Howard Thai

TPP020 - Outplay the Amazon Game Using Machine Learning Algorithms with Yinon Shiryan

October 16th, 2020  |  31 mins 18 secs

With the increasing number of sellers joining Amazon, ranking number one is possible only for the fittest. You need to invest the time in new tools and hacks in order survive. In this episode, we have Yinon Shiryan, founder and owner of Quantify Ninja — a 360° set of ninja tools for Amazon Sellers. Yiron's passion for eCommerce and for software development met, grew, and resulted in a full blown integrated software service for professional Amazon sellers. And in this podcast episode, he will share how to step up your Amazon game through AI and machine learning.

TPP019 - Ranking Strategies in Amazon through Innovation Research and Automation with Leo Sgovio

October 12th, 2020  |  28 mins 21 secs

Ranking on Amazon is no ordinary feat, but with the right strategies and a great work ethic it can definitely be done. Here to tell you more tips and tricks on Amazon ranking, we have Leo Sgovio, an innovative researcher, who solves problems through innovation and automation. Leo has been on a lot of Howard's $13,000 in-person masterminds and was once unanimously awarded as top speaker as he wowed the crowd with the most amazing information. He is well-versed when it comes to understanding e-commerce and how the search engines have been optimized for rankings conversions. Also, he enjoys problem solving through automations so that it can be scalable. In this podcast, he’ll unveil the inner workings of systems and strategies.

TPP018 - How to Rank Your Products Faster Using Marketplace and Search Algorithms with Anthony Lee

October 9th, 2020  |  39 mins 31 secs

The guest we have on this podcast is going to be a return speaker as a lot of the things that he did in the actual first mastermind were highly coveted information that people just went bananas for. Everybody that basically went to the first mastermind wants to hear what this guy has to say, because he's constantly testing, and constantly trying new things. Anthony Lee is a genius in collecting data, analyzing data, and then learning how to rank best on Amazon with the current actual conditions on Amazon. And in this episode, we are going to learn more about that.

TPP017 - The Secrets in Getting $1 Million in Sales in Just One Day with 8-Figure Sellers Patrick Nies and Jeremy Riechers

October 7th, 2020  |  21 mins 50 secs

The Professor, Howard Thai, has managed to wrangle up this underground dynamic duo of legendary Amazon sellers to speak in this podcast episode. Patrick Nies and Jeremy Riechers are $50 million dollar Amazon sellers, who belong to just a three-person team, doing all the crazy marketing, all the logistics and all the counting in the Amazon business. In just one day, they were able to get $1 million in sales! How did they achieve that? What are the tricks? Tune in to this episode of the Professor's Podcast.

TPP016 - Leveraging the E-commerce Ecosystem to Amplify Amazon Brands with Yev Marusenko

October 6th, 2020  |  40 mins 46 secs

Are you ready to dive deep into some strategies and tactics that experts are using on Amazon right now that is crushing it in 2020 and beyond? Our special guest, Yev Marusenko, has long been in the actual Amazon community and he's doing things that no one else has thought of doing. He is the founder of a tool called ZonTracker, which is used by many sellers and experts. And in this episode, Yev will be discussing more about leveraging integrations, data algorithms, and ad trackings to amplify and rank in Amazon.

TPP015 - Launching Products into the Market through Crowdfunding with Don Wilder

October 2nd, 2020  |  31 mins 44 secs

Don Wilder is one of the underground people that don't usually speak and say too much, but he is definitely an expert in the field that we brought him to speak about. Today, he is going aboveboard to share some insights and tips in this podcast, as well as, in the Second Ever Annual Professor's Pandemic Event. In this episode, Don talks about how he has done over $2 million of fundraising on crowdfunding campaigns and launched physical products into the market.

TPP014 - Evolving the Game of Chatbots with Paul Harvey

September 29th, 2020  |  25 mins 15 secs

Most of you tuning in have probably used chatbots, and chatbots can be a great tool for Amazon sellers. Our episode guest, Paul Harvey, definitely knows his stuff when it comes to chatbots. He has established his own chatbot platform wherein he can just launch and scale using chatbots without all the hassle. Paul has a long history of selling on Amazon and of helping sellers sell better on Amazon. And in this episode, he is going to tell us a little bit more about some of the projects he's working on, as well as, how we can optimize the use of chatbots and reap the benefits of this emerging technology. He will also share what we might expect him to speak about at the PPE 2.0.

TPP013 - Untangling Legal Knots on Amazon with Paul Rafelson

September 22nd, 2020  |  52 mins 14 secs

Welcome to another season of the Professor's Podcast. Amidst this pandemic, it's kind of difficult, that's why we came up with the Professor's Pandemic live virtual events. The last one was a raging success. So stay tuned because we are about to have another again in November. In this second season of the Professor's Podcast, we will hear some insights from another set of speakers the Professor himself handpicked.

In this episode, Paul Rafelson is going to touch on a little bit about the legal side of Amazon, which a lot of us have gotten tangled up with. There were people in the actual mastermind who mentioned getting trapped with millions of dollars in their account. Truly, there's a lot of other instances where people have gotten tangled up with Amazon, and Paul is an expert at helping you untangle that or kind of having a voice back.

TPP012 - The road to making $40 million dollars a year on Amazon and beyond

June 4th, 2020  |  43 mins 38 secs

We are here with another handpicked speaker for the Professor's Pandemic event, Craig Romero, a 40-million dollar Amazon seller, to teach you the strategies and tactics used by underground sellers that are making around tens of millions of dollars a year. Howard was excited enough to go visit him down in the magical and mystical land of Texas, and until now, he still recalls how much money this guy makes on an annual basis. In this episode, he will share how he ranks his products, grows his products and brands, and selling it from start to finish. 

TPP011 - Crushing it on Amazon using the three pillars of launch and rank and Amazon posts with Norman Farrar

June 3rd, 2020  |  48 mins 31 secs

Get ready and listen in to one of the handpicked speakers that Howard Thai traveled across the globe to find.  This gentleman, Norman Farrar, is no stranger to Amazon, and in fact, he's really no stranger to a lot of things. He has an expanded knowledge base of all sorts of things with products. From manufacturing and sourcing, to advertising and marketing, he has an experience on it. Norman also does a lot of ranking with a certain style that is different than other Amazon sellers. He does it through PR and the other blogs, working with press releases and rebates together. Stay tuned to find out more!

TPP010 - Inside the genius mind of a $50 million Amazon seller

May 29th, 2020  |  37 mins 21 secs

It's kind of hard to have like a really big seller to come on live to a virtual kind of mastermind because a lot of these big sellers really want to keep a very low profile. They don't really want people to know what they do in order to get that sales amount. But our very special guest, Travis Killian, has agreed to speak and come out almost of the true underground and actually reveal himself before all the people of what he is capable of and how he does it. Travis is one of Howard's clients and he's bringing about $50 million in sales. In this episode, we learn how he has done it. 

TPP009 - Tactics to benchmark your Amazon business and avoid failure

May 28th, 2020  |  29 mins 12 secs

Normally, when Howard sees people buying businesses or Amazon businesses, they don't actually know what they're doing, and a lot of them usually fail. This is because they are actually on like a mass scale where they are buying businesses, left and right, and they actually can't scale it. So for this podcast episode we have a very special guest to talk more about the value of Amazon businesses: Ken Kubec. Ken does a lot of purchasing of Amazon businesses or brands. He has analyzed over 500 Amazon businesses and purchased over 50. His company is doing great at valuing Amazon businesses, and now, they are acquiring five to 10 Amazon businesses a month. In this episode we learn more about Ken Kubec, his company, and his very interesting strategy on Amazon.

TPP008 - Insights and tips on selling in European countries

May 25th, 2020  |  35 mins

We got another special guest, as we're pretty much interviewing this group of sellers that were handpicked by the professor himself, Howard Thai, to speak at his first ever live online virtual mastermind, the Professor's Pandemic Event, which will be held at the end of June. As most Western sellers do not sell in Europe, our guest, Etienne Ameil, will give us insights on this and answer a lot of people's questions about selling in Europe. This is a big opportunity for many Amazon sellers and Etienne will talk about some of these opportunities and how to overcome the hurdles along the way.

TPP007 - Growing your Amazon business using multiple categories

May 22nd, 2020  |  37 mins 21 secs

Howard Thai has become world renowned for searching the globe and finding sellers in the dark crevices of the world that we don't even know exists. Our guest, Shlomy Nidam, has really been underground and he's just been crushing it with his strategies and work ethic, in a tiny little corner in his part of the world, minding his own business, but making a ton of money with Amazon. He has a company called Nidam Communication with offices in Dallas, Texas in Bulgaria. He has tons of experience in buying and selling on Amazon, and he will explain further in this podcast. 

TPP006 - Branding and using social media platforms for Amazon traffic

May 21st, 2020  |  20 mins 31 secs

Howard is always combing the globe to find the best of the best at Amazon. In this episode, we've got a really special guest who has actually been to two of the previous events that Howard had, and he's pretty much also traveled the globe just to be the best of the best at what he actually does. This gentleman is Mark Casey, right from the Jewish community in the New York area. He has handled a ton of the biggest brands that you actually see on Amazon. He is definitely true hustler as he is actually out there testing and doing things himself. Tune in to learn more about his expertise and acquire tips in creating your own brand.

TPP005 - Getting more technical with Amazon algorithms and PPC.

May 20th, 2020  |  30 mins 24 secs

When Howard sees some talent that would be very interesting for his masterminds and events, he remembers them. And for our guest today, Tarik Berrada, Howard was very interested in what he had to do, say, and what he's all about. In Amazon today, there is a new reality, a new frontier, and this guy is leading the forefront. The Professor would say that Tarik is among the leading top AI specialists for PPC. So we've got Amazon algorithms, traffic, and a bunch of other topics that we're going to jump into here with our special guest.