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Today’s guest on Sugar Coated is ex-police officer and e-commerce expert, Janis Carmina - otherwise known as the ECommerce Queen Bee. In this practical learning session, Janis openly shares super-practical and actionable advice on how she researched and developed two 6-figure eCommerce brands on Amazon - which allowed her to continue to support her family when she was hurt on the job.
Show Notes
🌷Janis Carmina - member of the 400+ member She Leads Media online community - shares her expertise. 1:15
🦄 Ex-police officer, the ECommerce Queen Bee, creates 6 figures brands on Amazon. 2:32
🌞 Welcome to the Sugar Coated podcast, Janis. 4:33
💰 Using Amazon FBA and retail arbitrage as a side gig for earning money. 6:43
🤩 Janis discovered Private Label companies and started selling products under her own brand 7:02
🚓The fateful night on patrol when her career was finished. 9:57
🤓 Keys to selling on Amazon and exactly how to develop your brand. 12:52
🧜♀️ Right is authenticity sells these days. 15:10
🦄 No Straw Challenge and how Janis created a brand of environmentally friendly straws. 17:39
⚠️ Smart go-to-market advice: do not launch a product without doing your research first! 19:51
😻 If you don’t have a company yet established, it’s better to start as a sole proprietor then incorporate after you have some success. 29:36
📚 Question answered about Self Publishing on Amazon. 31:44
🤗If you want to scale, you can’t do it by yourself. You must hire the right help! 34:36
😓 Working too much ‘in the business’ instead of ‘on the business’ can lead to frustration and burnout, so you must watch out for this. 47:42
🤑 Don’t be mistaken: There are many people who have money and time to purchase products and support the economy in these pandemic times. 55:26
👠 Join SLM online community at www.sheleadsmedia.com
🎟️Tickets are available for She Leads Online conference bit.ly/SheLeads2020
🦄 Ex-police officer, the ECommerce Queen Bee, creates 6 figures brands on Amazon. 2:32
🌞 Welcome to the Sugar Coated podcast, Janis. 4:33
💰 Using Amazon FBA and retail arbitrage as a side gig for earning money. 6:43
🤩 Janis discovered Private Label companies and started selling products under her own brand 7:02
🚓The fateful night on patrol when her career was finished. 9:57
🤓 Keys to selling on Amazon and exactly how to develop your brand. 12:52
🧜♀️ Right is authenticity sells these days. 15:10
🦄 No Straw Challenge and how Janis created a brand of environmentally friendly straws. 17:39
⚠️ Smart go-to-market advice: do not launch a product without doing your research first! 19:51
😻 If you don’t have a company yet established, it’s better to start as a sole proprietor then incorporate after you have some success. 29:36
📚 Question answered about Self Publishing on Amazon. 31:44
🤗If you want to scale, you can’t do it by yourself. You must hire the right help! 34:36
😓 Working too much ‘in the business’ instead of ‘on the business’ can lead to frustration and burnout, so you must watch out for this. 47:42
🤑 Don’t be mistaken: There are many people who have money and time to purchase products and support the economy in these pandemic times. 55:26
👠 Join SLM online community at www.sheleadsmedia.com
🎟️Tickets are available for She Leads Online conference bit.ly/SheLeads2020
Connect with Janis:
Janis’ free bootcamp: https://www.ecommercequeenbee.com/home37012558
https://www.instagram.com/ecommercequeenbee/
https://www.youtube.com/c/ECommerceQueenBee/videos
Janis’ free bootcamp: https://www.ecommercequeenbee.com/home37012558
https://www.instagram.com/ecommercequeenbee/
https://www.youtube.com/c/ECommerceQueenBee/videos
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What is The She Leads Podcast | Rewriting the Rules of Entrepreneurship?
The She Leads Podcast is a weekly podcast that strips away the sugar-coating, and removes the fluff to get at conversations that matter for women entrepreneurs and leaders across the globe. Host Adrienne Garland, CEO of She Leads Media, has real conversations that matter to women building businesses with impact. The She Leads Podcast features raw, unfiltered stories from visionary women leaders and entrepreneurs building $1 million revenue businesses and beyond, who see the future, and who've been bold enough to break the mold and re-write the rules that were designed to keep us small and in our place. Each episode amplifies diverse voices with powerful missions, giving women the platform we deserve while delivering actionable insights you won't find in business textbooks. Your host Adrienne Garland asks compelling questions so you get the answers you need to hear. She's a Professor at NYU & Rice, an entrepreneur, an MBA grad, and a bold friend that seeks out straight talk about entrepreneurship that other business podcasts for women may shy away from.