

eCommerce MasterPlan
Chloë Thomas
Trying to work out how to acquire more customers? Need to improve customer retention? Or just looking for some reassurance you’re on the right track? That’s what the eCommerce MasterPlan is here for. Every week we interview an e-Commerce business person (owner, manager or marketer) with a fascinating insight into successful online retailing. Their business might be a UK mail order retailer, an online-only store from Australia, or a brick and clicks business from the USA – but every one of them is doing something we can all learn from. Many of our guests are using Shopify & Klaviyo, but we also have guests using Wix, Bigcommerce, Woocommerce, Omnisend and Magento. So you're sure to find an episode that directly helps YOU.Listen for advice on what to do next, the reassurance you’re heading in the right direction and all the inspiration you need to grow your eCommerce business without losing your life in the process!
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Jan 16, 2023 • 28min
Sustainable Fashion Business Tips from 9-figure brand Boden
Ben Dreyer is the Strategy, Sustainability, and Operations Director at Boden. The fashion brand Boden was founded in 1991, and Ben’s been there since 1998! Selling globally they now do £350 million a year.With 10% of the world’s carbon footprint coming from clothing, Boden has taken huge steps to become carbon neutral on Scope 1 and 2 – a term he explains in the episode. We also discuss the power of building a system for Recommend a Friend, which has contributed to 25% of their customers, how their biggest eCommerce market is in the USA, and how Ben operates by keeping things simple..Yoast SEO, available on Shopify and WordPress for WooCommerce >> https://ecmp.info/yoast Find out about eDesk here >> https://edesk.com/masterplan .This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/---
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Jan 9, 2023 • 40min
8 Experts share their Top Tip for eCommerce Growth in 2023?
Welcome to one of our famous expert mash-up episodes! Each of our guests have been asked for their top tip for eCommerce Success in 2023. We've been doing these episodes every January since we started – and this year the answers are even more useful and inspiring than normal. This year our guests are… Rytis Lauris from Omnisend, Sue Monhait from Gift Biz Unwrapped, Yoast SEO’s Chief Operating Officer Chaya Oosterbroek, BigCommerce’s Meghan Stabler, the founder of eCommerce Tech Derric Haynie, Chris Dawson from ChannelX (the rebranded Tamebay), Jessica Totillo Coster from the eCommerce Badassery Podcast, and Kelly Barner from the Dial P for Procurement Podcast. You'll also hear the thoughts of our host Chloe Thomas. Tune into this expert mash-up episode as we find out how to improve your post-purchase activity, ways to boost ROI from your ‘lower cost’ channels, some powerful AI tools to deploy in your eCommerce store, how we respond to the cost of living crisis – and so much more..Yoast SEO, available on Shopify and WordPress for WooCommerce >> https://ecmp.info/yoast Find out more about Treyd at https://ecmp.info/treyd .This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/---
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Jan 2, 2023 • 30min
Chloe's Top 3 Marketing Tools & Shopify Apps to Improve your eCommerce sales in 2023
We’re kicking off the new year with something we’ve never done before – so do let me know what you think of this new format.There are 3 new pieces of eCommerce Marketing tech I’ve been super impressed with over the last few months, and which help with the key marketing areas you should be improving to ride what’s going to be a rocky year.So I thought I’d do an episode where we shine a light on each of them so you can work out if you should be bringing them into your marketing mix…I’ve got a team member from each joining me to tell us why it’s great tech, how it can help you, who it works best for, what it could do for you, and (of course) how much it costs.A common thread through all 3 is that they can help you grow sales by improving key marketing channels, AND saving you time.Listen now to find out more about:Yoast SEO's Shopify App https://ecmp.info/yoast Nibble the negotiation chatbot https://ecmp.info/nibble Penny Black's parcel personalisation powers. https://ecmp.info/pennyblack.Yoast SEO, available on Shopify and WordPress for WooCommerce >> https://ecmp.info/yoast Find out more about Treyd at https://ecmp.info/treyd .This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/---
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Dec 26, 2022 • 35min
Building a Marketplace For Diverse Brands on WooCommerce with the co-founders of SheHeThey
Michael Ayre and Luke Jordan are the co-founders of SheHeThey – the home of diverse brands. It’s a marketplace built on WooCommerce, celebrating Queer, Black, POC, Disabled, Neurodivergent, Woman, and Ally Owned Brands. Founded in 2021, they launched in mid-2022 and they’re already showcasing around 70 brands. In this fascinating conversation, we explore how to be sustainable from day one of launching a business, making mission-driven decisions, creating communities for minority groups, building a personal brand on LinkedIn – including a post by Luke that reached two million people – and some great tips for working together with your life partner.Learn more about Klaviyo >> https://ecmp.info/klaviyoFind out more about Treyd at https://ecmp.info/treyd Learn more about Digital Gearbox >> https://digitalgearbox.co.uk/masterplan This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/---
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Dec 19, 2022 • 36min
3x Conversion Rate from Paid Search for BCorp Audiobook App Xigxag
Kelli Fairbrother is a co-founder at xigxag, one of the most innovative tech start-ups in the UK in 2022 according to Tech Nation’s Rising Stars competition. xigxag is an app bookseller, which offers the first ever listen and read experience without a subscription. Founded in 2019, they’ve already got 50,000 app downloads and are fast approaching £100k in annual revenue.In this episode we delve into mastering paid search, how 90% of their content is automatically generated to boost SEO, going app-first in the eCommerce world, their recent B Corp certification and being sustainable with ebooks and audiobooks, and how to enable social experiences within an app.Learn more about Klaviyo >> https://ecmp.info/klaviyoFind out more about Treyd at https://ecmp.info/treyd Learn more about Digital Gearbox >> https://digitalgearbox.co.uk/masterplan This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/---
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Dec 12, 2022 • 30min
The Big Trends in eCommerce
Want to know what are the BIG trends are in eCommerce and DTC? Then you need to listen to this episode...Chloe's catching up with a private equity eCommerce specialist. What does that mean for you? Well - his job is to identify the best eCommerce stores to invest in for future profits and growth - so this is your chance to find out what's big right now.Our guest Raphael Thiolon is an Executive Director at Verlinvest a global private equity investment company with offices around the world. Raph leads the global Verlinvest Digital Consumer practice, with investments in eCommerce stores, marketplaces and digitally-native brands, past investments include:Who Gives a Crap, Lazada, Chewy, and Purplle – an Indian beauty site.Learn more about Klaviyo >> https://ecmp.info/klaviyoFind out more about Treyd at https://ecmp.info/treyd Learn more about Digital Gearbox >> https://digitalgearbox.co.uk/masterplan .This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/---
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Dec 5, 2022 • 51min
What does successful sustainability marketing look like in 2023? With Sustainable eCommerce's Giles Smith
Giles Smith is the host of the Sustainable eCommerce Podcast and eCommerce coach helping sustainable brands to build and scale profitably. He’s been in eCommerce since 2015, co-founded one of Australia’s leading eCommerce marketing agencies, grown an 8 figures SaaS business…. AND created THREE online brands from scratch including a mid-7-figures brand with retailer distribution in SIXTEEN countries.He's recently undertaken a project to turn all he's learnt (and what's worked for some of the greatest sustainable eCommerce brands) into a Playbook you too can follow.We're sharing the tips and ideas from this playbook includingwhat shifting from Purpose 1.0 to Purpose 2.0 looks like AND the 3 layers of Active Transparency.There's both lots of inspiration AND great advice in this episodeWhether you're a "sustainability-to-the-core" brand or an eCommerce business just looking to be better - you'll get a LOT of out this episode. promise.Learn more about Klaviyo >> https://ecmp.info/klaviyoFind out more about Treyd at https://ecmp.info/treyd Learn more about Digital Gearbox >> https://digitalgearbox.co.uk/masterplan .This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/---
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Nov 28, 2022 • 31min
Sustainable Shopify watch brand plants 880,000+ trees AND sells $3m a year - meet TruWood
Bishoi Khella is the founder and CEO at TruWood, a Canadian wooden watches brand. Selling on Shopify they’re on a mission to provide as much value to the world as possible, which includes planting over 880,000 trees so far! Founded in 2016 they now are doing about $3million a year.Learn more about Klaviyo >> https://ecmp.info/klaviyoFind out more about Treyd at https://ecmp.info/treyd Learn more about Digital Gearbox >> https://digitalgearbox.co.uk/masterplan .This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/---
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Nov 21, 2022 • 37min
Tapping into an under-served market with eCommerce Startup Tiwani Heritage
Lola Cawood and Carol Lathbridge are the co-founders of Tiwani Heritage, the UK’s FIRST retailer of recyclable synthetic hair extensions. They sell their 100% biodegradable and plastic free products via their Shopify store and marketplaces. Founded in 2018, and launched in 2020 they are deep in startup land and have already helped over 400 customers in the UK.Learn more about Klaviyo >> https://ecmp.info/klaviyoYoast SEO, available on Shopify and WordPress for WooCommerce >> https://ecmp.info/yoast Learn more about the Nibble AI negotiation chatbot >> https://ecmp.info/nibble .This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/---
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Nov 14, 2022 • 33min
Selling $500k in your first 4 months on Shopify with Buderflys' brilliant Shea Gerhardt
Shea Gerhardt is the inventor, founder and CEO of Buderflys, an innovative and strategic earbud brand. Based in the USA they’re selling exclusively DTC via their Shopify store to the USA only at the moment. Founded in 2016, they started selling in 2021 and did nearly $500k in their first four months of marketing – including going out of stock multiple times.Whilst Shea shares plenty of great tips, this is definitely one of those super-inspiring episodes. Especially around the impact of really drilling down into WHO your customer really is, and taking that into every aspect of the business.Learn more about Klaviyo >> https://ecmp.info/klaviyoYoast SEO, available on Shopify and WordPress for WooCommerce >> https://ecmp.info/yoast Learn more about the Nibble AI negotiation chatbot >> https://ecmp.info/nibble .This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/---
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