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Have you ever wondered what tech stacks power the most successful ecommerce brands? Join us as we hear from DNVBs, brick-and-mortar-turned-online stores, and mainstay e-commerce brands to find out what exactly is in their stack, and what they can share to help your store be just as successful too.

Episodes

  1. 2021-11-18

    Growing through Community Power during a Pandemic with Flo Kwok from PressOn Nails

    After seeing a dramatic increase in interest for an at-home nail treatment that could rival the salon experience, Flo and Kelly found the perfect solution: semi-cured gel nails that looked great and lasted forever compared to nail polish. So they launched a Shopify store, marketed to their audience, and hit the ground running. 💅   Flo's Recommendations: Shopify 4:00Klaviyo 5:00Judge.me 5:50Smile.io 6:55Moonship 11:00Asana 13:45Zapier 15:00Bold Subscriptions 15:30 Loki 17:25Shopify Masters 17:40NPR 17:45Joe Rogan 17:46

    20 min

  2. 2021-10-28

    Launching a Product and Brand While Creating a Community of Passionate Superfans with Sandra Lea Murray from Luxey Cup

    Started from an idea and a Kickstarter, and now they're here: with a full product line of amazing products and a cult of loyal customers who keep coming back again and again. Listen to hear how Sandy and her team went from the first design to a full-fledged scaling business and the tools and tricks that got them there. Sandy's Recommendations: Autocad 3:50Kickstarter 4:24Shopify 7:30Okendo 9:20Smile 10:30Gorgias 14:45Starshipit 18:50Instafeed 20:50Bundles 21:40Shipbob 26:30Grace Space 30:25One Giant Mind 31:15Afterpay 32:10

    36 min

  3. 2021-09-30

    The Apps and Email Flows You Need as a Wholesale Ecommerce Brand with Vira Sadlak and Alissa Taggart from Flowium

    The team at Flowium knows ecommerce emails like it's their job. It's literally their job. Alissa and Vira share some of their must-have app picks for brands that are getting into ecommerce wholesale channels, as well as some of the email flows they've seen work the best at driving sales and retention.  Alissa and Vira's recommendations:  Hubspot 4:31Infusion Soft/Keap 4:33Klaviyo 5:20Zapier 6:20Pipedrive 7:10Mailchimp 9:25Zoho 9:27Shopify 10:10Miro 25:50 Better than Before 33:28Anxious People 33:45Atomic Habits 34:25Sherlock Holmes 35:22The Matrix 37:25Marriage or Mortgage 38:05Dream Home Makeovers 38:55Recommended Email Flows: Welcome 12:52Exit Intent 15:50Abandon Cart 18:14Post-purchase 18:55Win back 22:20List cleaning/sunset 22:50

    42 min

  4. 2021-06-25

    Building a Fast-Growth, Mission-Driven Brand...With Your Sister ft. Bunny Ghatrora from Blume

    Blume is the result of two sisters and their quest to help women and girls have a stronger sense of wellbeing and self-worth during their period. In this episode, Bunny Ghatrora, COO of Blume, shares their mission-driven brand story and how their ecommerce stack has impacted their incredible growth in only 3 years.  Bunny's Recommendations: Shopify 3:38Recharge 3:50Gorgias 4:00Yotpo 4:25Smile 4:27Talkable 4:31Postscript 4:32Zapier 12:34Glew 15:26Google Analytics 15:27 The OfficeParks and RecreationTiktokA Promised LandThink Like a MonkMore than EnoughShoe DogAtomic HabitsWant to be a guest in a future episode? Fill out this form

    25 min

  5. 2021-05-21

    Refocusing Ecommerce with Kate Strollo from Copper Cow Coffee

    The debut of Season 2 is with  Kate Strollo of Copper Cow Coffee. Copper Cow has had a wild ride of a year with the end of in-office coffee, the rise of the work-from-home coffee connoisseur, and the shift to refocus all efforts on ecommerce. Now with offices starting to open back up, plans from early 2020 are starting to come back to life, and Kate tells us all about it.  Kate's recommendations:  Shopify 12:17Shopify Plus 12:25Klaviyo 13:35Smile 13:49Recharge 14:36Shogun 14:55Okendo 17:08Shopify Plus Facebook Community 25:10 The Last Podcast Network 30:01Dr. Death 30:05Consider This 30:36Servant 30:55Barry 31:18Area X (Southern Reach Trilogy) 32:08

    35 min

  6. 2020-12-23

    Ep. 05 Ethan Giffin from Groove Commerce

    In the final episode of Season 1 and the last episode of 2020, I sit down (virtually) with Groove Commerce's founder Ethan Giffin to talk about 80's movies, changes in ecommerce since 1995, and how ecommerce merchants can build a strong inbound branding strategy.  Ethan's recommendations: Magento 1:50Big Commerce Enterprise 2:06Shopify Plus 2:06Smile 3:05/10:40Justuno 10:47Klaviyo 11:08/11:17Hubspot: 11:10 North Shore 15:11Gun Dog Supply 17:07The Mandalorian 22:33Disney Plus Gallery: 23:25Chef 23:30Windy City Rehab 24:50 Want to be a guest in a future episode? Fill out this form

    30 min

  7. 2020-11-04

    Ep. 04 Simon Rodrigue from Staples.ca

    Episode 4 is a deep dive with Simon Rodrigue, Chief Digital Officer for Staples Canada into the stack that powers the office supply, ecommerce powerhouse, not to mention his burgeoning side-hustle Instand Teas. We talk about the agility that Shopify Plus brings to Staples, and the importance of creating authentic customer engagement with the power of good, usable data.   Simon's recommendations:  Instant Teas 1:52Shopify Plus 5:30Bold Commerce 7:32 / 20:50Shopify 7:34Rewind 7:37Kit 14:05Klaviyo 14:40 / 15:29Push Owl 14:50Segment 16:09Zendesk 17:00Contentful: 31:25 Pivot 44:40Quirks and Quarks 44:49The Purple Cow 45:00Antifragile 45:20 Want to be a guest in a future episode? Fill out this form

    48 min

  8. 2020-09-09

    Ep. 03 Rick Scharnigg and Olivier Momma from Ekster

    Episode 3 brings co-founders Rick and Olivier from Ekster to talk about the experience launching on Kickstarter, getting started after that on Shopify. Of course, that includes their favorite apps - but specifically, they share how their stack helped them scale from being students selling a single wallet to a rapidly growing, international company with a full product line.  The Ekster team's recommendations: Shopify - 3:30Secomapp Affiliate Marketing - 4:33Preorder me - 5:43Rich Returns - 6:33Klaviyo - 7:45Octane AI - 9:42Similarweb - 11:25Alexa - 11:42Google Trends 11:52Linkedin 11:56Symplify 13:49 How I built this 16:07Masters of Scale 16:34The Great CEO Within 16:46Poor Charlie's Almanac - 17:02The Count of Monte Cristo - 17:13 Want to be a guest in a future episode? Fill out this form

    18 min

  9. 2020-07-29

    Ep. 02 Brady Lauze from Origins Apparel

    Episode 2 brings us Brady Lauze from Origins Apparel. Brady shares the origins of Origins, the power of the socially powered brand, and the incredible organic reach he's created on TikTok.  Brady's Recommendations: Shopify 2:53Printful 3:15Klaviyo 3:43Give and Grow 5:35Hotjar 6:50Okendo 8:13Shogun 8:35TikTok 11:49Privy 13:10 Joe Rogan Podcast 16:30Shark Tank / Dragon's Den 17:40The Lean Startup 19:00 Want to be a guest in a future episode? Fill out this form

    21 min

  10. 2020-07-08

    Ep. 01 Jason Wong from Doe Lashes

    In our premiere episode, Jason Wong from Doe Lashes shares the story behind the brand, and dives into a bunch of the Shopify apps that he is using, and how they're working together to make running his business easier. Transcript Jason's recommendations: Shopify (5:10)Enquire Post Purchase Survey (7:25)Postscript (9:45)Smile.io (14:00)Klaviyo (16:21)Okendo (18:35)Lifetimely (21:59)Stocky (22:47)Low Stock Notifier (22:53)Gift Wrap plus (24:24)Bundles (27:27) Billions (29:55)Referral Engine (31:04) Want to be a guest in a future episode? Fill out this form

    33 min
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Have you ever wondered what tech stacks power the most successful ecommerce brands? Join us as we hear from DNVBs, brick-and-mortar-turned-online stores, and mainstay e-commerce brands to find out what exactly is in their stack, and what they can share to help your store be just as successful too.

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