Silent Sales Machine Radio

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 compiled by the podcast team:   Jim opens the Facebook Live session with some general introductory comments before he dives into answering listeners’ questions!    Jim reminds the listeners that we make our money when we buy our inventory! It’s essential to make good buying decisions! REMEMBER: we are looking for test worthy ASINs, not “winning products!”    A listener wants to know if it is possible to start your business with no money to invest!? Jim says YES, definitely! Podcast episode #369 will help sellers learn Keepa in order to make good buying decisions!    A new seller asks Jim about creating new listings and how to go about hopping on existing listings! Jim clarifies some misconceptions about the Amazon forums!    Jim discusses how nothing is “typical” when it comes to starting a business! But he does emphasize that for people who are really willing to work hard, there are many success stories! Proof of concept can come quickly with the replens model!    Coach Robin Joy gives some Q4 tips for sellers and also highly recommends the Kick Start Boot Camp for new PAC members! It’s a great way to get your Amazon business up and running!    Jim reminds new sellers of some very important tips to remember! 1) Do not set up new listings, 2) Do not do the private label method to start, and 3) do not do pay per click (PPC)! Rather, the goal is to look for and identify underserved listings to sell on!    John is saying "congrats on the upcoming 10 year anniversary…” Jim talks about the upcoming 10 year anniversary of the My Silent Team Facebook page and the incredible success the group has seen over the years!    Jim issues a warning to new sellers that Private Label is NOT the place to start! Our community has seen many sellers find us after losing a lot of money starting with PL!    Jim answers the listener’s question in providing guidance where to start as a new seller: In the PAC, there is a “Getting started” section that will lead you to Amazon 101, Keepa, and the RA Replenishable course. Coaching is also an option as well - silentjim.com/coaching    Jim likes to look for 1) underserved listings with fewer sellers (5-7 sellers, 30-40 drops/month) and 2) anything that is dropping more than 40-50 times per month (regardless of how many sellers). Podcast episode #554 is a great listen about pricing your items and ignoring the buy box!   Jim recommends the oasimplified.com course for help with sourcing. Additionally, https://provenbotsourcing.com is a system for scraping websites to help find test worthy ASINs    Jim talks about doing RA via wholesale sourcing! Podcast #369 for more information on Keepa - this is essential! More information is coming regarding a wholesale mastermind group!    Show note LINKS: Stay in touch! Text the phrase "SilentJim" to 507-800-0090 to stay up to date on our latest FREE training events and other important updates! Opt-out any time of course! Emall and Facebook are so unreliable - we'd hate to lose touch with you!   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!   JimCockrumCoaching.com - Get a free session with a business consultant on our team at 1-800-994-1792 / 1-801-693-1688 or TEXT US at 385-284-7701 (US & Canada only for Text)  ALL of our coaches are running very successful businesses of their own based on the models we teach here! We’ve been setting the standard for excellence in e-commerce and Amazon seller coaching since 2002 with over 7,000 students served! Hundreds of our successful, happy students have been interviewed on our podcast!   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!   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!   SilentJim.com/updates - get an alert on your smartphone each time we have a new podcast episode or free training event! 

There are many ways to go wrong when you are starting out your Amazon business building journey.   A few examples: >Going all in on a private label brand leads to extreme disappointment about 95% of the time >Buying from sources that aren't legit (closeouts, liquidations, "done for you models", warehouses that do the buying for you etc) These can all lead to sudden death for your account >Going too deep to fast on what you think is great inventory ...the list is long and we've seen it all.   There are also some great lessons you can learn along as you grow. Not all "mistake money" needs to be high risk!   That's the topic of today's new "Coaches Corner" podcast episode.   A big reason we strongly suggest new students start with the ProvenAmazonCourse.com course (only $39/month) is because the training has a proven track record of getting our students real results. There are 100s of great interviews on our podcast with those students if you'd like to hear some of them!   Special guest at the conclusion of today's show, Jeff Schick of https://JeffSchick.com answers the question: What should a seller do when I get an IP complaint   Watch this episode on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/WeguNGIuqac   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! If you live outside of the US or Canada please email support@silentsalesmachine.com for a copy!   TheProvenConference.com/virtual2023 - Our Oct 4-6 virtual event for online sellers. FREE for provenamazoncourse.com and coaching students! See site for details!   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!   JimCockrumCoaching.com - Get a free session with a business consultant on our team at 1-800-994-1792 / 1-801-693-1688 or TEXT US at 385-284-7701 (US & Canada only for Text)  ALL of our coaches are running very successful businesses of their own based on the models we teach here! We’ve been setting the standard for excellence in e-commerce and Amazon seller coaching since 2002 with over 7,000 students served! Hundreds of our successful, happy students have been interviewed on our podcast!   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! It's not too early to plan! TheProvenConference.com/orlando/    

It's a rare occasion when an Amazon executive sits down with an Amazon podcaster to do an interview addressing sellers. To my knowledge, today is quite possibly an industry first!   It was truly and honor to be honest.   Claire O'donnell is the director of Seller Partner Empowerment and "Communities & Trust" at Amazon. She's has about 700 employees in her organization at Amazon who are all in "seller facing" positions - meaning they are focused on building connections and trust with sellers like you and me - in other words, provenamazoncourse.com students.   Her teams manage things like the Account Health Dashboard, the Seller Support Team, the Seller Forums and the Amazon Accelerate event which was attended recently by 2,500 of your fellow sellers from around the world in Seattle. We were there and had the honor of interviewing Claire for a few minutes during her busy schedule as the primary host of the incredible event.   Perhaps the biggest win for us at the event (and for you as well) is that we continue to build great relationships with seller facing personalities at Amazon - and that helps us stay better in tune with the true opportunities that Amazon represents for all of us.   While we had scheduled 30 minutes with Claire, her schedule was understandably shortened due to the tight schedule of the Amazon Accelerate event, but we did get in some solid questions and this is a great step in the direction of building solid relationships on both sides of the Amazon/seller aisle.   Watch this episode on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/ePn78xDzEr0   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! If you live outside of the US or Canada please email support@silentsalesmachine.com for a copy!   TheProvenConference.com/virtual2023 - Our Oct 4-6 virtual event for online sellers. FREE for provenamazoncourse.com and coaching students! See site for details!   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!   JimCockrumCoaching.com - Get a free session with a business consultant on our team at 1-800-994-1792 / 1-801-693-1688 or TEXT US at 385-284-7701 (US & Canada only for Text)  ALL of our coaches are running very successful businesses of their own based on the models we teach here! We’ve been setting the standard for excellence in e-commerce and Amazon seller coaching since 2002 with over 7,000 students served! Hundreds of our successful, happy students have been interviewed on our podcast!   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!    

  Show note LINKS JimCockrumCoaching.com - Get a free session with a business consultant on our team at 1-800-994-1792 / 1-801-693-1688 or TEXT US at 385-284-7701 (US & Canada only for Text)  ALL of our coaches are running very successful businesses of their own based on the models we teach here! We’ve been setting the standard for excellence in e-commerce and Amazon seller coaching since 2002 with over 7,000 students served! Hundreds of our successful, happy students have been interviewed on our podcast!   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!   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! Contact Support@SilentSalesMachine.com for details especially if you are a PAC student.   ProvenBrandedBundles.com - Learn to set up ASIN's (listings on Amazon) that belong ONLY to you and contain recognized, popular brand names! This all new training for FALL of 2023 is finally being released to the public after helping many of our top coaching students achieve multips six figures in sales PER MONTH on their branded bundles!   https://silentjim.com/podcast - episode 554 Ignore the Amazon “buy box” more if you want to sell more Amazon replens   SilentJim.com/updates - get an alert on your smartphone each time we have a new podcast episode or free training event!    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.   Questions and comments:   Jim gives an overview of the My Silent Team team and community and how we are all here to help one another - it's the abundance vs scarcity approach!    Jim discusses creating multipacks and warns against new sellers doing this. HIs recommendation instead is to do the Amazon 101 course in PAC, the Replenishable model and then the Kick Start Bootcamp.   A listener asks Jim about his Bitcoin talk at the conference, which was not recorded due to A/V issues, however, Jim recommends a book called The Bitcoin Standard (by Saifedean Ammous) and has also recorded a Biblical defense of Bitcoin. Silentjim.com/BB to watch a video   Robin Joy and Jim talk about Replens and the 4th quarter! If sellers have taken a break from selling toys, now is a great time to revisit them now that many of the safety certificates have been submitted   A new seller asks Jim to elaborate on what the following terms mean: RA (retail arbitrage) and Replens (the model). He also asks Jim to discuss FBA vs FBM and which is recommended   Jim discusses the process of getting ungated and mentions categories that are good for new sellers to start with. Also, in the MST Facebook group, the hourglass icon at the top right corner of the page can be used to search for “ungated” or “ungating” for many posts discussing this further   Jim discusses how a toy can be a replen and the importance of reading Keepa to determine if it is a good ASIN to sell on. Podcast Episode #369 for additional Keepa training   Jim reassures the listeners that it does not need to be a big deal when Amazon changes their policies because it happens with frequency. Sellers just need to be ready to pivot, roll with the changes   A seller outside the US asks Jim if the Kick Start Bootcamp is helpful for those who sell from outside the US and use a prep center. Jim explains what it means to sell on underserved ASINs and how to identify those with Keepa. Jim prefers to use the phrase “test worthy ASIN!”  

Today we meet a seven figure Amazon seller who has built her dream business around her core mission. She wanted to have a business that employed special needs and physically challenged adults- giving them the dignity of work while building a profitable business serving happy customers... and she's done it with BRANDED BUNDLES (the same way we teach it in the ProvenBrandedBundles.com course!)   Check this out - one of her best workers assembling her bundles is legally blind, but he is a top performer making invaluable contributions!   I LOVE working with and learning from Business Building Warriors like today's guest Kim Shanahan! You're going to love this episode!   This episode is sponsored by https://humnbird.com - They help sellers get established on Amazon.com (sell in the US from anywhere in the world) They specialize in everything from Intellectual Property, Trademarks, Patents, Corporation Setup to Branding, Design and Marketing. We recommend their affordable systems and solutions giving you everything you need for your wholesale and private label business even overseas! Watch our interview on this YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/Z_fE6QgP-DI   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! If you live outside of the US or Canada please email support@silentsalesmachine.com for a copy!   ProvenBrandedBundles.com - Learn to set up ASIN's (listings on Amazon) that belong ONLY to you and contain recognized, popular brand names! This all new training for FALL of 2023 is finally being released to the public after helping many of our top coaching students achieve multips six figures in sales PER MONTH on their branded bundles!   TheProvenConference.com/virtual2023 - Our Oct 4-6 virtual event for online sellers. FREE for provenamazoncourse.com and coaching students! See site for details!   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!   JimCockrumCoaching.com - Get a free session with a business consultant on our team at 1-800-994-1792 / 1-801-693-1688 or TEXT US at 385-284-7701 (US & Canada only for Text)  ALL of our coaches are running very successful businesses of their own based on the models we teach here! We’ve been setting the standard for excellence in e-commerce and Amazon seller coaching since 2002 with over 7,000 students served! Hundreds of our successful, happy students have been interviewed on our podcast!   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!   https://giftsfulfilled.com - Kim's business website!   Guest: Kim Shanahan

Having a balanced book of business on Amazon means having stability. How can this be achieved? That's the topic we discuss today!   It'll take some work at first and it will be hard before it's easy, but this is the necessary path every true Business Building Warrior must go down!   We also announce our upcoming Virtual Conference to help kick off the fourth quarter! Unlike past years, we are offering our Q4 training at NO COST to our PROVENAMAZONCOURSE.COM and coaching students! Come join us! Details are at TheProvenConference.com - the virtual event goes down Oct 4-6th!   Hope to see you there!   Special guest at the conclusion of today's show, Jeff Schick of JeffSchick.com answers the question: "What are the odds of a permanent suspension if I sell on Amazon using the REPLENS strategies or other strategies taught in the ProvenAmazonCourse.com course?"   Watch this episode on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/aKfAzIrpPN8   Show note LINKS:   https://TheProvenConference.com - Details on our upcoming VIRTUAL conference OCT 4-6, 2023 as well as our May 2024 event in Orlando   https://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! Please email support if you live outside of the US to get your book. support@silentsalesmachine.com   JimCockrumCoaching.com - Get a free session with a business consultant on our team at 1-800-994-1792 / 1-801-693-1688 or TEXT US at 385-284-7701 (US & Canada only for Text)  ALL of our coaches are running very successful businesses of their own based on the models we teach here!   My Silent Team Facebook group. 100% FREE! https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam Join 70,000 + 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!        

Amazon recently hosted 2,500+ sellers at their Seattle headquarters and we were honored to be invited to attend at no charge as "media". I think they wanted us there because of the popularity/influence of our podcast, but regardless - it was a huge honor to attend at no charge!   On this episode Nathan Bailey (my 20 year coaching director) and I discussed the event, what we learned and make some observations about what we think the future holds for Amazon sellers.   We also discuss a bit of what's in store for those who attend our upcoming VIRTUAL conference designed to help you take full advantage of the opportunities that come with the fourth quarter - the busiest shopping season of the year online! Did I mention is FREE for all provenamazoncourse.com and coaching students! Get details at TheProvenConference.com/virtual2023   Watch this episode on our YouTube channel https://youtu.be/z3jhT5QPjCA   Show note LINKS:   https://ProvenBrandedBundles.com has launched! Visit the page for details on discounts for PAC and coaching students!    https://amazonaccelerate.com - visit their page to see what all of the fun was and then visit Amazon's library to view the past event https://sell.amazon.com/events    https://humnbird.com - They help sellers get established on Amazon.com (sell in the US from anywhere in the world) They specialize in everything from Intellectual Property, Trademarks, Patents, Corporation Setup to Branding, Design and Marketing. We recommend their affordable systems and solutions giving you everything you need for your wholesale and private label business even overseas!    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!    https://SilentJim.com/updates Get an alert on your smartphone each time we have a new podcast episode or free training event!    My Silent Team Facebook group. 100% FREE! https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam 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!   Don't forget to check out sellerboard, our awesome sponsor - 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 

In this segment, you'll hear a bunch of great highlights from a previous episode. A few nuggets include tenacity and keeping at it, putting the pieces in place with the right mindset and what is a sustainable business model. Listen to the full episode - Episode 653: Branded bundles on Amazon have changed her life at https://silentjim.com   Highlights: The guest shares how she’s always wanted to be an entrepreneur and during Covid, she came upon the Amazon opportunity which was low risk so she was highly interested!   The guest shares how she initially did the Replens module in The Proven Amazon Course  (using RA and OA to source inventory) and then started creating her own bundles. She loved the creativity and joy involved in creating her own listings.   Jim discusses the scarcity vs abundance approach that our group takes and how we are here to help each other rather than viewing one another as competitors!   The guest discusses how Amazon recommends items that buyers tend to buy together and she used that as the basis for creating bundles. They also discuss the importance of being able to pivot as an entrepreneur when things with Amazon change.   Jim and the guest discuss how her replen journey has morphed into bundles but the foundation for her creative bundles are replens!   The guest discusses A+ content and adding videos to her bundles and talks about her decision to become a coach on Jim’s team!   The guest shares the incredible numbers that she is bringing in with her bundles! She and Jim also discuss using VA’s to help outsource some of her business   She talks about systems and processes that have been so incredibly helpful for her business to help avoid “holes in the bucket.”Jim also mentions a tool called Sellerboard at silentjim.com/numbers that can be helpful for business!     Show notes LINKS:   Stay in touch! Text the phrase "SilentJim" to 507-800-0090 to stay up to date on our latest FREE training events and other important updates! Opt-out any time of course! Email and Facebook are so unreliable - we'd hate to lose touch with you!   Don't forget to check out sellerboard, our awesome sponsor - 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    https://humnbird.com - They help sellers get established on Amazon.com (sell in the US from anywhere in the world) They specialize in everything from Intellectual Property, Trademarks, Patents, Corporation Setup to Branding, Design and Marketing. We recommend their affordable systems and solutions giving you everything you need for your wholesale and private label business even overseas!     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!   JimCockrumCoaching.com - Get a free session with a business consultant on our team at 1-800-994-1792 / 1-801-693-1688 or TEXT US at 385-284-7701 (US & Canada only for Text)  ALL of our coaches are running very successful businesses of their own based on the models we teach here! We’ve been setting the standard for excellence in e-commerce and Amazon seller coaching since 2002 with over 7,000 students served! Hundreds of our successful, happy students have been interviewed on our podcast!   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!   ProvenBrandBuilding.com - Free inside the ProvenAmazonCourse collection of content. Learn to create unique bundles and multi-packs using NAME BRANDS and put them in your OWN BOX for a unique selling advantage on Amazon. Included in the PAC!     SilentJim.com/updates - get an alert on your smartphone each time we have a new podcast episode or free training event!    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 

There are a few practical and mindset shifts that will give you a HUGE advantage in business. If you pair these lessons with Ecommerce, you become virtually unstoppable. These lessons have been learned over 20 years of teaching 1,000s of students. The patterns are undeniable.   On today's episode I discuss: -Why ecommerce is different than traditional business -Your opinion on "profit" REALLY matters -Why multiple income streams matters and how to make it happen while staying sane -The necessary relationships you MUST pursue -How using your VOICE gives you a huge advantage -A strategy for making sure you stay "on the cutting edge" without wasting time on useless info   The goal of this episode is simple - ensure you gain an almost UNFAIR advantage with these simple to understand and time tested truths. We also have an upcoming VIRTUAL CONFERENCE in early Oct! Get details at TheProvenConference.com It's free for provenamazoncourse.com and JimCockrumCoaching.com students! Watch this episode on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/Zm4sLXLPOGk   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   Also, sponsored by eCom Balance - https://jimc.biz/keeper Our recommended book keeping company. Get two months free using the above link!   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!   My Silent Team Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam 100% FREE! Join 70,000 + 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!   JimCockrumCoaching.com - Get a free session with a business consultant on our team at 1-800-994-1792 / 1-801-693-1688 or TEXT US at 385-284-7701 (US & Canada only for Text)  ALL of our coaches are running very successful businesses of their own based on the models we teach here!   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! It's not too early to plan! TheProvenConference.com/orlando/        

In this segment, you'll hear a bunch of great highlights, but a few nuggets are what are the essential tools to get started, an inside look at sourcing and why the "why" is important.   You can hear the full episode at https://silentjim.com/podcast Episode #613 - Four months into AZ Replens and these lifelong friends are seeing exciting results     HIghlight notes:   The guests talk about starting their Amazon selling and discuss The My SIlent Team facebook page, The Proven Amazon course (PAC), Keepa, coaching and how they got up and running! Jim also mentions that he is more interested in hearing about the trajectory of someone’s business and validation of the concept rather than the actual numbers per se   The guests discuss their sourcing methods - OA (online arbitrage) and RA (retail arbitrage), using Tactical Arbitrage (TA), and how important spreadsheets are for their business   Jim discusses Oasimplified.com, which is a module inside the PAC, that teaches how to use TA as a tool to find replens   Jim discusses the guests’ ROI and profit margin as they get off to a great start! “The more you know, the more you grow!” is the guests’ motto. Jim also discusses “the why” behind all the teaching that he and his team do!   Jim asks the guests to talk about the “bad decisions” they’ve made, which in reality, are minimal when doing the replens model! Jim also takes the opportunity to mention some things that friends should consider when going into business together, as these guests have done   The guests mention some tips for newer sellers - 1) stay positive (mindset) 2) have determination 3) know your why and your goals. Jim also mentions the Provenproductpartnering.com course (in the PAC), which teaches how to partner with brands to get them on Amazon   Jim emphasizes that mindset and relationships are critical building blocks for your business! Jim also reminds the listeners that there are only 3 things you need to get started: Amazon selling account, Keepa and the Proven Amazon Course. The Kick Start course, which is available to new PAC members, is a great way to get your business off to a great start!   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!   My Silent Team Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam 100% FREE! Join 70,000 + 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!   JimCockrumCoaching.com - Get a free session with a business consultant on our team at 1-800-994-1792 / 1-801-693-1688 or TEXT US at 385-284-7701 (US & Canada only for Text)  ALL of our coaches are running very successful businesses of their own based on the models we teach here!   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! OA Simplified is included in PAC!   Come meet your fellow listeners to this podcast, dozens of our coaches and hundreds of business building warriors at our live event in May! It's not too early to plan! TheProvenConference.com/orlando/   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! Contact Support@SilentSalesMachine.com for details especially if you are a PAC student.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!