Builders Build

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A podcast about building businesses, products and interesting lives from Colin Landforce (@landforce), Oren Schauble (@orenmeetsworld) and James Camp (@jamesoncamp). Formerly known as Tab Talk.

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Builders Build Returns - The God Stack, Niche Communities, and the uncontrollable rage of Russel Brunson

Builders BuildFeb 09, 2024

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Builders Build Returns - The God Stack, Niche Communities, and the uncontrollable rage of Russel Brunson

After a year of building and taking time off from Builders Build, the 3 internet entrepreneur bros you missed, gathered together to bring back the top 10000 business pod you all missed so much.

The team dives into everything you wanted to know…

And a bunch you didn’t.

Colin, Oren, and James cover the weird esoteric supplements they are all taking, Orens passing of Epstein's island on his yacht adventure, Russell Brunson beating up 10 year olds, and the rise of niche communities for service businesses to start.

As well as monetizing content sites, fundraising through a jogathon, Twitter premium and ad credits, Cut 30, Google Analytics and internet weed.

Tune in for all the alpha, and welcome the crew back, for the return of Builders Build.

Chapters

00:00 The Return of the Podcast

03:00 Diving into the Supplement Space

08:00 The Godstack and the Esoteric Supplements

14:50 Epstein's Island Rebranding

19:00 Russell Brunson and Hermosy

23:50 Building Niche Communities

30:00 The Rise of Service Business Communities

31:22 Monetizing Content Sites

32:03 Flooring Industry Success Story

32:31 Expanding to Other Industries

33:12 The Value of Communities

34:19 Jogathon and Fundraising

35:02 Predictions and Speculations

36:06 Twitter Premium and Ad Credits

37:24 Changes in Twitter Algorithm

38:01 Twitter Ads and Conversion Tracking

38:35 Selling Internet Weed

39:08 Twitter Ads for Webinars

40:08 Twitter Ads for Cut 30

41:20 Google Analytics and Internet Weed

43:34 Branded Merchandise

44:03 Mechanical Keyboards and Swag

45:13 Desktop Accessories

46:12 The Rise and Fall of Mischief

47:21 Mimes in Campaigns

48:31 Sign-off and Stay Rich Money Twitter

Check out more episodes at https://builders.build

And follow the gang on their social media

Colin: https://www.instagram.com/landforce/

Oren: https://www.instagram.com/orenmeetsworld/

James: https://www.instagram.com/thejamescamp/

Feb 09, 202449:41

Q1 Update + The Gangs Adjusted EBITDA

What happened to the Builders Build podcast? Was there a falling out? A growing rift between the boys? A takeover coup by the interns?

It could have been any of those things, and you'll never know.

What you do know is Builders Build is back, without any expectations for the future, with another flaming hot podcast upload.

As one does after taking 4 months off, the gang regroups and recaps the last several months.

They cover:

Colin's (re)acquisition of LTRMN
Oren's entry into the influencer game
James' foray's into the newsletter business
Twitter is still a complete mess

Apr 27, 202301:08:36

Annexing Malta, Kratom & The Pacific Northwest

Oren adventures to the Great White North- and the courage to be disliked as an entrepreneur.

This is a good one, guys. We cover everything from Oren's pilgrimage to visit Colin and his mew all the way to how much more successful you can be when you stop worrying about what people think of you. Everyone on the planet will die in 100 years, so stop worrying about what they think. You won't regret it.

We also take a deep dive into:

The disadvantages of being anonymous online
Young entrepreneurs on the come up
Which books we keep on our shelves as entrepreneurs
Oren and his Kratom Connection
Taking over Malta and Captain Morgan

Oren: twitter.com/orenmeetsworld

Colin: twitter.com/landforce

James: twitter.com/jamesoncamp

Bookmark our sites!

For great ideas on making and selling products and where to source suppliers, head on over to Oren at https://www.productworld.xyz/

For rock-solid intel on owning your own cannabis biz and where the opportunities are, check out Colin‘s curated list of Twitter threads at https://landforce.co/threads/

Get expert tips on buying a website to jump-start or expand your business. Sign up with James at https://nanoflips.com

Dec 16, 202257:13

Film Criticism, The Real World + Monetizing Curation Accounts

On this episode we review the trailer and casting of Universal's new masterpiece Cocaine Bear, take a dip into alternative education scams and politics as we discuss some of Tate's new community The Real World, and the real entrepreneurship lifestyle.

We touch on:

The insanity of Cocaine Bear
A checkin on monetization of Colin & Oren's art history empire
The feux organic content Tate is sponsoring for Real World
The janky execution of Real World and - why not make it better?
Level 1 entrepreneurship dreams
More

It's too early to know but it seems as if the Builders Build boys are finding their groove in the chaos this podcast has become, and we'd like to salute you for making it this far.

Dec 09, 202252:45

The Pod That Got us Cancelled

In this pod, we decided to cross some lines and risk getting canceled it was only a matter of time, so enjoy the alpha before they deplatform us.

While you can give us a listen, we also dive into:

Walking the floor and exploring the one and only ComplexCon
Oren decided to flex on us all and buy a G Wagon for the wifey
Black Friday plans for all our ecom brands and clients
James hopping back on the horse and running his Monday morning team sync for the growing team at Nano Flips
The long-awaited Red Wednesday campaign, for Colin’s wife's eCommerce brand, Glowless
The weird world of Contemporary bro fashion
Different kinds of content
36,000 articles a year - can it be done
How to make money off of a vampire facial
Cold outreach at ComplexCon

Oren: twitter.com/orenmeetsworld

Colin: twitter.com/landforce

James: twitter.com/jamesoncamp

Bookmark our sites!

For great ideas on making and selling products and where to source suppliers, head on over to Oren at https://www.productworld.xyz/

For rock-solid intel on owning your own cannabis biz and where the opportunities are, check out Colin‘s curated list of Twitter threads at https://landforce.co/threads/

Get expert tips on buying a website to jump-start or expand your business. Sign up with James at https://nanoflips.com/

Nov 30, 202201:05:41

How to build Funnels & Community w/ Cardinal Mason & Ben Bader (+ pyramid schemes, organic versus paid, miami life & more)

We are not having guests every episode.

This week on Builders Build the guys are back with not one but 2 guests. In this serendipitous first time meeting, old heads Oren, James and Colin are dubbed the cool uncles of Money Twitter by none other than Cardinal Mason and Ben Bader.

In this episode the gang and friends talk about:

- The young bull's backgrounds

- TikTok

- Communities

- Infoproduct funnels

- Mason's citizenship

This pod may or may not be a return to a slightly more legible and higher quality podcast you recommend to friends and listen to week in and week out.

builders.build

Nov 22, 202201:00:20

Her Loss, Waka Flaka's Last Stand, & How to Get Wes in the Chopper w/ Chadney Lujan

A rare and appropriately iconic man joined the boys on the pod today. I staple of the real life inner circle who lurks on the dark parts of the internet (Instagram) instead of where the rest of us hang out: Chad Lujan. Chad was Colin's best man, worked with him and Oren for years, and is now a bag boy (asst tour mgr) for REDACTED. Chad has been on more PJs this year than every dropshipping guru combined and he won't help you get ur boy's demo to any of his contacts.

We talk about:

- The best man speech at Colin's wedding

- Chad's guest set(s) w/ Waka Flocka

- The best PJ's for lease (2022)

- LTRMN's 2019 EBITDA

The most shocking revelation of this episode is that James never listened to Waka Flocka and that it's possible we wouldn't have been friends during those formative early years.

Nov 17, 202201:04:15

The Dark Side of Podcasting

Forget a format, in this episode the boys hit record on an existential convo about their time spent on the podcast and the dark side of the Twitter algo.

This episode covers:

- Ideas on a podcast pivot (or not)

- Tweaking for short form content

- One Sec (the app)

- Twitter thread boys

- Halloween adventures

Oren: https://twitter.com/orenmeetsworld

Colin: https://t twitter.com/landforce

James: https://t twitter.com/jamesoncamp

Bookmark our sites!

For great ideas on making and selling products and where to source suppliers, head on over to Oren at https://www.productworld.xyz/

For rock-solid intel on owning your own cannabis biz and where the opportunities are, check out Colin‘s curated list of Twitter threads at https://landforce.co/threads/

Get expert tips on buying a website to jump-start or expand your business. Sign up with James at https://nanoflips.com/

Nov 09, 202249:44

Are dentists and toothpaste a massive scam? + weird domains

Anyone who hangs out in the weird corner of the internet that we lovingly refer to as money Twitter. And if you go even deeper, you will find another corner of twitter, where people believe that dentistry…is a scam?

Weird domain names
Is toothpaste a scam
What really is gingivitis
And more

Nov 01, 202232:39

BTS Takes a Hiatus to Serve Their Country

You may have heard the shocking news that BTS, the singing sensation out of South Korea that has been taking over the world slowly but surely, is taking time off to serve in the military. (Shout out to the OG mega celeb Elvis for being the one to pave the way here)

BTS, also known as the Bangtan Boys, is a South Korean boy band formed in 2010. The band's label and management company, Big Hit, announced Monday that BTS plans to come back together as a group "around 2025," after all seven members complete their service.

We all knew BTS was tough so this wasnt a surprise, but it left us full of questions:

Would we have the balls to do the same?
Is Black Pink up next?
Which members will make it back alive
And more

Oren: twitter.com/orenmeetsworld

Colin: twitter.com/landforce

James: twitter.com/jamesoncamp

Bookmark our sites!

For great ideas on making and selling products and where to source suppliers, head on over to Oren at https://www.productworld.xyz/

For rock-solid intel on owning your own cannabis biz and where the opportunities are, check out Colin‘s curated list of Twitter threads at https://landforce.co/threads/

Get expert tips on buying a website to jump-start or expand your business. Sign up with James at https://nanoflips.com/

Oct 26, 202222:44

Shaqtoberfest - 2 Months of Haunted rides and houses…From Shaq?

Everyone living in southern California has seen the giant Shaqtoberfest billboards on the highway. But what is it exactly?

Well, it's a 2 month festival hosted by Shaq and based on Halloween. Odd and interesting, but does it make money? And is Shaq the most loved man in southern California?

The gang does a deep dive into

How much can Shaqtoberfest actually make
Will Shaq put his name on literally anything?
How a roaming carnival company works.
And more

Oren: twitter.com/orenmeetsworld

Colin: twitter.com/landforce

James: twitter.com/jamesoncamp

Bookmark our sites!

For great ideas on making and selling products and where to source suppliers, head on over to Oren at https://www.productworld.xyz/

For rock-solid intel on owning your own cannabis biz and where the opportunities are, check out Colin‘s curated list of Twitter threads at https://landforce.co/threads/

Get expert tips on buying a website to jump-start or expand your business. Sign up with James at https://nanoflips.com/

Oct 24, 202213:52

Rolling Up a Grocery Chain with The Liver King

Sadly, Colin’s long-lost uncle, Thadious Landforce, passed away. Little did Colin know, Thad (as his friends called him) was the founder and sole owner of a natural foods-based grocery store chain.

Luckily, young Colin Landforce as his sole heir, inherits the grocery store and recruits his 2 best friends, Oren and James, to help him expand internationally and build a sizeable fortune.

To be honest…none of this happened, BUT we did play out this scenario and see how the team would grow this type of business

Plans include

Creating food deserts
Going Public on a German stock exchange
Hiring Liver King to help be the face of the brand
And more

Oren: twitter.com/orenmeetsworld

Colin: twitter.com/landforce

James: twitter.com/jamesoncamp

Bookmark our sites!

For great ideas on making and selling products and where to source suppliers, head on over to Oren at https://www.productworld.xyz/

For rock-solid intel on owning your own cannabis biz and where the opportunities are, check out Colin‘s curated list of Twitter threads at https://landforce.co/threads/

Get expert tips on buying a website to jump-start or expand your business. Sign up with James at https://nanoflips.com/

Oct 21, 202224:36

How can it be that you need $20M to retire in NYC

We decided to discuss a new thread by the (almost long-forgotten) crypto influencer 6529.

He put together a fantastic dive into how wealthy people see money as a game, and its inconceivable to most that you might need $20M to retire comfortably in NYC (even though it may be true)

You can check out the thread here: https://mobile.twitter.com/punk6529/status/1579188245426229248

Give this episode a listen as we dive into:

How much you really need to retire
Do we all just grow to be the size of our ponds?
Did Cro-Magnon have the same concerns and needs!?
Which tools Colin keeps by his front door. (hint - a pick axe and gas canister)
And more

Oren: twitter.com/orenmeetsworld

Colin: twitter.com/landforce

James: twitter.com/jamesoncamp

Bookmark our sites!

For great ideas on making and selling products and where to source suppliers, head on over to Oren at https://www.productworld.xyz/

For rock-solid intel on owning your own cannabis biz and where the opportunities are, check out Colin‘s curated list of Twitter threads at https://landforce.co/threads/

Get expert tips on buying a website to jump-start or expand your business. Sign up with James at https://nanoflips.com/

Oct 17, 202215:17

DIY, DWY, and DFY - What are the types of online courses, and what works

Sadly, the online education industry has been riddled with scammers for years. Luckily though, we are finally seeing some great products from fantastic educators and facilitators. There are 3 kinds of products sold in the space, we dive a bit into each and the differences.

In this episode, we give you all the alpha and info on:

DIY, DWY, and DFY - What do these mean
Whats the best way to teach something online
Where can people go to learn marketing? Because the answer isn't college
And more

Oren: twitter.com/orenmeetsworld

Colin: twitter.com/landforce

James: twitter.com/jamesoncamp

Bookmark our sites!

For great ideas on making and selling products and where to source suppliers, head on over to Oren at https://www.productworld.xyz/

For rock-solid intel on owning your own cannabis biz and where the opportunities are, check out Colin‘s curated list of Twitter threads at https://landforce.co/threads/

Get expert tips on buying a website to jump-start or expand your business. Sign up with James at https://nanoflips.com/

Oct 14, 202219:19

Mr. Beast vs Yeti Coolers

The boomers are out and trying to convince us that Yeti, the cooler company is more valuable than Mr. Beast…needless to say, think they are dead wrong. Oh, and for those of you who have been living under a rock? Mr. Beast is a Youtuber who made $54 Million dollars from his youtube alone last year.

Before you say that's nothing compared to the $1.41 billion that Yeti brought in last year, give this pod a listen to understand the real enterprise value of a major influencer.

On this pod, the team dives into:

Mr. Beast vs Yeti Coolers
What multiple do we value creators at
What brands do real estate brokers align with?
And more

Oren: twitter.com/orenmeetsworld

Colin: twitter.com/landforce

James: twitter.com/jamesoncamp

Bookmark our sites!

For great ideas on making and selling products and where to source suppliers, head on over to Oren at https://www.productworld.xyz/

For rock-solid intel on owning your own cannabis biz and where the opportunities are, check out Colin‘s curated list of Twitter threads at https://landforce.co/threads/

Get expert tips on buying a website to jump-start or expand your business. Sign up with James at https://nanoflips.com/

Oct 12, 202220:13

The gang takes over TikTok

If you had asked us a couple of years ago what we thought our goals for 2022/2023 would be? None of us would have told you that they were to become prolific content creators, especially on TikTok. But…here we are. Oren leads the pack, with Colin coming out the gate strong, and James…well, James is hopping on TikTok soon, don't worry.

Give this episode a listen as we dive into:

How 3 men in their 30s plan to take over TikTok
What works on TikTok and what doesn't
How is it different than other social channels
Is TikTok the future of where people go to search online
Using TikTok to rank in Google
And more

Oren: twitter.com/orenmeetsworld

Colin: twitter.com/landforce

James: twitter.com/jamesoncamp

Bookmark our sites!

For great ideas on making and selling products and where to source suppliers, head on over to Oren at https://www.productworld.xyz/

For rock-solid intel on owning your own cannabis biz and where the opportunities are, check out Colin‘s curated list of Twitter threads at https://landforce.co/threads/

Get expert tips on buying a website to jump-start or expand your business. Sign up with James at https://nanoflips.com/

Oct 03, 202217:47

How to run compliant ads for non-compliant products

Ad networks like Facebook and TikTok LOVE to control what kind of products you can advertise. So what do you do if your company sells something the ad networks don't like?

You listen to this podcast; that's what you do.

In this episode, we give you all the alpha and info on:

How to run compliant ads for non-compliant products
Are SMS and email the best way to reach customers
How NOT to do SMS marketing
And more

Oren: twitter.com/orenmeetsworld

Colin: twitter.com/landforce

James: twitter.com/jamesoncamp

Bookmark our sites!

For great ideas on making and selling products and where to source suppliers, head on over to Oren at https://www.productworld.xyz/

For rock-solid intel on owning your own cannabis biz and where the opportunities are, check out Colin‘s curated list of Twitter threads at https://landforce.co/threads/

Get expert tips on buying a website to jump-start or expand your business. Sign up with James at https://nanoflips.com/

Sep 30, 202215:29

Venture vs Bootstrapped

Lil Pod #1

It's 2022, and the venture capital industry has NOT had a good year. The money has dried up a bit, and it looks like being profitable is cool again. With that said, there are, without question, tons of businesses that would never have made it without the steady flow of capital from VC firms over the past decade.

On this pod, the team dives into:

James mentoring at Techstars
What kinds of start-ups need VC money
The insanity that is Byrd and other scooter brands
And more

Oren: twitter.com/orenmeetsworld

Colin: twitter.com/landforce

James: twitter.com/jamesoncamp

Bookmark our sites!

For great ideas on making and selling products and where to source suppliers, head on over to Oren at https://www.productworld.xyz/

For rock-solid intel on owning your own cannabis biz and where the opportunities are, check out Colin‘s curated list of Twitter threads at https://landforce.co/threads/

Get expert tips on buying a website to jump-start or expand your business. Sign up with James at https://nanoflips.com/

Sep 28, 202217:37

The Importance of Brand, The New Creator Economy & World Building

On this episode the gang dives into brand, if it matters or not until you're big, and creators place in the marketing stack of a modern brand.

We cover:

- Importance of brand before scale

- Mr Beast / Night Inc's $100M investment

- Creators effectiveness in marketing

- Separating and integrating personas & brands

- World building tactics

Leave us a 5 star review or delete this app!

Sep 15, 202201:00:44

The Weird World of TikTok Live & Black Friday Brand Prep

Ok, so we've dug down to the underbelly of the internet looking for some of the weirdest and most unique business models we could find to discuss on the pod. And we found some incredibly clever entrepreneurs taking advantage of the need for eyeballs from the fastest growing social media network in the world…you guessed it…TikTok.

We took a dive into how people make money on TikTok live and how we might do it ourselves if we could handle a 17th side project.

Don’t worry we also dropped some alpha on prepping for black friday cyber monday and...

TikTok live chaos
Colin’s exclusive behind-the-scenes access to the annual Hoffmaier invitational
A step-by-step Black Friday strategy for Glowless
An update on Colin’s mew
And more

Listen to the pod, share it with your network, and follow along for more like this:

@jamesoncamp

@orenmeetsworld

@landforce

Sep 07, 202201:00:23

Personal Branding & the Beginnings of Kraken Mode

On this episode of Builders Build the boys have a wide ranging discussion on Kraken Mode, personal brand, our own content initiatives and more. We cover:

Milestones from Colin's kinda secret app
Kraken mode updates from the gang
James sale of the dog frisbee site
Programmatic content as a baseline

For the love of god, go leave us a 5 star review, please!

Sep 01, 202201:00:51

Starters Sites to Rollups, The Golf Opportunity, & Grey Hat Public Relations

Every episode we sit down with an outline of topics. On this episode, that outline did not include “Live action role play James’ dog frisbee site into a pet brand rollup and take it public with a reverse merger and find liquidity without crushing the stock, by using a single stock exchange fund through the good old boys and girls at Goldman Sachs”.

That was not in the outline, but we are moving and grooving into season 3 and we took that thing from inception all the way to the NYSE.

We are back.

We’re having fun and keeping alpha top tier for the global listenership.

Btw can y’all leave us some 5 star reviews?

Anyway, in this episode of Builders Build, we dive into how we could take a pet niche website and turn it into a publicly traded pet conglomerate and so much more:

What's the going rate for dog models?
Colin moonlighting as a chief scientific officer
Branded Conquistadorsdotcom.com merch
Is there an opportunity in golf everyone is sleeping on?
And more

twitter.com/jamesoncamp

twitter.com/orenmeetsworld

twitter.com/landforce

Aug 23, 202201:08:59

What Exactly The Squad Does for a Living, The Future of Accounting Services, Repurposing Content & Mew Talk

Romans 12:2

Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

We had a good run of guests here on the Builders Build pod. We’re thankful for all of them, but it’s time for them to kick rocks. Somewhere along the way what we were putting out became too similar to what anyone can do, and those are the things that aren’t worth doing. Plus: we weren’t having much fun.

On this return to an open format with the gang, James, Oren, and Colin get right into it defining new terminology, answering the common “wtf do you guys do for a living?”, and finally getting into what they’re each currently working on.

In a new recurring segment where the guys riff on projects they’re working on if they had the time, they dive into a productized accounting service concept and content remixing

Season 3 is a return to the maker. The builder if you will.

twitter.com/jamesoncamp

twitter.com/orenmeetsworld

twitter.com/landforce

Aug 16, 202201:03:47

BB24 - How to Buy Commercial Services Businesses with Chris Munn

Welcome back global listenership. On this episode of Builders Build we have the one and only Chris Munn.

Chris runs the Fairfield Company. It is a small, independent private investment firm. They are focused on acquiring and growing small businesses.

We do a deep dive into buying and running small businesses with SBA debt.

What's it like to own a holding company?
Where is the opportunity?
What regions are best to own in?

And more

Find Chris on Twitter at https://twitter.com/chrisxmunn

Check out the Fairfield Company at https://fairfieldcompany.com/

Follow Us On Twitter!

Listen to the pod, share it with your network, and follow along for more like this:

@jamesoncamp

@orenmeetsworld

@landforce

For great ideas on making and selling products, and where to source suppliers, head on over to Oren at https://www.productworld.xyz/

For expert tips on: buying a website to jump-start or expand your business, sign up with James at https://nanoflips.com/

Aug 02, 202201:03:59

BB23 - Finding Your Zone of Genius w/ Andrew Gazdecki

Get your ears ready for one of the best Builders Build episodes we've had yet. We had the one and only Andrew Gazdecki on the pod. Gazdecki is the Founder of MicroAcquire. Former CEO & Founder of Bizness Apps and Altcoin (both acquired).

His current venture, MicroAcquire, is the perfect place to discover your dream startup. It's quickly becoming one of the top startup acquisition marketplaces in the world.

On the pod we dive into everything from selling startups and running 400-person organizations to parenthood, leaving a legacy, and the age-old question…exactly how much is enough money to be happy?

Find Andrew on Twitter at https://twitter.com/agazdecki

Check out Microacquire at https://microacquire.com/

Listen to the pod, share it with your network, and follow along for more like this:

@jamesoncamp
@orenmeetsworld
@landforce

For great ideas on making and selling products, and where to source suppliers, head on over to Oren at https://www.productworld.xyz/

For expert tips on buying a website to jump-start or expand your business, sign up with James at https://nanoflips.com/

Jul 26, 202201:03:42

BB22- How to Lead and Grow As An Entrepeneur w/ Jacob Espinoza

On this episode of Builders Build we have the, the myth: Jacob Espinoza. Jake is a prolific content creator, former local rapper, leadership development coach to Fortune 500's, non profit director, and lynchpin of his local business community.

On this episode we talk about:

Local community involvement
Growing up and out of old habits
His time learning every corner of the T Mobile org
Leadership & empathy

Find Jacob on:

https://twitter.com/MrJacobEspi
https://www.instagram.com/mrjacobespi/
http://JacobEspinoza.com/mrjacobespi

Jul 19, 202253:21

BB21 - International Ecommerce Acquisitions w/ Nicholas Brown

A deep dive into the world of acquisitions across the pond. Meet Nicholas Brown, Head of North American Acquisitions at Dragonflip. Nicholas is a Sweden based business broker who's been working on complex M&A worldwide at multiple companies.

On this episode we talk about:

- Best and worst spaces to build for acquisition

- How to prepare to sale

What categories are hot right now and where ecom is headed

Find Nicholas on LinkedIn and check out DragonFlip below:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholascrawleybrown/

https://dragonflip.com/en/

Jul 12, 202241:32

BB20 - E-commerce Resale & Amazon FBA flips with @flips4miles

We're joined by a young man from Pennsylvania with a dark secret...

The most fundamental business of them all is buying a product and selling it for more than you paid for it. We're builders, we're merchants, we love this shit. There are several forms of retail arbitrage in the ecommerce sphere and today on the podcast we talk with Miles (@flips4miles) about buying consumer soft goods in bulk and selling em all over the country via Amazon FBA.

We also cover the businesses he's creating around the topic and more:

His Amazon seller SaaS
Building personal brand
Info products
Niche opportunities
Sales tax arbitrage

Find Miles on Twitter and Instagram and Venmo @landforce $500 if you wanna know Miles top secret niche.

https://twitter.com/flips4miles

https://www.instagram.com/flips4miles/

Jul 06, 202252:29

BB19- How to Make Your Website Faster w/ Shawn O'Neill

When you're building online businesses and website it's not all Lambos, raw egg smoothies, and bottle service. Somedays, you've gotta think about dev ops issues (and opportunities) like site speed. This week we have Shawn O'Neill of Speed Sense on the pod talking all things speed (no Lambo).

Besides the shocking ROI of a single millisecond improvement, we cover:

Common culprits
Low hanging fruit
Load order with GTM
Key terminology

Find Shawn on LinkedIn and check out SpeedSense.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnoneillca/

https://www.speedsense.com/

Jun 28, 202249:46

BB18 - How to Build SAAS Businesses & Leverage Reddit for Growth w/ Rohan Gilkes

This week we have our friend Rohan Gilkes join the pod to break down a plethora of businesses and strategies he has built. Once again, all 3 of us left the pod recording ready to build.

We breakdown everything from:

Building a massive subreddit
Building SAAS on the backend of an info product
Growing a community online
Selling your SAAS
And much more

You can find him here on Twitter https://twitter.com/rohangilkes

Jun 21, 202252:22

BB17- Buying an Ecommerce Business: $1k/mo > $8k/mo in 1 Year

The gang is back to do a 1 year recap on Colin’s wife’s eCommerce acquisition, Glowless. Our first episode about this was in the early days of the podcast, but it remains one of our most popular.

https://podcasts.apple.com/ee/podcast/tab-talk-buying-an-online-business-and-escaping-the-9-5/id1587529071?i=1000541235206

On this episode we recap where the business started, what was executed on in the first year, and where it’s going in the next 12 months. Topics include:

Product cost down and packaging overhaul
SEO successes
Email automation
Conversion rate optimization
Tik Tok organic and paid
The offer: Starter kits? Recurring?

Jun 14, 202259:57

BB16- How to Build No-Code Businesses and Be a Modern Entrepreneur w/ Alex Friedman

Alex Friedman is a quintessential builder and content creator whose making a ton of noise on Tik Tok these days. She's built in CPG, SaaS, and with a couple projects in the works right now she's been building her Tik Tok presence with content focused on making tech and business easy to understand. One of Alex' most recent projects Founder Gigs was acquired in only a few months after she built it with no code over a weekend.

In this episode we talk about:

- Her first forays into physical products

- Evolving into full blown CPG

- Bringing products into retail

- Building tools and products with no code

- TikTok content

- More more more

Find and connect with Alex on TikTok and Twitter:

https://www.tiktok.com/@heyalexfriedman

https://twitter.com/heyalexfriedman

For ideas on making products, head over to Oren at https://www.productworld.xyz/

For tips on buying a website to jump-start or expand your business, sign up with James at https://nanoflips.com/

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Jun 07, 202257:25

BB15 - How to Sell Products on Amazon

Pod description:

All 3 of us have dabbled in selling on Amazon, but are far from experts. So when we wanted to learn more about the ins and outs of the platform, we tapped the one and only Lesley Hensell - co-founder and co-owner of Riverbend Consulting, where she oversees the firm’s client services team.

Shes been a seller on Amazon herself for over a decade personally has helped hundreds of third-party sellers with everything from selling their businesses, to getting their accounts and ASINs back up and running.

Crazily enough her clients range from small mom and pop brands, all the way to companies doing over $1 billion a year.

She shares more tips and alpha then we were prepared for, and left all of us hungry to take a shot at building a brand on Amazon ourselves.

This episode covers:

- What products are good to sell on Amazon

- What are the tools you need to build a business on the platform

- Is walmart coming for Amazons lunch?

- How has the industry changed in the last decade…and more importantly…where is it going?

- Pitfalls to avoid for Amazon sellers

- Is Amazon going to steal your product and sell it themselves?

- and wayyyy more

Needless to say, the Builders Build group chat was buzzing as soon as the recording ended. All of us saying we needed to take a stab at this.

Give it a listen and see for yourself and make sure get all the alpha at https://builders.build

If you want to learn more about Lesley Hensell and her services, head on over to https://riverbendconsulting.com/

For ideas on making products, head over to Oren at https://productworld.xyz

For tips on buying a website to jump-start or expand your business, sign up with James at nanoflips.com

May 31, 202201:05:38

BB14- How to Start Writing Online w/ Dickie Bush

Pod description:

So look, we surveyed the magic eight ball along with thousands of listeners on who you wanted to see as a guest on Builders Build…and the overwhelming response was former president Barack Obama.

Sadly our schedules didnt align with Oren’s daily paddle boarding session, James’ frequent jet setting to Miami, and Colin’s relentless mission to win Portlands coveted father of the year 2022 award…

So? We went with the second most requested, the king of writing online himself, Dickie Bush.

A former BlackRock trader turned digital builder, Dickie has helped over 4,000 people start writing online with his incredibly well respected program, Ship 30 for 30. In addition, he’s a founder of TypeShare, an amazing tool to help you write online.

In this pod we cover:

How to get started writing online
The transition from 9-5 to the wonderful world of being self employed
Building an audience on twitter
A journey of launching a saas
And much more

If you want more alpha then we can fit in this description? Make sure to check out https://builders.build and subscribe while you can.

Check out Dickie Bush and his projects at:

https://twitter.com/dickiebush

https://www.ship30for30.com/

https://typeshare.co

May 24, 202257:32

BB13- Building personal brand on Twitter

Pod description:

In this episode the gang discusses all things related to building a personal brand on Twitter. Discussing why they each decided to build brands in general James, Oren and Colin choice why they chose Twitter as a primary platform, the benefits of being social on the internet irregardless of audience, how their goals with social have changed over time, and of course how to tactically grow an audience.

This episode covers:

Personal brand goals from networking to leverage and beyond.

Choosing Twitter over other platforms for itss longevity.

The power of building relationships and connections independent of audience size.

How to chip away at building on Twitter day by day.

Using tools like Writehouse, Twemex, Tweet Hunter, and Hypefury.

builders.build

May 17, 202250:55

BB12- How to Build an Email Newsletter Business with Jack Raines

Newsletters are hot right now and as of list week, with the launch of Free Smoke, James, Oren, and Colin are all building email lists in different niches. Selfishly, they had to bring Jack Raines of Young Money onto the pod to talk all things writing, building email lists, and developing relationships for distribution. Jack and YMCMB are on a remarkable trajectory right now so he’s the perfect guest for an inaugural email list deep dive on this topic.

In this post you’ll hear about:

Getting started building a newsletter

Finding your community
Getting your first subscribers
Starting without a big following
Finding relevant eyes for your content

Metrics to keep an eye on

Open rates and CTR
Demographics
Ecomm ready users
Single vs double opt-in

Leveraging relationships

Rubbing shoulders w/ the titans in your space
Contributing to publications for more eyes

When to monetize

Subscription niches vs ad model
When it’s time
How to find advertisers

Pandering to T. Ferriss the god

RT from The God
Being bullet #1 on Five Bullet Friday

As the only truly owned channel for a creator, email isn’t going anywhere and you’ll hear the guys talking about it for years to come.

twitter.com/jack_raines

Subscribe to Young Money

May 10, 202201:03:13

BB11- How to Create Content For Your Business

This week the team dives into content marketing. In retrospect, we are going to need several more podcasts to get deep into it but if you have no idea where to start, this is the pod for you…heck even if you do…this is the pod for you.

We cover everything from social to SEO to how to create content and where to distribute it, so give it a listen share it around, this is a intro to content marketing from 3 guys who somehow kind of found themselves making content for a living.

In the pod you will find:

What content should I make?

Messaging exercises - what do I want to get across?
Using SEO tools
Competitive analysis
The right social networks for what
Video
People versus brands
Email + Automation
Curation

How do we make content?

Write and creating internally
Outsourcing
- Upwork - Get started
- Contractors - Twitter Pros
- Creators
- Jasper and AI
- UGC

Candidly…theres a lot more that we meant to get to, and will be sure to in the future. For now, we put together a beautiful chaotic hour of learning for your ears.

builders.build

May 03, 202258:58

BB10- How To Prepare Your Business For An Exit with Joe Valley

This episode of Builders Build we switch up the 3 musketeer format and bring in an amazing guest, Joe Valley. Joe is a serial entrepreneur, EXITpreneur, M&A Advisor, Podcaster and Partner at Quiet Light Brokerage, one of the top online business brokerage-advisory firms in the world.

Joe has also built, bought, or sold over half a dozen of his own companies.

We cover everything from setting goals for your business, tools and strategies to help document your processes and resources from the start (SOPs, metrics, accounting, etc), picking metrics for your business, valuing businesses, where to sell, and more.

Want to learn more about Joe Valley, his book, or some of the links we touch on in the pod? Check the links below:

Joes Book - The EXITpreneur’s Playbook

https://exitpreneur.io/

Places to sell online businesses

Make sure to to check out our past episodes and get access to more tools and tips to build your business at https://builders.build

Apr 26, 202201:03:29

BB9- How to Build a Great Wordpress Website

This episode of Builders Build covers our favorite CMS (content management system), Wordpress. WordPress' market share is 43% of all websites on the internet. With that amount of market share, all builders should know it.

We cover all our favorite plugins that you need. We have tested them all and put together a ist that will save you A LOT of time and money.

Take our combined 30+ years of experience with building websites and businesses using wordpress as the backbone, to help you jump right into having a fast, secure, SEO friendly website.

Check out the sections we cover, and links below:

Analytics

Security

Wordfence

SEO

Speed

Languages

WPML

Lead & Email

Memberships

Themes

Make sure to to check out our past episodes and get access to more tools and tips to build your business at https://builders.build

Apr 19, 202201:04:58

BB8 - How to Do Sales & Operations Planning

This episode of Builders Build covers crucial organizational concepts and tools that actually make businesses run. We cover sales forecasting, manufacturing planning, manufacturing efficiency, financing inventory, warehousing methodology and tons of crucial alpha for people actual building businesses. It’s not just physical products either, we make sure to hit similar planning cycles for software and content.

This might not sound like the most glamorous topic but this is probably the most tactically useful podcast we’ve ever done.

Links

Shopify & Amazon App:
https://www.inventory-planner.com/

Coda
coda.io

3PLs
https://www.cpgacademy.org/2022/03/17/best-3pls-for-cpg-businesses/

Simplesheets
https://www.simplesheets.co/catalog

builders.build

Apr 12, 202257:41

BB7 - How to Build a Cannabis Brand

Cannabis is a generational opportunity, and building brands inside of the strange infrastructure of partial legality the industry exists in is a unique challenge.

The gang discusses

What it takes to make a “premium” brand, and why that’s not always the look
James past life as a cannabis stock data aggregator
Brands created in boardrooms versus born in the streets
Dispensary branding
Celeb partnerships
The weird world of strains

We touch on

Cannuka - https://cannuka.com/

Sticks - https://sticksrolls.com

Life - https://lifecanna.co

Palms & Peaches - https://www.palmspremium.com/home

Korova - https://korovaunrivaled.com/

builders.build

Apr 05, 202252:56

BB6- How to Create Physical Products

The team dives in on everything you need to know to create your own physical products--from white-labelling to dropshipping to full product creation. We go through concrete examples, and talk about supplementing your launch by buying websites and social accounts. You can grab the free Entrepreneurs Guide to Alibaba Sourcing at builders.build/cpg

The process to create a product
https://asana.com/resources/product-development-process

White Labelers for supplements and cosmetics
https://www.cpgacademy.org/2022/02/13/the-best-supplement-white-label-and-private-label-vendors/
https://www.cpgacademy.org/2022/02/20/the-best-private-label-manufacturers-for-skin-bath-hair-and-cosmetic-products/

In use: Landforce’s barber thread

https://twitter.com/landforce/status/1394308971360555008

In use: The Water Bottle Thread
https://twitter.com/landforce/status/1407011186126770179

Making things customers want - Net Promoter Score
https://blog.hubspot.com/service/nps-survey-tools

Mar 29, 202201:09:08

BB5 - How to Grow Website Traffic

We heard ya loud and clear, you like the deep dives. So for this episode we did a follow up to Episode 2 of Builders Build, where we discussed buying a digital asset.

And don’t worry, Colin Landforce is back from his corporate life and back on the Builders Build team.

The plan was to break down growth levers AND to dive deep into monetization of these assets BUT THERE WAS SIMPLY TOO MUCH ALPHA.

(We only had time to dive into growth)

So check out Episode 5 of Builders Build where we dive into:

What are digital assets
Where have we bought them

Growth Levers

SEO (Full Pod Coming on This)
Paid ads (Full Pod Coming on This)
Social channels - IG, Twitter, Reddit, FB Groups, ETCAdding content. Written, video, posts, etc

And more….

Colin Landforce
James Camp
Oren Schauble

Mar 22, 202256:16

BB4 - Steaks, ETFs and Tales From the Nightclub Promoter Underbelly

It's true, Landforce was TOO CORPORATE for this episode. He has been removed in post processing.

James and Oren hit quite a bit - starting with a full dose of LA lifestyle action. We're talking steaks, we're talking grocers, we're recommending you go to Maru.

After that it's success tips for nightclub promoting and general stories about being young and blessed in New York.

Somewhere in there we get serious cover a head to toe on ETFs including fund structure, basis points, white labelling ETFs and general SPY, VOO and ARKK talk.

If you've missed Tab Talk, we're here for you, if you've been loving Builders Build, we're also here for you this is equal opportunity alpha.

builders.build

Mar 15, 202249:56

BB3 - How to Be a Modern Entrepreneur

The team talks about modern entrepreneurship, the ups and downs of that term, investing, building audiences, working together in cohorts and much more. Important pod if you're building businesses in 2022!

Mar 08, 202201:00:04

BB2 - How to Invest In and Flip Websites and Social Media Accounts

Welcome to Builders Build episode 2!

We dive in and break down Digital Assets, a topic that's near and dear to all 3 of our hearts.

We cover everything from niche content websites to social media profiles to newsletters to Saas’ to domains. (As well as a litany of other things we love in the digital asset space).

What are they? Who are they for? How do they make money? Is this real? What is Flippa.com? What is Nanoflips.com?

The answers to all these questions and more are just a click away.

So take a second, sit back, get your notepad and press play. You won't be disappointed.

Don’t forget to share the pod and subscribe!

Mar 01, 202258:24

BB1 - Personal Stacks: The Software & Tools That Power Modern Entrepreneurs

In the first episode of the newly renamed Builders Build podcast, Landforce, James Camp and Oren Schauble dive into personal stacks-- the tools, software and processes that help us execute as modern entrepreneurs.

- Task tracking

- Project management

- Email marketing

- Fitness tracking

- CRM

- CMS

- Extensions

& more.

Feb 22, 202201:06:21