Ecommerce: Why Your Ads Aren’t Scaling: Part 1 of 5
This is part 1 of our 5-part series on the real reasons most ad accounts hit a ceiling. And no — it’s almost never because Meta or Google “doesn’t work anymore”.  In this episode, Mark and Ian break down: Why around 80% of “ad problems” have nothing to do with ads How your margin, […]
Ecommerce: How We Really Scale to $10 Million — Part 2
This podcast is the second half of our fastest, most repeatable path to $10 million in revenue.  Not theory. Not trends. The actual mechanics that separate brands that compound from brands that stall.  Mark and Ian break down what really moves the needle once traffic is flowing: Why email isn’t “retention”, it’s the […]
Ecommerce: The Fastest Way To 10 Million In Ecommerce In 2026
In today’s podcast Ian and I set ourselves the task of using the Hammersley Brothers model to get to 10 million a year as fast as possible.  What we would do and why.  How to scale using the model, how we think about growth and how this applies to 2026.  P.S. Whenever you’re ready… […]
New Podcast: Everyone’s suddenly talking about 2026.
AI this. GEO that. “New hacks.” “New secrets.” Most of it is noise. In this episode, Ian and I break down what actually matters heading into 2026 — based on what really happened in 2025 across real brands, real numbers, and real P&Ls. No hype. No crystal balls. Just patterns we’re already seeing. We cover: […]
Ecommerce: The Year Ecommerce Got Back to Normal
This episode kicks off 2026 with a bang — we’re looking back at the bold predictions we made for 2025… and checking which ones held up. Was it the comeback year we thought it would be? Mark and Ian break down: Why 2025 was the first “normal” ecommerce year since Covid How disruptive, lean brands […]
The Truth About Reactivation: The Final Offer That Actually Matters
This episode is Offer #5 in our 5 Offers Series: Reactivation — the last offer in the stack, and the most misunderstood. Reactivation should never be your growth strategy.It should be the icing, not the cake. But done properly? It’s free revenue sitting on your doorstep. In this episode, Mark and Ian reveal: The real […]
Ecommerce: Offer #4 The Peak Season Offer
This episode is Offer #4 in our 5 Offers Series: The Peak Season Offer, and it’s the one that can take your ecommerce business from “doing okay” to absolutely flying. Every brand gets a sales spike in peak season. But most leave thousands on the table by running the wrong offer or just doing what […]
The Retention Blueprint: How Smart Brands Drive Repeat Sales on Autopilot
This is Offer #3 in our 5 Offers series — and it’s the offer that quietly decides whether your business becomes a scalable brand… or stays stuck buying customers forever. You’ve nailed the first sale. Maybe you’ve got the second. But unless you’re intentionally architecting repeat purchase behavior, you’re losing margin, losing momentum, and relying […]
Why Most Ecommerce Brands Never Scale – They Ignore This Second Sale Trick
This is Offer #2 in our 5 Offers series – and it’s the one that quietly kills most ecommerce growth. You’ve got the first sale. Great. But if you’re not locking in the second sale quickly, you’re bleeding profit and your ad model won’t scale. In this episode, Mark and Ian break down: Why the […]
Ecommerce: Your First-Time Offer Sucks (Here’s How to Fix It)
This episode is the start of a new series: the 5 Offers every ecommerce brand needs to scale properly. We’re kicking off with the most important one — and the one most brands get wrong: 👉 The Recruitment Offer — the thing that gets someone to buy from you for the very first time. If […]
The 5 Key Ecommerce Offers You Need to Scale: Recruitment, Retention & More
In this episode, Mark and Ian dive deep into the five essential offers that every eCommerce business needs to scale — and why most businesses get them wrong. 🔑 Key takeaways: â– Recruitment Offer: How to attract your first customers and set up a winning acquisition strategyâ– Second Sale Strategy: Get customers to buy again, […]
The Seasonal Specialist Ecommerce Model – How to Dominate Your Peak and Avoid the Drop
This is the fifth ecommerce business type in our series — and it’s often the most misunderstood. In this episode, Mark and Ian unpack the Seasonal Specialist model — where 80%+ of revenue happens in just 6–8 weeks. Whether you sell Christmas hampers, school shoes, winter clothing, or Valentine’s gifts, this episode shows you: 🔍 […]