Winning With Shopify

Kicking off September with a Lightning Episode!Nick is off sick this week and he has lost his voice, so our Production Director, Byron, has stepped in as we didn't want to miss a week!In this episode, Byron is joined by Nathan Hirsch. Nathan is a lifelong entrepreneur and currently the CEO of EcomBalance and Outsource School. Before EcomBalance and Outsource School, Nathan founded FreeUp.net in 2015 with an initial $5,000 investment, scaling it to $12 million in yearly revenue, and having it acquired in 2019!EcomBalance - https://ecombalance.com/This episode is brought to you by Inventory Planner. Start your 14-day free trial now at https://www.inventory-planner.com/trialSupport the show

August is almost a distant memory but it has been a month full of amazing guests!To finish off a great month we are joined by Tom, the Co-founder & CEO of Jebbit and this episode is all about setting up your business for a cookieless world.Nick and Tom dive into what Zero Party Data is, how to make sure your business strives in a cookieless world and much more!Jebbit - https://www.jebbit.com/Support the show

August has been fun!Today, we are joined by Gaurav, Founder & CPO of Avataar Shopify app & other headless ecosystems. In this episode Nick and Gaurav discuss a variety of topics from Customer centricity and the complexity around consumer decisions, to the Global shift in consumer behaviour and the impact on businesses. They delve into Augmented Reality in retail: benefits, use cases, consumer reactions and much more!You can check them and their Shopify app out here - https://www.avataar.ai/Want to get involved in the podcast? Enquire here! https://winningwithshopify.com/Support the show

Make Your First Million on Shopify - Top Tips To Get There Quickly!On this episode, Nick shares his top tips to help you make your first million on Shopify! If you are planning to launch your store or recently launched your store and looking to grow, this is an episode not to be missed. Topics include finding the right products, testing the market, branding, running ads, email marketing and much more! Rising acquisition costs and the return to in-store shopping have eCommerce marketers double-clicking on their retention strategy. Now more than ever, brands need to focus on lifetime value. Yotpo is proud to announce Yotpo Subscriptions on Shopify, making retention easy and affordable for growing brands. Take 8 minutes, or less, to add a recurring revenue channel to your business. Download Yotpo Subscriptions from the Shopify App Store today  apps.shopify.com/yotpo-subscriptionWant to get involved in the podcast? Enquire here! https://winningwithshopify.com/Support the show

This week on the show is a topic we haven’t discussed before and is all about how to manage inventory and stock!We get asked a lot of inventory related questions by the WWS community, so wanted to bring on Charles at EasyScan to share his knowledge on inventory management and 5 ways to make sure your inventory is setup for the long haul!If you are having issues with managing stock and inventory at the moment, this episode is not to be missed!Charles is the Product Manager at EasyScan, and has 5 years of hands-on retail experience, plus 7 years of software development, primarily focused on e-commerce. This has set him up perfectly to Product Manage the best Shopify inventory embedded app on the App Store, EasyScan: SKU and Barcode. EasyScan has an impressive 5/5 stars from over 43 reviews and is the No.1 go to super app for everything fulfilment and inventory management on Shopify.You can check out EasySan here: https://apps.shopify.com/easyscan-inventory-and-orderRising acquisition costs and the return to in-

This week is our final episode of our Subscription series with Recharge. In this episode, our special guest is Lindsay who is the CEO & Founder of Bite. Bite is an incredible plastic-free sustainable business that is scaling rapidly with the subscription model!Lindsay discusses with Nick how the business was started, how the products are created, how she has implemented the subscription model to grow her business and everything that is involved with building a mission-driven brand!If you’re interested in how to build and scale a sustainable and mission-driven business, this episode is not to be missed!You can check them out here: https://bitetoothpastebits.com/Interested in building subscriptions into your business? Check out how can help Recharge here: rechargepayments.comWant to get involved in the podcast? Enquire here! https://winningwithshopify.com/Support the show

For our fourth part of our Subscription series with Recharge, we are joined by Ruoting Sun, VP of Product Marketing at Recharge to discuss the value of subscriptions, building SMS into your business and how to increase customer retention. Also Nick and Ruoting discuss how e-commerce and Shopify’s evolution since the pandemic and predictions of the future e-commerce subscription space.Interested in building subscriptions into your business? Check out how can help Recharge here: rechargepayments.comWant to get involved in the podcast? Enquire here! https://winningwithshopify.com/Support the show

This week we have Stephen Tracy, Founder of Keap Candles on the show to continue our Subscription series!In this episode Stephen shares how he has built a striving business through the subscription model and created long-term genuine relationships with customers. Nick and Stephen also discuss topics such as meeting consumers where they are, the importance of building a thoughtful customer portal and building a brand story that turns customers into advocates.You can check out Keap here and get 10% off using the code 'Winning' for 10% off - KeapBK.com/SubscribeInterested in building subscriptions into your business? Check out how can help Recharge here: rechargepayments.com Want to get involved in the podcast? Enquire here! https://winningwithshopify.com/Support the show

This episode is not to be missed - We are joined today by Lisa Mastela - Founder & CEO of Bumpin Blends!Lisa has a fantastic story of how she started Bumpin Blends and bootstrapped it to 7 figures! Nick and Lisa delve into how she runs an almost entirely subscription-based business, how the predictability of subscriptions can be beneficial for customers & the business, creating a community beyond your product and lots more! Check out Bumpin Blends below and Lisa has given all Winning With Shopify listeners 20% off ANY Bumpin Blends bundle with code: WINNING https://bumpinblends.com/Interested in building subscriptions into your business? Check out how can help Recharge here: rechargepayments.comWant to get involved in the podcast? Enquire here! https://winningwithshopify.com/Support the show

On this episode we have Lindy Crea - VP of Partnerships at Recharge on the show to share her insights on the e-commerce industry and why the subscription business model isn’t to be ignored!With years of experience in the subscription and payment space, Lindy discusses the benefits of having a subscription model in your business, how to increase customer retention and how you can take your store to the next level through subscriptions.You can find out more about them here: rechargepayments.comWant to get involved in the podcast? You can here! https://winningwithshopify.comSupport the show

This week we have the amazing Gorgias back on the show and we are joined by the Strategic Partner Manager, Neil Forrest, to discuss all things Customer Service! Nick and Neil dive into what customer service really is, four things we should be doing for brand owners, how to leverage social media to improve your customer service and much more!Find out more about Gorgias here - https://gorgias.grsm.io/winning-with-shopify-2-months-freeRising acquisition costs and the return to in-store shopping have eCommerce marketers double-clicking on their retention strategy. Now more than ever, brands need to focus on lifetime value. Yotpo is proud to announce Yotpo Subscriptions on Shopify, making retention easy and affordable for growing brands. Take 8 minutes, or less, to add a recurring revenue channel to your business. Download Yotpo Subscriptions from the Shopify App Store today  apps.shopify.com/yotpo-subscriptionNeed help marketing your Shopify store? Reach out to us for a FREE consultation - https://justaskparker.c

We are joined by Osa Gaius, Founder & CEO of Parrot this week. Nick and Osa discuss the differences in conversions between desktop compared to mobile, how to analyse email open rates & what to look for and the regulations with SMS marketing to make sure everything is legal!You can check them out here: https://www.getparrot.com/Rising acquisition costs and the return to in-store shopping have eCommerce marketers double-clicking on their retention strategy. Now more than ever, brands need to focus on lifetime value. Yotpo is proud to announce Yotpo Subscriptions on Shopify, making retention easy and affordable for growing brands. Take 8 minutes, or less, to add a recurring revenue channel to your business. Download Yotpo Subscriptions from the Shopify App Store today  apps.shopify.com/yotpo-subscriptionNeed help marketing your Shopify store? Reach out to us for a FREE consultation - https://justaskparker.com/Want to be involved in the podcast? You can get involved here - https://winningwithshopify.com/S

This week on the show we are joined by John Chao, the CEO of Tresl to talk all things data and how use it to increase revenue from all channels! Nick and John discuss how brands are focusing more on retention and lifecycle subscriptions this year, the importance of having a single source of truth for your data and much more!You can check them out here:Tresl website: https://www.tresl.co/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wwsSegments app: https://apps.shopify.com/segments?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wwsProduct Hunt:  https://www.producthunt.com/upcoming/tresl-segmentsRising acquisition costs and the return to in-store shopping have eCommerce marketers double-clicking on their retention strategy. Now more than ever, brands need to focus on lifetime value. Yotpo is proud to announce Yotpo Subscriptions on Shopify, making retention easy and affordable for growing brands. Take 8 minutes, or less, to add a recurring revenue channel to your business. Download

This week we have Yoast on the show and are joined by the lovely Marieke Van De Rakt, who is the former CEO of Yoast and now head of Strategy.In this episode Marieke and Nick dive into the the story and journey of Yoast to date, and the importance of improving your content for SEO! You can check them out here - https://yoast.com/shopify/apps/yoast-seo/For a limited time, all “Winning with Shopify” listeners can receive 30 days of text messages from Yotpo SMSBump for FREE. Sign up today to start driving 25x ROI with the easiest channel you'll ever build - https://www.yotpo.com/winning-with-shopify-sms-offer/Need help marketing your Shopify store? Reach out to us for a FREE consultation - https://justaskparker.com/Want to be involved in the podcast? You can get involved here - https://winningwithshopify.com/Support the show

On this episode we are joined by Raphael Neff, Founder of Chesshouse!Nick and Raphael discuss the story of Chesshouse, the importance of apps and what apps in particular has really helped the businesses growth and customer retention!You can check them out here - https://www.chesshouse.com/ This episode is sponsored by Back In Stock: https://backinstock.org/win/Need help marketing your Shopify store? Reach out to us for a FREE consultation - https://justaskparker.com/Want to be involved in the podcast? You can get involved here - https://winningwithshopify.com/Support the show

This week we are joined by João Moreira who is the Project Manager for BackInStock!João and Nick discuss what apps you can use to increase revenue, and the frustrations of products being out of stock for customers and how to turn it into a positive to increase sales!Check them out here: https://backinstock.org/win/Their 4 apps:Cross-sell https://csell.io/Plug in SEO https://apps.shopify.com/plug-in-seoBack In Stock https://apps.shopify.com/back-in-stockPage Speed Optimiser https://apps.shopify.com/plug-in-speedNeed help marketing your Shopify store? Reach out to us for a FREE consultation - https://justaskparker.com/Want to be involved in the podcast? You can get involved here - https://winningwithshopify.com/Support the show

This week we are joined by Shopify themselves! In this episode, we are join by Tui Allen, the Product Director at Shopify.Tui and Nick discuss the new changes and features Shopify are rolling out in the coming months, and they discuss tips on how merchants can provide a good customer experience on their Shopify store so customers keep coming back.Reach out through: experts.shopify.com3 Products to support you: https://www.shopify.com/balancehttps://www.shopify.com/protecthttps://www.shopify.co.uk/capitalThis months sponsor is Privy. Privy is the fastest way to grow sales with Email & SMS. You can build your list, save abandoned carts, send money-making emails & texts, and more—all in one place. Plus you’ll get coaching and support from ecommerce experts no matter where you start. Sign up for a FREE 15-day trial today by heading over to Privy here to get started! https://www.privy.com/winningNeed help marketing your Shopify store? Reach out to us for a FREE consultation - https://justaskparker.com/Want

This week on the show, we've got the brilliant Blake Hutchison - CEO of Flippa. Nick and Blake talk about how to build a Shopify business that can be sold, how to prepare it for sale, how to value it, how to find a buyer, how to structure the deal, what handovers & earn-outs can look like and overall, how to have a lot of fun & success with it.Check out what stores are selling here: https://flippa.com/ Ps. they're are happy to give you some free advice!  This months sponsor is Privy. Privy is the fastest way to grow sales with Email & SMS. You can build your list, save abandoned carts, send money-making emails & texts, and more—all in one place. Plus you’ll get coaching and support from e-commerce experts no matter where you start. Sign up for a FREE 15-day trial today by heading over to Privy here to get started! https://www.privy.com/winningWant to be involved in the podcast? You can get involved here - https://winningwithshopify.com/Support the show

This week we host an SEO masterclass! We always get asked about SEO, how it works and what stores can do to improve their organic search rankings. With 15 years in the industry, Nick shares his insights into running an SEO consultancy and is joined by SEO expert, Brandon Leibowitz, who shares his insights from across the pond! Need help with your SEO? Check out the links below for a free consultation:https://justaskparker.com/https://seooptimizers.com/gift/This months sponsor is Privy. Privy is the fastest way to grow sales with Email & SMS. You can build your list, save abandoned carts, send money-making emails & texts, and more—all in one place. Plus you’ll get coaching and support from ecommerce experts no matter where you start. Sign up for a FREE 15-day trial today by heading over to Privy here to get started! https://www.privy.com/winningWant to be involved in the podcast? You can get involved here - https://winningwithshopify.com/Support the show

On this episode we have Serial Entrepreneur, Mikey Moran, on the show! Mikey explains how he made $2m in a single month, and shares advice he would give to Shopify store owners who may be just starting out, or running a successful store and looking to scale up!Mikey’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moranmikey/Mikey’s New book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fearless-Beauty-Hair-Business-Blueprint/dp/1544520085Private Label Extensions: https://www.privatelabelextensions.com/Podcast: https://www.hairbizradio.com/This months sponsor is Privy. Privy is the fastest way to grow sales with Email & SMS. You can build your list, save abandoned carts, send money-making emails & texts, and more—all in one place. Plus you’ll get coaching and support from e-commerce experts no matter where you start. Sign up for a FREE 15-day trial today by heading over to Privy here to get started! https://www.privy.com/winningNeed help marketing your Shopify store? Reach out to us for a FREE consultation - https://justaskparker.