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GO FUND ME: https://gofund.me/bf973f3f In this emotional and motivating episode, host Nik Fialka welcomes Trent Dyrsmid—known to many from "Fly With Trent"—to share his remarkable journey from entrepreneur to regional airline pilot. At 53, Trent boldly changed careers, completed an accelerated flight training program, and built a dedicated online following by documenting his aviation transformation. But just as he was on the brink of completing airline training, Trent was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer that abruptly grounded his flying. In this candid conversation, Trent reflects on building his aviation career later in life, the mindset needed to tackle accelerated training, and the unexpected health battle that forced him to step away from the flight deck. Trent's optimism, resilience, and love for aviation shine throughout this powerful story. Whether you're chasing your pilot dreams or facing life's turbulence, this episode will both inspire and move you. What You'll Learn in This Episode: How to transition from entrepreneur to airline pilot in under two years Why age isn't a barrier to starting an aviation career The power of accelerated flight training and how to make it work for you The pros and cons of flight schools vs. independent CFIs How mindset and mental health play critical roles in navigating major life challenges The vital support of family and the aviation community during personal hardship How you can support Trent's road to recovery GO FUND ME: https://gofund.me/bf973f3f CONNECT WITH US Are you ready to take your preparation to the next level? Don't wait until it's too late. Use the promo code “R4P2025” and save 10% on all our services. Check us out at www.spitfireelite.com! If you want to recommend someone to guest on the show, email Nik at podcast@spitfireelite.com, and if you need a professional pilot resume, go to www.spitfireelite.com/podcast/ for FREE templates! SPONSOR Are you a pilot just coming out of the military and looking for the perfect second home for your family? Look no further! Reach out to Marty and his team by visiting www.tridenthomeloans.com to get the best VA loans available anywhere in the US. Be ready for takeoff anytime with 3D-stretch, stain-repellent, and wrinkle-free aviation uniforms by Flight Uniforms. Just go to www.flightuniform.com and type the code SPITFIREPOD20 to get a special 20% discount on your first order. #Aviation #AviationCareers #aviationcrew #AviationJobs #AviationLeadership #AviationEducation #AviationOpportunities #AviationPodcast #AirlinePilot #AirlineJobs #AirlineInterviewPrep #flying #flyingtips #PilotDevelopment #PilotFinance #pilotcareer #pilottips #pilotcareertips #PilotExperience #pilotcaptain #PilotTraining #PilotSuccess #pilotpodcast #PilotPreparation #Pilotrecruitment #cancer #cancerawareness #cancertreatment #cancersurvivor #cancersupport #flywithtrent
This week on Billion Dollar Creator, Nathan sits down with Eric Jorgensen, CEO of Scribe Media.Join us as we explore traditional and self-publishing, dissect book marketing dynamics, and discuss the strategic power of audience engagement and content creation.They also delve into Eric's journey from author to publishing company CEO, the concept of “creator capitalists,” and exactly how Warren Buffet leveraged his public image.If you enjoyed this episode, please like and subscribe, share it with your friends, and leave us a review. We read every single one.Know more about Billion Dollar Creator: https://www.billiondollarcreator.com/Follow Nathan:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nathanbarry/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanbarry/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nathanbarryWebsite: https://nathanbarry.com/Follow Eric:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erjorgenson/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erjorgenson/Twitter: https://twitter.com/EricJorgensonWebsite: https://www.ejorgenson.com/Featured in this episode:The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: https://www.navalmanack.com/Berkshire Hathaway: https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/Epic Gardening: https://www.epicgardening.com/Missouri Star Quilt Company: https://www.missouriquiltco.com/Highlights:02:38 The Almanack of Naval Ravikant is one of Nathan's favourite books16:44 Nathan provides feedback on Scribe Media's business model27:14 Discussing Dan Martell's flywheel38:29 Uncertainty from Nathan on whether or not to publish his next book traditionally59:30 Nathan on Justin Rhodes who makes $3 million/year homesteading01:00:51 Nathan says Trent Dyrsmid has a plethora of transferrable skills01:03:05 Nick Huber and the power of an audience in professional niches01:04:22 How much of Warren Buffet's success is attributed to his public image?
Welcome back to another exciting episode of Fly the Transition! We're back for another new episode of Fly the Transition I'm so excited to welcome Trent Dyrsmid of the YouTube channel Fly with Trent. We talk about his success with his content creation, his work as a CFI, and his journey to a career in commercial aviation. Fly with Trent: https://flywithtrent.com/ Join our Community: If you enjoy Fly the Transition and want to continue the conversation, consider joining our discord community. To request an invite, simply reach out to Jim by email or social media. Social Media Handles: Website: www.flyingmidwest.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/flythetranstion Jim on Instagram: @flymidwestjim Email: Flythetransition@gmail.com Sponsor Information: This episode is sponsored by Pilot Quarters. Visit www.pilotquarters.com to explore their wide variety of aviation chart inspired apparel. You can also check out our affiliate links for Lightspeed Headset and Flying Eyes Sunglasses. Your purchase through our links help support the podcast. Lightspeed Headsets: https://www.lightspeedaviation.com/?campaign=flyingmidwest23&ref=101 Flying Eyes Sunglasses: https://flyingeyesoptics.com/?ref=Flyingmidwest23 Use code Flyingmidwest10 for 10%off your purchase Fly the Transition Merch: flyingmidwest.com/merch Contact Information: Do you have questions of comments about the show? Do you have an idea for a future episode? Do you want to me a guest on the podcast? Reach out at flythetransition@gmail.com or connect with Jim through social medial or the website.
In today's episode, I chatted with Trent Dyrsmid from the Fly With Trent YouTube channel. We talk about his journey on YouTube as a Pilot and what he has done to quickly grow his channel. We talk about identifying your target audience, meeting them where they are, how to manage your time, different ways to make money as a creator, and SO much more. About Trent Over the last 25 years, I've been fortunate to have enjoyed a wonderful career as an entrepreneur doing startups. I learned a great deal, met a lot of wonderful people, and earned a couple of bucks. On my 53rd birthday, I wanted to try something different...and so with the support of my loving wife, I decided to embark on a career in aviation as a professional pilot. Starting in May of 2023, with just a private pilot's license and 100 hours of flight time (that happened mostly in my 20s), I put my life on hold an enrolled myself in flight school. “Unlock Your YouTube Success with TubeBuddy: Skyrocket Your Channel Growth Effortlessly!
This sounds ridiculous, but some marketers still don't do holiday sales. On today's episode, host Mark de Grasse sits down with Lauren Petrullo from Mongoose Media to discuss why every business should be doing holiday sales. They also break down some amazing stats where Lauren and her team achieved a 400% increase in forecasted goals year to year, and got a client $250,000 in free money from Facebook. The holiday season is a great time to test ads because everybody is expecting and even looking forward to seeing ads in their feed. And with everybody in a buying mood, Lauren's magic ad structure will help ensure your marketing becomes a charming and natural part of the festivities. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: Why everybody needs to do holiday sales How Lauren got a 400% increase in forecasted goals year on year The dos and don'ts of holiday marketing Assessing Ad performance on Instagram reels Start testing your ads before the holidays How to become omnipresent at a lower cost Benefits of offering bulk discounts The Canva holiday template pack LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: https://mongoosemedia.us/ (Mongoosemedia.us) Lauren's https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenpetrullo/ (LinkedIn) Lauren's https://www.digitalmarketer.com/faculty/lauren-petrullo/ (Digital Marketer profile) OUR PARTNERS: http://getscalable.com/dm (7 Levels of Scale Workbook) Find out your Leadership Trust Score at https://readytolead.com (Ready to Lead). Listen to the #1 Digital Marketing Podcast, https://www.perpetualtraffic.com (Perpetual Traffic) Thanks so much for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to The DigitalMarketer Podcast? Have some feedback you'd like to share? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-digitalmarketer-podcast/id1397898498?mt=2 (Connect with us on Apple Podcasts and leave us a review!) This Month's Sponsors:https://conversionfanatics.com/ (Conversion Fanatics - Conversion Rate Optimization Agency) https://www.bkacontent.com/perpetual/ (Get 50% Off Monthly Blog Writing Service - BKA Content) More Resources from Scalablehttps://scalable.co?utm_source=digitalmarketer-podcast&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=lead-gen ([Free Guide & Assessment] 7 Levels of Scale) https://scalable.co/free-epic-challenge/?utm_source=digitalmarketer-podcast&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=lead-gen (FREE EPIC Challenge) More Shows You'll Lovehttps://perpetualtraffic.com/ (Perpetual Traffic) - The #1 podcast for learning paid traffic and improving your conversions! https://businesslunchpodcast.com/ (Business Lunch) - Sit down every week some of the most successful people in the world. Hosted by Roland Frasier and Ryan Deiss Mentioned in this episode: Become A Certified E-Commerce Marketing Master Take the Industry's Most Comprehensive E-Commerce Marketing Certification for the Modern Marketer! https://dm.captivate.fm/ecom-cert (Ecom Cert)
This sounds ridiculous, but some marketers still don't do holiday sales.On today's episode, host Mark de Grasse sits down with Lauren Petrullo from Mongoose Media to discuss why every business should be doing holiday sales. They also break down some amazing stats where Lauren and her team achieved a 400% increase in forecasted goals year to year, and got a client $250,000 in free money from Facebook.The holiday season is a great time to test ads because everybody is expecting and even looking forward to seeing ads in their feed. And with everybody in a buying mood, Lauren's magic ad structure will help ensure your marketing becomes a charming and natural part of the festivities.IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:Why everybody needs to do holiday salesHow Lauren got a 400% increase in forecasted goals year on yearThe dos and don'ts of holiday marketingAssessing Ad performance on Instagram reelsStart testing your ads before the holidaysHow to become omnipresent at a lower costBenefits of offering bulk discountsThe Canva holiday template packLINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:Mongoosemedia.usLauren's LinkedInLauren's Digital Marketer profileOUR PARTNERS:7 Levels of Scale WorkbookFind out your Leadership Trust Score at Ready to Lead.Listen to the #1 Digital Marketing Podcast, Perpetual Traffic Thanks so much for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to The DigitalMarketer Podcast? Have some feedback you'd like to share? Connect with us on Apple Podcasts and leave us a review!This Month's Sponsors:Conversion Fanatics - Conversion Rate Optimization AgencyGet 50% Off Monthly Blog Writing Service - BKA Content More Resources from Scalable[Free Guide & Assessment] 7 Levels of ScaleFREE EPIC Challenge More Shows You'll LovePerpetual Traffic - The #1 podcast for learning paid traffic and improving your conversions!Business Lunch - Sit down every week with some of the most successful people in the world. Hosted by Roland Frasier and Ryan Deiss Mentioned in this episode:[Free Download] DigitalMarketer's Canva Holiday Promo PackGrab These 195 Ready-To-Use Canva Templates For 5 Upcoming Holiday Promotions!
Born in Vancouver, BC. Lives in Boise, Idaho. Trent is a serial entrepreneur, the founder of Flowster.app and a complete nerd when it comes to creating scalable business processes. Prior to starting Flowster, Trent was the host of the long-running Bright Ideas podcast where he spent over a decade interviewing successful founders. In addition to being CEO of Flowster, Trent is also the founder of a digital agency that ranked #254 and #622 on the Inc 5000 in 2019 and 2020. Profit Magazine named Trent's first company as one of Canada's PROFIT 100 fastest growing companies for two years in a row before he sold it in 2008. Business in Vancouver magazine named Trent a Top 40 Under 40 Entrepreneur. What You'll Learn The power of using a VA How to hire and onboard a virtual assistant Ask people to do tasks that they have done before You can work with people on ways to save money on the front end so you can pay them more Resources Here Find out more about Flowster Here!
Born in Vancouver, BC. Lives in Boise, Idaho. Trent is a serial entrepreneur, the founder of Flowster.app and a complete nerd when it comes to creating scalable business processes. Prior to starting Flowster, Trent was the host of the long-running Bright Ideas podcast where he spent over a decade interviewing successful founders. In addition to being CEO of Flowster, Trent is also the founder of a digital agency that ranked #254 and #622 on the Inc 5000 in 2019 and 2020. Profit Magazine named Trent's first company as one of Canada's PROFIT 100 fastest growing companies for two years in a row before he sold it in 2008. Business in Vancouver magazine named Trent a Top 40 Under 40 Entrepreneur. What You'll Learn The power of using a VA How to hire and onboard a virtual assistant Ask people to do tasks that they have done before You can work with people on ways to save money on the front end so you can pay them more Resources Here Find out more about Flowster Here!
Born in Vancouver, BC. Lives in Boise, Idaho. Trent is a serial entrepreneur, the founder of Flowster.app and a complete nerd when it comes to creating scalable business processes. Prior to starting Flowster, Trent was the host of the long-running Bright Ideas podcast where he spent over a decade interviewing successful founders. In addition to being CEO of Flowster, Trent is also the founder of a digital agency that ranked #254 and #622 on the Inc 5000 in 2019 and 2020. Profit Magazine named Trent's first company as one of Canada's PROFIT 100 fastest growing companies for two years in a row before he sold it in 2008. Business in Vancouver magazine named Trent a Top 40 Under 40 Entrepreneur. What You'll Learn Why you need an SOP When do you need an SOP Checklist for when you need an SOP What should You tackle first? How to create an SOP How to make an SOP for something you haven't done before, How to keep up to date How to share with team Easy way to run and grow your business Resources Here Find out more about Flowster Here!
Born in Vancouver, BC. Lives in Boise, Idaho. Trent is a serial entrepreneur, the founder of Flowster.app and a complete nerd when it comes to creating scalable business processes. Prior to starting Flowster, Trent was the host of the long-running Bright Ideas podcast where he spent over a decade interviewing successful founders. In addition to being CEO of Flowster, Trent is also the founder of a digital agency that ranked #254 and #622 on the Inc 5000 in 2019 and 2020. Profit Magazine named Trent's first company as one of Canada's PROFIT 100 fastest growing companies for two years in a row before he sold it in 2008. Business in Vancouver magazine named Trent a Top 40 Under 40 Entrepreneur. What You'll Learn Why you need an SOP When do you need an SOP Checklist for when you need an SOP What should You tackle first? How to create an SOP How to make an SOP for something you haven't done before, How to keep up to date How to share with team Easy way to run and grow your business Resources Here Find out more about Flowster Here!
In this Session, we bring back Trent Dyrsmid of Flowster. Trent will be hosting an upcoming virtual workshop, where he will be covering the six ways you should be leveraging your virtual assistant for maximum impact and ROI in your business. In this interview you'll learn:
In this Session, we bring back Trent Dyrsmid of Flowster. Trent will be hosting an upcoming virtual workshop, where he will be covering the six ways you should be leveraging your virtual assistant for maximum impact and ROI in your business. In this interview you'll learn:
In this episode of Return on Podcast, Trent and Tyler discuss thinking like a CEO, the importance of documenting your processes, and how a jar of paperclips can declutter your morning routine. Trent Dyrsmid is a serial entrepreneur, husband, and father. He is the founder of BrightIdeas.co, Flowster.app, and a 7 figure eCommerce business. He was named a top 40 under 40 entrepreneur by Business in Vancouver magazine. Trent's current company ranked 254 on the 2019 Inc 5000 list and 622 on the 2020 Inc 5000 list of America's Most Successful Private Companies. Trent's Social Media Links Podcast: https://brightideas.co/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TrentDyrsmid LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trentdyrsmid/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trent_dyrsmid/?hl=en Flowster: https://flowster.app/ Also mentioned in this episode: https://flowster.app/fast https://flowster.app/capture https://flowster.app/masterclass The E-Myth Revisited - Michael E. Gerber The Four Disciplines of Execution - Chris McChesney, Jim Huling, and Sean Covey Work the System - Sam Carpenter Principles - Ray Dalio Atomic Habits - James Clear Welcome to Return on Podcast, the show where we help e-commerce sellers improve their ROI in business and in life. Hosted by Tyler Jefcoat and in affiliation with Seller Accountant, Return on Podcast aims to leave listeners with new insights and actionable life and business hacks at the end of each episode.
Trent Dyrsmid went from agency owner to a software company co-owner and his unique story offers a perspective we can all learn from. We know the importance of delegating out work within our agencies and SOPs and templates are the best ways to do that. An SOP is a set of instructions, like a checklist, that lists out the step-by-step actions needed to complete a task. They are great for tasks that are routine with little deviation from that. This week, episode 119 of The Digital Agency Growth Podcast is about setting up your processes for success! Watch our new recorded video training: Relationship-Driven New Business At-ScaleIn this episode of The Digital Agency Growth Podcast, Trent is sharing the importance of creating SOPs for his agency which allowed him to step out of the business after just 12 months. We also cover actionable steps you can take right now to figure out what can be templated for you and how to create those.Trent Dyrsmid is a serial entrepreneur, husband, and father. Originally from Vancouver, BC, he and his family now reside in Boise, ID. He is the founder of BrightIdeas.co, Flowster.app and a 7 figure eCommerce business.In this episode, Trent and I discuss the following:The start of Trent's entrepreneurial journey.Trent's desire to own a business that would allow him to have freedom and flexibility in his life. The mindset issue that most new entrepreneurs struggle with can keep them from having the success they desire.The key differences between a project management system and a process management system, and why Flowster is unique and necessary. If you can create and implement processes and systems within your business, you will be able to allow yourself to focus on things that are a better use of your skills and time.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to follow, rate and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!CONNECT WITH Trent Dyrsmid:TwitterLinkedInYoutubeWebsite: Bright IdeasWebsite: FlowsterCONNECT WITH DAN ENGLANDER:LinkedInSales SchemaLINKS MENTIONED:Atomic Habits by James ClearThe E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber
This episode features Trent Dyrsmid, a serial entrepreneur, husband, and father. He is the founder of BrightIdeas.co, Flowster, and a 7-figure eCommerce business. With almost ten years of experience with digital marketing and eCommerce, Trent eagerly shares his knowledge with others. Currently, he is helping founders, executives, and managers to create Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), workflows, and automated processes so that hiring, onboarding, and delegation become dramatically easier and less expensive.
How to Stick with Good Habits Every Dayn 1993, a bank in Abbotsford, Canada, hired a twenty-three-year-old stockbroker named Trent Dyrsmid. Abbotsford was a relatively small suburb, tucked away in the shadow of nearby Vancouver, where most of the big business deals were being made. Given the location, and the fact that Dyrsmid was a rookie, nobody expected too much of him. But he made brisk progress thanks to a simple daily habit.The Paper Clip StrategyDyrsmid began each morning with two jars on his desk. One was filled with 120 paper clips. The other was empty. As soon as he settled in each day, he would make a sales call. Immediately after, he would move one paper clip from the full jar to the empty jar and the process would begin again. “Every morning I would start with 120 paper clips in one jar and I would keep dialing the phone until I had moved them all to the second jar,” he told me.Within eighteen months, Dyrsmid was bringing in $5 million to the firm. By age twenty-four, he was making $75,000 per year—the equivalent of $125,000 today. Not long after, he landed a six-figure job with another company.Good Habits That Stick vs. Habits That FailWhen I asked Dyrsmid about the details of his habit, he simply said, “I would start calling at 8 a.m. every day. I never looked at stock quotes or analyst research. I also never read the newspaper for the entire time. If the news was really important, it would find me from other ways.”Trent Dyrsmid's story is evidence of a simple truth: Success is often a result of committing to the fundamentals over and over again.Compare Trent's results to where you and I often find ourselves. We want to be consistent with our workouts, but struggle to make it into the gym. We know we should write more Thank You notes or eat healthier meals or read more books, but can't seem to find the motivation to get it done. We'd like to achieve our goals, but still procrastinate on them.What makes the difference? Why do some good habits stick while others fail? Why did Trent's paper clip strategy work so well and what can we learn from it?The Power of a Visual CueI believe the “Paper Clip Strategy” works particularly well because it creates a visual trigger that can help motivate you to perform a habit with more consistency. I've heard from readers who have employed it in a variety of ways. One woman shifted a hairpin from one container to another whenever she wrote a page of her book. Another man moved a marble from one bin to the next after each set of push-ups.Making progress is satisfying, and visual measures—like moving paperclips or hairpins or marbles—provide clear evidence of your progress. As a result, they reinforce your behavior and add little bit of immediate satisfaction to any activity.Here are a few reasons visual cues work well for building new good habits…Visual cues remind you to start a behavior. We often lie to ourselves about our ability to remember to perform a new habit. (“I'm going to start eating healthier. For real this time.”) A few days later, however, the motivation fades and the busyness of life begins to take over again. Hoping you will simply remember to do a new habit is usually a recipe for failure. This is why a visual stimulus, like a bin full of paper clips, can be so useful. It is much easier to stick with good habits when your environment nudges you in the right direction.Visual cues display your progress on a behavior. Everyone knows consistency is an essential component of success
On today's Lunch with Norm, we discuss how to delegate your eCommerce business. We find out what kind of work an entrepreneur should start delegating first. Learn if virtual assistants should be doing a variety of tasks or stick to specialty. Serial entrepreneur, father, and husband Trent Dyrsmid is the founder of BrightIdeas.co, Flowster.app and a 7 figure eCommerce business. Trent is passionate about sharing his knowledge from almost 10 years of digital markets to make businesses scale. Trent's current company ranked 254 on the 2019 Inc 5000 list and 622 on the 2020 Inc 5000 list of America's of the Most Successful Private Companies. This episode is brought to you by Global Wired Advisors Global Wired Advisors is a leading Digital Investment Bank focused on optimizing the business sale process. Our approach combines decades of merger and acquisition experience with online and e-commerce expertise to increase the transactional value of your greatest asset. Maximizing the value of your company in a business sale is achieved through the full expression of its future potential. Choosing the right representation to provide this vision to the right buyer, means putting your future in focus. For More information visit https://globalwiredadvisors.com/ This episode is also brought to you by Sellerise. Take a deep dive into your business processes to make data-driven decisions and outperform the competition in an innovative way. Sellerise is a comprehensive solution for your everyday business needs with innovative tools like the PPC Dashboard, Smart Alerts, Review Requester, and Keyword Tracker. Everything you need to grow and scale your business is just one click away. Stand out from the crowd and conduct business whenever, wherever. Innovate your effort and work smarter, not harder. The difference is amazing. Sellerise is for professionals at every level of the business journey. Simply select the capabilities that best fit your needs. Visit https://www.sellerise.com This episode is brought to you by Zee Are you a private label seller looking to expand into larger markets internationally or need an experienced import partner to keep growing? Zee makes selling your Amazon products abroad easy with excellent import knowledge, door-to-door solutions, customer service and scalability. Streamline your import process with Zee today to increase profit margins and continue to scale. Ready to expand your ecomm empire and take your Amazon FBA Business global? Visit https://zee.co to learn more! This episode is also brought to you by .CLUB Domains .CLUB is the most used new top-level domain name and the perfect web address for your membership or subscription-based startup or business. Why? Because your customers are your CLUB! Grow your business with a domain name that instantly means membership and subscriptions. There are a lot of great domain name choices today, but if your business is about building a community of members around a product or service, there's no better URL than YourName.club. With 1.3 million registrations worldwide, there are already thousands of e-commerce sites using .CLUB. - great subscription businesses like Soap.club, Firstleaf.club and Coffee.club. You too can join the .CLUB today. Visit https://www.get.club. This episode is brought to you by Global Wired Advisors, Sellerise, Zee & .CLUB Domains.
Running one or several businesses is possible only if you have established processes in place. In this episode, process automation expert and Founder of Flowster Trent Dyrsmid talks about how SOPs contributed significantly to the growth of his businesses and has helped so many others. He shares some tips on building effective workflow and processes that will enable you to delegate effectively.Listen and learn!KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODEApply to top growing company lists to get attention, funding, and customers.Focus on laying the foundation and building a team during the first year of your business.For the linear processes that don't require judgment that comes from years of experience, hire someone who doesn't have a ton of experience but can execute the process successfully.Establish a culture of delegating tasks properly to your company.Project management software is designed for things that change from time to time.Flowster, on the other hand, works efficiently to manage workflows with minimal changes.Recommended Podcast: Bigger Pockets Podcasthttps://www.biggerpockets.com/podcastToday's Guest:Trent Dyrsmid is a Process Automation Expert who helps agencies to scale faster. He is the Founder of Flowster. He is also the host of the EPIC podcast.Flowster is a process management application that provides agencies with pre-made business playbooks that take all the pain out of onboarding new employees (or virtual assistants) and then delegating work to them on an ongoing basis.Connect and learn more about Trent and Flowster here:Website: https://www.flowster.apphttps://www.brightideas.coLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trentdyrsmid/This month's sponsor is Oribi. The conversion-driven analytics platform that gives you valuable insights on your funnels, events, drop-offs, and channel attribution metrics with no coding required. Try Oribi for Free!We love our podcast community and listeners so much that we have decided to offer a free eCommerce Growth Plan for your brand! To learn more and how we can help, click here:https://mindfulmarketing.co/growthplan-applyIf you've been paying attention and your brand is ready to GROW, apply now to be the one new brand we take on this month!https://mindfulmarketing.co/apply
In this episode of Startup Hustle, Andrew Morgans and Trent Dyrsmid, Founder of Bright Ideas talk about how to create scalable systems. Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://linktr.ee/startuphustle This episode is sponsored by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Learn more about Bright Ideas: https://brightideas.co/ Learn more about Marknology: https://www.marknology.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Bright Ideas eCommerce Business Podcast | Proven Entrepreneur Success Stories
On the Bright Ideas eCommerce podcast, Trent Dyrsmid interviews today's most successful eCommerce, Agency, and SaaS founders and gets them to share all their most effective strategies and tactics for growth so you can quickly figure what you need to implement in your business today to get ahead of your competition. If you are looking for proven methods to scale up your eCommerce business, increase efficiency, improve your systems, and delegate more, this is the podcast for you. eCommerce, automation, outsourcing, standard operating procedures, workflow management, search engine optimization, social media, podcasting, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube.
The Bright Ideas eCommerce Business Podcast | Proven Entrepreneur Success Stories
On the Bright Ideas eCommerce podcast, Trent Dyrsmid interviews today's most successful eCommerce, Agency, and SaaS founders and gets them to share all their most effective strategies and tactics for growth so you can quickly figure what you need to implement in your business today to get ahead of your competition. If you are looking for proven methods to scale up your eCommerce business, increase efficiency, improve your systems, and delegate more, this is the podcast for you. eCommerce, automation, outsourcing, standard operating procedures, workflow management, search engine optimization, social media, podcasting, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube.
In this episode of Money Talks, Hugh interviewed serial entrepreneur, podcast host, and CEO of Flowster, Trent Dyrsmid. Flowster, is a process management app where people can come to get "playbooks" to help them build systems, and then easily delegate the ongoing operation of their systems and processes to their team. We discussed: 1) Trent's background, where he learned to cold call as a stock broker! 2) The genesis of Flowster and how it can help you small business 3) Trent's current views of small business and how to hit on important growth levers Hugh Meyer - https://instagram.com/hughmeyerofficial https://www.linkedin.com/in/hughmeyer/ Trent Dyrsmid - https://www.linkedin.com/in/trentdyrsmid https://twitter.com/TrentDyrsmid
The Bright Ideas eCommerce Business Podcast | Proven Entrepreneur Success Stories
On the Bright Ideas eCommerce podcast, Trent Dyrsmid interviews today's most successful eCommerce, Agency, and SaaS founders and gets them to share all their most effective strategies and tactics for growth so you can quickly figure what you need to implement in your business today to get ahead of your competition. If you are looking for proven methods to scale up your eCommerce business, increase efficiency, improve your systems, and delegate more, this is the podcast for you. eCommerce, automation, outsourcing, standard operating procedures, workflow management, search engine optimization, social media, podcasting, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube.
The Bright Ideas eCommerce Business Podcast | Proven Entrepreneur Success Stories
On the Bright Ideas eCommerce podcast, Trent Dyrsmid interviews today's most successful eCommerce, Agency, and SaaS founders and gets them to share all their most effective strategies and tactics for growth so you can quickly figure what you need to implement in your business today to get ahead of your competition. If you are looking for proven methods to scale up your eCommerce business, increase efficiency, improve your systems, and delegate more, this is the podcast for you. eCommerce, automation, outsourcing, standard operating procedures, workflow management, search engine optimization, social media, podcasting, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube.
The Bright Ideas eCommerce Business Podcast | Proven Entrepreneur Success Stories
On the Bright Ideas eCommerce podcast, Trent Dyrsmid interviews today's most successful eCommerce, Agency, and SaaS founders and gets them to share all their most effective strategies and tactics for growth so you can quickly figure what you need to implement in your business today to get ahead of your competition. If you are looking for proven methods to scale up your eCommerce business, increase efficiency, improve your systems, and delegate more, this is the podcast for you. eCommerce, automation, outsourcing, standard operating procedures, workflow management, search engine optimization, social media, podcasting, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube.
The Bright Ideas eCommerce Business Podcast | Proven Entrepreneur Success Stories
On the Bright Ideas eCommerce podcast, Trent Dyrsmid interviews today's most successful eCommerce, Agency, and SaaS founders and gets them to share all their most effective strategies and tactics for growth so you can quickly figure what you need to implement in your business today to get ahead of your competition. If you are looking for proven methods to scale up your eCommerce business, increase efficiency, improve your systems, and delegate more, this is the podcast for you. eCommerce, automation, outsourcing, standard operating procedures, workflow management, search engine optimization, social media, podcasting, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube.
The Bright Ideas eCommerce Business Podcast | Proven Entrepreneur Success Stories
On the Bright Ideas eCommerce podcast, Trent Dyrsmid interviews today's most successful eCommerce, Agency, and SaaS founders and gets them to share all their most effective strategies and tactics for growth so you can quickly figure what you need to implement in your business today to get ahead of your competition. If you are looking for proven methods to scale up your eCommerce business, increase efficiency, improve your systems, and delegate more, this is the podcast for you. eCommerce, automation, outsourcing, standard operating procedures, workflow management, search engine optimization, social media, podcasting, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube.
The Bright Ideas eCommerce Business Podcast | Proven Entrepreneur Success Stories
On the Bright Ideas eCommerce podcast, Trent Dyrsmid interviews today's most successful eCommerce, Agency, and SaaS founders and gets them to share all their most effective strategies and tactics for growth so you can quickly figure what you need to implement in your business today to get ahead of your competition. If you are looking for proven methods to scale up your eCommerce business, increase efficiency, improve your systems, and delegate more, this is the podcast for you. eCommerce, automation, outsourcing, standard operating procedures, workflow management, search engine optimization, social media, podcasting, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube.
The Bright Ideas eCommerce Business Podcast | Proven Entrepreneur Success Stories
On the Bright Ideas eCommerce podcast, Trent Dyrsmid interviews today's most successful eCommerce, Agency, and SaaS founders and gets them to share all their most effective strategies and tactics for growth so you can quickly figure what you need to implement in your business today to get ahead of your competition. If you are looking for proven methods to scale up your eCommerce business, increase efficiency, improve your systems, and delegate more, this is the podcast for you. eCommerce, automation, outsourcing, standard operating procedures, workflow management, search engine optimization, social media, podcasting, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube.
Quick Links:The Agency Profitability Toolkit - Get the templates, formulas, and frameworks we've used with our consulting clients to help them double their profitability in under 60 days, absolutely free.For more information on our Agency Profitability Systems and Consulting, check out https://parakeeto.comLove the podcast? Leave us a review on the platform of your choice at this link.Guest Links:PodcastSpecial Parakeeto Offer including $300 of FREE processesFlowsterBright IdeasTrent's LinkedInAbout Trent:As you may (or may not be) aware; I pride myself on delivering energetic introductions to each guest we have on APP, so it's my absolute pleasure to give Trent the enthused-Marcel-intro-treatment, which goes a little something like this…A serial entrepreneur, husband, and father, Trent hosts the Bright Ideas Podcast. Additionally, he's founder of Flowster; a business process improvement application used by thousands of businesses globally, and ranked 254 on the 2019 Inc 5000 of America's Fastest-Growing Companies.When he's not running his businesses, you can find them careering around with his family, on dirt bikes and mountain bikes.
Trent Dyrsmid Company Name: Flowster Company url/domain http://flowster.app Company Linkedin Profile URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/14433126/admin/ What does your company do in 5 words or less?: Workflow management software for eCommerce Bio: Trent Dyrsmid is a serial entrepreneur, husband, and father. In addition to hosting the Bright Ideas eCommerce podcast, he is the Founder of Flowster.app; a business workflow management application used by thousands of eCommerce businesses around the globe. In 2019, his eCommerce business ranked 254th on the 2019 Inc 5000 of America's Fastest Growing Private Companies.
The Bright Ideas eCommerce Business Podcast | Proven Entrepreneur Success Stories
On the Bright Ideas eCommerce podcast, Trent Dyrsmid interviews today's most successful eCommerce, Agency, and SaaS founders and gets them to share all their most effective strategies and tactics for growth so you can quickly figure what you need to implement in your business today to get ahead of your competition. If you are looking for proven methods to scale up your eCommerce business, increase efficiency, improve your systems, and delegate more, this is the podcast for you. eCommerce, automation, outsourcing, standard operating procedures, workflow management, search engine optimization, social media, podcasting, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube.
"When you have a relationship with a supplier, if you've done it correctly, you are one of only a finite number of sellers of their product...It's a relationship-driven business instead of a product-driven business. You must treat those relationships like gold." - Trent Dyrsmid, founder of BrightIdeas.co, Flowster.app and a 7 figure e-commerce businessJoin Trent Dyrsmid and Ben Schneider as they talk about dropshipping on Amazon, setting up an Amazon reseller store, transacting with product suppliers, and finding the winning product. In this episode, we are fortunate to have Trent explain the step-by-step process in profiting off your own created Amazon seller account. Not only has Trent studied Amazon's seller service from the inside out, he has spent his entire career looking for prospective suppliers with the winning products, and was able to convert small-scale e-commerce stores to profitable high-profile manufacturers. Episode Notes:Accelerate the growth of your E-Commerce business! To find out more about Trent Dyrsmid, click the following links:YouTube | Instagram | Twitter | WebsiteTo get more resources on setting up your own E-Commerce store and wholesale reseller Amazon business, click here for Trent's Wholesale eCommerce Business Systems (WEBS). Want to be an affiliate of Trent's Bright Ideas Co? Click hereTo know more about WEBS, click hereConnect with Ben on Instagram and on his website.Follow the podcast on Instagram @bllpodcastcomFor more information and to explore other episodes, click here.Email: hello@bllpodcast.com
The Bright Ideas eCommerce Business Podcast | Proven Entrepreneur Success Stories
On the Bright Ideas eCommerce podcast, Trent Dyrsmid interviews today's most successful eCommerce, Agency, and SaaS founders and gets them to share all their most effective strategies and tactics for growth so you can quickly figure what you need to implement in your business today to get ahead of your competition. If you are looking for proven methods to scale up your eCommerce business, increase efficiency, improve your systems, and delegate more, this is the podcast for you. eCommerce, automation, outsourcing, standard operating procedures, workflow management, search engine optimization, social media, podcasting, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube.
The Bright Ideas eCommerce Business Podcast | Proven Entrepreneur Success Stories
On the Bright Ideas eCommerce podcast, Trent Dyrsmid interviews today's most successful eCommerce, Agency, and SaaS founders and gets them to share all their most effective strategies and tactics for growth so you can quickly figure what you need to implement in your business today to get ahead of your competition. If you are looking for proven methods to scale up your eCommerce business, increase efficiency, improve your systems, and delegate more, this is the podcast for you. eCommerce, automation, outsourcing, standard operating procedures, workflow management, search engine optimization, social media, podcasting, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube.
The Bright Ideas eCommerce Business Podcast | Proven Entrepreneur Success Stories
On the Bright Ideas eCommerce podcast, Trent Dyrsmid interviews today's most successful eCommerce, Agency, and SaaS founders and gets them to share all their most effective strategies and tactics for growth so you can quickly figure what you need to implement in your business today to get ahead of your competition. If you are looking for proven methods to scale up your eCommerce business, increase efficiency, improve your systems, and delegate more, this is the podcast for you. eCommerce, automation, outsourcing, standard operating procedures, workflow management, search engine optimization, social media, podcasting, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube.
The Bright Ideas eCommerce Business Podcast | Proven Entrepreneur Success Stories
On the Bright Ideas eCommerce podcast, Trent Dyrsmid interviews today's most successful eCommerce, Agency, and SaaS founders and gets them to share all their most effective strategies and tactics for growth so you can quickly figure what you need to implement in your business today to get ahead of your competition. If you are looking for proven methods to scale up your eCommerce business, increase efficiency, improve your systems, and delegate more, this is the podcast for you. eCommerce, automation, outsourcing, standard operating procedures, workflow management, search engine optimization, social media, podcasting, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube.
The Bright Ideas eCommerce Business Podcast | Proven Entrepreneur Success Stories
On the Bright Ideas eCommerce podcast, Trent Dyrsmid interviews today's most successful eCommerce, Agency, and SaaS founders and gets them to share all their most effective strategies and tactics for growth so you can quickly figure what you need to implement in your business today to get ahead of your competition. If you are looking for proven methods to scale up your eCommerce business, increase efficiency, improve your systems, and delegate more, this is the podcast for you. eCommerce, automation, outsourcing, standard operating procedures, workflow management, search engine optimization, social media, podcasting, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube.
SaaS Bootstrapping Lessons From Flowster CEO Trent Dyrsmid Are you looking to transform your eCommerce growth? Want to increase the efficiency, profitability, and value of your company? Today’s episode is for you! We are super excited to bring Trent Dyrsmid to the podcast today. He is the Founder and CEO of Flowster, which is a software company for eCommerce entrepreneurs to improve workflow automation through the creation and use of standard operating procedures. Through the use of their software, you can optimize execution through standard operating procedures, which are the lifeblood of today’s most successful organizations. If implemented effectively, they ensure every business process is executed exactly the same way, every time. They also improve accountability through an audit trail providing you with transparency into every aspect of your employees’ work. Teamwork is dreamwork, and by using this software, companies are able to allow team members to easily assign each other tasks, give due dates, upload files, and add comments to the work they've done — keeping everyone in the loop and your business running at peak efficiency. During today’s episode we talk to Trent more about Flowster, his journey from the beginning to where he is now, he shares his favorite automation tool, and so much more, so stay tuned and enjoy! TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [00:41] Before we jump into today’s interview, please rate, review, and subscribe to the Leveling Up Podcast! [00:35] How things are going with Trent and what he is up to. [01:13] Trent shares more about his first business, what it was, and how that lead to where he is today. [04:18] More about the process of how he started to develop his standard operating procedure. [05:50] Trent talks numbers on his first company. [07:00] Trent elaborates about Flowster, creating processes in a digital, interactive checklist. [08:15] Why he decided to market to e-commerce customers. [09:15] What the Flowster software offers — facilitating the process of delegation and more. [10:15] Trent walks us through an example of how the software functions and what the “magic button” entails. [11:55] How many customers they have and we talk about the different pricing of their services. [15:00] Trent talks about his podcast and the value it’s given to him. [16:22] He shares his favorite tool: Automation Zapier and his favorite Zap. [16:54] His favorite book: The E-Myth by Michael Gerber. [17:27] Where to find more about Trent and his business. Resources From The Interview: Trent Dyrsmid on LinkedIn Flowster Zapier The Bright Ideas Brand Must read book: The E-Myth Leave Some Feedback: What should I talk about next? Who should I interview? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review here Subscribe to Leveling Up on iTunes Get the non-iTunes RSS Feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Eric Siu on Twitter
The Bright Ideas eCommerce Business Podcast | Proven Entrepreneur Success Stories
On the Bright Ideas eCommerce podcast, Trent Dyrsmid interviews today's most successful eCommerce, Agency, and SaaS founders and gets them to share all their most effective strategies and tactics for growth so you can quickly figure what you need to implement in your business today to get ahead of your competition. If you are looking for proven methods to scale up your eCommerce business, increase efficiency, improve your systems, and delegate more, this is the podcast for you. eCommerce, automation, outsourcing, standard operating procedures, workflow management, search engine optimization, social media, podcasting, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube.
I’m an ideas guy, not a process guy. Which is why I’m so excited to share the wisdom of a fellow entrepreneur, Trent Dyrsmid, with a totally different approach to business than I have. I love the feeling of building something new, figuring out how to make it work and getting it out into the world. EXPLAINING how I did it or how to make it better? Not my bag. Which, to be honest, makes scaling a business harder than it should be. I know, rationally, that SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) are crucial for business success... but I’ll be damned if I have the time or patience to build them. Enter our hero, Trent. An unassuming Canadian transplant, Trent is a different kind of entrepreneur than I am. He's a process nerd who figured out how to make creating...and USING... SOP's easy. I know this because we are now making all sorts of SOP's with his baller app, Flowster. Resources & Links From This Episode: - Check Out Flowster - Connect With Trent on LinkedIn _________ About Our Guest: Trent Dyrsmid is a serial entrepreneur, husband, and father. He is the founder of BrightIdeas.co, Flowster.app and a 7 figure eCommerce business. With almost 10 years of experience with digital marketing and eCommerce, Trent eagerly shares his knowledge with others. Profit Magazine named Trent’s first company as one of Canada’s PROFIT 100 fastest growing companies for two years in a row before he sold it in 2008. Business in Vancouver magazine named Trent a Top 40 Under 40 Entrepreneur. Trent’s current company ranked 254 on the 2019 Inc 5000 list and 622 on the 2020 Inc 5000 list of America’s of the Most Successful Private Companies. _________ About The Host Ken 'Spanky' Moskowitz is the founder and CEO of Ad Zombies, the go-to copywriters for businesses worldwide. With clients on every continent (except Antarctica) Ad Zombies writes words that sell anything. Spanky built his now-iconic brand from zero to seven figures by helping others with their challenges and bringing value to their businesses and lives. He's also the CEO of EntreGrow, a business built to help other business owners and leaders overcome their challenges to grow & scale. Ken personally coaches clients in his Inner Circle program. Spanky is a board/advisory member of Habitat for Humanity and a highly sought after public speaker, a bestselling author, a father of 5, and an accidental pilot. Grab a copy of his best-selling book: Jab Till It Hurts: How Following Gary Vaynerchuk's Advice Helped Me Build A 7-Figure Brand on Amazon. _ Connect with him @spankymoskowitz: - Facebook: https://facebook.com/spankymoskowitz - Instagram: https://instagram.com/spankymoskowitz - Twitter: https://twitter.com/spankymoskowitz - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/spankymoskowitz/ Need great Ad Copy, Emails, or other words that sell anything for your business? Great! Ad Zombies can help https://www.adzombies.com Want to learn how to do what the Ad Zombies do? We can help with that, too! https://learn.adzombies.com/
Company growth is not just one thing. It takes the right product/service, the right timing, and the right people. It also takes the right systems. I can attest that systems grow your business. I would not have a podcast today without the right systems that my team executes weekly to keep the content following. Today's guest is Trent Dyrsmid, CEO and host at Bright Ideas. Trent has been so successful in developing systems that he has another company Maverick Media Ventures, that made the 2019 Inc 5000 List at #254. Trent and I look at the power of systems to grow your business. We look at SOPs and how he aligns his team with them. Get the show notes for Systems Grow Your Business with Trent Dyrsmid at Bright Ideas Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Growth Think Tank featuring Trent Dyrsmid at Bright Ideas with me your @GeneHammett http://bit.ly/gttTrentDyrsmid #SystemsGrowYourBusiness #Leadership #Culture #GHepisode648 #GTTepisodes #Podcasts Give Growth Think Tank a review on iTunes!
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Trent Dyrsmid is a serial entrepreneur, husband, and father. In addition to hosting the Bright Ideas eCommerce podcast, he is the Founder of Flowster.app; a business workflow management application used by thousands of eCommerce businesses around the globe. In 2019, his eCommerce business ranked 254th on the Inc 5000.
Trent Dyrsmid has been sourcing products and selling on Amazon for over 4 years, during that time he's also got very into traffic driving, hosted the brilliant Bright Ideas Podcast, AND (which is what we're chatting about today) mastered the process of systematising your business in order to take the stress and cost out of scaling. He's got so good at systematising that in 2019 his Amazon business ranked 254 on the Inc 5000 list. Get Trent's amazing Flowster offer at https://flowster.app/masterplan/ (Flowster.app/masterplan) Get all the links and resources we mention at https://ecommercemasterplan.com/podcast/?utm_source=captivate&utm_medium=episodenotes (eCommerceMasterPlan.com) This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy
Is something broken in your business? Not reaching your growth goals like you'd hoped? Then you likely have a systems or delegation problem. My guest today is Trent Dyrsmid. Trent is the host of the Bright Ideas podcast as well as the founder of an Amazon reseller business that just ranked #254 on the Inc. 5000 list. He is also the co-founder of Flowster.app a premier workflow management tool for eCommerce businesses. He knows a thing or two about systems, delegation, and growth. He's now fully delegated himself out of his Amazon reseller business as it continues to scale rapidly. How does he do it? Clear systemization and delegation. On the show, we talk about one of his favorite quotes from the Honorary Chairman of Toyota - “We get brilliant results from average people managing brilliant processes – while our competitors get average or worse results from brilliant people managing broken processes” ~ Fujio Cho, Honorary Chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation In this episode we cover: What to systematize first - a 2-pronged test When you have a systems problem vs. a people problem What to delegate vs. what to do yourself Why and when you should delegate something you're really good at The difference between process management and project management How Flowster helps eCommerce companies with process management Plus more!
If you have been in business for any amount of time and have not begun to create systems and processes for you and your team, this is a must-listen episode. Trent Dyrsmid, the founder of Flowster, joins me to share how Flowster came about and why his processes have been instrumental in his business growth. Trent has been starting and building businesses for over a decade now. While they haven’t all been profitable, he’s learned one very important secret to success. Create systems and processes and delegate as quickly as possible. As a business owner, your time is one of your most valuable commodities. Why are you wasting time finding leads, finding prospects, and finding product? Do it once. Document the process. Show others how to do it and then work on the other more pressing parts of your business. This mindset is what he used to create Flowster. Listen as he shares the history of his businesses and why Flowster has really become a crowning achievement in his career. Again, if you’re not already creating systems and processes, download, bookmark, and relisten to this podcast, and then go get Flowster and take back your time. In This Episode: [00:28] Welcome Trent Dyrsmid to discuss creating processes from scratch. [01:50] Trent shares a bit about his background and how he got into entrepreneurship. [03:40] Hear the story behind the beginnings of Flowster and where Trent wants to see it go. [09:57] How did Trent identify what could and should become a process in his businesses? [11:41] What kinds of things can be templatized in wholesale? [14:04] Trent lists out the number of steps involved in generating leads in product sourcing. [17:49] Flowster has been built to make processes insanely easy to follow and develop so that your team can drop in and start working immediately. [19:42] After the first 29 steps, there are several additional steps to help create correspondence and add new leads into the CRM. [20:57] The process templates are built out for each stage of the lead generation flow. [23:16] How quickly did he have his processes up and running in the first five months? [25:35] What does he like to be involved in with the business? What does freedom look like for him now? [28:25] He uses this same mindset across all of his businesses. [30:10] Learn more about his process for hiring and managing purchasing and reorders in his Amazon business. [32:27] Flowster allows you to build your own workflows or download existing templates. [34:44] What are Trent’s thoughts on workflow creation and pricing? [37:26] Connect with Trent and learn about his favorite book and why. Links and Resources: Wizards of Amazon Wizards of Amazon Courses Wizards of Amazon Meetup Text “Amazon” to 69922 Wizards of Amazon on Facebook Wizards of Amazon on Instagram Wizards of Amazon on LinkedIn Wizards of Amazon on Twitter Flowster The Bright Ideas eCommerce Podcast trent@brightideas.co The E-Myth by Michael Gerber Podcast editing and show notes by Pro Podcast Solutions.
How do you systematize your business and make delegation easy which increases your scalability? We talk to Trent Dyrsmid, Founder of Flowster, host of the Bright Ideas podcast, and founder of a multi million dollar reseller that ranked #254 on the Inc 5000 list in 2019.Get your free Growth Accelerator Pack (Value $299) at https://flowster.app/myamazonguy/Tell me your Amazon story.Started as an Amazon affiliate program about 10 years ago.Then did private label. Didn’t go well.Eventually went well when I automated systems, hired full army of system admins. Sent hundreds of brands an email. Week after week. Delegated everything that preceded replying to onboarding brands. Negotiated pricingWinning an accountThen pushed off to rest of team, PO, sending money etc.Focused all time on closing deals.Account more profitable now than it has ever been.How did processes help your business.Amazon reseller systemHave to source new productsIdentify competitors4% of Amazon resellers do more than 100k a year on Amazon.Ability to hire VAs for low cost.Create a list, large list of competitors.Product extractionWho makes the products, how to get in touch with them?Send them an emailWhy went into reseller model instead of private label?Product investmentsPrivate label - expensive. What should I sell?Source15-20% gross margin target.RisksMAPAmazon 1PEvery brand will tell you we don’t want any more Amazon sellersSalesmanship and research come into play. Listing not optimized. May no ads from incumbents. Product review negative response. Room for improvements. “I agree you don’t need more, you need less, and the reason I’m calling you is because current sellers aren’t doing a good job. They aren’t bothering to run ads, seo, design. When I search the phrase ‘apple slicer’ and your competitors are winning, no one is doing these good things like ads/seo.” How did you win an FBA slot with a brand that has 4-5 resellers already?Flowster400k in first week to sell my process of workflows.Hired a tech guy to make Flowster.Spent year writing code. October 2018 app ready for marketplace.Every business has the problem - highly repetitive set of processes to make the wheels go round.Marketing agency: Prospect/content/hire/social/ad campaigns - same thing over and over again.Amazon sellers: source products, load, optimize, advertise, re-orders.Create work flows - checklist. Cake turns out according to the recipe.Super detailed.Memories not neededTraining time = 35 seconds.ScaleGoogle sheet - static instructions.Interactive works better in Flowster. Specific individual and give it a deadline.Multiple people.VideoRecipient 10 min video - have to rewatch it repeatedly.Changes to processes - editing video sucks.What is life like as a CEO post process setup, relationship building. Processes give you Freedom. Became entrepreneur because freedom is the biggest value.Culture - transparency. People want to be treated like human beings, fulfillment, valued. Process help culture because less chaos, and less frantic, less fire fighting easier.What’s next for you. Scaling software monthly revenue. 5,000 users in aSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/myamazonguy)
Amazon Wholesale vs Private Label Amazon wholesale vs private label is not one of the more famous debates in ecommerce- but it deserves to be. How do Amazon wholesale and Amazon wholesale compare as business models? Many come to private label from no ecommerce background; sometimes Amazon resellers find private label another a next step really helpful to move on to from retail or online arbitrage. However, there can be hidden challenges with the Private Label model. Trent Dyrsmid is founder of Flowster , an SOP/process documentation and task management app which contains a marketplace of 50-60 free processes(mostly for Amazon sellers); and founder of WEBS, Wholesale eCommerce Business Systems, a complete set of processes for creating and running an Amazon Wholesale business. Trent fell into some classic private label traps. Then he heard about Amazon "reverse sourcing" wholesale and his business took off. Today, Trent discusses his Experiences of Amazon Wholesale vs Private Label and compares the two business models for Amazon sellers. You'll learn about [keyword] why even well-funded entrepreneurs should avoid competitive products on Amazon Why Amazon wholesale appealed instead Warren Buffett's rule #1 and how it applies to wholesale How fast you can get started with Wholesale sourcing -and why this matters The #1 people skill required in wholesale why it's easier to outsource wholesale product research How wholesale makes it easier to get started part -time the risk profiles of the two business models Resources mentioned Flowster- SOP/process documentation and task management app. Contains marketplace of 50-60 free processes The Wholesale Formula (by Dan Meadors and Dylan Frost) WEBS, Wholesale eCommerce Business Systems, a complete set of processes for creating and running an Amazon Wholesale business Offer for listeners/readers Flowster free- Up to 5 workflow templates (SOPs) without payment- In marketplace about 50-60 templates that are free- Or you can create your own from scratch (up to 5 SOPs)- Multiple SOPs- Or buy WEBS - - Wholesale ecommerce business systems Valuable things for free SOP - brand recall search ($109 - coupon code - free for audience - email Michael here for the code) Be super prepared - Finding Wholesale competitors on Amazon ($149 - coupon code - free; email Michael here for the code) On-demand webinar - offer for “WEBS Wholesale Ecommerce Business Systems! - Collection of 75-80 SOPs that Trent's team relies on to run Amazon business $2500- Scaled down version - product sourcing for professionals $379 Related posts about Amazon Wholesale Amazon wholesale business with Dylan Frost of The Wholesale Formula Amazon wholesale with Dylan Frost of The Wholesale Formula Wholesale sourcing for Amazon with Dan Meadors of The Wholesale Formula Amazon wholesale marketing with Dan Meadors of The Wholesale Formula Amazon Wholesale sourcing with Dillon Carter of Vendrive.com Amazon Wholesale Process with Trent Dyrsmid of Flowster Watch Amazon wholesale vs Private Label with Trent Dyrsmid