eCommerce Podcast

In order to achieve success in today's competitive marketplace, it's not enough to be good at what you do. You need to be remarkable. In this video, Rich Brooks joins Matt to discuss the concept of remarkability and how you can use it to create a competitive advantage for your business. Rich Brooks is founder and president of Flyte New Media, a digital agency in Portland, Maine, that’s been in business for nearly 25 years. He is a nationally recognized speaker on entrepreneurship, digital marketing, and social media. He founded The Agents of Change, an annual conference and weekly podcast that focuses on search, social & mobile marketing. Rich is the author of The Lead Machine: The Small Business Guide to Digital Marketing, a popular and well-received book that helps entrepreneurs and marketers reach more of their ideal customers online. He appears regularly as the “tech guru” on the evening news show, 207, which airs on the NBC affiliates in Maine. He has also appeared in Inc. Magazine, The Huffington Post, FastCompany.com, CNN.com, the Social Media Examiner, and many other news sources for stories on digital marketing. Links to other platforms where this podcast is available Apple Podcasts Stitcher Spotify

While many are still skeptical, AI is becoming more and more popular in the ecommerce industry, and for good reason. In today’s show Shanif Dhanani joins Matt to unpack AI and its value as a tool for eCommerce businesses to increase sales. Shanif Dhanani is the co-founder & CEO of Apteo. Prior to Apteo, Shanif was the lead engineer and head of analytics at TapCommerce, a NYC-based ad tech startup which was acquired by Twitter. Most recently, he was a data scientist and software engineer at Twitter, where he worked on a variety of projects across advertising, analytics, and machine learning. Prior to TapCommerce, Shanif was a software consultant at Booz Allen. He has earned a BS in Computer Science from the University of Virginia and an MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business. Links to other platforms where this podcast is available Apple Podcasts Stitcher Spotify

If you're an ecommerce entrepreneur, one of the best ways to grow your brand is by using YouTube videos. In this podcast, Augie Johnston joins Matt to talk on how to use YouTube videos to grow your ecommerce brands and increase sales. Augie Johnston is a 35 year old ex-YouTuber, former professional basketball player, turned entrepreneur. He is currently making waves in the video editing industry as a result of his promising start-up called Vidchops. Vidchops, the brainchild of Augie, assists video creators, influencers, and digital marketers by carrying out the hard work of editing their videos. This allows them to focus more on the “content” side of their productions to therefore help them create more videos and better videos for their channel or brand. Augie works with full time YouTubers, online personalities, thought leaders, and anyone that creates online videos for their businesses. Links to other platforms where this podcast is available Apple Podcasts Stitcher Spotify

If you’ve tuned into the show, chances are you're an Amazon seller who's considering or maybe looking for a way out. Turns out, you're not alone! Thousands of sellers are making the switch to their own websites every day and with good reason - it's the future of eCommerce. In today’s show Lauren Gonzalez joined Matt to show you how to make the transition and set up your own website + brand. Lauren has personally been crafting visual brands for over a decade, having come from a background working as a Creative Director in-house at a Hollywood publisher and then going on to co-found Principium 6 years ago with her husband and business partner. They have had the chance to work with clients such as Disney and Paul Newman’s charity as well as helped launch hundreds of e-commerce brands with major increases in conversion rates and many going on to become multiple 7 figure household brands. Lauren has a passion to inspire e-commerce and Amazon businesses to create a connection between themselves and who they were made to serve, thus increasing their own business growth, while at the same time uncovering their purpose and becoming motivated to bring about a world of meaning and sustainability. Links to other platforms where this podcast is available Apple Podcasts Stitcher Spotify