On today’s episode I interview Rich Krolikowski, e-Commerce Manager at Sunski - a San Francisco California based start up designing lightweight, durable, and polarized sunglasses. Go over their email marketing strategy for Black Friday that resulted in a 50% Year over Year increase in revenue.   Here are summary points about SunSki   Target demographic of 25-35-Year-Olds They have been business for about 6 Years - since 2012 They extended their distribution business online in 2015, 3 Years Online SunSki sells lightweight sunglasses made from both polycarbonate and recycled plastics  They intend to move to a fully recycled plastic range soon Their customer acquisition efforts are primarily based on Email and Facebook advertising  They transitioned from Mailchimp to Klaviyo this year and marketing automation has made a significant positive impact on their bottom line.   Their Black Friday Campaign The scaled back promotions in October 2018 in preparation for the holiday push so as not to overstretch the database. Their Cyber week was their largest discount of the year: it was a flat out 35% OFF Sale They adjusted their abandoned cart sequence and welcome series with a Black Frida theme They also created a pseudo welcome series for new customers      Warm Up Emails 3 Days prior to prime up list Few hours prior to Midnight    Their traffic and sales peaked in the early hours of Black Friday following the announcement  They however had the most sales on Cyber Monday They extended through from Tuesday to Friday  Sending emails a total of eight times.      Some other points They sent out an Early Access email to only their VIP customer list on the day before Black Friday. Everyone else got their offer on Black Friday when it officially launched. A number of customer made multiple orders as a result of their extended sales.      ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  Klaviyo is a game-changing email automation tool specifically built for scaling eCommerce businesses. I am not just saying it…I use Klaviyo in my ecommerce store as well in a number of stores I advise for. With Klaviyo, in just a few clicks you are able to activate pre-built email automation flows such as cart abandonment, up-sells and win-backs.  Klaviyo also seamlessly integrates with Facebook Audiences. If you’re an eCommerce manager, I cannot recommend Klaviyo enough. Give Klaviyo a try today on  www.klaviyo.com.     ★ Support this podcast ★

This is an announcement about the upcoming shows this week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. We will be covering the marketing strategies employed by successful retailers over Black Friday.     ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  Klaviyo is a game-changing email automation tool specifically built for scaling eCommerce businesses. I am not just saying it…I use Klaviyo in my ecommerce store as well in a number of stores I advise for. With Klaviyo, in just a few clicks you are able to activate pre-built email automation flows such as cart abandonment, up-sells and win-backs.  Klaviyo also seamlessly integrates with Facebook Audiences. If you’re an eCommerce manager, I cannot recommend Klaviyo enough. Give Klaviyo a try today on  www.klaviyo.com.   ★ Support this podcast ★

Joshua March is the Founder of the Digital customer care platform, Conversocial and Author of Message Me. Joshua is a seasoned Messenger expert, and his company's platform uses the Messenger platform as a customer service delivery point that has been used by leading ecommerce brands such as Gymshark, Google, Tesco, Audi and the BBC, We talk about how and why customer services is moving to the Messenger platform and how to leverage this new opportunity of serving your customers better.   ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: KLAVIYO  Klaviyo is THE game-changing email automation tool specifically built for scaling eCommerce businesses. BEYOND BLACK FRIDAY Check out Klaviyo's new Video Docu-Series, Beyond Black Friday. Where they follow three unique ecommerce brands keeping the momentum going year round. It is a 12-part series that will premiere a new webisode each week. They'll start with Cyber Weekend preparations, cover the holidays and beyond. They promise to share marketing strategies that'll take your business to the next level. ★ Support this podcast ★

Scott MacDonell launched television advertising for LegalZoom.com and scaled it to almost $20 million in spend annually.  He wrote the first Wix.com TV ad is currently working a new campaign for a very large hardware and software enterprise company. His biggest success was with LegalZoom. It made an immediate and lasting impact on their media mix, ROI, and brand awareness. On this episode, Scott takes us through, The key reasons the LegalZoom.com TV ad campaign turned out to a success How they started out with radio advertising How to use hosts to read the ads and speak about your company conversationally Getting out a promo The importance of selling a mass market appeal product on TV in order increase your chances of success  Attribution to TV - life in brand search, direct search, toll free number, coupon code and Media mix monitoring The Direct Response Ad Structure: Find a Problem - could be What is the Solution Why should we believe the Solution - Social Proof Why you should act on it today! urgency ACT   ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  Klaviyo is a game-changing email automation tool specifically built for scaling eCommerce businesses. I am not just saying it…I use Klaviyo in my ecommerce store as well in a number of stores I advise for. With Klaviyo, in just a few clicks you are able to activate pre-built email automation flows such as cart abandonment, up-sells and win-backs.  Klaviyo also seamlessly integrates with Facebook Audiences. If you’re an eCommerce manager, I cannot recommend Klaviyo enough. Give Klaviyo a try today on  www.klaviyo.com.     ★ Support this podcast ★

On today’s episode, we talk about how to use video to get attention and drive sales.  Jeff Rizzo is the Co-founder of product review YouTube channels: RIZKNOWS and The Slumber Yard,  They have managed to spin their YouTube channels to a hugely popular website, and a shopping-focused mobile app.  They primarily focus on providing honest, helpful reviews and comparisons of popular consumer products, including mattresses, headphones, fitness trackers and more.  The combined the two channels have more than 400K subscribers and garner over 4 million views per month. My company currently employs 10 individuals in addition to my business partner and is on track to exceed $2.5 million in revenue this year. Jeff’s Formula to creating videos: Helpful Entertaining Concise Personable     ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  Klaviyo is a game-changing email automation tool specifically built for scaling eCommerce businesses. I am not just saying it…I use Klaviyo in my ecommerce store as well in a number of stores I advise for. With Klaviyo, in just a few clicks you are able to activate pre-built email automation flows such as cart abandonment, up-sells and win-backs.  Klaviyo also seamlessly integrates with Facebook Audiences. If you’re an eCommerce manager, I cannot recommend Klaviyo enough. Give Klaviyo a try today on  www.klaviyo.com.     ★ Support this podcast ★

Mitch Gruber is an Account Executive at Klaviyo, who has worked on over 350+ Klaviyo email accounts. If you are behind on email marketing for next week’s BIG Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sales event, listen in as we cover exactly what you need to have in place over the coming days to rev-up sales. Mitch talks about the 4 MUST have Flows: 1: Abandoned Cart 2-3 emails sent, 1 hour, 1 day and 3 days after abandonment 2: Browse Abandonments 1-2 emails 3: Welcome Series Lock it down - messaging important - brand overview - your WHY get people involved in the brand - set your customers for success 4: Post Purchase Follow up Thank you that engages the customer We also cover The best times to send your broadcast emails? Segment VIP customers from teaser emails as they will shop anyway Have different offers Black Friday and CyberMonday in order to drive repeat purchases Time Zone targeting e.g. 8AM should be 8AM on all time zones.     ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  Klaviyo is a game-changing email automation tool specifically built for scaling eCommerce businesses. I am not just saying it…I use Klaviyo in my ecommerce store as well in a number of stores I advise for. With Klaviyo, in just a few clicks you are able to activate pre-built email automation flows such as cart abandonment, up-sells and win-backs.  Klaviyo also seamlessly integrates with Facebook Audiences. If you’re an eCommerce manager, I cannot recommend Klaviyo enough. Give Klaviyo a try today on  www.klaviyo.com. ★ Support this podcast ★

On this episode I interview, Jose Angelo Gallegos, a Silicone Valley-based Content Marketing Strategist and a Social Media Today columnist. Jose goes into details about: The power of building a community around your product brand Why user-generated content in the form of customer photos and videos come across as more authentic to potential customers, How to request, curate and broadcast user-generated content Why you should use user-generated content in your paid advertising  How to craft your brand story around user-generated content with examples from the 'shot on the iPhone' campaign.      ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  Klaviyo is a game-changing email automation tool specifically built for scaling eCommerce businesses. I am not just saying it…I use Klaviyo in my ecommerce store as well in a number of stores I advise for. With Klaviyo, in just a few clicks you are able to activate pre-built email automation flows such as cart abandonment, up-sells and win-backs.  Klaviyo also seamlessly integrates with Facebook Audiences. If you’re an eCommerce manager, I cannot recommend Klaviyo enough. Give Klaviyo a try today on  www.klaviyo.com. ★ Support this podcast ★

This episode is a long one, I must warn you, but for good reason... Josh Elizetxe is a 25-year old entrepreneurial prodigy, an investor, and philanthropist! He has recently had an 8-figure exit from a media company he started out from a public library!  He is the Founder of SNOW, and in his words, SNOW is a beauty tech company, with an inaugural globally patented teeth whitening product. SNOW is already clearing over $2M/month with $25M projected annual sales revenue. This interview is amongst my top 3 shows for 2018. We talk about: Building a Long Term Brand How the decisions you make on a daily basis connect to your long term vision Team building Omni-channel marketing How SNOW uses Instagram Influencers How SNOW got Floyd Mayweather and Rob Gronkowski to promote their product on social media How to leverage Influencer content assets in Facebook and IG Advertising Josh is a deeply insightful individual, humble and for some reason, I cannot understand how he had managed to be so under-the-radar. It's a great interview. Let me know your thoughts about the interview in the comments area.   ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  Klaviyo is a game-changing email automation tool specifically built for scaling eCommerce businesses. I am not just saying it…I use Klaviyo in my ecommerce store as well in a number of stores I advise for. With Klaviyo, in just a few clicks you are able to activate pre-built email automation flows such as cart abandonment, up-sells and win-backs.  Klaviyo also seamlessly integrates with Facebook Audiences. If you’re an eCommerce manager, I cannot recommend Klaviyo enough. Give Klaviyo a try today on  www.klaviyo.com. ★ Support this podcast ★

On today's episode we are going to talk about how to go about structuring your Facebook Ads for Black Friday, Cyber Monday and any other time limited promotions. I specifically talk about the settings for: Audience Targeting  Budget  Ads and Placements   ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  Klaviyo is a game-changing email automation tool specifically built for scaling eCommerce businesses. I am not just saying it…I use Klaviyo in my ecommerce store as well in a number of stores I advise for. With Klaviyo, in just a few clicks you are able to activate pre-built email automation flows such as cart abandonment, up-sells and win-backs.  Klaviyo also seamlessly integrates with Facebook Audiences. If you’re an eCommerce manager, I cannot recommend Klaviyo enough. Give Klaviyo a try today on  www.klaviyo.com. ★ Support this podcast ★

This is the second time I am having Alex McEachern on the show, I had him back on Episode 36! Alex is Head of Marketing at Smile.io (formerly Sweet Tooth), a community-focused rewards program engine that runs on all major ecommerce platforms. On this episode, Alex talks about the unsustainable trend of online retailers becoming 'addicted' to running ads and promotions to grow instead of building a profitable brand community. He shares tips on how to build a community, using reward programs and other tactics that keep all tiers of your customer-base happy and satisfied.   ----------- SPONSORS: This episode is brought to you by: Klaviyo  Klaviyo is a game-changing email automation tool specifically built for scaling eCommerce businesses. I am not just saying it…I use Klaviyo in my ecommerce store as well in a number of stores I advise for. With Klaviyo, in just a few clicks you are able to activate pre-built email automation flows such as cart abandonment, up-sells and win-backs.  Klaviyo also seamlessly integrates with Facebook Audiences. If you’re an eCommerce manager, I cannot recommend Klaviyo enough. Give Klaviyo a try today on  www.klaviyo.com. ★ Support this podcast ★