#124: Finding your "ideal work" using Internet business strategies

We’ve now captured 800 podcast episodes - and most of them are success stories from students of the ProvenAmazonCourse.com course!

I thought episode #800 would be a good time to talk about the state of the Amazon and e-commerce opportunities overall. With thousands of success stories, a rapidly increasing community of amazing people like you and new doors of opportunity opening constantly for us all, I am as confident as I’ve ever been about the future of Amazon and e-commerce as the greatest business opportunities of our time.

There are dozens of strategies that we’ve documented to be potent and viable for a motivated business building warrior like you. I'm so grateful that you’re part of our community and we continue to be amazed by the landscape of opportunities that are in front of us!

We are just getting started. Join me for episode 800! You can watch this episode on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/5mH_GrQwEuk

Show note LINKS:

SilentSalesMachine.com - text the word “free” to 507-800-0090 to get a free copy of Jim’s latest book in audio about building multiple income streams online or visit https://silentsalesmachine.com/ssm11/ffv11/!

You can ask for a copy at the email address support@silentsalesmachine.com

https://JimCockrumCoaching.com - Get a free session with a business consultant on our team. ALL of our coaches are running very successful businesses of their own based on the models we teach here! We’ve been setting the standard for excellence in e-commerce and Amazon seller coaching since 2002 with over 10,000 students served! Hundreds of our successful, happy students have been interviewed on our podcast!

Come meet your fellow listeners to this podcast, dozens of our coaches and hundreds of business building warriors at our live event in May! Tickets are on sale now! TheProvenConference.com/orlando/

SilentJim.com/bookacall - schedule a call with our coaching team to discuss your Amazon business

My Silent Team Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam

100% FREE! Join 74,000 + Facebook members from around the world who are using the internet creatively every day to launch and grow multiple income streams through our exciting PROVEN strategies! There's no support community like this one anywhere else in the world!

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While we really love to see business building warriors diving head first into self education, when it comes to selling on Amazon there are several very common mistakes you're likely to make if you try to go it alone and learn it all yourself.

On today's episode I cover the top mistakes sellers make in regards to going too big too fast, thinking too small or creating a hamster wheel business model, or simply pursuing ideas that cause you to ultimately lose in the end in spite of the hype.

We talk about dropshipping, selling liquidations on Amazon, scanning barcodes and selling books as well as the hot trend of "done for you" models and using "overhyped tools"!

There's something for all Amazon sellers in this episode.

You can watch today's episode on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/8bQYTQyVhNg

Show note LINKS:

Come meet your fellow listeners to this podcast, dozens of our coaches and hundreds of business building warriors at our live event in May! Tickets are on sale now!

TheProvenConference.com/orlando/

SilentSalesMachine.com - text the word “free” to 507-800-0090 to get a free copy of Jim’s latest book in audio about building multiple income streams online or visit https://silentsalesmachine.com/ssm11/ffv11/!

SilentJim.com/bookacall - schedule a call with our coaching team to discuss your Amazon business

My Silent Team Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam

100% FREE! Join 74,000 + Facebook members from around the world who are using the internet creatively every day to launch and grow multiple income streams through our exciting PROVEN strategies! There's no support community like this one anywhere else in the world!

ProvenAmazonCourse.com - the comprehensive course that contains ALL our Amazon training modules, recorded events and a steady stream of latest cutting edge training including of course the most popular starting point, the REPLENS selling model. The PAC is updated free for life!

Past episodes referenced on today's show:

369: Learn about keepa

554: Learn to ignore the buy box and price high

754: SilentJim.com/thesystem - the fully automated $3million Amazon replens (OA) system we can't wait to share with you!

Once per week or so our Amazon seller leadership team and I love to go live on Zoom with whoever can join us and answer as many ecommerce and Amazon selling related questions as possible. We love to capture the best moments from these Monday night sessions for you and turn them into a podcast episode.

Highlights collected by the team:

Jim gives an overview of the community and why we recommend new sellers start with the Replens Model, which has a “low, low high” theme - low investment required, low learning curve and high odds of success! Jim also discusses the www.provenAZinfluencer.com program and how our community is getting excited about this newer program! 

Jim discusses how there are discounts available for PAC and coaching students Listeners can also email support for any questions or concerns: support@silentsalesmachine.com

Jim talks about how to use the MST Facebook page to find other sellers who are located close to you! He also highly recommends the Kick Start boot camp for those who have PAC as a way to jump start your business, meet other new sellers and create community with them! The Kick Start program is only $40 for 4 group coaching sessions - www.silentjim.com/kickstart.com and also has a private Facebook group so participants can connect! The Proven Conference is another great way to meet people and develop relationships that are so crucial to this business! www.theprovenconference.com Conference will be May 23-25, 2024 in Orlando!

Jim talks about how important relationships are in this business and how it can be very lonely without them!  The guest recommends a book called Fire Yourself First by Jeff Russell. Jim also recommends Business Secrets from the Bible by Rabbi Daniel Lapin, who will be the keynote speaker at this year's Proven Amazon Conference! As far as a recession goes, Jim’s advice is to not participate!!

In May at the Proven Amazon Conference, Coaches Brian and Robin Joy are doing a workshop called 100 ASINs. They teach the 3 step check, 4 week test, to build a 5 figure business in 6 months if you are consistent! www.provenamazoncourse.com/100

Jim has suggestions and a word of warning for a newer seller in terms of utilizing a VA. Jim and Coach Robin Joy also give some guidelines for listing bundles: do not set up new listings if you are a newer seller - too many risks involved. www.provenbrandedbundles.com for a specific course on bundles and how to do it correctly!

New sellers often ask how to find profitable products but rather the question should be how to find “test worthy ASINs" or “underserved shelf space at Amazon!!” Jim has posted many examples on the My Silent Team Facebook page demonstrating exactly how this works! Jim recommends listeners go to Podcast #554 for an in depth discussion on this topic and Podcast #369 is a thorough discussion on Keepa!

The guest mentions the 3 step check that Robin Joy teaches in order to determine “the worst case scenario.” (more info about this in Podcast #612). Jim talks about the pink line on the Keepa chart in making this decision

Show note LINKS:

My Silent Team Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam

100% FREE! Join 74,000 + Facebook members from around the world who are using the internet creatively every day to launch and grow multiple income streams through our exciting PROVEN strategies! 

ProvenAmazonCourse.com - the comprehensive course that contains ALL our Amazon training modules, recorded events and a steady stream of latest cutting edge training including of course the most popular starting point, the REPLENS selling model. The PAC is updated free for life!

Not all of our ProvenAmazonCourse.com students go on to build beautiful businesses. While we are quite proud of the fact that THOUSANDS of sellers point to our coaching and content as having helped them build something special, and we are also proud to mention that we've interviewed hundreds of them on our podcast- the truth is, it doesn't always work out!

While there are endless reasons why any business can ultimately fail, there's a common theme we've noticed among Amazon and e-commerce warriors who don't quite make it. I'd venture to guess that just about anyone who has "taken a shot at it" and come up short likely faced one or more of the threats we'll talk through on today's episode and failed to overcome it.

It's good to be informed and avoid these common threats to your success!

Watch this episode on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/bwucLsc3uXU

Today's episode is sponsored by Sellerboard Check out sellerboard - THE accurate profit analytics tool for Amazon sellers that helps you calculate your profit precisely accounting for all hidden fees and in real time. Use our link and get a TWO month free trial: https://SilentJim.com/numbers 

Show note LINKS: 

Come meet your fellow listeners to this podcast, dozens of our coaches and hundreds of business building warriors at our live event in May! Tickets are on sale now! TheProvenConference.com/orlando/

SilentSalesMachine.com - text the word “free” to 507-800-0090 to get a free copy of Jim’s latest book in audio about building multiple income streams online or visit https://silentsalesmachine.com/ssm11/ffv11/!

SilentJim.com/bookacall - schedule a call with our coaching team to discuss your Amazon business

My Silent Team Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam

100% FREE! Join 74,000 + Facebook members from around the world who are using the internet creatively every day to launch and grow multiple income streams through our exciting PROVEN strategies! There's no support community like this one anywhere else in the world!

ProvenAmazonCourse.com - the comprehensive course that contains ALL our Amazon training modules, recorded events and a steady stream of latest cutting edge training including of course the most popular starting point, the REPLENS selling model. The PAC is updated free for life!

Silentjim.com/affiliates - get paid to refer others to any of our free and paid resources

Do you journal? It's a fantastic predictor of future success. The things you write about, you think about differently - you can put your brain to work "behind the scenes" solving challenges while you go about your business IF you put pen to paper! On today's episode Brian and Robin Joy (two great coaches on the ProvenAmazonCourse.com team) discuss how journaling impacted their business and the practical strategies they use to tap into the power of writing down their progress and desired future outcomes!

Did you know we have 60 E-commerce coaches on our team for virtually every aspect of Amazon seller success as well as most other major selling platforms and strategies? Set up a free consult about your business here: SilentJim.com/bookacall

Special guest at the conclusion of today's show, Jeff Schick of JeffSchick.com answers the question: Is it possible to accidentally sell stolen goods? How can we avoid this? 

Watch today's episode on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/IYbmAEsxZuc

Show note LINKS:

SilentJim.com/bookacall - book a call here to discuss our offers including coaching, legends and ProvenAmazonCourse.com course

SilentSalesMachine.com - text the word “free” to 507-800-0090 to get a free copy of Jim’s latest book in audio about building multiple income streams online or visit https://silentsalesmachine.com/ssm11/ffv11/!

My Silent Team Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam

100% FREE! Join 74,000 + Facebook members from around the world who are using the internet creatively every day to launch and grow multiple income streams through our exciting PROVEN strategies! There's no support community like this one anywhere else in the world!

ProvenAmazonCourse.com - the comprehensive course that contains ALL our Amazon training modules, recorded events and a steady stream of latest cutting edge training including of course the most popular starting point, the REPLENS selling model. The PAC is updated free for life!

Come meet your fellow listeners to this podcast, dozens of our coaches and hundreds of business building warriors at our live event in May at Orlando! Tickets are on sale now! TheProvenConference.com/orlando/

On today's all new podcast episode we interview a couple who has been in our community as students of the ProvenAmazonCourse.com for about six years. They've seen periods of incredible success as well as some challenging times, but they've learned and grown and diversified their way into a nice business.

They have some great stories to share about their journey and there's a little something for everyone as they discuss what's worked, what didn't work so well and where they are going from here. They've done it together as a couple and the sky is the limit for this dedicated team of two!

They are picking up momentum currently on Walmart as well - a topic we plan to hit very heavily in some break out sessions at the upcoming TheProvenConference.com event in Orlando!

Watch this episode on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/-kiFbfxh6vM

Today's episode is sponsored by Getida -  http://silentjim.com/reimburse

Are you wondering if you are not getting all of your Amazon payouts like refund reimbursements? We recommend working with Getida. Their success rate in recovering lost funds is well above average!

Wendy and Kip were on the show in podcast episode #287. You can listen to that episode at https://silentjim.com/podcast

Show note LINKS:

SilentJim.com/bookacall - book a call here to discuss our offers including coaching, legends and ProvenAmazonCourse.com course

SilentSalesMachine.com - text the word “free” to 507-800-0090 to get a free copy of Jim’s latest book in audio about building multiple income streams online or visit https://silentsalesmachine.com/ssm11/ffv11/!

My Silent Team Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam

100% FREE! Join 74,000 + Facebook members from around the world who are using the internet creatively every day to launch and grow multiple income streams through our exciting PROVEN strategies! There's no support community like this one anywhere else in the world!

ProvenAmazonCourse.com - the comprehensive course that contains ALL our Amazon training modules, recorded events and a steady stream of latest cutting edge training including of course the most popular starting point, the REPLENS selling model. The PAC is updated free for life!

TheProvenConference.com/scholarship - attend the upcoming TheProvenConference.com event in Orlando May 23-25th 2024 at NO CHARGE thanks to the generosity of our sponsors!

Come meet your fellow listeners to this podcast, dozens of our coaches and hundreds of business building warriors at our live event in May at Orlando! Tickets are on sale now! TheProvenConference.com/orlando/

Today's guest Kip and Wendy Sykes

In today's weekend episode we have highlights of a prior show.

We covered episode #763 From zero e-commerce experience to a multiple five figure biz in a few months.

The full episode can be heard at https://silentjim.com/podcast

This podcast features 53 year old twins Jerry and John, who have worked together for over 30 years! Jerry details how they found Jim Cockrum and what drew them to this community! John shares how they toyed with the idea of joining a “done for you program” but ended up not going that route - thankfully!

Jim reiterates how so many programs (about 98%) are scams and a quick way to lose money. Jim recommends a “litmus test” before joining any program and that starts with finding their community and hanging out with them for a while.

The guests share how they are doing both RA (retail arbitrage) and OA (online arbitrage). Jim talks about the “lightbulb moment” that happens when it clicks for new sellers. Jim mentions Podcast #744

The guests share how when they 1st started. They also discuss how more brands became ungated for them when they reached about $7000 in sales. The guests talk about how they primarily do FBA now that they have proof of concept that this strategy works! Jim and the guests talk about the analogy with sports when it comes to Amazon selling

The guest shares how he was skeptical going into his 1st conference because he is a “connoisseur of good leadership” Jim says that “leaders produce leaders!” and that leadership is a topic that he is very passionate about!

The guest shares, as a new seller, he feels that finding test worthy ASINs is the #1 priority and Jim wholeheartedly agrees! Repricers are discussed as well Jim talks with the guests what to expect as their business grows! He recommends looking into branded bundles . Jim reminds everyone that a rising tide raises all ships!

The guests ask Jim how he recommends increasing their sales to $100-$200k: Jim shares a Dave Ramsey principle about small businesses: The 1st person you hire should be someone who goes out and kills something and brings it back into the cave…”

The guests share their thankfulness for Jim, his community and all the available help. Jim shares how he views his work as a ministry and how he loves what he does! Jim says how he doesn’t want followers but instead success stories coming out of this community! 

Jim has a discussion with vetted insurance agent Ashlin Hadden regarding insuring your Amazon business! This segment is packed full of information that all sellers should listen to!

Show note LINKS:

ProvenAmazonCourse.com - the comprehensive course that contains ALL our Amazon training modules, recorded events and a steady stream of latest cutting edge training. The PAC is updated free for life!

Come meet your fellow listeners to this podcast, dozens of our coaches and hundreds of business building warriors at our live event in May. Tickets are on sale now! TheProvenConference.com/orlando/

My Silent Team Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam 100% FREE! Join 74,000 + Facebook members from around the world

Get a free business growth consulting session with an e-commerce consultant on our coaching team. Call: 1-800-994-1792 / 1-801-693-1688 or TEXT US at 385-284-7701 (US & Canada only for Text) or grab a slot on our calendar at https://SilentJim.com/bookacall

Today's ProvenAmazonCourse.com student interview is with a guy who blasted past six figures in total sales pretty fast and you'll love hearing his inspirational story!

He's following the REPLENS model and is really doing well with the "above buy box" method as you'll soon hear.

As a matter of fact he recently sold 20 units in a single day of a product that was priced well above all the other sellers who were fighting over the "buy box" using the strategy that we teach in the PAC. He tells all about this strategies and how's he's gone form "clueless newbie" to Amazon selling success story in such a short time.

Also note - he'll be at the TheProvenConference.com event in Orlando in May with 100s of other members of this community - plan to meet him there!

Watch this episode on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/ECw40l7W3cg

Today's episode is sponsored by Sellerboard

Check out sellerboard - THE accurate profit analytics tool for Amazon sellers that helps you calculate your profit precisely accounting for all hidden fees and in real time. Use our link and get a TWO month free trial: https://SilentJim.com/numbers 

Show note LINKS:

Come meet your fellow listeners to this podcast, dozens of our coaches and hundreds of business building warriors at our live event in May! Tickets are on sale now! TheProvenConference.com/orlando/

SilentSalesMachine.com - text the word “free” to 507-800-0090 to get a free copy of Jim’s latest book in audio about building multiple income streams online or visit https://silentsalesmachine.com/ssm11/ffv11/!

SilentJim.com/bookacall - schedule a call with our coaching team to discuss your Amazon business

My Silent Team Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam

100% FREE! Join 74,000 + Facebook members from around the world who are using the internet creatively every day to launch and grow multiple income streams through our exciting PROVEN strategies! There's no support community like this one anywhere else in the world!

ProvenAmazonCourse.com - the comprehensive course that contains ALL our Amazon training modules, recorded events and a steady stream of latest cutting edge training including of course the most popular starting point, the REPLENS selling model. The PAC is updated free for life!

Selling Above Buy Box strategy: SilentJim.com/bb70 - this is a link to a Facebook post with over 70 examples of great ASINs selling above buy box for our host Jim Cockrum's Amazon seller account.

TheProvenConference.com/scholarship - we have a FREE ATTENDANCE scholarship program, thanks to the generosity of our sponsors! Attend at no charge if funds are tight

Humnbird.com - the tax services our guest discussed today

SilentJim.com/nearme - find others in our large facebook community who live near you

Provenamazoncourse.com/Keepa - 10 Advanced Keepa strategies that will make you a product souring ninja!

SilentJim.com/reimburse - Getida- the free service that finds money Amazon owes you

JeffSchick.com - the Amazon policy expert and lawyer used by many in our community

SilentJim.com/H10 Helium Ten - a keyword research tool used by our Branded Bundle students

Today's guest: Brett Cale

On today's episode of the podcast we meet an engineer who left his career in order to travel full-time with his wife. It's all thanks to the REPLENS system as taught in the ProvenAmazonCourse.com training! They don't see or touch their inventory and they've built a robust business that more than replaced his old income from real estate investing and a corporate career!

Would you like to spend three days with hundreds of people of all levels of success who have used our training to build incredible, flexible incomes online with Amazon and other strategies? Check out TheProvenConference.com - we also have full scholarships available on that page if funds are tight.

Special guest at the conclusion of today's show, Jeff Schick of JeffSchick.com answers the question: If Amazon asks to verify my ID, is that a big deal? 

If you aren't aware, we now have 100's of success story interviews like this one that you can enjoy on our podcast! Hear today's episode here: https://silentjim.com/podcast

Watch this episode on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/w6K_6AmHOCw

Show note LINKS:

SilentSalesMachine.com - text the word “free” to 507-800-0090 to get a free copy of Jim’s latest book in audio about building multiple income streams online or visit https://silentsalesmachine.com/ssm11/ffv11/!

SilentJim.com/bookacall - schedule a call with our coaching team to discuss your Amazon business

My Silent Team Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam

100% FREE! Join 74,000 + Facebook members from around the world who are using the internet creatively every day to launch and grow multiple income streams through our exciting PROVEN strategies! There's no support community like this one anywhere else in the world!

ProvenAmazonCourse.com - the comprehensive course that contains ALL our Amazon training modules, recorded events and a steady stream of latest cutting edge training including of course the most popular starting point, the REPLENS selling model. The PAC is updated free for life!

Affiliate sign up - silentjim.com/affiliates - get paid to refer others to any of our free and paid resources

TheProvenConference.com/scholarship - attend the upcoming TheProvenConference.com event in Orlando May 23-25th 2024 at NO CHARGE thanks to the generosity of our sponsors!

https://PrepCenterNetwork.com Need a hand in prepping inventory? We have a list of all known Amazon seller prep centers worldwide. If you know of a prep center that’s not listed, please let us know!

After having coached thousands of students over 20 years with the ProvenAmazonCourse.com and our coaching program, we've noticed many patterns among those who go on to build sustained success and those who struggle or never make it at all.

One of the biggest keys that ensures you'll go far and do quite well is an often disregarded, yet highly relevant factor that is so vital it's worth reminding our students about repeatedly.

RELATIONSHIPS!

There are actually seven key relationships we've identified that our most successful students seem to all have top of mind. Likewise, it seems struggling entrepreneurs seem to consistently have one or more of these key relationships out of alignment or out of focus.

If you want to maximize your e-commerce and Amazon business, ideally you'll have all these relationships in a healthy state: community (associates), mentor(s), an apprentice, a coach, suppliers, team and family.

Let's talk about it on today's podcast episode. Also, you can watch it here on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/4TDT6d2GRmU

Show note LINKS:

SilentJim.com/bookacall - book a call here to discuss our offers including coaching, legends and ProvenAmazonCourse.com course

SilentSalesMachine.com - text the word “free” to 507-800-0090 to get a free copy of Jim’s latest book in audio about building multiple income streams online or visit https://silentsalesmachine.com/ssm11/ffv11/!

My Silent Team Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam 100% FREE! Join 74,000 + Facebook members from around the world who are using the internet creatively every day to launch and grow multiple income streams through our exciting PROVEN strategies! There's no support community like this one anywhere else in the world!

ProvenAmazonCourse.com - the comprehensive course that contains ALL our Amazon training modules, recorded events and a steady stream of latest cutting edge training including of course the most popular starting point, the REPLENS selling model. The PAC is updated free for life!

Come meet your fellow listeners to this podcast, dozens of our coaches and hundreds of business building warriors at our live event in May at Orlando! Tickets are on sale now! TheProvenConference.com/orlando/

ProvenAmazonCourse.com/100 - the pre-conference workshop in Olrando FL May 21-22nd 2024

SilentJim.com/bb70 – go see 100 examples of ASINs selling above buy box in Jim’s account

SilentJim.com/affiliate –  get paid to tell others about our free podcast, free facebook group and our ProvenAmazonCourse.com training!