to McDonald's here. One of Hank's hobbies is installing old operating systems on Virtual Box. Jon suggests he try Vagrant. Our thanks to Blue Apron for sponsoring this episode. Blue Apron ships you ingredients and amazing recipes. Learn while you cook and cook meals you'll love. Go to BlueApron.com/TURNING and get three meals FREE with free shipping. Our thanks also to Movement Watches, makers of beautifully designed watches that won't break your budget. Go to MVMTWatches.com/TTCA and you'll get 15% off your order with free returns. Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found @Moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.

Lex recommends a podcast called Brains On. And we all like Hello From The Magic Tavern if it’s not always kid-friendly. And, since this a podcast about pet ownership, we talk about whether or not dogs have emotions. Is a dog's mouth cleaner than a human's? Is Moltz's mouth cleaner than an original iPad box? Lex wrote about his wait for the UPS deliverer way back when. Our thanks to Movement Watches, makers of beautifully designed watches that won't break your budget. Go to MVMTWatches.com/TTCA and you'll get 15% off your order with free returns. Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found @Moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.

We talk about Valentine's Day for a bit and then crafts. Jon recommends a fancy paper cutter. He also suggests a color laser printer. This is the one The Wirecutter recommends. Our thanks as well to Movement Watches, makers of beautifully designed watches that won't break your budget. Go to MVMTWatches.com/TTCA and you'll get 15% off your order with free returns. Our thanks to Blue Apron for sponsoring this episode. Blue Apron ships you ingredients and amazing recipes. Learn while you cook and cook meals you'll love. Go to BlueApron.com/TURNING and get three meals FREE with free shipping. Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found @Moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.

The anxious only child of a drunk/rager mom and a passive dad shares about her family's combination of material wealth and emotional ignorance/poverty. She talks about her fear of "just being" instead of always "doing", including triathlons & rock climbing, her ongoing battles with disordered eating -especially binging- , her all-or-nothing thinking and struggles with intimacy while being married and having a family. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp online therapy.  To learn more (and get your first week free) go to www.betterhelp.com/mental This episode is sponsored by MadisonReed.  For 10% your first hair color kit plus free shipping go to www.Madison-Reed.com and use offer code HAPPY This episode is sponsored by Movement Watches.  Get 15% off today (with free shipping and free returns) by going to www.MVMTWatches.com/mental This episode is sponsored by ZipRecruiter.  To post jobs for free go to www.ZipRecruiter.com/first Support the podcast by becoming a monthly donor (for as little as $1/month and get rewards from Paul) at Patreon.   www.patreon.com/mentalpod For info on Paul's upcoming live podcast shows in the Bay Area Feb 22 & Feb 23 go to www.eastbayexpress.com/mental

Jon and Moltz are fans of the Netflix show Travelers. Jon will be attending the Women's March in DC this weekend, Moltz the one in Olympia. You can find one near you here. Jon points out some nice anti-Trump posters. Lex can't talk politics so he talks about his Raspberry Pi game emulator. Jon suggests Marvel vs Capcom Infinite. Discussing old games, Lex remember a Simpsons game which is not Tapped Out but Road Rage. Moltz and his son like the weird and simple and barely translated Game Hidden By Mom and Game Hidden By Mom 2. Lex is a fan of the new version of Match Game and a show called Big Fan. Neither features Brett Somers, who passed away in 2007. Our thanks to Blue Apron for sponsoring this episode. Blue Apron ships you ingredients and amazing recipes. Learn while you cook and cook meals you'll love. Go to BlueApron.com/TURNING and get three meals FREE with free shipping. Our thanks as well to Movement Watches, makers of beautifully designed watches that won't break your budget. Go to MVMTWatches.com/TTCA and you'll get 15% off your order with free returns. Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found @Moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.

Apple is reportedly getting out of the wireless router biz: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-21/apple-said-to-abandon-development-of-wireless-routers-ivs0ssec Some steps to take to improve your security: https://medium.com/@mshelton/securing-your-digital-life-like-a-normal-person-a-hasty-and-incomplete-guide-56437f127425#.jys3lllhw And protect your WiFi: https://decentsecurity.com/#/routerwifi-configuration/ Getting Cloak isn't a bad idea, either: https://www.getcloak.com Why the new MacBook Pros top out at 16 GB of RAM: https://macdaddy.io/macbook-pro-limited-16gb-ram/ How loud is the keyboard on the new MacBook Pro: https://youtu.be/rw4Ri7XQk_M Our thanks to Movement Watches (http://mvmtwatches.com/Rebound), makers of beautifully designed watches that won't break your budget. Go to MVMTWatches.com/REBOUND and you'll get 15% off your order.

Lex has switched from Napster to Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/163856011/ The Logitech Harmony Hub works with the Amazon Echo: https://sixcolors.com/post/2016/10/logitech-brings-some-harmony-to-the-amazon-echo/ New MacBooks are coming with the now confirmed touch bar: http://www.macrumors.com/2016/10/25/images-of-new-macbook-pro-leaked/ Amazon's reviews problem: http://www.geekwire.com/2015/amazon-files-first-ever-suit-over-fake-reviews-alleging-calif-man-sold-fraudulent-praise-for-products/ Our thanks to Indochino (https://www.Indochino.com), where you'll find the best made to measure shirts and suits at a great price. Use the promo code "REBOUND" and get any premium suit for just $389. Our thanks as well to Movement Watches (http://mvmtwatches.com/Rebound), makers of beautifully designed watches that won't break your budget. Go to MVMTWatches.com/REBOUND and you'll get 15% off your order.

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