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Ep 150Founders Spotlight: Traveling with Cats with Emily Miethner

https://yourcatbackpack.com/

Jan 17, 202342 min

Ep 149Startup Saturday: Investing in the future of ecommerce with Jem Bourouh

Jem Bourouh is a 24-year-old serial entrepreneur from Germany now living in Dubai. After being in the DTC space for more than four years and bootstrapping his e-commerce brands, Jem decided to invest and acquire other businesses, such as marketing agencies and ecommerce brands.

Jan 14, 202332 min

Ep 148The Human Connection in Commerce with Maier Bianchi

Maier has been involved with technology and computers since childhoodHe began working in the IT side of a Halloween store in 2002He began teaching himself coding in 2009He got recruited to work for a luxury kitchen bath lighting retailer in 2010He has since gone on to form his own company and become involved in the Magento community, forming relationships and networking with other members to stay informed and provide better client services.Maier entered the e-commerce world without any formal development background. He took a job in 2015 that exposed him to advanced technology and software development culture.His company was renamed Bemair, meaning "one who enlightens". He is currently focusing on Magento, Adobe Commerce, Shopify, and headless platforms. He sees e-commerce continuing to form the fabric of our shopping society, but with the human connection remaining an integral part. He is a partner for Shopware and is looking to make headways into the Americas. He is urging people to support 4hcm.org, an organization dedicated to helping those with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.He believes luck and hard work are essential for success in e-commerce. He sees the venture capital ecosystem drying up and encourages businesses to focus on brand voices and engaging with customers.He encourages people to think of others during the holidays.

Jan 10, 202336 min

Ep 147Resetting your Mindset with Alundas Havens

Alundas (Bam Bam) Havens started doubting himself as he worked through issues that stemmed from his time in the Marine Corps. He worked in positions that didn't have his core values and decided to start a podcast called "The Winners Paradigm." He created his brand of fear to teach any aspiring entrepreneur or human being that you can accomplish your dreams if you take action and learn from those who have been there.

Jan 3, 202330 min

Ep 146Connect, engage, and grow your community with Rani Mani.

https://talk-commerce.com/community/connect-engage-and-grow-your-community-with-rani-mani/https://www.projecthired.org/https://medium.com/@brentwpeterson/how-i-talked-my-way-into-creativity-eeb1481ebbaahttps://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2021/05/17/influencers-share-their-experience-from-adobe-summit

Dec 31, 202223 min

Ep 145Live streaming your CPG with Lynn Power

https://www.lovemasami.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynn-power-02b8904/Reef Safe Sunscreenhttps://olitashop.com/products/organic-mineral-sunscreen-lotion

Dec 29, 202241 min

Ep 144The Risk of Ad Platform Restrictions: What You Need To Know with Rohaan Khan

Every day legitimate businesses get restricted on various ad platforms, sometimes for no specific reason. You find yourself waiting weeks and weeks for support to respond. Everyone knows that the support times are notoriously slow, especially in summer when reps are on vacation. You are at the mercy of that platform for those few weeks, and all your ads are stopped. All your traffic has stopped. Rohaan Khan explains how going with an agency can defer that risk, keep your ads live, and produce revenue.

Dec 27, 202225 min

Ep 143Developing Developer Relations at BigCommerce with Constanze Kratel

We speak with Constanze Kratel who is the senior developer relations manager with BigCommerce. Constanze came from Microsoft and has been helping build a more extensive community of developers at BigCommerce. It's not just developer, developer, developer like Steve Ballmer used to say. There are lots of fun things in store with BigCommerce, and this episode gives you a taste of what is to come if you're a developer, project manager, or even a merchant. Lots of good things are happening at Big Commerce.

Dec 20, 202222 min

Ep 142Changing the Face of the Marketing Industry with Kelli Williams

https://talk-commerce.com/entreprenuers/changing-the-face-of-the-marketing-industry-with-kelli-williams/

Dec 13, 202245 min

Ep 141The Secret Sauce for Improving Customer Experience - Back Office Operations with Allie Kern

https://www.brightpearl.com/

Dec 6, 202228 min

Ep 140The BigCommerce Community with Andrew Barber

Brent introduces Andrew and says they're an engineering manager at space 48. Andrew notes they're part of a local council community council, and Brent says they met the lord mayor. Brent says they're going to talk about the free joke project. Andrew mentions that DevX is an internal conference where they get together and exchange ideas. Andrew says they heard about the big hackathon organized by the bigcommerce team.Andrew and Brent talk about plans for a big commerce conference in manchester. Andrew notes that there was a discussion in on slack and that they got some good feedback. Brent and Andrew talk about expectations as a developer.Andrew and Brent overview bigcommerce and the community manager. Brent and Andrew discuss open saas and how developers can get involved.Brent and Andrew discuss building an application and the difference between doing front-end work and being an experienced developer. Brent and Andrew overview how to stage the application and test the authorization mechanisms.Andrew says if they’re interested in expanding into ecommerce development, give them a shout. Brent notes that they’ve been to many of the events space 48 puts on, and they’re going to let john steal the one. Brent says it was a challenge to get the accent.

Nov 29, 202220 min

Ep 139DTC Influencer Marketing in 6 steps with Yash Chavan

https://www.linkedin.com/in/yctheman/https://www.getsaral.com

Nov 27, 202229 min

Ep 138Changing the Buying Experience Through AR technology with Gaurav Baid

The use of AR technology brings spatial depth to the onscreen buying/browsing experience - delivering life-like photorealism, mobile responsiveness, interactivity, and personalization – key influences re-shaping the digital commerce industry today. Gaurav has set out to deliver meaningful & delightful enhancements to visual experiences by deploying 3D Computer Vision and AI technological advancements of Avataar’s proprietary platform. He believes that the way in which end consumers are discovering products today, will undergo a massive transformation with software and hardware evolution in the current decade and wishes for Avataar to play a major role in this.

Nov 26, 202232 min

Ep 1372022 Holiday Season Insights and Shopping Trends with Megan Blissick

https://www.signifyd.com/holiday-shopping-trends/

Nov 25, 202231 min

Ep 136Visual Product Discovery with Gina Yuter

No two shoppers view a website the same way. So why are searches always happening the same way? Put some text in, and hopefully, you get the right results. We interview Gina Yuter with Syte. Syte’s product discovery platform empowers your shoppers to instantly find fashion, jewelry, and home decor items they’ll adore with inspiring visual search journeys that drive conversion and build long-term value.

Nov 24, 202227 min

Ep 135Changing Lives through Movement with Matt Dolimpio

https://mileinmyshoes.mn

Nov 22, 202236 min

Ep 134Putting the Human into Partner Relationships with Chris Johnson

https://saleslayer.com/why-sales-layer

Nov 17, 202235 min

Ep 133Outsource your Inbound with Dina Buchanan

It's getting more and more challenging to hire a great salesperson. Getting those leads, getting that person to make phone calls, getting inbound leads through anything, LinkedIn, social media, paid ads. It's all a hard slog. We interview Dina Buchanan, who has a guaranteed formula for a fantastic return on investment. In 14 words or less, she can help you gain hundreds of high-end leads and clients monthly from LinkedIn. She allows you to focus on selling and scaling instead of failing at marketing. Dina will help you to eliminate the stress. of wondering where your next clients are coming from. Dina shows us the positive side of outsourcing your inbound leads and getting more business.

Nov 15, 202230 min

Ep 132Your Online Store on Autopilot with Kaus Manjita

Personal handle - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmanjita/Company handles- - https://www.linkedin.com/company/get-mason/ - https://twitter.com/getmasondotio

Nov 8, 202234 min

Ep 131Four Ways to Increase your Website ROI with Thien-Lan Weber

Page speed deck by John Hughes: tiny.cc/irx-page-speedForbes Finance Council Article: https://blog.onestepcheckout.com/2022/10/ecommerce-tips-holiday-recession-economic-downturn/Optty (Buy Now Pay Later Aggregator): https://www.optty.com/Hyva: https://blog.onestepcheckout.com/category/hyva/Wyomind Shipping Extension: https://blog.onestepcheckout.com/2022/08/insights-why-click-collect-further-boosts-checkout-conversion-bopis-in-store-pickup/OneStepCheckout Seamless Registration Feature: https://blog.onestepcheckout.com/2021/10/onestepcheckout-for-magento-2-registration-account-creation-modes/

Nov 2, 202230 min

Ep 130Wealth and Homeownership with Nicole Hamilton

Personal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolehhttps://www.twitter.com/nikhamilton Company:https://www.twitter.com/homeownering https://www.instagram/homeowner.ing https://www.facebook.com/homeownering https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGegoDlazIT6OZTQBCba4cw https://www.pinterest.com/homeownering Roger Brownhttps://www.amazon.com/Private-Real-Estate-Investment-Analysis/dp/0123911176https://www.mathestate.com/Here are more links that might be of interest to your listeners:This is the link to my product for people who want to plan for Homeownership: https://www.homeownering.com/the-formula-steps-to-becoming-a-homeowner/And this is about the financial, real estate analysis I do: https://www.homeownering.com/reafe/Here is a free equity report we have on our site: https://www.homeownering.com/free-home-equity-report/

Nov 1, 202224 min

Ep 129Aligning your Work and Life: The Real Balance Formula with Jasna Burza

You can learn more at https://jasnaburza.com/mastermind

Oct 25, 202244 min

Ep 128Developer Relations Advocate at BigCommerce with Stephen Hilliard

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1YqJDoMjwmOGV https://sites.google.com/bigcommerce.com/devx-at-bc/devxhttps://sites.google.com/bigcommerce.com/devx-at-bc/eventshttps://twitter.com/Stephen69153856https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenhilliard87/@Stephen Hilliard BigCommerceDevs Slack

Oct 20, 202224 min

Ep 127Bridging the Digital Retail Gap with Leigh Sevin

https://endearhq.com

Oct 18, 202243 min

Ep 126Do you know the Six Key Areas of your Business with Matt Beecher

https://www.eosworldwide.com/matt-beecherhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/8matt8/

Oct 12, 202238 min

Ep 125Akeneo Product Cloud more than just a PIM with Kristin Naragon

https://www.akeneo.com/what-is-a-product-cloud/

Oct 11, 202238 min

Ep 124The Big Blue Wave with Robert Rand

https://swag.jetrails.com/

Oct 6, 202234 min

Ep 123Saas by SaaSwest with BigCommerce featuring Heather Barr

https://sites.google.com/bigcommerce.com/devx-at-bc/devx

Oct 4, 202224 min

Ep 122Segmentation is the key to your email success with Jacob Anson

If you want to grow your business and increase your profits, you need to learn how to segment your email lists effectively. In this Podcast, Jason Anson explains the best ways to segment your email lists and provides you with some of the best tools, tricks, and tactics for ensuring that every one of those subscribers is engaged. Look for the Free Joke towards the end of the podcast. We learn that most people don't understand Brent's Jokes.

Sep 27, 202225 min

Ep 121Empathy as an employer and more with Jen McFarland

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jensmcfarlandhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/epiphanycourseshttps://www.epiphanycourses.com

Sep 20, 202250 min

Ep 120Becoming Your Dream Self with Danielle Asah

Sometimes young people need a boost to overcome certain challenges that might be stopping them from achieving their dreams. We interview Danielle Asah, the CEO and founder of Day Dreams, a digital marketing agency that helps visionary entrepreneurs and professionals amplify their messages and build their brands. Danielle also coaches aspiring writers to publish non-fiction books and has a book entitled Becoming your Dream Self, Seven Keys to Own and Control your Life as a Millennial. She is also part of an NGO in the United Kingdom whose goal is to motivate people to follow their hearts and make a positive difference in the world via their own unique actions.

Sep 13, 202233 min

Ep 119Making a Breeze out of Magento with Dimitry Diejew

Welcome to the new Breeze theme. Consider it the new base instead of Luma to build your next theme. SwissUpLabs created their new open-source template to improve customer engagement and make your site the search engine's top priority. With the Breeze theme, it becomes easier to provide an excellent user experience and higher sales conversion. The Breeze Blank theme is designed for all devices and by multilingual clients. The minimalist design is great for any type of website, and the Blank options maximize your customization opportunities. The theme maximizes Your Google Light House Score.

Sep 8, 202222 min

Ep 119Building Marketing Loyalty Through Community with Ryan Alford

The brands winning today are building a community that drives repeat purchases. Loyalty is gained in drips and lost in buckets because there are so many layers of competition. We interview Ryan Alford with The Radcast agency in South Carolina He has been radical about marketing advertising for 22 years.

Sep 6, 202237 min

Ep 118The Simple Formula for Success in Open-SaaS and the BigCommerce Hackathon with Katie Hoesley

Open-Source and Software as a Service have traditionally not been aligned. The traditional SaaS model is closed code on a multitenant host. The Open-Source model is something you have complete control over, and you have to host it yourself. Open SaaS brings the idea of open source to the SaaS Community. We talk to Katie Hoesley about the Big Commerce Hackathon and how developers can be active in a vibrant community.

Aug 30, 202217 min

Ep 117Helping Ukraine with Marta Molinska

We talk with Marta Molinska about how she has helped hundreds of Ukrainian refugees as they crossed the border during the war. We talk a little about the Magento Association and how Marta is helping with events and the community. Ukraine can still use your help!

Aug 25, 202218 min

Ep 116Real time B2B Commerce with Michiel Schipperus

m.schipperus@sana-commerce.comwww.sana-commerce.comwww.sana-commerce.com/blog/

Aug 23, 202232 min

Ep 115Dare to say No with Lisa Hammett

When you say yes to something, you are saying no to something else. What are you saying no to? If you’ve ever experienced burnout, it’s like hitting a wall. You’re done. You’re mentally and physically wiped out. You’ve lost your capacity to see beyond your present situation. Your life has become gray, devoid of color. Lisa talks about her experience with burnout and how saying yes too much can contribute to this. This is a great conversational interview that covers a variety of topics that causes stress and burnout in the workplace. https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisahammett/ https://www.lisahammett.com/book

Aug 16, 202234 min

Ep 114Building a Big Community with Tom Robertshaw

BigCommerce Hackathon August 15 - August 26, 2022, Starting at 10:00 am CDhttps://bighackathonsummer22.splashthat.comTom Robertshaw on Twitter - https://twitter.com/bobbyshawSpace48 - https://www.space48.com/bigcommerce-apps

Aug 11, 202224 min

Ep 113How the 90/10 rule will change your life with Jeff J Hunter

I can do it faster myself. It will take too long to teach someone to do it. I don't trust that the person will do a good enough job. You must learn to elevate and delegate if you have said any of these statements. Jeff J Hunter helps us to understand the importance of getting S#!t off your plate.

Aug 9, 202233 min

Ep 115Magento Association Special featuring Meet Magento Singapore

bonus

We interview Sushma Vaya with Ranosys from Singapore. Sushma has been organizing Meet Magento Singapore since its inception. We learn about Singapore's vibrant and friendly city-state and the great event the team organizes there. Listen to the entire episode and give me your feedback on the MA Pledge commercial I created at the end! https://meetmagento.sg

Aug 4, 202217 min

Ep 112Look for the patterns in marketing with Kate Bradley

Brent interviews Kate Brandly with Lately. In this week's episode, we talk about everything from entrepreneurship to employee happiness. Kate talks about the pressure on a start-up CEO and how it is compounded by trying to run a successful business and raise money at the same time. Kate reveals one really cool new feature on Lately.ai. (You have to listen to the end to hear the big reveal!) Kate is the Founder & CEO of Lately. The A.I. that learns which words will get you the most engagement and re-purposes video, audio, and text into dozens of social posts containing those words. Kate is a former rock 'n' roll DJ and served 20 million listeners as Music Director and on-air host at Sirius/XM. She’s also an award-winning radio producer, engineer, and voice talent with 25 years of national broadcast communications, brand-building, sales, and marketing expertise. What she learned in radio about the neuroscience of music helps fuel Lately's artificial intelligence.

Aug 2, 202247 min

Ep 114Magento Association Special Why go to Meet Magento New York

bonus

Why go to Meet Magento in New York City? Vijay Golani joins us today to talk about why to go to events, how to organize your meetups, and the importance of becoming a Magento Association member.

Aug 1, 202219 min

Ep 113The Kalen and Brent Show Featuring Cricket Protein

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Jul 28, 202240 min

Ep 112Magento Association Special featuring Meet Magento Indonesia

bonus

This bonus Magento Association special features Meet Magento Indonesia and Muliadi Jeo. Learn more about the Magento Association and the great community that it is building around Magento. Go to https://mage.id for tickets

Jul 27, 202212 min

Ep 111Are you thinking of employee happiness or just doing churn and burn

What are you doing to retain your employees? Are you thinking of happiness, or is your business model churn and burn. Brent and Kalen talk about this subject in this short episode.

Jul 26, 202214 min

Ep 110Learn to love the popup with Kyle Stout

How to know if you’re sending too many (or not enough) emails.What to do if you’re still sending every email to your entire list https://www.elevateandscale.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-stout-6804a117/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLjeqLuTNUhhhDFw0YSzTxA

Jul 19, 202235 min

Ep 109The Customer Journey with Nadav Charnilas

which is improve conversion rates, decrease abandonment rates improve their acquisition efficiency and spend. Create brand loyalty and get people engaged in coming back. And what do you do? Like how do you get the what are the tactics that you use? What's the data that you use? What are the segments that you use to move those KPIs in the right direction? And beyond that there's a slow slew of other problems, right?

Jul 13, 202229 min

Ep 108Adventures in to Subscription Commerce with Evan Padgett

https://www.linkedin.com/in/evanpadgett/

Jul 5, 202238 min

Ep 107The Evolving Landscape of SMS Payments with Osa Gaius

How do merchants transition from email to SMS? Osa Gaius walks us through some large issues around regulation and also issues around just understanding as a brand, and how to leverage SMS the right way. We talk about how to not make your consumers upset when you send them communications once or twice a week. Osa strongly believes that great technology should empower people. This stems from the fact that he grew up in Nigeria with little exposure to computing. That experience has fueled his passion for elegant and useful software products. Osa is the CEO and founder of Parrot, a mobile payment platform bringing customers closer to the businesses they love.

Jun 28, 202231 min

Ep 106The Inclusive Value Chain with David Edgerton Jr

The DEJ Group connects diverse talent with inclusive companies. We are dedicated to uncovering the real needs of our client organizations and bringing forward a slate of vetted candidates with an array of backgrounds and experiences. We work with companies to search for and acquire qualified candidates for CXO, vice president, general manager, and director roles. Our industry focus is nonprofit, retail, healthcare, and manufacturing.Leveraging our technical experience, business acumen, and passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion, we create value for companies by searching and finding the best talent for their open opportunities. If interested, let's connect and chat about what's possible."Confidence is when you say you are good. Excellence is when everyone agrees with you" - DEJ

Jun 21, 202248 min