Aquibur Rahman is the Founder and CEO of Mailmodo, an email marketing solution that enables users to send app-like interactive emails. Aquibur has over seven years of experience in marketing and growing brands. He's also helped many B2C and B2B brands, including early-stage tech startups, to fast-track growth using agile and data-driven marketing processes. When Google released AMP emails, Aquibur saw great potential in it for reinventing email marketing. This led him to start Mailmodo to...

Kaylene Grieve is the Managing Director of a company called Sales, SEO, and Social Media. With over 20 years’ experience in sales and marketing, Kaylene has perfected the art of solution-based selling as a powerful tool towards achieving an effective sales strategy. She possesses a wide range of knowledge on the business requirements of different organizations, and more importantly, their markets. On this episode, Kaylene and I discuss how to automate lead generation, optimize social media...

Richard Harris is the CEO and Founder of Black Crow AI, a no-code, real-time machine-learning-based predictive software company that helps brands understand their customers' behaviors. Richard is a veteran entrepreneur who's been involved in the tech industry since the '90s, including a stint as the SVP of Strategy and Development for Travelocity, which led to their acquisition by Expedia. On this episode, Richard and I discuss how Black Crow targets the most profitable users, why the AI is...

Khalid Saleh is the CEO and Co-Founder of Invesp, one of the first companies to focus on experimentation and Conversion Rate Optimization in North America. Over the years, Khalid has worked with hundreds of companies that range from well-established brands (eBay, 3M, The Special Olympics, DishNetwork, Discovery, and more) to fast-growing startups to increase their online revenue. Khalid is also the Co-Founder of FigPii, a SaaS Platform that allows companies to run AB testing, heatmaps,...

John Roman is the CEO and Co-Founder of BattlBox, a monthly subscription service for receiving hand-picked outdoor, survival, EDC gear from some of the most innovative companies around. John is an experienced Executive and Board Member with a demonstrated history of working in both the consumer goods and technology industry. He's renowned as a strong sales and marketing professional who is skilled in both D2C and B2B strategy. On this episode, John and I discuss the importance of quality...

Dr. Sherry Walling is a clinical psychologist, speaker, podcaster, author, and mental health advocate. Her company, ZenFounder, helps entrepreneurs and leaders navigate transition, rapid growth, loss, and any manner of complex human experience. Sherry also hosts the ZenFounder podcast, which has been called a “must listen” by both Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazine and has been downloaded more than 1,000,000 times. Her new book, Touching Two Worlds, is an award-winning, poetic, incisive...

Cristina Flaschen is the Founder and CEO of Pandium, an eCommerce platform designed to better build, launch, and promote native software integrations. Cristina has worked in technology for over 15 years, running technical implementation, professional services, and sales engineering teams for enterprise software consultancies and B2B SaaS companies. She managed her first product integration project in 2007 and has been obsessed with helping software companies solve interoperability problems...

Daniel Budai is the Founder and CEO of Budai Media, a retention marketing agency that specializes in increasing the Lifetime Value for a brands' customers. After studying geology for six years, Daniel pivoted into the ecommerce space and has been quite successful since that change. Budai Media's expertise is in an omnichannel approach combining email with SMS marketing, AI, push notifications, and loyalty programs. They've had over 160 clients to date, including 2 Fortune 500 companies....

Mo Hashemi is the Co-Founder of Gadget, a full-stack, serverless JavaScript platform for web app developers who want to build faster and maintain less. At Gadget, they're building a development platform designed to rid developers of the endless repetition of boilerplate and busywork, allowing them to build better software, faster. On this episode, Mo and I discuss Gadget's revolutionary serverless stack, how they cut down on app deployment time, the expansiveness of app customization, and...

Nerissa Chaux is the Co-Founder of Filta, a global staffing and recruitment company for digital and ecommerce businesses. Nerissa is dedicated to revolutionizing the way remote global teams are formed and operated. By simplifying the employment process and providing comprehensive education, empowerment, guidance, and support, Filta empowers managers and employees to work together seamlessly and efficiently. On this episode, Nerissa and I discuss how to solve staffing challenges, what the...

Michael Hanson is the Founder and CEO of Growth Genie, a B2B sales consulting firm. Previously, Michael was Vice President of Growth at CloudTask, where he worked side by side with the CEO and COO to scale them from 10 to over 200 employees in just 3 years. After working in a variety of revenue roles for 8 years from account management to marketing to sales, Michael realized that the hardest role is to turn cold leads and prospects into warm sales opportunities. Michael thus set up Growth...

Yong-Soo Chung is a multi hyphenate eCommerce professional to the core. He is a serial entrepreneur, podcaster, and the founder of multiple online retail stores and a third party logistics company called Growth Jet. His online retail stores include Spotted by Humphrey, which sells accessories and items for dogs, and Urban EDC, which sells boutique everyday carry items like wallets, knives, lighters, etc. On this episode, Yong-Soo and I talk about his online retail stores, the value of...

Blake Hutchison is the CEO of Flippa, the largest marketplace to buy and sell online businesses. Blake has seen more entrepreneurs exit than perhaps anyone else and he specializes in growth marketing, marketplace dynamics, and leadership. He eats, sleeps, lives, and breathes within the world of investment and digital acquisition, and he's excited to share his deep industry knowledge with the e-commerce community. On this episode, Blake and I discuss some of the reasons why people sell their...

Derek Videll is the Founder of a Social Media Consulting Firm called Social Bamboo. Derek is an experienced direct salesman turned online marketer that teaches B2C businesses how to run profitable Meta ads and increase their social media following. Since launching Social Bamboo, Derek also began The Social Bamboo Podcast as a way to speak directly to entrepreneurs in the effort to better scale their social media prowess and convert consumers. On this episode, Derek and I talk about which...

Leigh Barnes started out his career with a passion for digital design that quickly pivoted into software engineering. He has worked all over the globe; Canada, UK, US, and Africa for interesting and innovative companies like Amazon, NASA, and Red Bull. He has founded and managed startups in cloud infrastructure, payment, data processing, and fulfillment industries and, more recently, Leigh’s career has been deeply intertwined with the Shopify partner ecosystem as the CTO of Eight. Here he...

Mark Sandeno is the Founder and CEO of Experiences, a SaaS platform for eCommerce businesses that offer bookable retail moments to consumers. In addition to his role with Experiences, Mark is also the Founder of Helpful Human, where his team spends its days building delightful features for food and beverage brands, workshops and classes, museums, and cat cafes or goat yoga experiences. On this episode, Mark and I discuss the difference between running a SaaS platform vs a digital agency,...

Israa Alrawi is an e-commerce Email Marketing and Deliverability Specialist who focuses on Lifecycle Growth and Retention. She has a proven track record of driving revenue through email marketing, and has scaled her online store to mid-6 figures in just three months. She uses her expertise in deliverability practices and intentional marketing strategies to help e-commerce brand owners increase their profitability and customer retention rate by over 35% in email revenue.  On this episode, we...

Mark Taylor is the CEO and Co-Founder of Warehouse Republic, a team of passionate professionals who provide third party logistics solutions for Amazon FBA and e-commerce sellers. With years of experience in this domain, Mark has a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities faced by online retailers and how to optimize their operations and profitability. On this episode, we discuss Mark's personal experiences that led to the creation of Warehouse Republic, how he simultaneously...

Brent Zahradnik is the Founder and CEO of AMZ Pathfinder, an Amazon Advertising agency that works with brands to optimize their advertising presence on Amazon, increase conversion rates with content optimization, and drive external paid traffic from Google to their Amazon product catalog. They work with 65+ brands in North America, Europe, Australia, and the UAE, and manage over $2M/month in ad spend. With over a decade's experience in the e-commerce industry, Brent has a deep understanding...

Duane Brown is the CEO and Head of Strategy for Take Some Risk, an eCommerce brand that specializes in growth strategy, PPC marketing, and revenue optimization. Duane has been called an international man of mystery and digital nomad by friends. He has lived in 6 cities across 3 continents and visited 43 countries around the world. Over the years, Duane has had the opportunity to work with brands including ASOS, Birdies, Pela Case, Jack Wills, Rose & Rex and FTD/ProFlowers. On this...

Rick Watson is the Founder and CEO of RMW Commerce Consulting, which was founded in February of 2019 after Rick spent the last 20 years as a technology entrepreneur and operator exclusively in the eCommerce industry with companies like ChannelAdvisor, Barnes & Noble, and Merchantry. In addition to his expertise, he has a vast network of industry experts and talent across marketing, business development, and solutions providers to add bench strength to larger projects and initiatives. On...

Jeff Oxford is the Founder and SEO Director of 180 Marketing, an ROI-focused SEO company with a proven track record of success. Over the past 12 years, Jeff has worked on 100's of SEO campaigns for both small startups and large enterprise brands. He frequently speaks at many popular industry conferences and has also contributed articles to Forbes, Internet Retailer, and other publications on the latest cutting-edge SEO techniques. On this episode, we discuss 180 Marketing's Five Step SEO...

Jessica Totillo Coster is the Founder and CEO of eCommerce Badassery as well as an eCommerce & Email Marketing Strategist for scrappy entrepreneurs. After 20+ years in retail, owning her own multi 6-figure brick & mortar boutique, and 3 years as the only employee of a 7-figure eCommerce store, now she’s sharing everything she learned the hard way… so you don’t have to. On this episode, we discuss a wide variety of topics including customer acquisition vs retention, general email...

Caitlin Teed is a Partnerships Manager at Ryder E-commerce by Whiplash, where she works with enterprise brands and their integration technologies to deliver exceptional fulfillment experiences across the country. Caitlin has worked in tech and ecommerce for most of her career — growing up at companies like Shopify and Apple, she knows the transformative power technology can have on our lives and is a huge advocate for ways it can bring us closer together.  On this episode, we discuss the...

Prakhar Vats is a founding member of LimeChat, which leverages conversations in WhatsApp and Instagram to double your ecommerce sales. With their innovative AI technology, LimeChat is able to be seamlessly implemented into chat platforms and has created a productive way to advertise brands to customers and increase sales. On this episode, we discuss conversational marketing, the importance of linguistics in this new marketing strategy, why messaging channels will be the primary buying...