hey it's patti scharf CPA and co-founder of catching clouds the leader in
e-commerce accounting welcome back to another Saturday slow down where I like
to remind everybody to work on their business and not just in their business
last week I was talking about the importance of having something else to
focus on while you're hustling that is not directly related to hustling things
that give balance to your life and things like that
and one of the things that's important to me is to always be learning and
because of that I like listening to podcasts so Scott and I were actually
talking about this the other day and we were saying you know they're they're
just all these great ecommerce business and accounting podcasts out there
actually more than we really have time to listen to all the time but we thought
it might be helpful if I put together a list of our favorite eight accounting
accounting e commerce and business podcasts so here we go alright so these
are not in any kind of particular order really what I like listening to depends
on what kind of mood I'm in if it's late in the week I kind of tend to slow down
and I want to listen to something a little bit lighter or if I'm just
kicking off my week or I want to get into the mood for thinking about what
I'm going to be doing my YouTube videos on or something like that I'll listen to
something different at the beginning the week than in the end of the week the
first one on my list is the EcomCrew ecommerce podcast this is hosted by
Michael Jackness and Dave Bryant and Scott and I actually had a chance to
meet Michael Jackness he's kind of a giant actually in the ecommerce seller
world so if you're not listening to this and you are an e-commerce seller you
really probably should be listening to this but but we got a chance to meet
Mike Jackness at the e-commerce fuel live event in January of last year and
in 2018 we were having dinner together and things like that and he's a great
guy with great information podcast is great and actually if you look down
below in our information section in the YouTube video there's a link to an
interview that he did with Scott about a month or so ago so make sure you check
that out next up is the e-commerce fuel podcast by Andrew Youderian
he actually created the community ecommerce fuel this is basically a
community for seven-figure sellers people who are selling online and making
seven figures and up and it's a great group of people it's it's a very large
group actually and they've got so many stories and insights and I love how
Andrew he's he's just very down-to-earth and takes a practical approach to
different things but he he really cares deeply about keeping ecommerce sellers
informed of what's going on in the world and and talking about things that affect
them and and doing like Studies on how the industry is changing from year to
year and different things so I really enjoyed listening to his podcast and you
should absolutely learn from people who have come before you and and check that
out if you haven't already next up on my list is from the trenches and this is
hosted by David Boyar yep David Boyar and Paul Meissner Scott and I actually
got to meet Paul Meissner in person last I don't know like three months ago or so
down in Melbourne when we were there and we we had a great time we had we had
dinner and a bunch of beers and one of the things that I really liked about the
podcast is they they are very authentic in their opinions they say it like it is
and and they're so they're really part of the accounting industry they know
what's going on they've got their pulse their finger on the pulse of what's
going on and they give you the unvarnished truth from their perspective
and and I think it's a it's a good podcast to listen to you next up is also
from Australia the cloud stories podcast by Heather Smith this one it's not as
consistent as I would like you know it's not like an every week on the dot kind
of podcast that gets dropped it's only now and again but if you don't know
Heather Smith is just the queen bee of cloud accounting apps
she's got all kinds of information she's got all kinds of connections and the
information she has on her podcast it's really
thought out while presented and informative so I like what's I'd like to
know what's going on in the world and she offers great insight so I like
listening to that when I get a chance next up is the Tim Ferriss show if you
don't know who Tim Ferriss is you are kind of out of the loop Tim Ferriss I
kind of feel like I mean he's probably younger than me I'm pretty sure he's
younger than me but he's kind of the grandfather of the ecommerce seller
industry he wrote the book the 4-hour workweek it's been probably 15 years
certainly more than 10 years because I think I read it in 2007 so probably 15
years ago is roughly when he wrote this when the e-commerce world was just kind
of getting started and he talked about how to build an e-commerce business and
things like that but since then he's just become this international kind of
superstar he knows everybody everywhere he hosts people on his show all the time
and interviews them and they are fascinating interviews and really long
when we were in New Zealand we were driving around the South Island for
about three weeks and the bulk of that time that we were in the car was spent
listening to his podcasts so very insightful very interesting he talks to
really fascinating people and it's well worth your listen next up is the cloud
accounting podcast this is hosted by David Leary and Blake Oliver and this is
far and away my favorite accounting podcast it's it's very insightful they
curate news and content current information but they have really deep
understanding of the industry and they offer a lot of insights into what's
going on in in the accounting world and it's way more interesting than you might
otherwise think they make it not only palatable I'd say for like non
accountants and accountants both but they they actually make it kind of fun
and interesting too so if you haven't listened to that I recommend you you
give that a lesson next up is a podcast that
I don't know of anybody else who listens to this but me but it's called the sunny
show and it's hosted by Sunny Lenarduzzi
she is kind of a rock star in the marketing and certainly YouTube world he
she kind of really gained popularity with her videos on YouTube about how to
be how to be successful on YouTube and she's kind of a marketing guru and she
just within the last I want to say seven months or so started her own podcast and
it's it's just as good as her YouTube channel so I would recommend that if you
have any interest in promoting your business on YouTube or if you actually
if you're a business owner at all you should be listening to this because she
talks a lot about the struggles being an entrepreneur she talks about her own
personal struggles but she also talks about you know how to get a million
views and all the other stuff that like all the how to's that a lot of people
want to hear about so so I'm kind of a fan she's got a great personality and
this is a fun podcast to listen to and last but not least I want to give a
shout out to this podcast it's really less of a podcast more of a consistent
Facebook live show that they will record and then they'll upload it so that it
becomes a podcast but it's I don't think it's created specifically for the
podcast part but anyway but it's called Friday Night Live with accountants
Hector Garcia Michael Ly and Andrew Wall and they often have guests on their
show and they will talk about anything from QuickBooks to diversity in the
industry to SEO to whatever whatever's going on they talk about that every
Friday night over beers or whatever they happen to be drinking and it's very
informative and very interesting and I think you should check that out too so
those were my top eight I I actually listened to quite a few others kind of
here and there but I don't have time to listen to all of them so tell me what
your favorite podcasts tell me down below in the comments
I I'm always interested in hearing about new shows and things that I haven't
visited yet so and I'm sure other people will be too so so give us a shout out
tell us which ones are your favorites and I hope you found this video helpful
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