Best Take Traction The Ecommerce Guys Podcasts (2025)

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#34 - How to get 5000 Facebook followers for less than $100 27:26

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Subscribe on iTunesSubscribe on Youtube Head over to https://facebook.com/taketraction to discuss this episode! Introduction Building a true following on social media is no easy task. And the truth is, there aren't any shortcuts. It takes a lot of great content over a long period of time to build a following of people that really care about what yo…

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#33 - How to grow your Instagram following with giveaways (the right way) 21:00

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Subscribe on iTunesSubscribe on Youtube Head over to facebook.com/taketraction.com to discuss this episode! Introduction Today's show was born out of frustration. Frustration from seeing so many brands running crappy giveways on Instagram. You know the kind I mean... they partner up with another brand to giveaway a product of theirs. They then publ…

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#32 - How to A/B test Facebook ads on a small budget 32:50

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Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Youtube Head over to facebook.com/taketraction.com to discuss this episode! Introduction If you haven't heard someone talking about A/B testing in the past 5 years then it's time you come out from under that rock. A/B testing has been a huge topic of conversation amongst marketers for a long time now. And there's a …

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#31 - Adapt or die – The importance of changing your mind 25:37

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Now on video too! Watch on Youtube now. Head over to facebook.com/taketraction.com to discuss this episode! -- This week we're having a bit of a switch around with our show format. As of today (and for the forseeable future), we're going to be creating shorter, 10-30 minute podcast episodes with just one topic. Recently we've been playing with long…

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#30 - How to beat 90% of the competition on Upwork 1:26:43

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0:08:07 – Opinews0:44:12 – Feature – How to beat 90% of the competition on Upwork Head over to facebook.com/taketraction.com to discuss this episode! -- This week we've got a great few segments coming up for you: Opinews In this week’s Opinews: Walmart breaks into the Chinese market... AGAIN!Patreonage makes an acquisition that could change the fut…

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#29 - How to build a killer Amazon PPC campaign in 2018 2:36:12

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Head over to facebook.com/taketraction.com to discuss this episode! 0:26:52 – Opinews1:01:37 – Feature – How to build a killer Amazon PPC campaign in 2018 2:29:15 – Amazon PPC summary – This is a long show and if you're trying to set up your own Amazon PPC campaign I would highly recommend you listen to all of it. But if time isn't on your side, yo…

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Should you go all in on one business? Or should you have multiple businesses? 1:53:47

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"It's who we are that defines the business model we choose" – Tweet this! 0:14:13 – Opinews 0:32:36 – How we nearly got screwed over in China this week 0:50:24 – Feature: Should you go all in on one business? Or should you have multiple businesses? 1:29:32 – Gameshow: The Price is Wrong Head over to facebook.com/taketraction.com to discuss this epi…

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Dealing with Chinese suppliers & not getting screwed over 2:00:54

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0:11:00 – Opinews0:33:57 – Feature – Dealing with Chinese suppliers & not getting screwed over1:35:26 – When Shit Hit The Fan Head over to facebook.com/taketraction.com to discuss this episode! -- This week we've got a great few segments coming up for you: Opinews In this week’s Opinews: Amazon Prime Day wrap up.Mall For Africa and DHL team up to b…

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How to use discounts THE RIGHT WAY 2:01:10

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0:8:00 – Opinews 0:50:40 – Feature – How to use discounts THE RIGHT WAY 1:30:46 – Game show – Funded or Fake? 2:00:42 – Riddle – If Teresa's daughter is my daughter's mother, who am I to Teresa? Head over to facebook.com/taketraction.com to discuss this episode and give us your answer! -- Today we're launching a brand new podcast format. After star…

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#18 - F*ck ecommerce! Try freelancing instead... 56:07

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We're back! After taking a couple of weeks off from podcasting we're back with a brand new show. But you'll have to wait until tomorrow for that one. Today we're digging one out of the archives and it's going to make for a great inbetweener show because it's a little bit different from what we normally talk about... We're consider ourselves to be e…

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#17 - How to build a business you can run from anywhere in the world 1:00:33

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It's the 21st century dream right? Galavanting around the world as you earn passive income and have your remote team run your business for you? Sure, who wouldn't want that. Side note, perhaps you don't want that. Maybe your idea of success is being able to spend more time with your kids and you have no desire to travel whatsoever. If that's the ca…

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Opinews #7 - $24M for tampons, salad-making robots & Google home brings food to your door 32:35

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Trying to come up with new business ideas? How about selling tampons and condoms? Naaaaah, why would you do that? Well, if you had done that just a couple of years ago, perhaps you'd be where tampon and condom subscription company, LOLA, is today: with $24M in the bank. Maybe it's not so difficult to come up with ideas afterall? The key isn't alway…

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#16 - Should I start a blog, create software or build an ecommerce store? 57:46

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You know you want to create something. You know you want to run your own business and be independant. You know that you've got to get off the hamster wheel. So where do you begin? There are so many options these days right? It can be pretty overwhelming trying to decide which business model could be the right one for you. Afterall, blogging, affili…

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Opinews #6 - Augmented reality to change the customer buying experience and 3-wheeler "lawnmowers" to take over city deliveries. 36:50

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It's that time of the week again ladies and gents, and boy have we got some exciting ecommerce news for you today. Here's what's coming up in today's show: Ecommerce sales in india are expected to jump by as much as 31% in 2018 – no surprise really since Amazon and Flipkart are both operating at huge losses just to pump money into ecommerce and try…

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#15 - Coworking, private office or work from home? 2:00:54

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It's the dream right? Being able to work for yourself so that you can choose where, when and how you want to work... Well, it's actually not as easy as that. Both Cristian and I have tried all three of these setups and we've learned some interesting things along the way. In fact, I spent years chasing the dream of working from home and it didn't tu…

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Opinews #5 - The fastest growing startup in Europe & Ashton Kutcher playing with cows and cryptocurrencies 17:51

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A short and punch round of Opinews for you today. Here are some of the things we've got lined up for you: The fastest growing startup in Europe is surprisingly an ecommerce store. And when you find out what they're selling, it will make you realise that anything can be sold online now days. Ashton Kutcher is splashing the cash! We have an investmen…

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#14 - How to avoid the entrepreneurial blues 1:21:55

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Running your own business is HARD. It's a lot of pressure for one person to take. And when one thing goes wrong it can often feel like the whole world is falling apart. Well, guess what... the world is still here and it hasn't fallen apart yet. But that doesn't make it feel any better when the blues hits home. So what can you do to avoid the entrep…

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Opinews #4 - Hubspot hooks up with Shopify, Adobe buys Magento, Ebay still sucks & UK ecommerce is on the rise 26:27

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It's May 25 and surprisingly, today we're not going to be talking about GDPR. If you wat to know more about it, we did an entire long form episode on GDPR earlier on this week. You can check it out here: taketraction.com/podcast/13-gdpr-wtf Today we're discussing some of the latest news in the ecommerce world, including: Hubspot's new integrations …

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#13 - GDPR – WTF is it and what should you be doing? 56:44

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It's time to take action boys and girls. GDPR is here and it ain't going anywhere any time soon. So, what are you gonna do about it? Are you going to sit back and hope that someone will take care of it for you? Or are you going to get your data in order and avoid a 20 million euro fine? I know which one I'd choose! Today's podcast is an attempt to …

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Opinews #3 - Shopify's new app, Alibaba's acquisition, cryptocurrency interest rates & driverless cars 30:09

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We're back with with your favourite weekly news show – Opinews! Well... it's our favourite at least. This week shit is going down in our opinion based news. We've got: Shopify's new app – Shopify Ping! These guys are changing ecommerce for the better and this app has been long awaited. Finally a way to organise all of you customer communications in…

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#12 - Dropshipping, Wholesaling & Warehousing, or White-Labeling & Manufacturing 1:26:01

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Ecommerce is a pretty wide ranging business model. There are loads of ways you could be doing it. Ever heard of dropshipping? It's a great way to make money. I have no doubt that you've read a bunch of blog posts about how much money people make from dropshipping and how they never have to spend a penny. It's true... it's pretty amazing. But then, …

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Opinews #2 - Amazon Car Delivery, Walmart Flipkart Acquisition & Instagram Ecommerce Payments 19:24

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By Take Traction: The ecommerce guys!

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#11 - The importance of funnels in marketing (and an amazing magic trick!) 48:39

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Opinews #1 - Amazon Q1 Report: What does it mean for you? 34:53

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By Take Traction: The ecommerce guys!

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#10 - Dropshipping Vs. Inventory Management 54:21

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By Take Traction: The ecommerce guys!

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#9 - Are chatbots the future of ecommerce? 1:06:18

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#8 - CRO Part 3/3 - CRO hacks you can implement today 1:11:45

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By Take Traction: The ecommerce guys!

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#7 - CRO Part 2/3 - Things you should be A/B testing today 51:05

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A/B testing, also known as split testing, is absolutely vital if you want to increase your conversion rates. It's the process of testing two different versions of something to see which one performs best. That's why we absolutely had to dedicate an episode to A/B testing in our CRO 3-part series. In today's show you'll learn exactly what you should…

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#6 - CRO Part 1/3 - How to beat the competition on Adwords with CRO 46:49

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Today is the begining of a 3-part series on convresion rate optimisation - a.k.a. CRO. This episode is going to go over a brief introduction to CRO, what it is and how much of a massive impact it can have on your business, before we take a deeper look at how CRO can help you beat the competition on Adwords. By the end of the show you'll have a much…

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#5 - All-in-one solution Vs. custom tech stacks 56:11

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Do you struggle when it comes to picking the right tool for the job? The CMS you use. The marketing automation software. Landing pages. CRM. Whatever solution your looking for, it can be difficult to choose amongst so many different options. Today we're going to shed some light on the difference between all-in-one solutions and custom tech stacks a…

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#4 - 5 Email Sequences You NEED For Your Ecommerce Store 56:58

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Everyone talks about email marketing and how important it is, but when it comes to actually creating the emails, it can be kind of difficult to know what to do. In today's episode we're going to share with you the top 5 most imprtant email sequences you MUST implement for your ecommerce store. These are sequences that we have used time and time aga…

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#3 - Trigger Marketing for Epic Growth 44:20

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Today's show is all about trigger marketing. Heard of it? You should have! If you've ever had anything to do with digital marketing then it should be part of everything you do. This really is one of the most important things you can ever doing with your marketing strategy so there are going to be some killer takeaways from the show. Perhaps you've …

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#2 - 10 Tools to Help You Stay Productive 59:17

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The topic of todays show is #productivity. Because guess what, staying productive is frickin' hard. Afterall, you work for yourself, so who's going to tell you to get off your ass and do something. Newsflash, IT'S YOU! Maybe you work at home... even harder! Maybe you're a solopreneur and don't even have anyone else working with you... even harderer…

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#1 - How do I get started with PPC? 59:09

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Have you ever wondered how to get started on Google Adwords or Facebook Ads without throwing a bunch of money down the drain? Believe it or not, there IS a way you can get started right now, with next to no risk! In the very first episode of The Take Traction Show we're going to show you the exact types of ads you need to be building to reduce your…