

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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Jul 26, 2021 • 36min
Growing a start up to 2,000 orders a month in 1 year with Tom Mucklow from Aurora Mornings
Tom Mucklow is the founder at Aurora Mornings, a DTC supplements company. Founded in 2020 they already doing 1-2,000 orders per month. We chat about the mindset necessary to achieve this, how he's chosen what to outsource, what marketing methods led to the growth AND what he's got planned for the next year.Get all the links and resources we mention at eCommerceMasterPlan.comThis 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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Jul 19, 2021 • 39min
Taking a mulit-niche-brand approach to 7-figures plus with Trevor Crotts from Buddy Brands
Trevor Crotts is the CEO and founder at Buddy Brands. A pet products company founded in 2011 they have now become multiple dog brands which combined have annual sales of substantial 7 figures.Get all the links and resources we mention at eCommerceMasterPlan.comThis 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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Love the show? Chloe would love your feedback - leave a review here: https://ecmp.info/review or reply to the episode QandA on Spotify.
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Jul 12, 2021 • 33min
Growing a sustainable fashion business to 7-figures with Encircled's Kristi Soomer
Kristi Soomer is the founder and CEO at Encircled a Canadian female-founded sustainable clothing brand. Launched in 2012 they are now a multi-million dollar business.And she’s also the host of the Brave and Boss Entrepreneurs podcast.Get all the links and resources we mention at eCommerceMasterPlan.comThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/---
Download our ebook... https://ecmp.info/ebook 500 Tips to Increase Your Profits
Get all the links and resources we mention and join our email list at https://ecmp.info
Love the show? Chloe would love your feedback - leave a review here: https://ecmp.info/review or reply to the episode QandA on Spotify.
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Jul 5, 2021 • 42min
How to capitalise on a sudden shift to eCommerce with Julie Macken from Neve's Bees
Julie Macken is the Deputy Queen Bee of Neve’s Bees a family business turning the produce of their beehives into totally natural skincare. Founded in 2017 in the last year they’ve switched to eCommerce going from just £10,000 to £50,000 in annual online sales. She takes us through how she shifted the business from primarily wholesale and events, to almost entirely eCommerce. Plus how that's changed their objectives for wholesale and events in the future. We also discuss why she wants to keep her business below £250,000 sales a year.Get all the links and resources we mention at eCommerceMasterPlan.comThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/---
Download our ebook... https://ecmp.info/ebook 500 Tips to Increase Your Profits
Get all the links and resources we mention and join our email list at https://ecmp.info
Love the show? Chloe would love your feedback - leave a review here: https://ecmp.info/review or reply to the episode QandA on Spotify.
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Jun 28, 2021 • 37min
Next level fashion sustainability to satisfy a $120bn opportunity with Camilla Olson
Camilla was a VC in the ’80s, then she founded two predictive modelling companies in biopharma (one with a $95M buyout one year after launch, and the other is the basis of CERTARA which IPO’d again Dec 2020 and quickly rose to a $4B valuation). She then earned an MFA (that’s a masters in fine arts) in fashion design, and ran her own eCommerce label for five years. Most recently she’s founded the inclusive fashion company, Savitude, who are helping fashion designers solve the fit, return and excess inventory problems by providing Enhanced Sketching using AI Design Intelligence. We're chatting about all that from various angles - must listen if you're looking to be more sustainable, improve your fashion business, OR just want to listen to something really interesting.Get all the links and resources we mention at eCommerceMasterPlan.comThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/---
Download our ebook... https://ecmp.info/ebook 500 Tips to Increase Your Profits
Get all the links and resources we mention and join our email list at https://ecmp.info
Love the show? Chloe would love your feedback - leave a review here: https://ecmp.info/review or reply to the episode QandA on Spotify.
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Jun 21, 2021 • 31min
Side Hustle into a 1,000+ monthly subscription service with Jessica Principe from All Girl Shave Club
Jessica Principe is the founder of All Girl Shave Club, a razor subscription service for women. Founded in 2016 they now serve 1,000s of women across north America every month. We discuss launching, and growing a Subscription business. Including customer retention and product development.Get all the links and resources we mention at eCommerceMasterPlan.comThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/---
Download our ebook... https://ecmp.info/ebook 500 Tips to Increase Your Profits
Get all the links and resources we mention and join our email list at https://ecmp.info
Love the show? Chloe would love your feedback - leave a review here: https://ecmp.info/review or reply to the episode QandA on Spotify.
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Jun 14, 2021 • 34min
Grow to £4m a year via international marketplaces and Magento with Trevor Ginn from Hello Baby Direct
Trevor Ginn is the founder of Hello Baby Direct. Founded in 2011 they sell via over 20 channels globally and achieve over £4m a year in sales. We talk about how he's done this on his own, recent decisions to expand his team, and much moreGet all the links and resources we mention at eCommerceMasterPlan.comThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/---
Download our ebook... https://ecmp.info/ebook 500 Tips to Increase Your Profits
Get all the links and resources we mention and join our email list at https://ecmp.info
Love the show? Chloe would love your feedback - leave a review here: https://ecmp.info/review or reply to the episode QandA on Spotify.
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Jun 7, 2021 • 41min
Covid 12 months on with Ian Leslie from Industry West
Ian Leslie is the CMO at US homewares brands Industry West and Favor. It all started with Industry West in 2010, and then Favor launched in 2019. Across the 2 brands in Q4 eCommerce sales were 70% up, driving full company 25% YoY growth, and in Q1 eCommerce was up 120%! So now eCommerce alone is over $10million a year. We're talking about the last 12 months have changed the business- listen for lots of tips and insights.Get all the links and resources we mention at eCommerceMasterPlan.comRegister for our eCommerce MasterPlan Virtual Summit 2021 for free via eCMP.info/summitThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/---
Download our ebook... https://ecmp.info/ebook 500 Tips to Increase Your Profits
Get all the links and resources we mention and join our email list at https://ecmp.info
Love the show? Chloe would love your feedback - leave a review here: https://ecmp.info/review or reply to the episode QandA on Spotify.
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May 31, 2021 • 38min
Top Tips for a Successful eCommerce 2021 with Liat Karpel Gurwicz from Wix
Liat Karpel Gurwicz s head of eCommerce Marketing at Wix.com. That means she spends her days attracting more retailers to use Wix to power their online store. To do that she and her team spend a lot of time learning from Wix’s 700,000 eCommerce users – and she’s joining us today to share some of the key lessons they’ve learnt from their most successful users.Get all the links and resources we mention at eCommerceMasterPlan.comRegister for our eCommerce MasterPlan Virtual Summit 2021 for free via eCMP.info/summitThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/---
Download our ebook... https://ecmp.info/ebook 500 Tips to Increase Your Profits
Get all the links and resources we mention and join our email list at https://ecmp.info
Love the show? Chloe would love your feedback - leave a review here: https://ecmp.info/review or reply to the episode QandA on Spotify.
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May 24, 2021 • 34min
WooCommerce startup Afro Drops' Rollercoaster continues! With Luke Carthy
This year we’re following a startup from launch through their first 12 monthsIn episode 314 we did our first catch up with Luke and the Afro Drops story, discussing why he started, how he made the initial decisions to go with WooCommerce, and to sell other people’s products not his own. It’s now time to see how all his launch plans have gone and to be fair it's been a roller coaster. Brexit and the Suez Canal issues have all had an impact, and Luke's spent a lot of time trying to work (and finding the answer!) to why aren't sales growing faster??Get all the links and resources we mention at eCommerceMasterPlan.comRegister for our eCommerce MasterPlan Virtual Summit for free via eCMP.info/summitThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/---
Download our ebook... https://ecmp.info/ebook 500 Tips to Increase Your Profits
Get all the links and resources we mention and join our email list at https://ecmp.info
Love the show? Chloe would love your feedback - leave a review here: https://ecmp.info/review or reply to the episode QandA on Spotify.
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