Bring Your Product Idea to Life
285 episodes - English - Latest episode: 23 days ago -WINNER! Best Business Podcast at the Independent Podcast Awards
Do you (or do you want to) create and sell your own physical products?
Would you like to learn from, and be inspired by, other products business owners, who aren’t much further along than you are?
This is the podcast to listen to if you’re getting started selling products, or you’d like to create your own products to sell. It's a podcast for small business owners, makers and creators, from small business owners!
Whatever stage you’re at, there’s plenty of friendly, practical advice and inspirational stories - from product creators not much further along than you are.
CONNECT WITH ME
Website: https://www.vickiweinberg.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vickiweinberguk/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vicki-weinberg-amazon-seller-support/
Join my free Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/productcreatorsclub/
Homepage Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episodes
How to Build a Strong Brand, from the Foundations Up - with Cara Bendon
June 09, 2023 05:00 - 56 minutes - 64.2 MBToday I’m talking to Cara Bendon, a branding specialist, who is passionate about empowering small businesses to leverage the same branding strategies as household names to establish themselves. Cara is a returning guest, she originally appeared on episode 80, and spoke about the visual elements that make up branding. In this episode we dig deeper into branding, looking at brand values, how you tell the story of your brand, what the customer experience is like, and the types of shots to get ...
Creating products that break taboos - with Lucy Self - Save my Knickers
June 02, 2023 05:00 - 32 minutes - 37.6 MBToday on the podcast I'm speaking to Lucy Self, the founder of Save My Knickers, a bloodstain remover, which is here to empower you to feel amazing in your favourite knickers every day of the month, reduce waste and break period taboos. Lucy shares her story from formulating the product herself, to the unique challenges of marketing and selling a period related product. How do you show the product in use? Listen in to learn about some of the taboos that Lucy has come up against, and be ins...
Working with customers to promote your business - with Charlotte Watts - Made on the Street
May 26, 2023 05:00 - 25 minutes - 29.5 MBMy guest today is Charlotte Watts, owner of Made on the Street. Charlotte makes stylish, affordable, sustainable clothing for babies and children. Charlotte set up her business in lockdown, teaching herself to sew, and sourcing original fabrics and prints online. Charlotte works closely with her customers, which informs the designs and patterns she makes. She also has a really interesting model of encouraging and incentivizing customers to promote her business, and shares some great tips a...
All about Pop Up shops - with Ami Rabheru
May 19, 2023 05:00 - 37 minutes - 42.4 MBAmi Rabheru is the founder of the Retail Business Hub and Scale with Wholesale Academy. Ami is a returning podcast guest, last time Ami was sharing her advice about selling your products via wholesale, and this time she is back to talk about another topic she is really passionate and knowledgeable about - popup shops. Maybe you’ve shopped at a pop-up shop, maybe you’ve sold your products in one. Ami explains what a pop-up shop is and the different methods of running one. We talk about how ...
How to increase sales on Amazon - with Vicki Weinberg
May 12, 2023 05:00 - 28 minutes - 33 MBThis was an episode that I really wanted to record as I know that right now things are a little bit tough. Lots of businesses are seeing less sales, both on Amazon and elsewhere. So I wanted to share some really practical ideas of things you can do to improve your sales, cut down your costs, or both. Now, these tips are mainly going to be Amazon specific, but some will work in other places. So even if you’re not selling on Amazon, there might still be some ideas in here that you will find u...
How to get the most out of Shopify (2.0) - with Elle Williamson - The Ecommerce Assistant
May 05, 2023 05:00 - 57 minutes - 65.4 MBMy guest today is Elle Williamson of The Ecommerce Assistant. Elle helps people build and grow their online businesses with the power of Shopify + Klaviyo to sell more online. Ella has made it her mission to teach everything she knows about ecommerce to founder-led businesses looking to thrive online. Elle joins me to explain the Shopify 2.0 update, which has not received much publicity, and outlines what these new updates mean, and the additional features now available. Elle also shares ...
How to create and sell a unique food product - with Dan Shearman - The Wilder Kitchen
April 28, 2023 05:00 - 45 minutes - 52.5 MBMy guest today is Dan Shearman of The Wilder Kitchen. Dan was originally a street food chef, and created the UK’s original chilli infused hot honey, Wilder Bee Hot Honey, which is sold into retailers and restaurants across the UK. Dan explains what Hot Honey is, how he came to create his own recipe, and how he has since scaled the business from selling on a food truck to outsourcing production and distribution and supplying major national chains. We look at specific food industry challeng...
Selling tea sustainably - with Jenny Tse - Sipping Streams
April 21, 2023 05:00 - 40 minutes - 46.7 MBMy guest today is Jenny Tse Sipping Streams Tea Company. Sipping Stream Tea Company is an international award-winning tea company and tea educator based in Alaska. Direct tea importer and master blenders. Creating community through their tea offerings: loose-leaf tea, custom blend specialty teas, matcha tea, fireweed honey, bubble tea kits, tea accessories and more! Jenny started her business 17 years ago, so we chatted about how e:commerce and sourcing international suppliers worked before...
How to start selling on Amazon with Vicki Weinberg
April 14, 2023 05:00 - 30 minutes - 35.2 MBHow do you start selling on Amazon? In this episode I walk you through everything you need to know about setting yourself up and starting to sell on Amazon, from how to apply to become an Amazon seller, through deciding whether to fulfill orders by FBA or FBM, to what to do to encourage those first orders once your account is all set. Listen in to hear me share: Why you should consider selling on Amazon (01:20) How to check if Amazon is the right marketplace for your product (02:15) How ...
How to curate a shop using Faire - with Jennifer Cooper - Kindred Spirits shop
April 07, 2023 05:00 - 37 minutes - 42.5 MBToday I'm talking to Jennifer Cooper. Jenny is the founder of Jennifer Cooper Timesaver, and with her team Jenny provides time saving support, support to small business owners and entrepreneurs. Jenny's also the founder of Kindred Spirits, a community for fellow small business owners that provides opportunities for connection and collaboration with unique events and group mentoring. And as part of Kindred Spirits, Jenny has recently set up the Kindred Spirit Shop, a curated collection of sta...
How to expand a family business - with Ryan Margolin - Professional Hair Labs
March 31, 2023 05:00 - 34 minutes - 39.5 MBRyan Margolin is the CEO of Professional Hair Labs, a cosmetic manufacturer who supply private label products and also custom formulate and contract manufacture for companies globally. Professional Hair Labs started off as a two-person family business and has now expanded massively with locations in the USA and Ireland and they sell their products to distributors, wholesalers and retailers all over the world. We discussed how they have successfully scaled whilst still remaining a family bu...
Charlie Day: How to sell more products
March 24, 2023 05:00 - 31 minutes - 36.3 MBCharlie Day is a multi-award-winning entrepreneur who has built three multi-six-figure businesses from the ground up. Charlie is passionate about helping business owners create more sales in their businesses and proclaims that ‘sales is easy if you just know how.’ She runs the free Facebook community for business owners, The Entrepreneurs Growth Club. This is a must listen to episode, as Charlie brilliantly challenges the mindset blocks many of us have around sales, and shares her methods f...
Number one piece of advice for product creators - part 2
March 17, 2023 05:00 - 38 minutes - 43.6 MBIt’s episode 155, and 3 years since I started this podcast. I've spoken to so many wonderful product creators and people who support product creators over the last three years, and I have learned so much from absolutely everyone that I spoke to. To celebrate I have put together a compilation of some of the best advice I have heard over the years.If you want to launch your own product or are just in need of a friendly boost this is the episode to listen to! Listen in to hear top tips from: ...
How to create your own supplement brand - with Leslie Kenny - Oxford Healthspan
March 10, 2023 05:00 - 31 minutes - 36.3 MBLeslie Kenny is the Founder and CEO of Oxford Healthspan, an anti-aging supplement brand that contains spermidine, a potent organic compound that inhibits six of the nine hallmarks of aging. She is also a co-founder of Oxford Longevity, which brings together scientific experts to discuss the latest breakthroughs in health and aging by providing free public health webinars. It was fascinating to talk to Leslie about the industry, and how she has brought her supplements to market. We talked ...
My experience on Dragons Den - Chris Lefteri , Fixits
March 10, 2023 05:00 - 12 minutes - 14.6 MBIn episode 152 I spoke with Chris Lefteri from FixIts, who talked about his unique product. On 9 March 2023 Chris was on BBC’s Dragons Den. In this short episode, I speak with Chris about what it was like, what it involves and whether he’d recommend it as an experience! USEFUL RESOURCES: Episode 152 Fixits Website Fixits Facebook Fixits Instagram Fixits LinkedIn Fixits Pinterest Fixits Twitter Kickstarter LET’S CONNECT Join my free Facebook group for product makers and creators ...
Curating products to sell - with Millie Jaspert - Spark Bubble
March 03, 2023 05:00 - 27 minutes - 31.1 MBMillie Jaspert is the founder of Spark Bubble,an online store selling bath-toys particularly for children aged 2-9 years old. Millie has developed some of these toys herself and others are a curated collection created by other brands. Millie is also a Primary Teacher so has chosen open-ended toys and shares suggestions for ways children can explore and learn with them. We had a really interesting conversation about how Millie has curated a selection of products which complement her own desi...
The challenges of creating a unique product - Chris Lefteri - Fixits
February 24, 2023 05:00 - 26 minutes - 30.2 MBChris Lefteri is a Materials Consultant, Designer and author of 9 books on materials. He is also the inventor and founder of Fixits, reusable eco-plastic moldable sticks, which you can use to repair all manner of things around the home and office. Chris shared how he turned a useful material into a marketable product and the challenges of creating and marketing a unique product, where the audience needs to be taught how to use it. Chris also shares his advice from running a successful Kick...
Should you sell your product on Amazon? - with Vicki Weinberg
February 17, 2023 05:00 - 24 minutes - 28.5 MBI work with a lot of Amazon sellers everyday, helping them set up and grow their Amazon account. I see a lot of people do well – but I also see people who don’t. What’s worse is that for some of them there are reasons for this, out of their control, and they might have been better off focusing their time and effort into another marketplace. In this episode I share why Amazon might be the right platform for you, how to determine this and things that you might want to consider. Listen in to...
Knowing the true value of your products - with Lucy Herron - Sloafer
February 10, 2023 05:00 - 32 minutes - 37.5 MBToday I'm talking with Lucy Herron, the founder of Sloafer, a women's shoe brand that handmakes ballerina pumps with an all day sneaker comfort sole. It’s a really powerful episode, as Lucy is incredibly articulate about the importance of valuing your product and yourself. Lucy explains how she has chosen to work with a factory that pays a fair wage, and why she is shunning fast fashion practices. Instead she has built a very successful business model creating limited batches of shoes, whic...
Jungle Scout – My favourite tool for selling on Amazon
February 06, 2023 05:00 - 22 minutes - 25.9 MBSomething I get asked a lot is what software I use and recommend when working with Amazon. Over the years I’ve tried a lot - and my favourite is Jungle Scout. I’ve been using it for years, ever since I first started selling on Amazon and I’m still using it daily to help other Amazon Sellers. In this bonus episode I explain the features, what I use it for, and whether it might be a good fit for you. USEFUL LINKS Blog post for this episode Jungle Scout one month trial If you enjoy this ...
Selling a product people don't know they need - with Iain Moore - BGreater Shoes
February 03, 2023 05:00 - 47 minutes - 54.5 MBToday I'm talking with Iain Moore from BGreater Shoes. BGreater Shoes design and sell affordable kids foot friendly shoes which are designed to allow children’s feet to grow, develop and move more naturally than most high street brands, whilst importantly looking after parents wallets and time. Iain and I discussed why he set up BGreater Shoes, and the particular challenges of designing and manufacturing shoes. Iain explained what barefoot shoes are, how they differ from normal shoes, and t...
Selling to retailers using wholesale platforms - with Em Royston- Chasing Threads
January 27, 2023 05:00 - 38 minutes - 43.6 MBThis week my guest on the podcast is Em Royston from Chasing Threads. Chasing Threads make stitchable accessories and cross stitch kits for the modern world. The first collection of unique, stylish and functional accessories that can be stitched and personalised, born from the idea to 'sew where you go'. Em has an interesting background, having previously worked for product brand Suck UK. We talked about how this combined with her passion for crafts and travel led her to set up Chasing Thre...
Thinking about working with me in 2023?
January 20, 2023 05:00 - 13 minutes - 15.2 MBIn this week’s episode, I share the ways that I can support you and your small business. I specialise in promoting small businesses on Amazon. I know Amazon is not for everyone. So I wanted to share why I work on this platform, and the advantages I believe it offers small businesses. I am not affiliated in any way with Amazon, these are just my honest, professional opinions. Listen in to hear me share: An introduction to the topic (00:39) Why Amazon is a good opportunity for your small ...
Creating a product to solve a problem - with Laura Seago - Futliit
January 13, 2023 05:00 - 54 minutes - 62.3 MBThis week my guest on the podcast is Laura Seago from Futliit. Futliit makes LED backpacks that use tech to make you properly visible. Our smart light-up backpacks are ideal for kids walking to school, commuters and in fact anyone who needs to be seen at night. Laura is a wonderful example of someone who saw a problem, and created a product to overcome this. Once she started looking into road safety stats she found that the majority of pedestrian accidents were between 3-6pm, when people a...
How to get started wholesaling your products - with Ami Rabheru - The Retail Business Hub
January 06, 2023 05:00 - 37 minutes - 43.1 MBHave you considered wholesaling your products? Or are you looking for a fresh take on how to do this? Today’s podcast guest is perfectly positioned to share a wealth of knowledge on this topic. Ami Rabheru is the founder of The Retail Business Hub and Scale with Wholesale® Academy. Ami is a Retail business consultant and product strategist. She specialises in teaching productpreneurs® how to build retail brands, and the strategic action steps to approach, pitch and sell products to retai...
How to launch a fashion brand - with Helen Barker - the Fika Edit
December 30, 2022 05:00 - 36 minutes - 42.2 MBHelen Barker is the co-founder of Fika. Helen’s aim is to create a positive impact in the fashion industry through my slower paced, sustainably conscious brand. We talked about the fashion industry as a whole, and some of the issues that Helen sees with the industry. We discussed how Helen is trying to change this Fika focusing on slow and sustainable fashion. From how she sources material sustainably, to her first trade show, Helen shares lots of fascinating details about setting up and la...
20 Top Tips from Product Creators
December 23, 2022 05:00 - 38 minutes - 44.1 MBThis week I thought I'd re-release one of my very favourite ever episodes. If you’re a regular listener you’ll know I ask all product creators who join me on the show for their number 1 piece of advice. For episode 50, I put together a compilation of 20 of the best tips I'd heard from product creators. If you want to launch your own product or are just in need of a friendly boost this is the episode to listen to! Listen in to hear top tips from: Silke Thistlewood, Raise Up Mums (02:08) La...
Business impact vs business growth - with Kresse Wesling - Elvis & Kresse
December 16, 2022 05:00 - 34 minutes - 39.4 MBKresse Wesling, CBE, is a multi-award winning environmental entrepreneur. After first meeting the London Fire Brigade in 2005, Kresse launched Elvis & Kresse, which rescues and transforms decommissioned fire hose into innovative lifestyle products and returns 50% of profits to the Fire Fighters Charity.The company now collects 12 different waste streams and has several charitable partnerships and collaborations across industries. In 2021 Elvis & Kresse also took on a farm in order to establi...
Using email marketing to sell your products - with Shona Chambers
December 09, 2022 05:00 - 25 minutes - 29.6 MBToday on the podcast, I'm delighted to have Shona Chambers join me. Shona is a returning guest, who first appeared on the podcast 2 years ago. Um, Shona is a marketing consultant and she's here today to talk specifically about how to grow your email list. She talks about why it's important for small businesses to have a list, how you might grow it, and if you do have an email list of people on, you know, what sort of things should you be sending to them. I found it incredibly useful, and we ...
Selling and marketing a superfood - with Simon Fineman - Haskapa
December 02, 2022 05:00 - 43 minutes - 50.3 MBMy guest on the podcast today is Simon Fineman, who together with his wife, Dr. Evie Kemp runs Haspaka, a company selling nutritious products made from the little known but amazing haskap berry. In a previous life, Simon ran a large timbering court importing company pioneering the use of sustainable timbers for industry and construction. A lifelong vegetarian. Simon is passionate about the environment and believes in the power of healthy eating in order to improve oneself and the world arou...
5 free ways to validate your product ideas
November 25, 2022 05:00 - 26 minutes - 29.8 MBSo you’ve got a great idea for a product. What do you do next? One of the single most important things you can do is to validate your product idea before you go ahead and start creating or manufacturing your product. I want you to have to be confident that your product will sell before you start investing in creating it. So today I am going to share 5 free ways to validate your product idea. All they're going to cost you is time, which in my opinion is time well spent. Listen in to hear ...
Sourcing and selling sustainable products - with Vic Wood - Greener Beauty
November 18, 2022 05:00 - 36 minutes - 41.6 MBToday I'm talking with Vic Wood from Greener Beauty. Greener Beauty is an online store where you can find all the ethical, vegan and cruelty-free and natural beauty products that you love all in one place. Vic shares how she went about sourcing products for her business, ensuring that they meet her ethical standards and how the business has grown rapidly over the past few years. Vic now has a small team so shares the tasks she now outsources, and I was particularly interested to learn abou...
How to safely formulate cosmetics - with Dalia Hawley
November 11, 2022 05:00 - 47 minutes - 54.4 MBToday I'm talking to Dalia Hawley from Dalia Botanique. Dalia sells her own botanical beauty products, so she formulates all of her and makes all of her products herself. Dalia’s products are aimed for people who like spending a lot of time outdoors who love gardening and want a minimal skin care routine that's still going to really look after their skin, but not at a really high price. We had a really great conversation about botanicals and what they are. We talked a lot about the complian...
How to create a children's fashion brand - with Claire Grant - OriOrso
November 04, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 73.2 MBToday I'm speaking with Claire Grant from OriOrso. OriOrso is a colorful unisex baby brand created to make parents lives easier for clever design without compromising on style. The hero product is the jogger socks, so printed jogging bottoms with non-slip socks attached into the hem to keep socks on all day long. And any of you who have babies or have had babies will know how difficult that can be. So I had a really fascinating conversation with Claire about creating a fashion brand from sc...
3 ways to come up with product ideas that will sell
October 28, 2022 05:00 - 15 minutes - 17.9 MBToday I want to go back to the beginning and talk about how to come up with product ideas that will sell. This is one of the first episodes I recorded, and most listened to, and I thought now was a good time to rerecord and update it. Here are my top 3 suggestions for how to come up with product ideas that will sell. Listen in to hear me share: An introduction to the topic (00:21) A problem that your product can solve (02:32) Improving on a product (06:50) Is there something you need ...
All you need to know about exhibiting at tradeshows - Therese Ørtenblad - Small Business Collaborative
October 21, 2022 05:00 - 41 minutes - 47 MBThis episode is all about trade shows: which ones to exhibit at, how to put a stand together, what you need to take, what you should be prepping, and how to make the most of the opportunities there. Who better to have on the podcast to talk us through all things trade shows than Therese Ørtenblad? Therese is the founder of Small Business Collaborative, and works with product-based business founders who sell to retail stores. She shows them how to price their products for profit, teaches th...
Leaving your career to start a new business - with Demi Pendakis - Find Your Glow Ltd
October 14, 2022 05:00 - 40 minutes - 46.8 MBMy guest on the podcast this week is Demi Pendakis. Demi created his business Find Your Glow (FYG) in 2020 through the covid pandemic, an affordable luxury, sustainable home fragrance brand producing scented candles, diffusers, washes & lotions. In the 2 years they’ve been trading they have won the prestigious 2022 Home Fragrance Gift of the Year Award for their Memories Collection. I met Demi at the Top Drawer trade show, and immediately wanted to have him as a guest on the podcast as he h...
Creating products to support causes you care about - with Elizabeth Rees - Eliza Eliza
October 07, 2022 05:00 - 46 minutes - 53.2 MBToday on the podcast I'm speaking with Elizabeth Rees, the founder of Eliza Eliza. Eliza Eliza is a bag and accessories brand based in Cardiff, Wales, aiming to empower you to start conversations about the causes you care about. The hashtag Elizabeth uses for her business is Carry Your Cause. We spoke about the causes that Elizabeth supports through her business, how she does that, how she's formed partnerships, as well as all the details about how she designs and creates her products. W...
My experience attending the Top Drawer Trade Show - with Vicki Weinberg
September 30, 2022 05:00 - 20 minutes - 23.5 MBHave you ever wondered what a trade show is like? This week I am sharing my experiences at the Top Drawer Trade Show, one of the premier retail trade shows in the UK, a 3 day event at Olympia in London. I share what the experience was like as a visitor, which booths stood out to me and why, and why you might consider attending a trade show yourself. Listen in to hear me share: An introduction to Top Drawer Trade Show, and what it is (00:39) Spotting trends (02:45) The talks that were o...
Getting ready to launch your first product- with Laura Gillett, Stomperz Shoes
September 23, 2022 05:00 - 34 minutes - 39.9 MBToday on the podcast I'm speaking to Laura Gillett. Laura is the founder of Stomperz, a children's shoe brand specialising in wide fitting shoes in fun, affordable styles, which have just launched. Laura and I talked about what it takes to come up with an idea, and then implement an idea for a product. The focus is on the early stages of starting up a business, and how Laura managed this alongside her full-time job and young family. Listen in to hear Laura share: An introduction to herse...
Why you should be selling your products on TikTok - with Anna Frapwell
September 16, 2022 05:00 - 37 minutes - 43.1 MBToday’s podcast is one I have today's episode is one I've been wanting to record for a while, because today we are talking about TikTok and specifically how to sell your products on TikTok. So I've been looking around for a while for an expert that could talk to us about this. Enter Anna Frapwell. Anna is the founder of Neon Digital Clicks a digital agency supporting e-commerce baby, kids and family brands to increase sales through a range of online marketing tactics. She has over 20 years...
BONUS podcast episode - should you join my Group Product Creation programme (plus common concerns answered)
September 12, 2022 07:40 - 13 minutes - 15.4 MBIn this bonus episode I share a bit about my group product creation programme, which opens for registration today. Listen in to me share: What my group product creation programme is (00:35) Who it is for (03:09) Talking through some of your concerns and queries (06:05) How you can contact me to find out more (10:54) USEFUL RESOURCES: Find out more about the course LET’S CONNECT Join my free Facebook group for product makers and creators Find me on Instagram Work with me Mention...
Continually adapting your business - with Holly Watson, The Zero Waste Company
September 09, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 69.7 MBToday on the podcast, I'm talking to Holly Watson. Holly is the co-founder of the Zero Cafe and Emporium, a plastic free cafe in community space in the heart of Tunbridge Wells. The Ethical Emporium provides an opportunity to offer local independent designers, makers, and brands to showcase their sustainable artists and wears all under one roof. Along with co-founder and best friend Charlotte Bowyer. Holly is passionate about living a plastic-free lifestyle and encouraging others to do the ...
Create a product to sell in 10 weeks - with Vicki Weinberg
September 02, 2022 05:00 - 39 minutes - 45 MBDid you know you can create a product to sell in 10 weeks? When I started out it took me a lot longer. I had no idea what I was doing, went down various rabbit holes on Youtube and wasted a lot of time and money. Fast forward to my subsequent products when I knew what I was doing, and I had a checklist; well the whole process was a lot more efficient, and I was making money from the product a lot sooner. It can be done, so in this episode I share with you the fundamentals of how you can cr...
Knowing your customer - with Siena Dexter - SmashBrand
August 26, 2022 05:00 - 47 minutes - 54.2 MBToday my guest on the podcast is Siena Dexter. Siena is the Director of Brand Strategy and Associate Partner at Smashbrand, where she helps Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) brands win on shelf through quantified consumer metrics. Siena’s main interest is in Behavioural Economics and quantifiable ways to predict human behaviour - which happens to be exactly what Smashbrand does best. We talked about packaging, branding, how to catch your customer’s eye, the importance of knowing your market a...
Selling sustainable partyware - with Ciara Westhead - Pico
August 19, 2022 05:00 - 49 minutes - 56.6 MBToday on the podcast I'm talking to Ciara Westhead from Pico. Pico brings sustainability to all occasions with a current focus on children's events. Ciara sells sustainable partyware, and we had a really great conversation about why she chose to start a business selling these products, some of the issues around sourcing them, and other ways you can make a party sustainable. Pico is a young company, with big plans. It was really exciting to learn about Ciara’s plans for the future, and every...
The importance of knowing your numbers - with Tas - Very Craftea
August 12, 2022 05:00 - 50 minutes - 58 MBToday on the podcast I'm talking to Tas from Very Craftea. Tas exists to help all people create moments, to feel comforted and included by creating the best products accessible to everyone without compromise. Tas sells two separate product lines in her business, organic teas and craft kits, hence Very Craftea. We spoke about Tas’s inspiration for setting up her business, building relationships with suppliers and the importance of having a good spreadsheet so that you know your numbers. L...
Things to do with your Amazon Seller Central account this Summer - with Vicki Weinberg
August 05, 2022 05:00 - 15 minutes - 17.7 MBAre you an Amazon seller? This episode is for you. Much as we would all love to sit back and watch the sales roll in, we know that there is a little bit more to it. In this episode I am sharing my top tips of things that you could do over the summer when it is a little bit quieter to make the most of your seller central account setting. It’s a short episode this week, full of actionable tips. As ever let me know how you get on, and if you have any questions. Listen in to hear me share: An...
Paperchase owes me over £22,000 - with Angela Chick
July 29, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 75.3 MBToday my guest on the podcast is Angela Chick. Angela is an illustrator and designer with a love for colour and kindness. She creates unique gifts and greeting cards for people who care about other people. I first heard about Angela in a post by Holly Tucker, where she was talking about the fact that Paperchase owes Angela £22,000. I didn't even know that Paperchase had gone into administration. Angela is not alone, and there are a whole host of small businesses who are owed money by Paper...
How to start, launch and scale your product business - with Nicole Higgins - The Retail Coach
July 22, 2022 05:00 - 42 minutes - 48.3 MBToday my guest on the podcast is Nicole Higgins. Nicole has worked as a buyer and head of buying for over 18 years for retailers such as Primark, M&S, Debenhams and George at Asda, gaining experience in buying, product development, strategy and leadership and global sourcing. In 2020 she established the Buyer and Retail Coach to help small businesses start and scale their product business and increase their sales and profits. Nicole reveals her top tips from developing and launching your b...