Hosted by John Ghiorso
John Ghiorso is an eCommerce thought leader with a reputation for articulating industry perspective and forecasting shifts within the Amazon marketplace. He is the founder and CEO of Orca Pacific, a full-service agency dedicated to growing the Amazon business of consumer product brands. He leads a team of over 50 former Amazonians and industry experts who develop digital marketing strategies on the cutting edge of eCommerce. John’s insights have been featured in prestigious publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Vox, Modern Retail, and Digiday. He speaks at mainstream industry events on a range of topics from retail and advertising strategies to the future of eCommerce.
Amazon News & Trends: November and December 2021
Episode 57
In this episode of eCommerce Deep Dive, Nathan Hogle, Director of Client Resource Strategy at Orca Pacific covers Amazon news & trends for the months of November and December 2021.Nate will be recapping the monthly Amazon insights including Amazon’s expansion of the Climate Pledge Friendly program, the addition of a new payment method, new Vendor Shipment guidelines, new Sponsored Display audiences features, and so much more.
Amazon News & Trends: October 2021
Episode 56
In this episode of eCommerce Deep Dive, we brought on a special guest, Claire O‘Donnell, Director, Customer Trust and Partner Support at Amazon, to accompany Nathan Hogle. Nate will be will recapping the monthly Amazon news & trends for the month of October including the Amazon Gift-Giving Feature, new Sponsored Display features, new Sponsored Brands Video targeting options, and so much more. Claire will finish off the episode with details from the Amazon Accelerate event that took place on October 20–21, 2021.
Amazon News & Trends: September 2021
Episode 55
This month, John and Nate discuss updates such as the Amazon October Beauty Sale, New Listing Quality Dashboard, Release of Performance-Based Budget Rules and so much more.
Working with the Top 1% of Micro-Influencers with inBeat‘s David Morneau
Episode 54
John and David discuss using influencer marketing to do market research, decentralizing ad creative through micro-influencer marketing, and how to make micro-influencer marketing a viable marketing channel.
Amazon News & Trends: August 2021
Episode 53
This month, John and Nate discuss updates such as the A-Z Guarantee, Amazon partnering with Affirm, Free Amazon-led Advertising Webinars and so much more.
Amazon News & Trends: July 2021
Episode 52
This month, John and Nate discuss updates such as The Seller Reviews Tool, 17 new FCs set to open in August, the launch of the Brand Referral Bonus Program and so much more.
eCommerce for Brewing Companies with Pabst’s Will Yen
Episode 51
John and Will discuss the state of the rapidly changing online alcohol business, regulatory barriers to shipping alcohol, and how brewing companies should be thinking about Amazon as of today.
Amazon News & Trends: June 2021
Episode 50
In this episode of eCommerce Deep Dive, John Ghiorso and Nathan Hogle from Orca Pacific recap the monthly news & trends from Amazon. This month, they discuss updates such as insights from Prime Day 2021, Amazon anti-counterfeit efforts, continued container shortages and so much more.
Defining the eCommerce Skill Set with SureWerx’s Stacy Hanks
Episode 49
John and Stacy discuss her experience working at Amazon, MasterLock, and now SureWerx, misconceptions that brands have about Amazon, and where the eCommerce team should sit within an organization.