Start Yours is a podcast about what it’s like to start your own thing. Whether that's a side hustle, an ecommerce store, dropshipping, or walking away from your day job! You'll hear from people who have done it themselves, and learn what to expect (and what to avoid) when you start yours.
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In the world of TikTok, genuine content reigns supreme. Unlike other social media platforms, users often favor raw and engaging videos over highly edited and curated posts. This stark difference in content is what makes TikTok special, and gives creators a connection to their audience that would be hard to find anywhere else. Many businesses are th…
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From Side-Hustle to a $20M a Year Business
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In this episode of Start Yours, Aleisha speaks with Bryan Clayton, founder of GreenPal. Bryan built his lawn mowing business from the age of 16 to a $10M a year business before a successful exit. Then after a brief retirement, he decided there was more to do and decided to convert his experience and passion for business into a whole new company. Br…
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The Money Mindset Difference - How to Plan For Success
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Taking the leap to start your own business can be exciting, scary and a new challenge for many budding entrepreneurs but how much money do you need to earn before you ditch your day job? How do we plan for success (while also embracing the possibility of failure?) and what a healthy risks when it comes to launching and sustaining a business? In thi…
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Dropshipping Marketing On Any Budget With Kamil Sattar - Ecom King
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Kamil Sattar went from failing grades and working two retail jobs to making 7-figures with dropshipping. Now he runs a successful Youtube channel, Ecom King, where he helps aspiring entrepreneurs build successful e-commerce businesses.In this podcast, Kamil shares his expert advice for dropshipping on any budget. Whether you’ve got a few hundred do…
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Mindful Marketing- Less B/S Equals More Sales
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How do the stories that we tell in our advertising and marketing copy lead to sales? Does putting pressure on our customers by making them feel like they must buy now, actually work against our success?How do we create a brand that has integrity and is profitable? On this episode of Start Yours, Aleisha speaks with marketing expert Amie Finlayson, …
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The Multitasking Myth - How to be more productive and get stuff done
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We're always being told that we should be multitasking to get things done but really is doing 50 tasks at once helping us or dragging us down?In this episode of Start Yours, Aleisha is joined by renowned productivity expert, speaker and best-selling author, Dave Crenshaw.Dave provides a solution for the chaos of distraction that multitasking create…
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How To Launch Your Digital Product Business - with Dan Henry
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If you have ever considered launching a digital product (or an add on product that boosts your physical products sales), then this is the episode of Start Yours for you. Our guest, Dan Henry went from a broke college dropout who delivered pizza to creating a 10 million dollar online business. Now he is an 8 figure earner and a Wall Street Journal, …
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The Pathway from Full-time Work to Your Own Dropshipping Business
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In late 2019 one of Emma Cunningham's close friends convinced her to start a dropshipping store. Working full-time for the Australian Government, Emma was unsure if the move from working 9-5 and managing her dropshipping store was sustainable but a few months in, as the sales started to jump, she took the leap, left her job and focused entirely on …
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How To Launch a Profitable Print on Demand Store
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Our most listened to episode of 2020...so good we wanted to play it again! In this episode of Start Yours, we delve into the ins and outs of print on demand, from production to product sourcing, customer service to making sure that your products arrive on time to your customer. Done right, print on demand can be a great way to run an e-commerce bus…
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Discovering Your Zone Of Genius with Mike Zeller
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This episode of Start Yours, Aleisha speaks with Mike Zeller — a business architect who strategizes with entrepreneurs on finding your zone of genius, creating an irresistible Offer and how to fuel your momentum. Mike works with his clients to pinpoint their deepest purposes, greatest gifts, and highest potential to serve and influence the world an…
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21 Winning Niches to Start Selling for 2021
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2021 is right around the corner and you're ready to start your eCommerce empire. But, what kind of Shopify store should you build and what should you sell?Some of the best eCommerce business owners swear by the branded-niche model: A Shopify store that sells products in one niche and caters all of it's branding and content to one audience.That's wh…
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How Two Friends Built their Dropshipping Empire to $10 Million
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It took Andreas Koenig and Alexander Pecka three tries before they finally found success with dropshipping and boy did they find success! Their online pet business has just hit an annual turnover of $10 million. In this episode of Start Yours, Alexander and Andreas share their secrets to scaling, how they work together as a team and what it takes t…
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15 Easy Ways to Make Your First Sale for Free
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You’ve heard the saying, “you need to spend money to make money.” Is it true? Not today! In this episode of Start Yours, you’re going to learn 15 ways to make your first sale without spending a single penny on marketing or advertising.Facebook ads are the gold standard when it comes to advertising for dropshippers. But advertising on Facebook is ha…
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How To Design and Manufacture Your Own Products
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Creating your own product is a big goal for many ecommerce and dropshipping merchants but where and how do you begin to speak with manufacturers to ensure that you are creating a quality product that will sell. On this episode of Start Yours, Aleisha is joined by Kian Golzari, who is one of the world’s leading product development and sourcing exper…
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Five Easy tasks You Should Delegate Immediately
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Being an entrepreneur means that often in the early stages of running our businesses, we have to wear a lot of job hats. We find ourselves doing everything from social media management, to product photography, customer service outreach to website design. It’s great to have skills and use them but also, so many of us find ourselves stressed and over…
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Hottest New Products To Sell Before The Holidays
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What products are the fastest moving, most popular dropshipping items on the Oberlo App? Start Yours host Aleisha presents the top 5 products for the holidays as presented by Oberlo.com team members Magda and Gurj. Is one of these products going to be your viral winner?We hope so!We also talk about white labelling and knowing when the best time to …
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Using Facebook to Source Winning Products
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Did you know that you can use Facebook as a search engine to source winning dropshipping and ecommerce products? In this episode of Start Yours, we share the easy steps to using Facebook to search for hot products and then we share three easy tips to help improve your advertising listings, that you can update and change your current advertising tod…
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The Secret to Dropshipping Profit? Consistency
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The path to dropshipping success and profits is not always clear and for many merchants who are new to the business, it can feel overwhelming, especially when there are so many 'get rich quick' messages out there that promise easy wins but then often disappoint.Our guest today is Daecian Sparkes-Young, a successful Australian dropshipper who is pas…
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10 Dropshipping Myths That Need To Be Debunked For Good
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There are a lot of myths about dropshipping out there. These dropshipping myths can leave people feeling overwhelmed, frustrated, and disappointed once they take action. In this episode of Start Yours, we’re going to debunk the dropshipping myths and lay out all the facts so that you know what you’re actually signing up for in running an ecommerce …
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The Secret To Hitting the Magic $1 Million Mark
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Many people think starting an ecommerce business has to be a full-time gig. Sure, there are many things you have to do to get it up and running and even more to maintain it after it's launched.But that doesn't necessarily mean having to ditch your day job. Sometimes, starting small can have its benefits.In today's episode of Start Yours, we're join…
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How This Entrepreneur Immigrant Built a Million Dollar Store To Support His Family
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Back in 2015, Pierre Emmanuel leaped into the unknown when he and his wife relocated from France to the United States.After discovering some of his clients were dropshipping using Oberlo and Shopify, Pierre decided to try it out for himself.It was a match made in heaven.Over the next few years, Pierre built his store, which is in the problem-solvin…
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Avoiding the Most Common Mistakes Made by New Dropshippers
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We're going to be straight with you: Starting an online store is not easy. Expect mistakes, frustration, more mistakes, and more frustration.But the good news is, if you can persevere through it and, success will be greeting you at the end of that tunnel.Having spoken to our fair share of successful merchants and heard their stories, we know just h…
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Top 5 Best Products to Start Selling Right Now!
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Sourcing products for your e-commerce and dropshipping store can be tricky and sometimes even overwhelming. Each week, Jessica and Magda host a live broadcast on Oberlo's Youtube channel were they share their top 5 product recommendations and which trends you need to keep your eyes on. We've packaged up their hot tips in this episode of Start Yours…
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How To Bootstrap Your Marketing And Become An Established Brand
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How do I start marketing my business?Is Facebook or Google a better platform?What about influencer marketing?How much do I need to spend?Whether you already have an ecommerce business set up or are looking to start one, you will have asked these questions at one point or another. In this episode of Start Yours, we go full-on into marketing and cove…
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How Harry Grew His Million Dollar Businesses
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Some people are born with a love for the #hustle but like a lot of us dropshippers, Harry Coleman has worked really hard to hit the highs of ecommerce success. In this episode of Start Yours, Aleisha shares Harry's story, from working a day job as well as building his empire (and taking naps in his car at lunch to survive) to becoming the owner of …
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