Justin Winter
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Justin Winter
How My E-Commerce Startup Reached 1,000,000 Facebook Fans Without Spending a Dime on Paid Ads
How My E-Commerce Startup Reached 1,000,000 Facebook Fans Without Spending a Dime on Paid Ads

I’m a co-founder of Diamond Candles, an e-commerce company that sells eco-friendly soy candles with a little twist – each has a ring inside worth at least $10 but up to $100, $1,000, or even $5,000.

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Ecommerce, EntrepreneurshipJustin WinterMarch 20, 2016
The Growth Hacking Podcast Interview
The Growth Hacking Podcast Interview

Had a great time chatting with Laura Moreno at The Growth Hacking Podcast recently. You can listen via the embed here below or feel free to subscribe to Laura’s podcast on iTunes so you can catch other great interviews as they come out. 

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Ecommerce, Entrepreneurship, Productivity, StartupsJustin WinterApril 15, 2015
Facebooks New Content Ads: RIP Outbrain, Taboola, Gravity, Disqus
Facebooks New Content Ads: RIP Outbrain, Taboola, Gravity, Disqus

There has been a huge growth of all new ad networks based around content personalization and recommendation on publishers websites large and small.

These ads are typified by a catchy visual thumbnail and a catchy title begging you to click on the piece of ‘recommended content’.

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Ecommerce, Entrepreneurship, StartupsJustin WinterJanuary 13, 2014
I'm looking to get off the Yahoo platform. Shopify seems to be nice, and BigCommerce just looks like a slightly better Yahoo. Thoughts?
I'm looking to get off the Yahoo platform. Shopify seems to be nice, and BigCommerce just looks like a slightly better Yahoo. Thoughts?

Shopify is best use case for $0 to $1M ish, depending on product line, how many transactions that makes up, and if their are some custom things that are not possible on Shopify that realistically lead to huge gains that would cover more costs of a custom solution with something like Magento.

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Ecommerce, TechnologyJustin WinterSeptember 30, 2013
7 Shortcuts for Building an E-Commerce Startup to $1M in 12 Months
7 Shortcuts for Building an E-Commerce Startup to $1M in 12 Months

A little over two years ago on Valentines Day my co-founders and I sold our very first Diamond Candle. A minimum viable product launch to test our concept, we sold about a dozen in the first 24 hours and were through the roof, someone would pay us money for our eco friendly soy candles with a twist!

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Ecommerce, Entrepreneurship, StartupsJustin WinterJune 11, 2013
Instagram will Make You Billions and Keanu is Still Confused
Instagram will Make You Billions and Keanu is Still Confused

Amazon paved the way for purchase of any physical good without requiring the physical presence of the buyer.

Facebook created a network for anyone to communicate with anyone and to create a sense of identity in a digital way.

Apple gave the world photography for the masses and the platform to distribute it to other channels.

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Ecommerce, Entrepreneurship, Startups, TechnologyJustin WinterMay 2, 2013
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