#842: The Behind the Scenes Olson Story - When Failure is Not an Option!

On today’s show we meet a former law enforcement officer who went full-time online in September of 2023 after learning the Amazon replens model from our community through the ProvenAmazonCourse.com course.   He's built a beautiful business that is continuing to grow to new levels with the help of his family by his side.   His only prior e-commerce experience was selling a few items on eBay about 20 years ago. The success of their family business has allowed this homeschooling family to recently move to their dream location in Florida as you'll hear.   Our guest today offers many fantastic insights into the realities of Amazon selling. It definitely hasn’t been all sunshine and rainbows, but he’s built a beautiful business that allowed him to come home, and he’s continuing to expand his income streams and build a beautiful future for his family.   Getida - Today's show is sponsored by Getida  http://silentjim.com/reimburse  - the free service that finds money Amazon owes you   Watch today's episode https://youtu.be/eLnhTDHweSU   Show note LINKS:   SilentSalesMachine.com - text the word “free” to 507-800-0090 to get a free copy of Jim’s latest book in audio about building multiple income streams online or visit https://silentjim.com/free11   SilentJim.com/bookacall - book a call here to discuss our offers including coaching, legends and ProvenAmazonCourse.com course   MySilentTeam - the Facebook group Conrad mentions on today's show: facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam/   ProvenAmazonCourse.com - the comprehensive course that contains ALL our Amazon training modules, recorded events and a steady stream of latest cutting edge training including of course the most popular starting point, the REPLENS selling model. The PAC is updated free for life!   Seller Amp - our community discount/affiliate link https://selleramp.com/mst   ProfitSeekerPro.com - the software tool that speeds up your ability to go through a list of products from ANY website.   Today's guest: Conrad Soboniak

Once per week or so our Amazon seller leadership team and I love to go live on Zoom with whoever can join us and answer as many ecommerce and Amazon selling related questions as possible. We had a long session last time so we captured the remainder of the best moments and turned them into a podcast episode.   Here's the topics of the rest of the clips for the Q&A:   Intro and explanation of a few of our programs Coach intro to Kickstart Bootcamp - Robin Joy gives an overview  Discussion about the most common mistakes that sellers make Question about how to protect your account when VAs have your information Question about a sponsor at The Proven Conference Advice for any introverts in the room   Show note LINKS   Episode #809 “Common mistakes” and direct link to the discussion referenced in this episode: The shortcut to this popular post for reference is: silentjim.com/mistakes   SilentSalesMachine.com - Text the word “free” to 507-800-0090 to get a free copy of Jim’s latest book in audio about building multiple income streams online or visit https://silentjim.com/free11   SilentJim.com/bookacall - Book a call here to discuss our offers including coaching, legends and ProvenAmazonCourse.com course   ProvenAmazonCourse.com/100 - Path to 100 ASIN's - The Replens Accelerator workshop that Brian and Robin Joy are teaching live in August!   My Silent Team Facebook group. 100% FREE! https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam - Join 75,000 + Facebook members from around the world who are using the internet creatively every day to launch and grow multiple income streams through our exciting PROVEN strategies! There's no support community like this one anywhere else in the world!   https://ProvenAmazonCourse.com - The comprehensive course that contains ALL our Amazon training modules, recorded events and a steady stream of latest cutting edge training including of course the most popular starting point, the REPLENS selling model. The PAC is updated free for life!   https://SilentJim.com/kickstart - if you want a shortcut to learning all you need to get started then get the Proven Amazon Course and go through Kickstart.   JimCockrumCoaching.com - Get a free session with a business consultant on our team at 1-800-994-1792 / 1-801-693-1688 or TEXT US at 385-284-7701 (US & Canada only for Text)  ALL of our coaches are running very successful businesses of their own based on the models we teach here!        

In the typical Amazon replens business, there are three governing factors, they are time, money, and ASINs and each crucial to building and maintaining a successful business.   In this episode, Brian & Robin Joy also introduce the "7 Core Competencies of Amazon Replens" series, which highlights essential skills needed in the following areas: sourcing, shopping, prepping, shipping, repricing, replenishing, and business acumen, emphasizing the need for proficiency in all areas either individually or as a team.   The "Sourcing Competency" specifically requires a deep dive into thousands of ASINs, categorizing them into viable, test-worthy, and replenishable, with a focus on thorough evaluation and continuous testing to identify those that can be consistently replenished.   This methodical approach is important for building a sustainable inventory and winning performance in a marketplace where, as Robin Sharma notes, "There’s a ton of competition at ordinary, but there’s almost none at extraordinary."   Special guest at the conclusion of today's show, Jeff Schick of JeffSchick.com discusses Account Health and how the scores are calculated. What can you do to get your account health score up?   Watch this episode on our YouTube channel here:  https://youtu.be/EhrVSAVCVHo   Show note LINKS:   SilentSalesMachine.com - Text the word “free” to 507-800-0090 to get a free copy of Jim’s latest book in audio about building multiple income streams online or visit https://silentjim.com/free11   SilentJim.com/bookacall - Book a call here to discuss our offers including coaching, legends and ProvenAmazonCourse.com course   ProvenAmazonCourse.com/100 - Path to 100 ASIN's - The Replens Accelerator workshop that Brian and Robin Joy teach live this August!   My Silent Team Facebook group. 100% FREE! https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam - Join 75,000 + Facebook members from around the world who are using the internet creatively every day to launch and grow multiple income streams through our exciting PROVEN strategies! There's no support community like this one anywhere else in the world!   https://ProvenAmazonCourse.com - The comprehensive course that contains ALL our Amazon training modules, recorded events and a steady stream of latest cutting edge training including of course the most popular starting point, the REPLENS selling model. The PAC is updated free for life!   https://SilentJim.com/kickstart - If you want a shortcut to learning all you need to get started then get the Proven Amazon Course and go through Kickstart.   JimCockrumCoaching.com - Get a free session with a business consultant on our team at 1-800-994-1792 / 1-801-693-1688 or TEXT US at 385-284-7701 (US & Canada only for Text)  ALL of our coaches are running very successful businesses of their own based on the models we teach here!  

Recently, the business building warriors of our Amazon/e-commerce community gathered along with many of our entire families in Orlando Florida. Over 700 people attended this event and enjoyed the city along with an incredible three day event that featured dozens of breakout sessions on numerous Amazon/e-commerce related topics. About half of the event was Amazon focused and the other half focused on several unique yet related "multiple income stream" ideas that are among the time-tested and proven strategies used in our community.   On today’s new podcast episode, we assembled a panel of coaches and conference speakers who both attended and contributed to the success of the most recent "Proven Conference" event. While there are only five of us on this call representing the dozens who presented, our conversation today was a fantastic discussion about the benefits of attending our live events and workshops, some great highlights and takeaways from the event as well as some great stories from the experiences we had.   If you were unable to attend the "Proven Conference" event, this is a great episode to listen to in order to get a feel for what it’s like to attend one of our live events or workshops.   Watch this episode on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/usrBdtDhnCI   Show note LINKS:   SilentSalesMachine.com - Text the word “free” to 507-800-0090 to get a free copy of Jim’s latest book in audio about building multiple income streams online or visit https://silentjim.com/free11   SilentJim.com/bookacall - Book a call here to discuss our offers including coaching, legends and ProvenAmazonCourse.com course   My Silent Team Facebook group. 100% FREE! https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam - Join 75,000 + Facebook members from around the world who are using the internet creatively every day to launch and grow multiple income streams through our exciting PROVEN strategies! There's no support community like this one anywhere else in the world!   https://ProvenAmazonCourse.com - The comprehensive course that contains ALL our Amazon training modules, recorded events and a steady stream of latest cutting edge training including of course the most popular starting point, the REPLENS selling model. The PAC is updated free for life!   Our new wholesale course coming soon: SilentJim.com/comingsoon   TheProvenConference.com/2025tpc - Get advanced sale tickets for our May 2025 event!   Our other upcoming workshops: ProvenAmazonCourse.com/100 - Path to 100 ASIN's workshop Brandedbundlesworkshop.com - A small workshop in September for building branded bundles SilentJim.com/comingsoon - Go here to sign up for alerts on all of our upcoming new courses and opportunities!   Guests: Brian Olson Trevor Neil Khang Dang (from podcast episodes 754, 827) Joseph Kelsey

Once per week or so our Amazon seller leadership team and I love to go live on Zoom with whoever can join us and answer as many ecommerce and Amazon selling related questions as possible. We had a long session last time so we captured the best moments of the first hour or so and turned them into a podcast episode.   Here's the topics of the clips for the Q&A:   Intro and explanation of a few of our programs Coach intro to Kickstart Bootcamp - Robin Joy gives an overview  Question about testing ASINs and discussion on Keepa Question about selling a product before inventory is officially checked in How to get support through Seller Central with the hard topics and how Jeff Schick's services are a help Another explanation of the above the buy box pricing and why it works   Show note LINKS:   https://silentjim.com/bb70 - see over 170 examples of Keepa charts of "above buy box" winners that are selling in Jim's account in real time RIGHT NOW.   https://JeffSchick.com - our legal expert for all things Amazon   SilentSalesMachine.com - text the word “free” to 507-800-0090 to get a free copy of Jim’s latest book in audio about building multiple income streams online or visit https://silentjim.com/free11   New sellers often ask how to find profitable products but rather the question should be how to find “test worthy ASINs" or “underserved shelf space at Amazon!!” Jim has posted many examples on the My Silent Team Facebook page from his own personal inventory demonstrating exactly how this works! Jim recommends listeners go to Podcast #554 for an in depth discussion on this topic and Podcast #369 is a thorough discussion on Keepa! https://silentjim.com/podcast   SilentJim.com/bookacall - book a call here to discuss our offers including coaching, legends and ProvenAmazonCourse.com course   My Silent Team Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam 100% FREE! Join 75,000 + Facebook members from around the world who are using the internet creatively every day to launch and grow multiple income streams through our exciting PROVEN strategies! There's no support community like this one anywhere else in the world!   ProvenAmazonCourse.com - the comprehensive course that contains ALL our Amazon training modules, recorded events and a steady stream of latest cutting edge training including of course the most popular starting point, the REPLENS selling model. The PAC is updated free for life!   https://SilentJim.com/kickstart - if you want a shortcut to learning all you need to get started then get the Proven Amazon Course and go through Kickstart.      

We just wrapped up our 12th annual conference for Amazon sellers and ecommerce warriors - the Proven Conference and the pre-conference workshop 'A Path to 100 ASINs' were a HUGE HIT!   The private Facebook group for the event is still buzzing with great pics and stories from the 1,100 participants (live stream and attendees)- and we are DEFINITELY doing it again next year! Details can be found at TheProvenConference.com.   On today's new podcast episode Brian & Robin Joy share some of their WPAs (Worth the Price of Admission) moments from the event. These are some thoughts and actions that they plan to leverage in their business in the coming year. They discuss an interesting thought experiment about limiting beliefs and they go on to discuss a number of things that cannot be guaranteed when working in the Amazon business as well as some things that can be guaranteed if we don't take action. You'll also hear details about our next workshop in NASHVILLE in AUGUST! (Get the scoop at ProvenAmazonCourse.com/100 )   Regardless of where you are in your ecommerce business building journey, the ProvenAmazonCourse.com team is here to help you grow and make your business dreams a reality!   Special guest at the conclusion of today's show, Jeff Schick of JeffSchick.com answers the question: What should I do with letters asking me to stop selling a brand?   Watch this episode on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/CLSoy3rP5LU   Show note LINKS:   SilentSalesMachine.com - Text the word “free” to 507-800-0090 to get a free copy of Jim’s latest book in audio about building multiple income streams online or visit https://silentjim.com/free11   SilentJim.com/bookacall - Book a call here to discuss our offers including coaching, legends and ProvenAmazonCourse.com course   My Silent Team Facebook group. 100% FREE! https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam - Join 75,000 + Facebook members from around the world who are using the internet creatively every day to launch and grow multiple income streams through our exciting PROVEN strategies! There's no support community like this one anywhere else in the world!   https://ProvenAmazonCourse.com - The comprehensive course that contains ALL our Amazon training modules, recorded events and a steady stream of latest cutting edge training including of course the most popular starting point, the REPLENS selling model. The PAC is updated free for life!   https://SilentJim.com/kickstart - A shortcut to learning all you need to get started with the Proven Amazon Course. Go through Kickstart to really grasp how to sell products on Amazon.  Hands on help!

During our recent live event in Orlando, Florida (The Proven Conference), we had dozens of amazing breakout sessions. One of the sessions was an introduction to the content that is coming soon regarding our unique strategies for success selling on Walmart.com. We are seeing tremendous results among many of the great Amazon selling leaders and students on our team as they begin to integrate Walmart into their online selling strategy.   We remain increasingly excited about Amazon simply because of the sheer volume of transactions that happen every day (about 50% of all ecommerce!), but Walmart is growing quite rapidly, even though Walmart is still considerably smaller than Amazon. The new opportunities presented by Walmart are the main topic of today’s mini episode.   Joseph Kelsey - a great coach on our team is basically finishing up the details of our new Walmart seller training course, and we will have it available for you soon~ Please visit this page in order to be kept up-to-date on all of the coming offers from our leadership team: SilentJim.com/comingsoon   NOTE: If you are a student of the ProvenAmazonCourse.com course or if you are a coaching student, you will receive an extreme discount on any new content that we produce.   Enjoy this short overview discussion of why we are so excited about Walmart! https://provenamazoncourse.com/walmart   Watch this episode on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/jqqePswyM0c     Show note LINKS:       SilentSalesMachine.com - Text the word “free” to 507-800-0090 to get a free copy of Jim’s latest book in audio about building multiple income streams online or visit https://silentjim.com/free11   SilentJim.com/bookacall - book a call here to discuss our offers including coaching, legends and ProvenAmazonCourse.com course   Proven Amazon Course -  https://ProvenAmazonCourse.com  Are you ready to be successful selling on Amazon? It's time to get instant access to the most widely used, most up to date, most creative and industry leading course in the "Learn to sell on Amazon" space. You'll find hundreds of recent success stories in our Free Facebook group from Amazon sellers using all manner of creative strategies from our ridiculously inexpensive yet powerful course!   My Silent Team Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam 100% FREE! Join 75,000 + members from around the world who are using the internet creatively every day to launch and grow multiple income streams through our exciting PROVEN strategies! There's no support community like this one anywhere else in the world   The Proven Conference - https://theprovenconference.com/livestream24 Get the latest cutting edge ideas and training from our top performing students with our conference video recordings. Available now!    Sourcing tools we recommend: The Walmart repricing tool used by Joseph is Flashpricer! Get our special offer here silentjim.com/flash Wallysmarter - https://silentjim.com/carbon6 (look under solutions search for Walmart seller) Nepeto - http://silentjim.com/OALeads Web Harvey - http://silentjim.com/webhu SellerAmp - https://selleramp.com/mst/ Profit Seeker Pro - https://profitseekerpro.com Wholesale Checker Sproutlist   Joseph mentions the "Bots course" is "in the PAC" - for those unaware, that means that the Bots course is in the ProvenAmazonCourse.com library available to all PAC students.    

Once per week or so our Amazon seller leadership team and I love to go live on Zoom with whoever can join us and answer as many ecommerce and Amazon selling related questions as possible. We captured the best moments and turned them into a podcast episode. Today's episode has Brian and Robin Joy as co-hosts with great tips in business attitude and growth along with a road map in where to start in the Proven Amazon Course.   Here's the topics of the clips for the Q&A: Robin Joy highlights The Proven Conference experience Brian tells us where to start in PAC step by step What is up with the Mastrermind groups and how to utilize such a great opportunity More thoughts on Keepa and how to simplify it   Show note LINKS: SilentSalesMachine.com - text the word “free” to 507-800-0090 to get a free copy of Jim’s latest book in audio about building multiple income streams online or visit https://silentjim.com/free11   SilentJim.com/bookacall - book a call here to discuss our offers including coaching, legends and ProvenAmazonCourse.com course   TheProvenConference.com - Get your tickets at the deepest discount now for our 2025 live event in Orlando! Hurry though - when the event tickets go live starts the price goes WAY up!   Keepa- episode 369 at SilentJim.com/podcast explains what Keepa is. Check out Keepa here: silentjim.com/keepa   My Silent Team Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam 100% FREE! Join 75,000 + Facebook members from around the world who are using the internet creatively every day to launch and grow multiple income streams through our exciting PROVEN strategies! There's no support community like this one anywhere else in the world!   ProvenAmazonCourse.com - the comprehensive course that contains ALL our Amazon training modules, recorded events and a steady stream of latest cutting edge training including of course the most popular starting point, the REPLENS selling model. The PAC is updated free for life!

On recent episodes of our podcast we’ve been delivering to you a handful of conversations and presentations related to our recent Proven conference in late May 2024. These captured recordings are truly fantastic content. Not only do they help you get a feel for what it’s like to attend one of our live events, they are also filled with very practical insights and tips from the most successful leaders and coaches on our team.   Today’s episode is a recording of a break-out session that was conducted by a coach on our team named Abe Mcmahan. He discussed several of the strategies that he’s used to enable him to build a multiple income stream seven figure business that’s rooted in Amazon and Walmart selling while remaining focused on his family and relationships with the people on his team.   Enjoy this conversation and practical insights and plan to join us when we have our next live event or workshop! Details on all upcoming opportunities can be found at SilentJim.com/comingsoon   To book a call with our team to discuss your ecommerce/Amazon selling plans or inquire about what we have to offer, schedule a free consultation here: SilentJim.com/bookacall   Watch this episode on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/D8nS2YVTB4Q   Show note LINKS:   Our recommended "on screen calculator tools": AZ insight - https://silentjim.com/ip/ Go Aura - https://jimc.biz/aura RevSeller -  https://provenamazoncourse.com/revseller  Sellerboard - https://silentjim.com/numbers   JimCockrumCoaching.com - Get a free session with a business consultant on our team at 1-800-994-1792 / 1-801-693-1688 or TEXT US at 385-284-7701 (US & Canada only for Text)  ALL of our coaches are running very successful businesses of their own based on the models we teach here! We’ve been setting the standard for excellence in e-commerce and Amazon seller coaching since 2002 with over 10,000 students served! Hundreds of our successful, happy students have been interviewed on our podcast!   SilentSalesMachine.com - Text the word “free” to 507-800-0090 to get a free copy of Jim’s latest book in audio about building multiple income streams online or visit https://silentsalesmachine.com/ssm11/ffv11/!   My Silent Team Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam 100% FREE! Join 75,000 + Facebook members from around the world who are using the internet creatively every day to launch and grow multiple income streams through our exciting PROVEN strategies! There's no support community like this one anywhere else in the world!   ProvenAmazonCourse.com - The comprehensive course that contains ALL our Amazon training modules, recorded events and a steady stream of latest cutting edge training including of course the most popular starting point, the REPLENS selling model. The PAC is updated free for life!   Guest speaker: Abe McMahan

Today's episode will inspire you to keep going in the midst of difficulty. Two of our coaches and directors of our JimCockrumCoaching.com program tell it like it is in business and what to do to keep going. Listen to the Olson's behind the scenes back story!    "Houston, we have a problem..." On April 13, 1970, Jack Swigert’s famous words marked a pivotal moment in the Apollo 13 mission, where an explosion turned a moon landing into a desperate fight for survival. The astronauts, with the ingenuity and determination of their ground team, used the Lunar Module as an improvised lifeboat, overcoming critical issues with limited resources. This story mirrors Brian Olson's journey in the Amazon business world, where persistence and innovative problem-solving turned early failures into remarkable success. Inspired by his unwavering commitment, Brian emphasizes the importance of setting concrete goals and being ready to face challenges head-on. His journey underscores that, much like the Apollo 13 mission, achieving great success often requires tenacity, creative thinking, and an unyielding belief that failure is not an option.   Special guest at the conclusion of today's show, Jeff Schick of JeffSchick.com answers the question: Why does my account health number drop sometimes even though I didn't get any issues on my account?   Watch this video on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/vN-qLeEhqhk   Show note LINKS:  JimCockrumCoaching.com  - Get a free session with a business consultant on our team at 1-800-994-1792 / 1-801-693-1688 or TEXT US at 385-284-7701 (US & Canada only for Text)  ALL of our coaches are running very successful businesses of their own based on the models we teach here! We’ve been setting the standard for excellence in e-commerce and Amazon seller coaching since 2002 with over 10,000 students served! Hundreds of our successful, happy students have been interviewed on our podcast!   SilentJim.com/bookacall - Book a call here to discuss our offers including coaching, legends and ProvenAmazonCourse.com course   My Silent Team Facebook group. 100% FREE! https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam - Join 75,000 + Facebook members from around the world who are using the internet creatively every day to launch and grow multiple income streams through our exciting PROVEN strategies! There's no support community like this one anywhere else in the world!   https://ProvenAmazonCourse.com - The comprehensive course that contains ALL our Amazon training modules, recorded events and a steady stream of latest cutting edge training including of course the most popular starting point, the REPLENS selling model. The PAC is updated free for life!   https://SilentJim.com/kickstart - if you want a shortcut to learning all you need to get started then get the Proven Amazon Course and go through Kickstart.