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The My Wife Quit Her Job Podcast With Steve Chou

Start An Ecommerce Business, Become Your Own Boss And Spend More Time With Your Loved Ones

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617: Charles Chakkalo Makes 8 Figures On Amazon Doing Something Everyone Said Was Dead

06 Dec 2025
47m
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In this episode of the My Wife Quit Her Job Podcast, Steve Chou interviews Charles Chakkalo, an expert in retail and online arbitrage, about his strategies for building an eight-figure business. Charles shares his journey from selling on Amazon as a high school student to running multiple warehouses, emphasizing the im...

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616: The Black Friday Playbook We’re Using This Year

24 Nov 2025
50m
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In this episode of the My Wife Quit Her Job Podcast, Steve and Toni discuss strategies for running profitable Black Friday sales in the current ecommerce landscape, where traditional deep discounts may not be the most effective approach. They explore the shift in consumer behavior due to events like Amazon Prime Day an...

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615: How Montana Knife Company Hit 8 Figures On Shopify Without Amazon

12 Nov 2025
47m
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In this episode of the My Wife Quit Her Job Podcast, Steve Chou interviews Brandon Harahoe, VP of Montana Knife Company, an eight-figure brand that manufactures its knives in the USA and sells them directly through Shopify. Brandon shares the company's origin story, the challenges and benefits of manufacturing in the U...

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614: The Hidden Rules of Brand Deals That Influencers Never Talk About

07 Nov 2025
42m
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In this episode of the My Wife Quit Her Job Podcast, Steve and Toni Chou discuss brand deals for influencers. They share personal experiences, highlighting the evolution of influencer marketing from blogging to social media content creation. They emphasize the importance of authenticity, audience alignment, and due dil...

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613: From Zero To Skincare CEO: How Cristina Brooks Potts Built Her Dream Brand

31 Oct 2025
46m
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In this episode of the My Wife Quit Her Job Podcast, Steve Chou interviews Cristina Brooks Potts, a student from his course who created a successful skincare company, Authenticego. Cristina shares her journey of identifying a gap in the market for acne-prone skin solutions, developing her own research-backed formulas, ...

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612: Lessons From the Smartest eCommerce Founders At ECF Live

23 Oct 2025
46m
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In a special edition of the "My Wife Quit Her Job Podcast" recorded live from Ecommerce Fuel Live in Bozeman, Montana, Steve and Toni Chou recap their key takeaways from the conference. Toni highlights the importance of AI automations for tasks like customer outreach and inventory forecasting, while Steve discusses cha...

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611: The Shopify Features That Are Exploding Sales For Big Brands With Kurt Elster

16 Oct 2025
49m
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In this episode of the My Wife Quit Her Job Podcast, Steve Chou interviews Kurt Elster, host of the Unofficial Shopify Podcast, about the impact of AI on e-commerce and strategies for Shopify brands. They discuss how clients are handling tariffs by communicating potential fees upfront during checkout, and explore AI to...

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610: How To Use AI To Scale 7 & 8 Figure Ecommerce Brands With Ritu Java

07 Oct 2025
55m
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In this episode of the "My Wife Quit Her Job Podcast," Steve Chou interviews Ritu Java, CEO and co-founder of PPC Ninja, about how AI is transforming e-commerce. They discuss strategies for Amazon sellers to stand out amidst rising fees and competition, focusing on conservative ad spending and pricing. Ritu shares insi...

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609: Forget Apple Podcasts. This Is Where Listeners Really Are

02 Oct 2025
43m
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In this episode of the "My Wife Quit Her Job Podcast," Steve Chou and Toni Herrbach discuss the shift of podcast consumption to YouTube and the implications of launching a video podcast. They explore the increasing popularity of YouTube for podcast listeners, driven by the integration of YouTube into TVs and services l...

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608: Why Most Amazon Sellers Will Fail In 2025 (And What Winners Do Differently) With Norm Farrar

24 Sep 2025
53m
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In this episode of the My Wife Quit Her Job Podcast, Steve Chou interviews Norm Farrar, a respected figure in e-commerce and Amazon selling, about building community to grow an Amazon business and stand out in a saturated market. Norm shares his experiences with building brands, leveraging unique community aspects, and...

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607: Will Vibe Coding Replace Shopify Apps? A Discussion With Toni Herrbach

17 Sep 2025
45m
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In this episode of the My Wife Quit Her Job podcast, Steve Chou and Toni Herrbach discuss the impact of vibe coding and AI on e-commerce, particularly its potential to disrupt the Shopify app ecosystem. They explore how AI-driven coding can enable users to create custom features and apps for their online stores, reduci...

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606: Kevin King On The Future Of Ecommerce: Amazon vs DTC In 2025

12 Sep 2025
53m
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In this episode of the My Wife Quit Her Job Podcast, Steve Chou interviews Kevin King, an experienced Amazon entrepreneur, about the current state and future directions of e-commerce, focusing on Amazon and direct-to-consumer (DTC) strategies. They discuss the increasing difficulty for new sellers on Amazon, the import...

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605: Why 99% Of Ecommerce Content Fails (And What Actually Works) With Chris Shaffer

03 Sep 2025
58m
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In this episode of the "My Wife Quit Her Job Podcast," Steve Chou interviews Chris Shaffer about content strategy for e-commerce businesses in 2025 and beyond. Chris emphasizes the importance of creating video content, specifically on YouTube, due to its evergreen nature and repurposing potential. He advises focusing o...

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604: Amazon In 2025: What It Takes To Sell At Scale (And How Ai Changes The Game) With Bernie Thompson

28 Aug 2025
49m
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In this episode of the My Wife Quit Her Job Podcast, Steve Chou interviews Bernie Thompson, the founder of Plugable, about the current challenges and strategies for selling on Amazon at scale in 2025. They discuss how AI is changing product research and visibility, with a focus on content marketing through videos and a...

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603: Why Vietnam May Be The Best Kept Secret In Sourcing With Jim Kennemer

20 Aug 2025
42m
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In this episode of the My Wife Quit Her Job Podcast, Steve Chou interviews Jim Kennemer, founder of Cosmosourcing, about sourcing products from Vietnam as an alternative to China, especially given the current tariff situation. They discuss the types of products Vietnam is best suited for (apparel, textiles, wooden good...

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602: How I’m Using AI To Grow My Store And Courses In Unexpected Ways

13 Aug 2025
43m
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In this episode of the My Wife Quit Her Job Podcast, Steve and Toni discuss how Steve has been implementing AI into his online business, Bumble Bee Linens, while Toni was traveling. Steve details how he used AI to improve the "bought with" feature on his website, enhance the on-site search functionality, and create Ste...

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601: Neil Patel’s Blueprint For Traffic, Growth & Making Money in a Saturated Market

06 Aug 2025
51m
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In this episode of the "My Wife Quit Her Job Podcast," Steve Chou interviews Neil Patel, a renowned digital marketing expert and founder of several marketing tools and agencies. Neil shares insights on the evolving landscape of search, emphasizing the shift towards AI-powered search and the importance of creating conte...

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600: She Couldn’t Find Her Tribe So She Built One From Scratch. Here’s How With Toni Herrbach

28 Jul 2025
43m
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In this episode of the "My Wife Quit Her Job Podcast," Steve Chou interviews his wife, Toni Herrbach, about a new business venture she's launching with Liz Saunders: a community and mastermind for female founders called Type A. Toni explains the motivation behind creating a female-only space, emphasizing the unique cha...

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599: Ranking In The Age Of Chatgpt: What Google Isn’t Telling You With Jeff Oxford

21 Jul 2025
48m
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In this episode of the My Wife Quit Her Job Podcast, Steve Chou interviews Jeff Oxford, an SEO expert, about the evolving landscape of SEO in the age of AI and chat-based search. They discuss the current dominance of Google search, the impact of AI overviews on informational queries, and strategies for e-commerce busin...

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598: I Turned My Course, Blog, And Podcast Into An AI Bot – Here’s The Tech Behind It

14 Jul 2025
41m
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In this episode of the My Wife Quit Her Job Podcast, Steve Chou and his wife, Toni, discuss SteveBot, a custom AI assistant Steve created to answer common questions from his course students. They explore the technical aspects of building SteveBot, including generating transcripts, breaking them into chunks for AI train...

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