Sprint to Profit
Ep.20 How I Have Made a Lifestyle Business for Myself from Amazon FBA with Kirsty Verity
Welcome back to the Sprint to Profit podcast. This is our twentieth episode and to celebrate, we’re doing something a little different. Today we’re looking at Kirsty’s journey as an Amazon seller. Kirsty talks about what she used to do before she turned to Amazon, what her beginning struggles consisted of, and how her background colored her unique journey in the world of being an Amazon seller.
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Talking Points:
- 00:20 - Introduction
- 01:50 - Kirsty’s background before Amazon
- 09:20 - The 4-Hour Workweek realization
- 11:55 - What was the beginning Amazon seller experience like for Kirsty?
- 15:30 - Focus on one or two things
- 16:20 - Kirsty’s call strategy
- 24:10 - Kirsty’s first set-back and lessons learned
- 27:40 - Kirsty’s unique skill set
- 30:00 - Oversaturating and pruning your business
- 33:30 - Reaching out to the community and going to events
- 35:40 - Summary and Conclusion
Resources/Links:
The 4-Hour Workweek, Expanded and Updated: Expanded and Updated, With Over 100 New Pages of Cutting-Edge Content, by Timothy Ferriss
Our Website: https://www.goteamreal.com/
Real Amazon Seller Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AmazonSellerRoundTable/
Quotes:
07:35 – “Basically what I was doing was I was just kinda trading a job for another job and I wasn’t sure if it was going to be big enough for me to leave my job.” - Kirsty Verity
13:48 – “What you need to do is get a bunch of sales, get ranked for the main keywords, and then, that’s when you’re going to get the traffic.” - Kirsty Verity
15:30 – “Be good at two or three things, or just be good at one thing, usually leads to more success than trying everything under the sun and being bad at all of them.” - Isaac
28:11 - “Go back to the numbers. Go back to your metrics. What’s making them money? What’s happening with your metrics? And objectively look at what’s failing.” - Kirsty Verity
Brought to you by Kirsty Verity and Isaac Kuhlman of Sprint to Profit
