

Silent Sales Machine Radio
Jim Cockrum
Voted the #1 podcast for Amazon sellers in late 2024! Still the ONLY Amazon seller podcast that features 100's of RECENT, REAL stories and strategies for Amazon FBA sellers around the world!
Welcome to the most listened to and success filled Amazon/Walmart/eBay seller podcast on the web! This is the official podcast of the ProvenAmazonCourse.com course.
Inside the free 78,000+ member Facebook group for fans of the show (SilentJim.com has a link) you'll MEET and INTERACT with an amazing community that uses the strategies taught on this show to grow incredible businesses.
This show features "real people" from all walks of life who pull back the curtain on the struggles, victories and strategies that come with WORKING HARD to build a beautiful business online.
Nothing worth having comes easy, but prepare to be inspired by those who are charting a course towards building an amazing business online.
The hundreds of featured guests on the show are ProvenAmazonCourse.com students as well as some of the 7,000+ coaching students from our Ecommerce coaching program that's been operating with a great reputation since 2003.
The host, Jim Cockrum (SilentJim.com) has had a reputation as one of the most credible sources of eCommerce strategy advice to be found since 1999.
Bottom line:
Regardless of experience level, you'll learn proven online business strategies on this show and become an Amazon selling NINJA!
This show applies timeless, proven strategies to modern eCommerce challenges. This podcast is for anyone who is looking to build or start an online business the RIGHT way with advice from one of the most trusted names in online marketing.
With over 6.3 million downloads on iTunes heading into 2025, you've found the right place to launch and grow the online business of your dreams.
NOTE: This show and related content are not related to or endorsed by Amazon.com, nor are the success stories you'll hear representative of typical or average results you can expect. Results discussed are provided for demonstration of what is possible, but are not intended to imply that you'll achieve similar results or any results.
Welcome to the most listened to and success filled Amazon/Walmart/eBay seller podcast on the web! This is the official podcast of the ProvenAmazonCourse.com course.
Inside the free 78,000+ member Facebook group for fans of the show (SilentJim.com has a link) you'll MEET and INTERACT with an amazing community that uses the strategies taught on this show to grow incredible businesses.
This show features "real people" from all walks of life who pull back the curtain on the struggles, victories and strategies that come with WORKING HARD to build a beautiful business online.
Nothing worth having comes easy, but prepare to be inspired by those who are charting a course towards building an amazing business online.
The hundreds of featured guests on the show are ProvenAmazonCourse.com students as well as some of the 7,000+ coaching students from our Ecommerce coaching program that's been operating with a great reputation since 2003.
The host, Jim Cockrum (SilentJim.com) has had a reputation as one of the most credible sources of eCommerce strategy advice to be found since 1999.
Bottom line:
Regardless of experience level, you'll learn proven online business strategies on this show and become an Amazon selling NINJA!
This show applies timeless, proven strategies to modern eCommerce challenges. This podcast is for anyone who is looking to build or start an online business the RIGHT way with advice from one of the most trusted names in online marketing.
With over 6.3 million downloads on iTunes heading into 2025, you've found the right place to launch and grow the online business of your dreams.
NOTE: This show and related content are not related to or endorsed by Amazon.com, nor are the success stories you'll hear representative of typical or average results you can expect. Results discussed are provided for demonstration of what is possible, but are not intended to imply that you'll achieve similar results or any results.
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Apr 7, 2022 • 1h 7min
#456: Pastor's wife sells $400K/yr while living a flexible lifestyle
Can you sell an item alongside 125 other sellers and still make a profit? Today's guest is a ProvenAmazonCourse.com student who did just that and sold hundreds of units weekly! In fact she sold about $400K last year at healthy margins! She's also a JimCockrumCoaching.com coaching student who has been in full-time ministry for about 25 years with her husband and also homeschools their kids. Before she joined our community and began listening to our podcast, she sold only on eBay until Spring of 2020 when her yard sale sourcing strategies stopped being possible (because of covid). That's when she jumped into the Amazon strategies we teach in the PAC. She's a huge fan of coaching as well as investing in yourself. Today's guest, Susan Gilbert Also note, Susan has now officially joined our coaching team since the time of this recording! Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/F0c_ac29cnI Check out our sponsor: 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: Proven Amazon Course - https://ProvenAmazonCourse.com - Are you ready to be successful selling on Amazon? It's time to get instant access to the most widely used, most up to date, most creative and industry leading course in the "Learn to sell on Amazon" space. You'll find hundreds of recent success stories in our Free Facebook group from Amazon sellers using all manner of creative strategies from our ridiculously inexpensive yet powerful course! ProvenReplensVA.com - We can help you find a VA who is trained in our "Replen Hunting" strategies! Visit this website to learn more! 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) My Silent Team Facebook group -https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam 100% FREE! Join 62,000 + 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 Keepa - https://get.keepa.com/ede41 -The service we use to help interpret all of the selling data. Keepa is discussed in depth on episode 369 at https://silentjim.com/podcast SilentJim.com/updates - get an alert on your smartphone each time we have a new podcast episode!

Apr 6, 2022 • 39min
#455: Avoid these four traps and you'll earn far more on Amazon and in E-commerce
Now that we have 20 years under our belt in the "Ecommerce education" arena, we can speak with a lot of authority about the big traps we've seen unsuspecting entrepreneurs fall into. Avoiding these common traps not only keeps you afloat, it puts more cash in your pocket! The four most common traps are: Using the wrong tools and ignoring trends, taking unnecessary risks, neglecting vital relationships, and lack of focus. By paying attention to these four areas, you become unstoppable in E-commerce. Let's talk about it! Show note LINKS: TheProvenConference.com - date August 12-14th in Louisville KY Proven Amazon Course - https://ProvenAmazonCourse.com - Are you ready to be successful selling on Amazon? It's time to get instant access to the most widely used, most up to date, most creative and industry leading course in the "Learn to sell on Amazon" space. You'll find hundreds of recent success stories in our Free Facebook group from Amazon sellers using all manner of creative strategies from our ridiculously inexpensive yet powerful course! ProvenReplensVA.com - We can help you find a VA who is trained in our "Replen Hunting" strategies! Visit this website to learn more! 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) My Silent Team Facebook group -https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam 100% FREE! Join 62,000 + 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 SilentJim.com/updates - get an alert on your smartphone each time we have a new podcast episode!

Apr 4, 2022 • 50min
#454: A transparent conversation with a multiple income stream business building warrior
Today's student guest struggled with his private label brand on Amazon initially, and just when he got some momentum, covid struck and he nearly went bankrupt. He's slowly made a comeback though, and his 2022 goals is to sell over $3million in his online businesses! This is a multiple income stream episode that dives deep into several important topics. We think you'll enjoy the transparency, struggles, triumphs and insights on this episode. Today's guest: Jason Hseih Watch this episode on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/qo8M2aYyOsg Show note LINKS: Jason's website - https://lakikid.com/ Proven Amazon Course - https://ProvenAmazonCourse.com - Are you ready to be successful selling on Amazon? It's time to get instant access to the most widely used, most up to date, most creative and industry leading course in the "Learn to sell on Amazon" space. You'll find hundreds of recent success stories in our Free Facebook group from Amazon sellers using all manner of creative strategies from our ridiculously inexpensive yet powerful course! ProvenReplensVA.com - We can help you find a VA who is trained in our "Replen Hunting" strategies! Visit this website to learn more! 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) My Silent Team Facebook group -https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam 100% FREE! Join 62,000 + 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 SilentJim.com/updates - get an alert on your smartphone each time we have a new podcast episode!

Mar 30, 2022 • 13min
#453: Stop looking for products & keywords if you want to win big as an Amazon seller
We've coached 7,000 students over the past 18 years, and we have hundreds of recent success stories among our Amazon seller students. Virtually all of the most recently successful students have a few things in common (besides our ProvenAmazonCourse.com training of course). They ARE NOT looking for "keywords" and they are not looking for "profitable products". This may seem strange, but I explain our unique and VERY proven system in this episode. It's quite simple actually and it's helping our students succeed on Amazon in greater numbers than ever before. Enjoy this "mini-episode" that will get you focused on the right Amazon opportunity for you! Show note LINKS: The 20 minute video that shows you how simple it can be to find replens right on Amazon.com: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam/posts/4744071185708954 Proven Amazon Course - https://ProvenAmazonCourse.com - Are you ready to be successful selling on Amazon? It's time to get instant access to the most widely used, most up to date, most creative and industry leading course in the "Learn to sell on Amazon" space. You'll find hundreds of recent success stories in our Free Facebook group from Amazon sellers using all manner of creative strategies from our ridiculously inexpensive yet powerful course! TheProvenConference.com - date August 12-14th in 'MID-WEST USA' ProvenReplensVA.com - We can help you find a VA who is trained in our "Replen Hunting" strategies! Visit this website to learn more! 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) My Silent Team Facebook group -https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam 100% FREE! Join 62,000 + 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 SilentJim.com/updates - get an alert on your smartphone each time we have a new podcast episode!

Mar 28, 2022 • 59min
#452: Using virtual assistant and OA to build a $500K+ Amazon business
Today's guest had almost no computer experience and no ecommerce experience before becoming a student of the ProvenAmazonCourse.com course. She's finding more profitable products than she can keep up with using our strategies! She's built a beautiful business and is on track to do between $500,000-$600,000 in sales this year with a small team. She works about 5-6 hours daily because she wants to, but her business is nearly fully automated. She sold nearly $350K at great margins her first full year. She shares all the details of her journey including how she finds products, how she eliminated risk almost entirely, what strategy she uses (she loves the Replens model taught in our course), and her amazing Virtual Assistant (VA) that she hired from our pool of trained VA's (see ProvenReplensVA.com). Today's guest: Geri Shelton Check out our sponsor for this episode. https://goaura.com/jim Are you ready to maximize your time in the Amazon Buy Box? Get on your way to winning the Buy Box and increasing your sales by joining the Aura repricer team. They'll be there to help every step of the way. Don't forget the SSMR exclusive discount code (must be caps) — SILENTRADIO Watch today's episode on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/Si0T8JP_rK4 Show note LINKS: Proven Amazon Course - https://ProvenAmazonCourse.com - Are you ready to be successful selling on Amazon? It's time to get instant access to the most widely used, most up to date, most creative and industry leading course in the "Learn to sell on Amazon" space. You'll find hundreds of recent success stories in our Free Facebook group from Amazon sellers using all manner of creative strategies from our ridiculously inexpensive yet powerful course! 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) My Silent Team Facebook group -https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam 100% FREE! Join 62,000 + 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 ProvenReplensVA.com - We can help you find a VA who is trained in our "Replen Hunting" strategies! Visit this website to learn more! ProvenBrandBuilding.com - PAC students get in for only $29, or wait a couple months and it will be free inside the ProvenAmazonCourse collection of content. Free for our coaching students. 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. SilentJim.com/updates - get an alert on your smartphone each time we have a new podcast episode!

Mar 24, 2022 • 1h 14min
#451: Fully outsourced Amazon replens business builders moving into brand building
Today we meet a married couple who have an incredible Amazon business story! They started out as ProvenAmazonCourse.com students and now our coaching team has grown with both of them now on board as coaches! They have a fully outsourced Amazon business model - meaning they aren't doing any packing or shopping themselves. It's pretty incredible. Better yet, they have a system that they've devised (using keepa in a creative way) to generate lists of sourceable REPLEN inventory ideas anytime they want to! They have an amazing income stream from Amazon that's nearly fully automated. It's a healthy mid-six figures business with approx a 20% net margin. Today's guests: Brian and Robin Olson Check out this episode sponsor - Payoneer.com. Skip the credit checks and learn more about bringing your eCommerce vision to life by visiting https://Payoneer.com/funding. Our podcast listeners get a special 10% fee rebate on their first offer! Watch this episode on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/4YYy9f_Yic0 Show note LINKS: SilentJim.com/KeepaList- Brian's new course that shows you exactly how to use keepa to generate lists of profitable inventory with a predictable and methodical strategy. ProvenAmazonCourse.com- the only course you'll ever need. Includes all Amazon training modules that we'll ever create (and all the ones we've ever created) ProvenBrandBuilding.com - PAC students get in for only $29, or wait a couple months and it will be free inside the ProvenAmazonCourse collection of content. Free for our coaching students. 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. TheProvenConference.com - date August 12-14th in 'MID-WEST USA' The Olson's were on the podcast for the first time in episode 297. Go back and hear where they started! https://silentjim.com/podcast SilentJim.com/updates - get an alert on your smartphone each time we have a new podcast episode! ProvenReplensVA.com - We can help you find a VA who is trained in our "Replen Hunting" strategies! Visit this website to learn more! JimCockrumCoaching.com - our world class coaching program. Since 2004 we've coached over 7,000 students in ecommerce. Our current student list includes many who started with nothing and build amazing businesses! Hear dozens of their stories on earlier episodes of this podcast! 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)

Mar 23, 2022 • 34min
#450: What can I sell successfully? The ONE question you need to ask.
Imagine if there was a college that paid you to learn a valuable skill that was in high demand and would pay you well, and at the end of the course you were assigned someone who did all the work for you. Your job? Manage the business. Today's episode discusses the most important questions you can ask yourself about launching and growing a business including the vital question: "What am I going to sell?" This episode shares the best answer I've ever heard to that exact question, and I also share the evidence. FInally, I tell you how you can have a business model that is like the college course I described above. Check out our sponsor for this episode. https://goaura.com/jim Are you ready to maximize your time in the Amazon Buy Box? Get on your way to winning the Buy Box and increasing your sales by joining the Aura repricer team. They'll be there to help every step of the way. Don't forget the SSMR exclusive discount code (must be caps) — SILENTRADIO Show note LINKS: https://replenwholesaleworkshop.com/ - visit a multimillion dollar replens / wholesale operation near Phoenix AZ. ProvenReplensVA.com - We can help you find a VA who is trained in our "Replen Hunting" strategies! Visit this website to learn more! TheProvenConference.com - our next live event will be mid August 2022. This website will update with details as the event gets closer. Proven Amazon Course - https://ProvenAmazonCourse.com - Are you ready to be successful selling on Amazon? It's time to get instant access to the most widely used, most up to date, most creative and industry leading course in the "Learn to sell on Amazon" space. You'll find hundreds of recent success stories in our Free Facebook group from Amazon sellers using all manner of creative strategies from our ridiculously inexpensive yet powerful course! 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) My Silent Team Facebook group -https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam 100% FREE! Join 62,000 + 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 Keepa.com - https://get.keepa.com/ede41 -The service we use to help interpret all of the selling data. Keepa is discussed in depth on episode 369 at https://silentjim.com/podcast RevSeller - https://provenamazoncourse.com/revseller -the business tool many of our coaches and students use to analyze and organize business data

Mar 21, 2022 • 1h 17min
#449: Part-time flexible effort nets about $70/hr for this ProvenAmazonCourse.com student
Today's guest has been married for 30 years, has two adult children and she loves her Amazon business! She's a ProvenAmazonCourse.com student and also a big fan of this podcast as well! Last month (the short month of Feb 2022), she sold $27K at a very healthy net margin and she's on a nice upward trajectory working very part-time on her business. She shares several great tips and strategies as well as how she finds so many great products to sell right on store shelves and online. Today's guest: Jaime Manning Check out our sponsor for this episode. https://goaura.com/jim Are you ready to maximize your time in the Amazon Buy Box? Get on your way to winning the Buy Box and increasing your sales by joining the Aura repricer team. They'll be there to help every step of the way. Don't forget the SSMR exclusive discount code (must be caps) — SILENTRADIO Watch this episode on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/nWPIJiZXi_o Show note LINKS: https://replenwholesaleworkshop.com/ - visit a multimillion dollar replens / wholesale operation near Phoenix AZ. TheProvenConference.com - our next live event will be mid August 2022. This website will update with details as the event gets closer. Proven Amazon Course - https://ProvenAmazonCourse.com - Are you ready to be successful selling on Amazon? It's time to get instant access to the most widely used, most up to date, most creative and industry leading course in the "Learn to sell on Amazon" space. You'll find hundreds of recent success stories in our Free Facebook group from Amazon sellers using all manner of creative strategies from our ridiculously inexpensive yet powerful course! 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) My Silent Team Facebook group -https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam 100% FREE! Join 62,000 + 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 Keepa.com - https://get.keepa.com/ede41 -The service we use to help interpret all of the selling data. Keepa is discussed in depth on episode 369 at https://silentjim.com/podcast RevSeller - https://provenamazoncourse.com/revseller -the business tool many of our coaches and students use to analyze and organize business data Humnbird.com - branding services for all of your private label products or bundled products. ProvenBrandBuilding.com- a new module we are adding to the ProvenAmazonCourse.com course soon that’s all about building Amazon bundles that others can’t compete with!

Mar 17, 2022 • 44min
#448: A successful private label seller is jumping into our Replens coaching
Today's guest has built a successful private label brand on Amazon, but it's a seasonal item that doesn't give him the reliable, year round income that he'd like to see. He wants the stability of having a replens business as well. He's a JimCockrumCoaching.com student with an impressive business, but we are helping him scale and diversify his income with our proven system. His goal is to be full-time working from home within a few shorts months as he and his wife are expecting their first child soon! By request, this is an audio only and first name only episode. Today's guest "Tim". Check out this episode sponsor - Payoneer.com. Skip the credit checks and learn more about bringing your eCommerce vision to life by visiting https://Payoneer.com/funding. Our podcast listeners get a special 10% fee rebate on their first offer! Show note LINKS: ProvenAmazonCourse.com -the course that has all the Amazon training you'll ever need for all models, including the Amazon replens model and our unique approach that's produced 100's of recent success stories as heard in recent episodes of this podcast! https://ProvenAmazonCourse.com/replens -the REPLENS course by itself (for those who have some Amazon selling experience already) My Silent Team Facebook group -https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam 100% FREE! Join 62,000 + 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 Humnbird.com - humnbird.com can help you get brand registered on Amazon, get a trademark, get set up as an international seller with a US based corporation, create a logo/brand, get GS1 registered etc. We are quickly establishing ourselves as a leader in the services that Amazon sellers need so often! JimCockrumCoaching.com - our world class coaching program. Since 2004 we've coached over 7,000 students in ecommerce. Our current student list includes many who started with nothing and build amazing businesses! Hear dozens of their stories on earlier episodes of this podcast! 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) SilentJim.com/updates - get an alert on your smartphone each time we have a new podcast episode!

Mar 16, 2022 • 22min
#447: Which is better - A college education or an ecommerce education?
Let's compare getting a college degree to getting an ecommerce education and launching a business online. Which one gives you a flexible lifestyle? Which one gives you a shot at financial independence? Which one is trending towards more relevant? I won't answer these questions for you, but I will make some observations so you can hopefully answer these questions with a new perspective in mind. Did you know that some colleges are using the ProvenAmazonCourse.com course as curriculum for entrepreneurs? Did you know that we have dozens of recent success stories from our students who have left their careers in order to pursue their online dream business? Let's talk about it! I'll be having my wife Andrea on the show soon to discuss her new service to help advise homeschool parents on their education options! Get details at YourHomeschoolAdvisor.com Show note LINKS: ProvenAmazonCourse.com -the course that has all the Amazon training you'll ever need for all models, including the Amazon replens model and our unique approach that's produced 100's of recent success stories as heard in recent episodes of this podcast! JimCockrumCoaching.com - our world class coaching program. Since 2004 we've coached over 7,000 students in ecommerce. Our current student list includes many who started with nothing and build amazing businesses! Hear dozens of their stories on earlier episodes of this podcast! 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) My Silent Team Facebook group -https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam 100% FREE! Join 62,000 + 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 SilentJim.com/updates - get an alert on your smartphone each time we have a new podcast episode!