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When you're building online businesses and website it's not all Lambos, raw egg smoothies, and bottle service. Somedays, you've gotta think about dev ops issues (and opportunities) like site speed. This week we have Shawn O'Neill of Speed Sense on the pod talking all things speed (no Lambo).

Besides the shocking ROI of a single millisecond improvement, we cover:

Common culprits
Low hanging fruit
Load order with GTM
Key terminology

Find Shawn on LinkedIn and check out SpeedSense.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnoneillca/

https://www.speedsense.com/

This week we have our friend Rohan Gilkes join the pod to break down a plethora of businesses and strategies he has built. Once again, all 3 of us left the pod recording ready to build.

We breakdown everything from:


Building a massive subreddit
Building SAAS on the backend of an info product
Growing a community online
Selling your SAAS
And much more

You can find him here on Twitter https://twitter.com/rohangilkes

The gang is back to do a 1 year recap on Colin’s wife’s eCommerce acquisition, Glowless. Our first episode about this was in the early days of the podcast, but it remains one of our most popular.

https://podcasts.apple.com/ee/podcast/tab-talk-buying-an-online-business-and-escaping-the-9-5/id1587529071?i=1000541235206

On this episode we recap where the business started, what was executed on in the first year, and where it’s going in the next 12 months. Topics include:


Product cost down and packaging overhaul
SEO successes
Email automation
Conversion rate optimization
Tik Tok organic and paid
The offer: Starter kits? Recurring?

Alex Friedman is a quintessential builder and content creator whose making a ton of noise on Tik Tok these days. She's built in CPG, SaaS, and with a couple projects in the works right now she's been building her Tik Tok presence with content focused on making tech and business easy to understand. One of Alex' most recent projects Founder Gigs was acquired in only a few months after she built it with no code over a weekend.

In this episode we talk about:

- Her first forays into physical products

- Evolving into full blown CPG

- Bringing products into retail

- Building tools and products with no code

- TikTok content

- More more more

Find and connect with Alex on TikTok and Twitter:

https://www.tiktok.com/@heyalexfriedman

https://twitter.com/heyalexfriedman

For ideas on making products, head over to Oren at https://www.productworld.xyz/

For tips on buying a website to jump-start or expand your business, sign up with James at https://nanoflips.com/

Subscribe to Builders Build https://builders.build

Pod description:

All 3 of us have dabbled in selling on Amazon, but are far from experts. So when we wanted to learn more about the ins and outs of the platform, we tapped the one and only Lesley Hensell - co-founder and co-owner of Riverbend Consulting, where she oversees the firm’s client services team.

Shes been a seller on Amazon herself for over a decade personally has helped hundreds of third-party sellers with everything from selling their businesses, to getting their accounts and ASINs back up and running.

Crazily enough her clients range from small mom and pop brands, all the way to companies doing over $1 billion a year.

She shares more tips and alpha then we were prepared for, and left all of us hungry to take a shot at building a brand on Amazon ourselves.

This episode covers:

- What products are good to sell on Amazon

- What are the tools you need to build a business on the platform

- Is walmart coming for Amazons lunch?

- How has the industry changed in the last decade…and more importantly…where is it going?

- Pitfalls to avoid for Amazon sellers

- Is Amazon going to steal your product and sell it themselves?

- and wayyyy more

Needless to say, the Builders Build group chat was buzzing as soon as the recording ended. All of us saying we needed to take a stab at this.

Give it a listen and see for yourself and make sure get all the alpha at https://builders.build

If you want to learn more about Lesley Hensell and her services, head on over to https://riverbendconsulting.com/

For ideas on making products, head over to Oren at https://productworld.xyz

For tips on buying a website to jump-start or expand your business, sign up with James at nanoflips.com

Pod description:

So look, we surveyed the magic eight ball along with thousands of listeners on who you wanted to see as a guest on Builders Build…and the overwhelming response was former president Barack Obama.

Sadly our schedules didnt align with Oren’s daily paddle boarding session, James’ frequent jet setting to Miami, and Colin’s relentless mission to win Portlands coveted father of the year 2022 award…

So? We went with the second most requested, the king of writing online himself, Dickie Bush.

A former BlackRock trader turned digital builder, Dickie has helped over 4,000 people start writing online with his incredibly well respected program, ​​Ship 30 for 30. In addition, he’s a founder of TypeShare, an amazing tool to help you write online.

In this pod we cover:


How to get started writing online
The transition from 9-5 to the wonderful world of being self employed
Building an audience on twitter
A journey of launching a saas
And much more

If you want more alpha then we can fit in this description? Make sure to check out https://builders.build and subscribe while you can.

Check out Dickie Bush and his projects at:

https://twitter.com/dickiebush

https://www.ship30for30.com/

https://typeshare.co