A Conversation with Jason Miles, Udemy’s most popular eCommerce instructor
What an interesting guy and fun interview this was. A real fanboy of Shopify and believer in Cryptocurrency. For those of you who have not heard of Jason Miles, he is Udemy’s Most popular E-commerce Instructor. He’s the Adjunct Professor of Online Marketing at Northwest University and author of three best-selling books with McGraw Hill. He’s sold millions online and he’s passionate about helping others grow their online business. He’s been featured in Forbes, The Huffington Post, Wharton Magazine and other premier publications. Jason also co-founded Sew Powerful a thriving charity combating extreme poverty through sewing purposeful products that enable academic achievement. So to say that this interview is packed with knowledge and insights from a REAL eCommerce Allstar would be more than an understatement. Tune in NOW!
Show Quotes:
Ultimately now we do about 60 – 70,000 transactions per month
Part of the challenge was our website functionality
I’m a super fanboy for Shopify!
You know how the old saying goes, how do you eat an elephant, one bite at a time.
I just breakdown a Shopify site build project into manageable action steps.
If you just go and start looking at other websites you get so lost.
I kinda just give people a framework to work within, and I think they find that valuable.
Don’t just take and do what I tell you to do mindlessly but actually think about this stuff.
Think about your end goal, and your end customer experience
My basic premise is this, I am a student of technology
Is crypto as a category a big technology breakthrough, and is it going to be technology that shapes consumer behavior for the long term?
I honestly believe the crypto currency implementation that is happening right now around the world in various use cases is absolutely going to change the online world.
If there is a currency that has a set of rules that are governed by technology and you stack that up against the rules of the US dollar … which one would be more wisely managed and which one would be more open?
Some of the liabilities at the federal level in the United States and even at the state level, if you actually care about the math behind it all, its apocalyptic.
I think this is the greatest time of business creation
If your interested in starting a small business there is literally no barriers
The only barrier to any sort of eCommerce work is our own knowledge and ability to execute
Testing testing testing, what can you try, take action on and learn from.
Links from the Cast:
Website: Winning on Shopify
Twitter: @mrjasonmiles
