Listen " Ep.6 REAL Amazon Insight with Amazon Seller Jo Cumberpatch "
Episode Synopsis
Welcome to the Sprint to Profit Podcast. This is Kirsty and Isaac and we developed this podcast to help highlight the very best strategies on how to grow your Amazon business.
Today we’re talking with Amazon seller Jo Cumberpatch. She shares her ups, her downs, the lessons she’s learned, advice for new sellers, and fun stories and anecdotes from the journey.
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Talking Points:
00:20 - Introduction and Who We Are
01:00 - Jo’s background
02:38 - How Jo became an Amazon seller
06:30 - Why Jo chose that particular product
08:44 - The challenges Jo faced when moving forward
10:20 - Meeting and learning from Isaac
14:17 - Building a mastermind and a community
16:22 - Things that have made Jo successful
20:30 - On problem-solving
21:42 - Advice to new Amazon sellers
25:45 - Jo’s Cyber Monday experience
29:22 - Jo’s remote team
33:31 - New sellers that might think it’s “too hard”
37:54 - Assigning yourself a role in your business
41:28 - Conclusion and getting in contact with Jo
Resources/Links:
Our website: www.goteamreal.com
Quotes:
04:20 – “Basically what it did was, it allowed us to--well, I was going to say market but we never really got good at marketing. It allowed us to finesse the game.” – Jo Cumberpatch, on practicing her strategies with overstock.
10:00 – “I just needed to have something. You get called--when you’re a mom--you don’t have a name. You’re just ‘Alex’s Mum’. You’re ‘The Twins’ Mom’ and that’s who I’d been for a few years.” – Jo Cumberpatch
07:00 – “You were friends with other moms that you could ask, ‘Ay, would you buy this?’ You kinda did your own market research without actually doing market research.” – Kirsty
22:45 - “You will learn way, way more if you fail at something than if you were to just walk away and give up.” - Jo Cumberpatch
40:50 - “Procrastination and lack of action is definitely not going to get you success.” - Jo Cumberpatch
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