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Ep 185: Unlocking The Secrets Of Thriving E-commerce Businesses

Ep 185: Unlocking The Secrets Of Thriving E-commerce Businesses

Unlocking The Secrets Of Thriving E-commerce Businesses

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Join Brad Friedman and Sabir Semerkant as they chat about tactics to employ when setting up your storefront, marketing your e-commerce business, and more!

Sabir Semerkant is an eCommerce expert, growth strategist, and entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience driving over $1 billion in revenue. Endorsed by Gary Vee, Neil Patel, and Matt Higgins (SharkTank), Sabir has advised Fortune 500 companies, scaled startups, and helped brands like Coca-Cola, Canon, Tommy Hilfiger, and Sour Patch Kids achieve rapid growth.

In 2024, Sabir’s Rapid 2X program boosted growth for 29 brands across 17 industries, delivering a 108% average increase in just 21 days. Prior programs have scaled over 150 brands, including Ashley Stewart, which grew from $3M to $30M under Sabir’s leadership.

Sabir has developed a framework that unlocks 2X-10X growth for any ecom business that has Product-Market Fit. The 8-D Method allows you to thrive regardless of what is going on in the economy so they can grow sales and maximize profits even in today's ultra-competitive market.

In this Episode:

  • Sabir talks about people in the e-commerce world taking bad advice.
  • Sabir says that at the birth of e-commerce, anything and everything you had to do you had to code it from the ground up.
  • Sabir discusses tactics to employ when setting up your storefront and marketing your product.
  • Sabir talks about the need to actually fix the fundamentals of your business and implement the right foundation in your e-comm business in order to continuously succeed at it.
  • Sabir also says we need to avoid relying on the BS KPI and, instead, use a KPI he's been using for 25 years.

Quotes from this Episode:
“The bad advice starts with, over reliance on, for example, on, on Meta Ads.” – Sabir Semerkant
“ E-commerce is a multi-channel game. It's not a single channel thing like paid media .” – Sabir Semerkant
“ I have been involved in e-commerce since the birth of e-commerce, and I can tell you when e-commerce was born. .” – Sabir Semerkant
“They set up their store and they think that we have built it, they will come, .” – Sabir Semerkant
“ So when you are building an e-commerce site, it's not just an e-commerce site, it has to be an e-commerce business.” – Sabir Semerkant

Resources:

Sabir Semerkant:
LinkedIn: Sabir Semerkant
Facebook: Growth By Sabir
X: Sabir Semerkant
Instagram: Growth By Sabir
YouTube: Sabir Semerkant
Website: Growth By Sabir
Website: Special page for listeners

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Books
Brad Friedman on Digital Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
The Small Business Owner's Guide To Inbound Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
100 Livestreaming & Digital Media Predictions,” by Ross Brand with a chapter by Brad Friedman

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Ep 184: Maximizing ROI Through Data Analytics

Ep 184: Maximizing ROI Through Data Analytics

Maximizing ROI Through Data Analytics

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In this episode, Brad Friedman and Ivan Burban discuss the need to collect the right data in order to make data-driven decisions that generate revenue.

Ivan Burban is the Head of Marketing at Coupler.io, with over 12 years of experience in digital marketing, SEO, analytics, and product management. Ivan advocates the growth culture and value of data for modern marketing. He firmly believes that marketing is the first driver in business growth, and he's happy to share the knowledge to help businesses grow from zero to unicorn status fast.

In this Episode:

  • Ivan talks about collecting data in order to make data-driven decisions.
  • Ivan says it was harder to collect data 12 years ago when he was using spreadsheets.
  • Ivan believes the most important thing for business owners to track is revenue.
  • Ivan discusses his use of the North Star Metric with clients.
  • Ivan also talks about how important it is to learn something to grow faster.

Quotes from this Episode:
“ It's better to have less data. But data's validated. You can trust it and you can make decision based on it.” – Ivan Burban
“ I think it's also always revenue because business is about revenue or traction in revenue dynamics, but it's always about money.” – Ivan Burban
“ I have a rule that 20% of my budget and any of my resources, like team or money should work on, challenges or experiments or on new approaches that we never tried.” – Ivan Burban
“Multichannel marketing, is a key now, and you can't work with only one channel and only with one data source.” – Ivan Burban
“First-party data became more important, but to have first-party data, you need to have big big traffic.” – Ivan Burban

Resources:

Ivan Burban:
LinkedIn: Ivan Burban
LinkedIn: Coupler.io
Facebook: Ivan Burban
YouTube: Coupler.io Academy
Website: Coupler.io
Blog: Coupler.io Blog
Dashboard Templates: Coupler.io Dashboard Templates

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Brad Friedman on Digital Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
The Small Business Owner's Guide To Inbound Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
100 Livestreaming & Digital Media Predictions,” by Ross Brand with a chapter by Brad Friedman

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Ep 178: Maximize Your Marketing Impact With Data!

Ep 178: Maximize Your Marketing Impact With Data!

Maximize Your Marketing Impact With Data!

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Join Brad Friedman and Jim Harenchar as they discuss the importance of collecting data to measure the results of your businesses’ marketing efforts.

Jim is the CEO of Response Marketing Group, a consumer-data-focused marketing agency that primarily serves clients in the financial services, tourism and healthcare sectors. Founded in 1986, the company leverages 35+ years of experience and data insights and pairs it with highly relevant messaging to the target audience to drive revenue growth, customer growth, and increased asset values. They have developed several proprietary Ad Tech solutions that have introduced game-changing outcomes for DMOs across the US.

In addition to serving as CEO, Jim leads the Travel and Tourism practice for RMG, which includes clients such as Arkansas Tourism, Georgia Tourism, Visit Savannah, Crested Butte, The Ritz Carlton, and The Resort Hotel Association among others. He is a thought-leader within the tourism sector and frequent speaker at the Southeast Tourism Society conference, Forrester Marketing Conference, Ad Federation, DestiCon and Gartner.

Prior to Response Marketing Group, Jim was Senior Vice President at The Allant Group in Chicago, IL from 2010-2014. He led the Strategic Consulting practice that delivered marketing strategy and high-level research to CMOs and brand managers at clients such as GM, Comcast, Nationwide Insurance, US Tennis Association, US Cellular, Blue Cross/Blue Shield and Wells Fargo.

In this Episode:

  • Jim talks about the importance of having some element of test and learn in your digital marketing strategy.
  • Jim says it's important to collect data to guage the success of your marketing .
  • Jim discusses the importance of knowing what your leads are interested in when they visit your website.
  • Jim talks about the importance of retargeting.
  • Jim also says marketers need to respect the privacy laws that are found in many places now.

Quotes from this Episode:
“ I don't know that there's ever been more data available to us.” – Jim Harenchar
“ You've got a couple Excel spreadsheets set off somewhere on your laptop, and that's your, your frequent buyer campaign..” – Jim Harenchar
“ And while you spend a lot of money at the front end to try to do some amount of awareness building, those that click are the ones we want to retarget.” – Jim Harenchar
“Pixeling individuals has a greater level of efficacy than cookies do.” – Jim Harenchar
“ I think the reason we've been successful for 38 years is we've had a simple focus and that's on data.” – Jim Harenchar

Resources:

Jim Harenchar:
LinkedIn: Jim Harenchar
LinkedIn: RMG
Website: Website - Special Offer for Listeners

This podcast is brought to you by Magai. The tool we use for our AI needs. Magai is 12 AI apps in one. There's just one subscription to access all the best AI models. Get Magai right here, https://friedmansocialmedia.com/magai

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Are you looking for an email service provider that has stood the test of time? Be sure to look at Constant Contact, the provider we use. Constant Contact

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And, here's the link to my calendar for the two slots I have open to give you a sample coaching session: Coaching Session With Brad

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Books
Brad Friedman on Digital Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
The Small Business Owner's Guide To Inbound Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
100 Livestreaming & Digital Media Predictions,” by Ross Brand with a chapter by Brad Friedman

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Ep 168: 3 Red Flags Your Marketing Strategy Is Broken

Ep 168: 3 Red Flags Your Marketing Strategy Is Broken

Ep 168: 3 Red Flags Your Marketing Strategy Is Broken

by Brad Friedman

3 Red Flags Your Marketing Strategy Is Broken

The Digital Slice Podcast is brought to you by The Friedman Group, LLC

Join Brad Friedman and Caroline Crawford as they discuss the need for business owners to take a step back and examine their marketing holistically.

Caroline helps business leaders with aligning marketing initiatives effectively to achieve overarching business goals. She is a seasoned marketing and communications expert with a 13-year successful track record of blending the visionary with the integrator.

After seeing first hand how the marketing industry fuels shiny object syndrome, Caroline founded Cultiveight to address challenges faced by businesses such as limited resources and market pressures. Caroline is on a mission of supporting more business leaders to secure an integrated marketing approach that goes beyond typical
marketing gimmicks.

In this Episode:

  • Caroline says, if you're not seeing ROI from your marketing efforts it may be a sign that something is broken.
  • Caroline discusses the need to try to optimizre what you are currently doing, before changing your marketing strategy..
  • Caroline talks about the possibility that your strategy is great, but there is a disconnect that is affecting your ROI.
  • Caroline says business owners make mistakes in their marketing because they have a narrow scope of what they're looking at to be the problem.
  • Caroline also talks about finding new ways to look at you and your business a little bit differently.

Quotes from this Episode:
“So if you feel like you're just spinning your wheels constantly and you just have no idea where to turn, that is a clear cut sign that something's not working.” – Caroline Crawford
“A lot of marketing is a mindset shift in many ways.” – Caroline Crawford
“ I think ultimately the role of the marketer is to actually help educate the business owner and the business owner must be willing to be educated and see marketing through a different lens.” – Caroline Crawford
“What's going to separate your brand apart is you, that's it.” – Caroline Crawford
“I would say, look at your marketing holistically.” – Caroline Crawford

Resources:

Caroline Crawford:
LinkedIn: Caroline Crawford
Instagram: Cultiveight Communications
Website: Cultiveight Communications

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Are you looking for an email service provider that has stood the test of time? Be sure to look at Constant Contact, the provider we use. Constant Contact

Are you looking for a CRM for your business? We suggest taking a look at a few different ones before making your decision. Be sure to look at Nimble, one of our favorite CRMs, and take advantage of a 14-day free trial.

And, here's the link to my calendar for the two slots I have open to give you a sample coaching session: Coaching Session With Brad

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Books
Brad Friedman on Digital Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
The Small Business Owner's Guide To Inbound Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
100 Livestreaming & Digital Media Predictions,” by Ross Brand with a chapter by Brad Friedman

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Ep 143: Say Goodbye To Cookies: The Future Of Digital Advertising

Ep 143: Say Goodbye To Cookies: The Future Of Digital Advertising

Ep 143: Say Goodbye To Cookies: The Future Of Digital Advertising

by Brad Friedman

Say Goodbye To Cookies: The Future Of Digital Advertising

The Digital Slice Podcast is brought to you by The Friedman Group, LLC

Join Brad Friedman and Jeff Greenfield as they chat about the demise of the cookie and the strategies and technology marketers will use to remain innovative.

Jeff Greenfield is an entrepreneur with three decades of strategy, growth and marketing experience building and leading teams, emphasizing innovative marketing enabled by new technology.

Prior to co-founding Provalytics to build the next generation of Attribution, Greenfield led buy-side strategy, sales, and development at WideOrbit.

Prior to WideOrbit, Greenfield was the COO & co-founder of C3 Metrics, a leading multi-touch Attribution platform with clients including JP Morgan, US Bank, Hertz, Nestle, Peapod, Carhartt, Edward Jones and Fender. His technical innovations include real-time digital viewability measurement, integrated linear and OTT television measurement and the creation of a cookie-less identifier. Greenfield developed & led all GTM strategies, including conferences, the ‘This Is Attribution’ podcast, and an Attribution Certification program and grew the team to 55 with 171% YOY growth, leading to being named to Deloitte’s 2018 Technology Fast 500.

His extensive work with the Media Ratings Council led to accreditation for viewability and the creation of attribution accreditation, the first for the industry for which he was recognized at the Market Research Council, where he was named a ‘Star of Attribution’ by Sequent Partners.

Prior to C3 Metrics, Greenfield founded 1st Approach, a branded entertainment agency focused on the convergence of technology and growth marketing, where he served GlaxoSmithKline, Kimberly-Clark, Sony BMG, Black & Decker, Forest Labs and more. His creations include Verizon’s Effie award-winning ‘How Sweet The Sound,’ Medicis Pharmaceutical’s branded tour and online contest, Land Watch, the first marketplace for rural land on behalf of Plum Creek Timber/Weyerhaeuser, and Position Solutions, one of the first SaaS search engine optimization platforms.

Greenfield started his career building a chiropractic clinic, which scaled via word-of-mouth marketing by adopting a philosophy of treatment first, where no one was turned away, regardless of ability to pay, which is detailed in Chapter 5 of Buzzmarketing: Get People To Talk About Your Stuff.

Featured at hundreds of conferences, including NAPTE, NAB, Mediapost, BANFF, MASB, ANA and TVOT, with thought leadership appearing in the NY Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, ABC, CBS, and Investor’s Business Daily.

Greenfield studied Biochemistry at the University of Maryland, interned at the National Institutes of Health, and obtained his Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) and BS in Human Biology from Southern California University of Health Sciences. He is an instrument-rated pilot and a performing member of the Magic Castle in Hollywood.

In this Episode:

  • Jeff talks about analyzing data to determine if your marketing is working.
  • Jeff discusses cookies going away under the guise of privacy. .
  • Jeff says there are a lot of new advertising mediums out there where there are no clicks.
  • Jeff talks about how marketing efforts may take days or weeks to have an impact.
  • Jeff also says that the digital ecosystem for advertising is changing for the better for advertisers.

Quotes from this Episode:
“What's happening is that all of these companies are realizing that the value is in their data that they have.” – Jeff Greenfield
“It used to be the internet was what we would call the open web.” – Jeff Greenfield
“One of the things that digital marketing has, has kind of shifted for advertisers is the belief that you buy ads to generate clicks and those clicks lead to sales.” – Jeff Greenfield
“So what smaller advertisers can do today is add that additional column for impressions and start checking that out.” – Jeff Greenfield
“As a marketer today, you end up making decisions based on only 20 to 30 percent of the data and it's all like bottom of the funnel.” – Jeff Greenfield

Resources:

Jeff Greenfield:
LinkedIn: Jeff Greenfield
Website: Provalytics

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And, here's the link to my calendar for the two slots I have open to give you a sample coaching session: Coaching Session With Brad

Brad Friedman

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@FriedmanGrp

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https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-friedman-group-llc

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Books
Brad Friedman on Digital Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
The Small Business Owner's Guide To Inbound Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
100 Livestreaming & Digital Media Predictions,” by Ross Brand with a chapter by Brad Friedman

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