{"podcast":{"title":"Silent Sales Machine Radio","slug":"silent-sales-machine-radio-909429","podcast_index_feed_id":909429,"rss_url":"https://silentsalesmachine.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://silentsalesmachine.libsyn.com/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/b/0/3/1/b031025583a54870e5bbc093207a2619/0001-4705542131963837278.jpg","author":"Jim Cockrum","episode_count":1182,"summary":"As of Spring 2026 voted a top 20 overall e-commerce podcast*! Also voted the #1 podcast for Amazon sellers**! The ONLY e-commerce podcast that features 100's of RECENT, REAL success story interviews with real people building great businesses online. Welcome to the most listened to and success filled Amazon seller and e-commerce podcast on the web! This is also the official podcast of the award winning ProvenAmazonCourse.com training course. Inside the free 84,000+ member Facebook group for fans of the show (SilentJim.com has a link) you'll MEET and INTERACT with an amazing community that uses the strategies taught on this show to grow incredible businesses. This show features \"real people\" from all walks of life who pull back the curtain on the struggles, victories and strategies that come with WORKING HARD to build a beautiful business online. Nothing worth having comes easy, but prepare to be inspired by those who are charting a course towards building an amazing business online. The hundreds of featured guests on the show are ProvenAmazonCourse.com students as well as some of the 7,000+ coaching students from our Ecommerce coaching program that's been operating with a great rep…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T06:19:19.769568+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/silent-sales-machine-radio-909429"},"episode":{"title":"#1178: He hit $10K a month. Then his coach told him to stop working harder!","slug":"1178-he-hit-10k-a-month-then-his-coach-told-him-to-stop-working-harder","published_at":"2026-06-17T18:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/silent-sales-machine-radio-909429/1178-he-hit-10k-a-month-then-his-coach-told-him-to-stop-working-harder","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/silent-sales-machine-radio-909429","url":"https://silentsalesmachine.libsyn.com/1178-he-hit-10k-a-month-then-his-coach-told-him-to-stop-working-harder","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/silentsalesmachine/ssmr_Coaches_Building_to_50k_master_audio.mp3?dest-id=436956","summary":"A coaching client got on Robin's calendar this week sitting at ~$10,000 a month in sales and feeling stuck. He's an engineer, so the math felt obvious: $50K is just $10K, five times over. Do what's working, five times as much, and you're there. Except that's the trap, and by the end of the call he said he felt like he'd been hit by a two-by-four. In the best way. In this episode, Brian and Robin Joy break down why the playbook that built your foundation is the wrong playbook for your next floor, using a house Brian actually built as the map. Why $50K is a system , not a goal you can reach by wanting it five times more Why business grows like bamboo: nothing for years, then six feet overnight How your test-to-replens conversion rate tells you exactly how many ASINs to source for growth (and what a 50% \"failure\" rate is really telling you) Why looking at every ASIN makes you the bottleneck, and how to take off the employee hat before you scale The difference between high standards and self-sabotage, and why beating yourself up at night quietly tells you that you don't deserve it You didn't fail to grow. You just kept pouring concrete after it was time to build. Let's go test more ASINs. Special guest at the conclusion of today's show, Jeff Schick of JeffSchick.com answers the question: \"When is it VERY unsafe to sell textbooks on Amazon?\" Use coupon code \"MISTAKE\" to get your first month of services for only $1 with Jeff and his team! Watch this episode on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/pTEkHwbmoOo Show note LINKS: 3pmercury.com/friends - The best pricing on 3pMercury software! ProvenAmazonCourse.com - The comprehensive course that contains ALL our Amazon training modules, recorded events and a steady stream of latest cutting edge training including of course…","meta_description":"A coaching client got on Robin's calendar this week sitting at ~$10,000 a month in sales and feeling stuck. 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