Women of Amazon on Lock Down

Jodea Pearl Abalos
March 30, 2020

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On this week’s show, we bring in Melissa Simonson, Cassandra Craven, Krystsina Uradzimskaya and Izabela Hamilton to discuss life on lockdown, business and what the future holds.

A bit of a background

Izabela Hamilton is the Founder and CEO of RankBell, a brand accelerator that helps Amazon businesses grow to 7 & 8 figures through driving organic keyword.
Cassandra Craven is the social media manager for Helium10 software.
Melissa Simonson from Empowery Cooperative for e-commerce sellers.
Krystsina Uradzimskaya has an Amazon marketing agency and is an Amazon seller for over 10 years.

Lockdown

Many sellers were affected by the factory shutdown. Delivery and supply chain were interrupted.
This crisis will push us to a global reform in the e-commerce market.
It will stimulate us to become better in a lot of things.
Things started getting real when travel, events and conferences were cancelled.
Coronavirus changed the trajectory for the whole year.
this virus helped us refocus.

Changes….

To keep spirits up, stay connected with your colleagues and friends through Zoom or online.
This is the time to plan prepare for your come back.
Things look pretty bad and the whole world looks like it is shutting down, it is kind of hard.
The energy you give out affects other people — do not watch the news, and social media.
- The more you listen to it, makes it more difficult.
- Focus on being healthy and being at your best.
Schedule your day. Start having balance between work and home.

Managing Work and Home At Home

Find that balance between work and home while being at home.
Maximize the time when you are allowed to get out of the house.
Get some sun as much as you can, it is vital to your health.
Keep the kids busy with homeschooling and other activities.
This is the time to get to know your family a little better.

Recovery and Our Advise

May to June, things look like they will be back to normal.
We still need to be vigilant.
Things will get better.
The goal is to flatten the curve.
Prepare for the comeback it will definitely happen!
Look for opportunities!
Create solutions for the future!
Anything that you were thinking of doing but kept in the backburner– do it now!
Don’t wait for anything. There is no other better time than NOW!
Try something new.
Don’t be afraid to try stuff!
Put short term goals: maintain your sanity and stay positive.
- Long Term goal: Try to do as much as you can while you can.
- Try to use this time to become a better entrepreneur.

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About SellerSessions 2020

Our venue this year: The David Game Keynote Theatre, with tiered seating.
This year we are supporting a charity and a portion of the proceeds will be given to Tomy’s pioneering studies for prevention of babies born asleep: https://www.tommys.org/
We will give away 5 FREE tickets for single-parent Amazon sellers. If you know anyone please get in touch to get the details.
Confirmed speakers and more to come:
- Brandon Young
- Dr Yev Marusenko
- Destaney Wishon
- Zack Franklin
- Nadine Schöpper
- Liran Hirschkorn
- Ivelin Demirov
- Dr Ellis Whitehead
- Paul Harvey
- And yours truly, Danny McMillan. I will be hosting the show and speaking on a topic.