eCommerce Conversations

Hosted ByEric Bandholz

Ecommerce Conversations is the long-running weekly podcast from Practical Ecommerce, hosted by ecommerce entrepreneur Eric Bandholz. •• Listen in as Eric interviews in-the-trenches founders and executives who address the essentials of launching, growing, and sustaining an online business. Hear their successes, mistakes, and plans — addressing customer acquisition, web traffic, marketing tactics, on-site conversion, shipping, favorite tools, funding, obstacles, and much more. •• New episodes every Friday.


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eCommerce Conversations | I Built a Voice Bot for Customer Calls

Customer phone support has been a huge burden for Beardbrand, host Eric Bandholz's company, with its small staff.  His solution was an AI voice bot, which he recently built...

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eCommerce Conversations | I Built a Voice Bot for Customer Calls
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eCommerce Conversations | Agency Founder Touts YouTube TV Ads

Alex Walser launched his North Carolina-based marketing agency, Savant Syndicate, in 2024. The firm manages advertising campaigns for ecommerce brands, with a focus on Google Ads. He says YouTube...

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eCommerce Conversations | Agency Founder Touts YouTube TV Ads
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eCommerce Conversations | Profit from Paid Acquisition Key for Ecom Owner (Encore)

Please enjoy this episode first aired in February 2023. Zach Stuck is an agency founder turned ecommerce owner. The agency, called Homestead, runs marketing campaigns for direct-to-consumer businesses. And...

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eCommerce Conversations | Profit from Paid Acquisition Key for Ecom Owner (Encore)
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eCommerce Conversations | Your Next Product Could Be a New Brand

We asked Rok Hladnik, an ecommerce merchant turned agency owner, how to launch a new product line without confusing existing customers and diverting staff.  He advised creating a new...

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eCommerce Conversations | Your Next Product Could Be a New Brand
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eCommerce Conversations | TinyHealth.com Sells Gut Tests by Mail

Cheryl Sew Hoy says her company deals with poop. The Austin, Texas-based serial entrepreneur launched Tiny Health in 2020 to help folks monitor essential microorganisms in their digestive systems,...

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eCommerce Conversations | TinyHealth.com Sells Gut Tests by Mail
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eCommerce Conversations | Copywriter Grades AI Content at 95%

Many pro content marketers insist AI-generated text is inferior to humans'. But not Neville Medhora. He's a seasoned copywriter who claims AI is 95% as good as human writing,...

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eCommerce Conversations | Copywriter Grades AI Content at 95%
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eCommerce Conversations | 5 Levers Drive CAC, Says Ad Pro

Hal Smith says lowering clients' customer acquisition cost on Meta and Google is a focus of his agency, H Street Digital. He cites 5 performance levers, starting with the...

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eCommerce Conversations | 5 Levers Drive CAC, Says Ad Pro
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eCommerce Conversations | Agency Owner on New-Store Strategies

Host Eric Banholz asked Kenny Trusnik, founder of the agency Forest City Digital, how an ecommerce startup can attract customers amid today's AI tumult. “Focus on getting the product...

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eCommerce Conversations | Agency Owner on New-Store Strategies
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eCommerce Conversations | Grow or Die, Says Momentum Shake Founder (Encore)

Please enjoy this repeat of a popular episode aired in August 2024. Mike Tecku first appeared on this podcast in 2019 as an Amazon marketplace seller. He then sold...

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eCommerce Conversations | Grow or Die, Says Momentum Shake Founder (Encore)
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eCommerce Conversations | BK Beauty Doubles Down on TikTok Shop

We've followed the growth of BK Beauty since its launch seven years ago. Paul Jauregui co-founded the direct-to-consumer cosmetics brand in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Lisa.  Host Eric...

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eCommerce Conversations | BK Beauty Doubles Down on TikTok Shop
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eCommerce Conversations | BattlBox’s Path from YouTube to Netflix

How does an ecommerce entrepreneur land a Netflix series? Not easily. Just ask John Roman. He co-launched BattlBox, an outdoor gear company, in 2015. Its YouTube channel eventually caught...

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eCommerce Conversations | BattlBox's Path from YouTube to Netflix
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eCommerce Conversations | Ad Fraud Expert on Scams, Bots, Spoofs

Jeromy Sonne is a Facebook ads pro turned fraud detection expert. His firm, Daypart, advises agencies and big-spend advertisers on the accuracy and legitimacy of their campaigns. Ad fraud,...

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eCommerce Conversations | Ad Fraud Expert on Scams, Bots, Spoofs
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eCommerce Conversations | Emotion-Led Ads Cut Costs 30%

Sarah Levinger consults with ecommerce brands on marketing psychology. She says shoppers' emotions drive ad performance, and success comes from aligning messaging with those feelings. She did that with...

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eCommerce Conversations | Emotion-Led Ads Cut Costs 30%
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eCommerce Conversations | Email Pro: Open Rate Is a Vanity Metric

Nabeel Azeez runs a Dubai-based email marketing agency with clients in ecommerce, SaaS, and more. He emphasizes engagement-based segmentation and high frequency, sending for one client eight emails per...

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eCommerce Conversations | Email Pro: Open Rate Is a Vanity Metric
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eCommerce Conversations | The Top Cause of Wasted Ad Spend

Brett Fish sees a lot of wasted ad spend. His company, TagHero, tracks clients' advertising performance on platforms such as Meta, Google Ads, and TikTok. He says the platforms...

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eCommerce Conversations | The Top Cause of Wasted Ad Spend
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