Silent Sales Machine Radio

On today’s new podcast episode we meet a longtime friend of mine who recently found himself in a major career change and contacted me about selling on Amazon. He’s doing great as both a ProvenAmazonCourse.com student and coaching student. We are even talking to him now about possibly becoming a coach on our team because his business has grown so rapidly so quickly and he has an incredible teacher's heart!   You'll enjoy hearing the insights of what he’s learned along the way so far as well as the tremendous rewards of building a business with family.   Watch today's episode on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/5h2Ejv6obC0   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:   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/   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/   Get a free business growth consulting session with an e-commerce consultant on our coaching team. Grab a slot on our calendar at https://SilentJim.com/bookacall   My Silent Team Facebook group. 100% FREE! https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam 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!   https://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! ProvenProductPartnering.com - it's included in the ProvenAmazonCourse.com  ProvenBrandedBundles.com - will be added to PAC in early 2024   Provenamazoncourse.com/Keepa - 10 Advanced Keepa strategies that will make you a product souring ninja!   Jeff Schick - legal counselor for Amazon sellers https://jeffschick.com   Episode #714 - Very practical lesson learned after working with numerous overseas virtual assistants who help run my business at https://silentjim.com/podcast   Jimmy Smith's video - How to Evaluate Variations using Keepa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9JnNWp9EyY   Today's guest Mike Alte

Learn about the importance of sourcing test-worthy ASINs on Amazon and how it can be your competitive advantage. Also, explore topics like allocating time for building an Amazon business, maintaining a positive mindset, understanding and monitoring your account health rating, and strategies to improve your account health on Amazon.

Our guest today recently graduated from college, but now he's more excited about his Amazon business than his previous traditional career path.   He's a ProvenAmazonCourse.com student who got connected to our community through word of mouth (which is the only way anyone ever hears about us).   He's just had a huge December - which was only his second full month of being an Amazon seller. He asks a lot of great questions and gives a lot of great tips on this episode - you'll learn a ton while listening, I promise!   Sponsored by Getida: 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!  http://silentjim.com/reimburse   Watch our episode today on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/zGj7h0xEWtM   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! There's no support community like this one anywhere else in the world!   TheProvenConference.com - our May 2024 live event (our guest on today's show is planning to attend as well as hundreds of your fellow listeners to our podcast). Early Bird tickets are on sale now!   Get a free business growth consulting session with an e-commerce consultant on our coaching team. Grab a slot on our calendar at https://SilentJim.com/bookacall   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/!    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!   OAsimplified -  (a module inside the ProvenAmazonCourse.com library that teaches online sourcing strategies for REPLENS sellers- also sold separately at OAsimplified.com)   Replen Dashboard -  https://silentjim.com/replendashboard/   Seller Amp - Our community discount/affiliate link https://selleramp.com/mst/   Humnbird  - Tax and Entity set up services as well as Brand Registry and Trademark services   Today's guest Evan Coleman

In today's episode, we have highlights of a prior show. This episode includes selling on eBay, Amazon coaching with Coaches Larry and Sue Pruett, getting systems in place, hiring a VA through Legends, getting IP complaints and his store deactivated, appealing the suspension and getting reinstated and more. What a journey!   We covered episode #703 - From working in the CIA to building a beautiful Amazon business FT    You can hear the full episode at https://silentjim.com/podcast   Today's highlights:   Ryan's story - The guest talks about his journey including writing a book called Introduction to Sports Memorabilia by Ryan Walsh, starting a prep center with a friend (called Encore Business Group) and triumphing over some very difficult family situations during this time!   Our https://prepcenternetwork.com is our resource that lists prep centers. Ryan's prep center website is linked here: https://encorebusinessgroup.com/   This segment is an encouragement to anyone experiencing difficult life situations! The guest discusses in detail some of the hurdles he overcame including family illness and divorce. Jim shares how in these types of situations, there are two possible outcomes - sink or swim! Jim correlates what the guest shares to the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (and Celebrate Recovery) - starting with Step 1 - admitting I’m a mess and ending with Step 12 - helping others get out of what I was in! A favorite saying of Ryan's is, “Pressure makes diamonds or dust!”    The guest shares how he is running his prep center FT, maintaining a presence on AZ utilizing Replens, trying different models for his business and continuing to study The Proven Amazon Course (PAC). Jim puts in a plug for the Coaching Program, which consists of more than 60 coaches and to date, has coached nearly 10,000 sellers!  Jim and the guest discuss this Proven Product Partnering as a business model (found as a module in PAC) which teaches sellers how to partner with brands to get their products on Amazon.    The guest shares details about his previous career, which was working for the CIA for 7 years. During this time he traveled the world internationally but started to have health issues. These experiences helped him recognize the poverty around the world and the appreciation for all we have. Jim reminds the listeners how blessed we are in the US and what an “overcomer spirit” the guest has.  The guest reminds the listeners that there is light after the darkness and Jim ends by saying that this episode is really going to encourage others!    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 Early Bird price! TheProvenConference.com/orlando/   Get a free business growth consulting session with an e-commerce consultant on our coaching team. Grab a slot on our calendar at https://SilentJim.com/bookacall   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 to 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. Proven Product Partnering is a module in PAC!        

Today's guest still has a full-time job and is taking online college courses... and has a young daughter but he's squeezed into the cracks of his life the Amazon REPLENS selling business model that we teach in the ProvenAmazonCourse.com training - and it's going really well!   He started in the Summer of 2023 and he's ramped up incredibly fast!   He shares how he finds great inventory, the tools he's using, the power of doing some of your own shipping (FBM), the power of local relationships and also how he's well on his way to having a seven figure business.   *** On today’s podcast episode, Jim mistakenly refers to podcast episode 756 when he meant to refer to number 754. That’s the episode where Khang talks about his fully automated $3 million amazon REPLENS business.   Sponsored by Arbitrage Card - Save cash with DISCOUNTED GIFT CARDS! A member of our community has put together a free eBook on this topic which includes a basic introduction to gift cards as well as some tips and resources that can benefit even those who are already experienced with gift cards. Get the free report at: silentjim.com/giftcards   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/   Get a free business growth consulting session with an e-commerce consultant on our coaching team. Grab a slot on our calendar at https://SilentJim.com/bookacall   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!   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    SellerAmp: https://selleramp.com/mst/ our special community discount can be found here   Humnbird.com: Offering Tax and Business Entity set up services as well as Brand Registry and Trademark services. Free tax consultation, too! https://go.oncehub.com/letsgethumn   Today's guest requested we not reveal his full name because he's still full-time employed.  

On today's new "coaches corner" podcast episode Robin Joy and Brian answer several why questions related to the 100 ASIN challenge that we teach to ensure success on Amazon.   They also discuss a powerful benefit beyond ASINs being added as a replen and that is Amazon's Account Health Rating (AHR)    “To ensure your AHR is evaluated in context of the size of your business, you also gain 4 points for every 200 successful orders you fulfilled over the last 180 days.” https://sellercentral.amazon.com/help/hub/reference/G200205250?ref=ahd-ahr-lm   When they say, “Use a 3-step check and a 4-week test to build a 5-figure business in 6 months or less…if you’re consistent!” What is the significance of 5-figures and 6 months? Why is $10,000/mo in sales significant?   Why is 6 months or less significant?   Why is 100 ASINs significant?   Famous Quote Strength doesn’t come from what you CAN do; it comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t — Rikki Rogers (author)   Special guest at the conclusion of today's show, Jeff Schick of JeffSchick.com answers the question: Can a seller actually get themselves into trouble with Amazon by reporting other sellers and attempting to build a case against other sellers?    Watch this episode on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/XwCA6JhpRMo   Show note LINKS:   Get a free business growth consulting session with an e-commerce consultant on our coaching team. Grab a slot on our calendar at https://SilentJim.com/bookacall   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/!    ProvenAmazonCourse.com/100 – Join Brian and Robin Joy Olson and our leadership team for a two day workshop in Orlando on May 21-22nd (just prior to TheProvenConference.com on the 23 – 25th at the same resort!)   KICKSTART Bootcamp - Brand New to Amazon and REPLENS? All students of the provenamazoncourse.com course who've not yet made their first REPLENS sale will benefit greatly from this series of live (and recorded of course) zoom group sessions with a coach - it's only $39! https://silentjim.com/kickstart/   My Silent Team Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam 100% FREE! Join 72,000 + 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! Tickets go on sale very soon! TheProvenConference.com/orlando/      

Imagine selling thousands of items monthly in the US on Amazon.com from New Zealand - without ever seeing or touching your inventory!   Our guest today knew he needed a big change when one of his sons began to struggle and really needed his family nearby. As a school principal with a busy schedule our guest for today's podcast episode began seeking an internet based opportunity and he found our community.   To make a long story short, it's gone incredibly well and he's built a seven figure business using strategies from the ProvenAmazonCourse.com training and he's now a coach on our team as well!   This is a touching story of a family that made a major pivot and came out on top. Prepare to be inspired!   Today's episode is sponsored by Humnbird: Offering Tax and Business Entity set up services as well as Brand Registry and Trademark services   Watch this episode on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/XeHSx0RuUfU   Show note LINKS:   Get a free business growth consulting session with an e-commerce consultant on our coaching team. Grab a slot on our calendar at https://SilentJim.com/bookacall   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/!    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!   My Silent Team Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam 100% FREE! Join 72,000 + 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! Tickets go on sale very soon! TheProvenConference.com/orlando/   Today's guest: Jim Seumanu from New Zealand      

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 grabbed by the podcast team:   Jim introduces himself as well as the community, jokingly referring to this segment as a “Jim-fomercial!”   Coach Robin Joy discusses the Kick Start bootcamp - for less than $40 new sellers (have to be PAC members) receive 4 group coaching sessions and access to a private Facebook group that will help new sellers get set up quickly and send their 1st product into Amazon FBA! (silentjim.com/kickstart for more info)      Coach Brian Olsen talks about the Replens accelerated workshop, which is happening May 21-22, 2024 (right before The Proven Conference!). More info can be found at provenamazoncourse.com/100 and theprovenconference.com.     The guest shares an encouraging update on her business, which Jim says is “proof of concept!” silentjim.com/bookacall for more info on the coaching program.     Coaches Brian and Robin Joy Olsen discuss category and brand restrictions for new sellers, as well as ungating. They also recommend Podcast #612 - “I STILL can’t find any Amazon replens - someone help!,” which contains information regarding “the 3 step check.”(watch on YouTube rather than the podcast for additional info).   Watch the YouTube version here: https://youtu.be/7SCqsPUjUSE     Jim gives an overview of the Jan 1, 2024 podcast episode on the Amazon influencer program (Podcast #759 - Many are getting big monthly payouts from Amazon for simply uploading short videos to Amazon): 1) anyone can do it 2) doesn’t cost anything 3) involves uploading videos to Amazon 4) if buyers watch them and buy the product as a result, then you get paid a % of the sale.     Jim talks about one of his favorite podcasts of 2023 - #754 - “Fully automated OA REPLENS business doing multiple seven figures.”     Coach Brian Olson talks about avoiding generic listings and any ASINs that have the brand misspelled in the title. He compares finding ASINs to looking for puzzle pieces. Jim recommends new sellers listen to the concepts presented in Podcast episodes #554 - Ignore the Amazon “buy box” more if you want to sell more Amazon REPLENS, #555 - Ten ways to find great REPLENSto sell on Amazon and #612 - I STILL can’t find any Amazon replens - someone help!    Coach Brian answers a question regarding an ASIN with 1 FBA seller vs 20 FBM sellers - and proposes some ideas why the FBM sales are happening much more frequently.   Show note LINKS:   https://silentjim.com/podcast - epsiodes recommended for further learning #554. 555, 612, 754, 759 - buy box, repens, ways to find replens, can't find replens, Amazon influencer course   https://silentjim.com/thesystem - the software being used to run a $3million REPLENS business on autopilot is now available for all!   Get a free business growth consulting session with an e-commerce consultant on our coaching team. Grab a slot on our calendar at https://SilentJim.com/bookacall

Today's provenamazoncourse.com success story interview is with a dad who works full-time but still squeezes in a few hours per week and has built an amazing business selling REPLENS and branded bundles.   In his own words, "great inventory is everywhere once you understand the system".   He started with selling used books, but quickly realized that was a grind he had little time to commit to. Once he got into REPLENS and then soon afterwards studied bundles, things took off!   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:   Get a free business growth consulting session with an e-commerce consultant on our coaching team. Grab a slot on our calendar at https://SilentJim.com/bookacall   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 - May 2024 in Orlando FL - tickets on sale soon - register for notification!   ProvenBrandedBundles.com - The leading course about creating branded bundles on Amazon the way Jonathan discusses in this episode. This full course will be added to the PROVENAMAZONCOURSE.COM collection of modules in early 2024!   The used book selling course Jim referenced: provenamazoncourse.com/safebookprofits   What is the "TA" tool that Jonathan mentioned? That's "Tactical Arbitrage" - we teach our strategies for using TA in the OASimplified.com module which is included in the provenamazoncourse.com comprehensive collection of training modules. Learn more about TA at https://SilentJim.com/TA   We removed the moment where Jonathan revealed the exact sale price of his ASIN to help prevent any potential competition on his ASINs   Today's guest: Jonathan Barnhisel  

The podcast discusses the REPLENS model as the lowest risk and highest odds of success Amazon seller strategy. They compare it to other strategies such as private label and wholesale. Special guest Jeff Schick talks about Amazon suspensions. The chapter on evaluating the Amazon business opportunity introduces the 'low, low, high' evaluation method. Pros and cons of selling on Amazon are discussed. The Kickstarter book camp and different models of selling on Amazon are explored. The importance of legitimate sources and protecting accounts is highlighted.