Jamie Graham has been a private label seller since 2015. Jamie and his wife run a fast-growing beauty brand and sell on Amazon UK, Europe and USA. The live in Brighton where they work out of their home office in their garden. They have a team mixed team of local and remote staff. Their current revenue is over £6m a year.   On this episode I talk to Jamie about everything he has learned building his team over the years, from first hires to make when you're a new seller to pros and cons of local staff or remote team members. We touch on whether to hire in house or use a PPC agency instead, as well as useful positions to hire for (and when).   Key Points   First hires to make when have good cashflow    Pros and cons of local staff and remote team members   Whether to hire in house best to use a PPC agency or hire in house   Useful positions to hire for (and not)   When to hire full timers and when to hire part timers   You can follow Jamie on twitter https://twitter.com/jamiemogul If you live near Brighton (UK) you can check out Jamie's monthly meetup for Amazon sellers here https://www.meetup.com/amz-leaders-brighton-monthly-networking-for-amazon-sellers/

Sharon Even is back with a raw, poignant episode of Thursday's With Sharon. In this episode, Sharon speaks about the dangers of social media and reminds us that even celebrities deal with their own struggles. She also discusses her own struggle with mental health, and the importance of remembering that what we see in someone else's life isn't necessarily reality. After a famous celebrity who Sharon has followed for years, ended their life a few days ago, Sharon felt it is important to use her voice to speak about our life struggles and to remind us all that the grass isn't greener on the other side—it's where you water it.

Sourcing From Mexico - Update Going Into 2023 Tim Jordan returns and we follow up on a show we did for alternative sourcing solutions outside of China. Today, we dive in on Mexico with some updates and benefits as an alternative option and the capacity to scale (not just handmade goods as some may think). E-commerce seller since 2015. Tim has developed some of the best outside-the-box training and growth strategies for Amazon sellers. He has also worked as a business development consultant for just over 25 e-commerce service providers. Tim is also cofounder and Chief strategy officer at Carbon6.

On Thursdays with Sharon, Sharon Even talks about Amazon newest update on Search page - Review Ratings now showing in Search.   When and how could this impact your sales / ctr if at all? Sharon gives examples of the positive and negative outcomes you may see from this update which may have gone unnoticed for some.

Leaf nodes as essentially the category browse nodes seen by Seller Central reps. However, when the seller puts in the category the Leaf Node is not always created.You can get multiple Leaf Nodes and category scoring is applied. So it is vital to have activated Leaf Nodes for maximum search visibility. Today’s discussion on how you can optimise for this. Benjamin has been selling on Amazon since 2015. He and his partners, 3 friends from college, have taken a business that started as retail arbitrage out of a house and turned it into an 8-figure private label business. He specialises in generating high conversions through listing optimisation, building teams both internally and internationally, along with outside-the-box thinking for product creation and working within the Amazon system.

In today's Podcast Sharon Even explains why it is so important to visualize what your main image will look like when already in the product research phase.

Joining me today is 7 & 8 Figure Sellers; Ben Webber, Erin Greybill, Nick Eary, Matt Altman and Antoni Bindi .   We will take a look at the good, the bad and the ugly of Black Friday lead up, Black Friday itself and of course Cyber Monday.   We also discuss what they plan to work on next year to optimise their 7 & 8 Figure businesses.

Matt has been selling on Amazon for the last 12 years and has operated in just about every category over that time. In the last 4-5 years he has mainly operated in the supplements space. For many years give-a-ways was the go to but then ToS changes came and limited opportunity to make money anymore on launches. Today we discuss how he has launched 70 products in the last 6 months.

Today I sit down with Chelsea Cohen to chat about True Unit Economics, which sellers can often over look when having so much to do as an Amazon seller on the platform. Looking at numbers on a per SKU basis, per shipment and month over month is vital in the current climate... And on going. Chelsea is an Amazon inventory management expert and the co-founder & CEO of SoStocked.com, an Amazon inventory management software. Chelsea’s also an Amazon seller, speaker & consultant. Her regular clients include 7 & 8-figure sellers. She has been featured on AM/PM Podcast, 7-Figure Sellers Summit, Seller Events & the Prosper Show & Amazing Summit stages, among others.

Sharon shares her take on the shifts in buying decisions due to the current recession, how this could impact your business, and what you can do (or at least try to do) to stay afloat.