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Natalie Mounter is a stay-at-home mom and entrepreneur. Her company, Totally Dazzled, sells craft supplies for weddings and creative projects. She says the business has prospered due to other stay-at-home moms — her employees and affiliates."Being a stay-at-home mom and hiring other stay-at-home moms has been key to our success," she stated.In this episode, she shared Totally Dazzled's origins, its affiliate marketing success, and the value of smart, hardworking moms.For an edited and condens...

Bill D'Alessandro is a 14-year ecommerce owner. Natural Dog Company, an omnichannel seller of canine health products, is his eighth brand. "My niche is acquisition entrepreneurship," he stated. 'll buy a small brand, grow it, improve it, and eventually sell it."Along the way, he's learned lessons such as focus, industry selection, and product pricing. He shares those experiences and more in this episode.For an edited and condensed transcript with embedded audio, see: https://pec-ly.com/?6scyF...

Shahzad Chagani runs operations for PE Energy, a Houston, Texas-based supplier of industrial equipment and supplies. The company collects leads online from worldwide B2B buyers and relies on its Colombia-based sales team to convert them into sales."Colombia is pretty Westernized," Chagani stated. "We find a lot of college-educated talent there."In this episode, Chagani addresses his company's backend setup for 100,000 SKUs, the benefits of an offshore sales staff, and more. For an edited and ...

For years Brandon Eley's online shoe company, 2BigFeet, prospered by reselling prominent brands. But the profit margins slowly narrowed as did the sources for large footwear sizes, Eley's niche.The solution is Michael Ellis Footwear, Eley's direct-to-consumer brand, launched in 2021. "We finally decided to take matters into our own hands," he said.In this second appearance on the podcast, Eley shares the evolution of 2BigFeet, the launch of Michael Ellis, custom manufacturing, and more. For a...

Mickey Friedman co-launched Flair.ai in 2022, a year after graduating from the University of Chicago. The company, which has raised $5 million in seed funding, deploys artificial intelligence to perfect product photos, providing entire virtual scenes and setups.The process, Friedman says, dramatically lowers the cost of photo shoots while improving quality.In this episode, she addresses the rise of visual AI, the necessity of human intervention, and more. For an edited and condensed transcrip...

Matt Ragland is a 10-year email marketer, first at ConvertKit and now at Good People Digital, the Nashville-based agency he launched in early 2023. His approach to superior email performance is storytelling.He says, "Brands that excel at email marketing frequently tell a story to their ideal audience."In this episode, he addresses storytelling tactics, email design, automation strategies, and more. For an edited and condensed transcript with embedded audio, see: https://pec-ly.com/?6rUbFor al...