#383: From fulltime pastoral ministry to $600K Amazon business
Silent Sales Machine Radio
Jim Cockrum
4.8 • 805 Ratings
🗓️ 16 August 2021
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Today's guests confess that they had zero previous experience in business before finding ecommerce, yet they've grown an incredible $600K business using the ProvenAmazonCourse.com course and our coaching program. Until recently Mark and Amanda (our guests) were in full time pastoral ministry, and as they've transitioned into Amazon and ecommerce they are pleased to report that their business "is still our ministry". Because of the success of their business, they've been able to hire friends and family while living a flexible, "work from home" lifestyle. They also homeschool their two teenage sons. You'll love the transparency of this married couple who doesn't sugar coat the work it takes to build. This episode is a great story that's packed with tips and strategies as well as encouragement and inspiration!
Today's guests: Mark and Amanda Hollingsworth
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, business building warrior. We've got an episode today with a guest. That means we're going to kick on the cameras and we're going to put this one on YouTube as well as on your favorite podcast listening app, which is where most people listen to our show. But if you aren't aware, oftentimes in the show notes, there's a link to a YouTube video too which is what we're going to do |
| 0:20.9 | today with Mark and Amanda Hollingsworth they have been married for a couple decades they got some |
| 0:27.5 | teenagers it's a really cool couple that you're about to meet because what they've done is they've |
| 0:33.1 | grown a business to about $600,000 a year at just under 20% profit margin, I think they said, |
| 0:39.9 | on the episode today. I'm recording this after I talked with them. They got a couple |
| 0:45.0 | teenage boys who they're homeschooling and they're doing the e-commerce thing. Now, Mark was in |
| 0:50.3 | full-time pastoral ministry for a good time as he shares on today's episode. |
| 0:54.9 | And this is just a really sweet couple with a great attitude. |
| 0:58.3 | They love God. |
| 0:59.3 | They love serving their customers. |
| 1:01.0 | They love growing their teams. |
| 1:02.1 | They love this community. |
| 1:03.5 | They were recently at our live Proven Conference in Florida, and they actually live in |
| 1:07.7 | Central Florida. |
| 1:08.5 | So pretty convenient drive for them. |
| 1:11.8 | But getting to know them today, several great lessons. One of them is, I think that might jump out to you is they |
| 1:17.5 | claim to have no business skills. Like they were in full-time ministry up until a short time ago. |
| 1:22.4 | That's what they did. But they've learned what they needed to learn in order to grow a credible business. |
| 1:29.9 | And that's exactly what they're going to share with us today. |
| 1:32.3 | We're going to talk about the types of products they sell, how they find them, what courses have helped them. |
| 1:37.0 | Here's a hint, proven Amazon course. |
| 1:39.7 | They love this podcast. |
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