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Sasha Gupta of Cheeky Zebra, designs and sells fun and cheeky greeting cards for real life. EPISODE NOTES **Please remember to rate and review the podcast - it really helps others to find it.** Today on the podcast I'm talking to Sasha Gupta of Cheeky Zebra. Sasha designs and sells fun and cheeky greeting cards for real life. It was such a fun conversation. Sasha shares why she quit law to start s...

Cara Sayer is the inventor and entrepreneur behind SnoozeShade, a bestselling range of baby sun and sleep shades, and shares her story from starting out in 2008, through starting to sell on Amazon in 2014 to where the business is now. EPISODE NOTES **Please remember to rate and review the podcast - it really helps others to find it.** Today on the podcast I'm talking to Cara Sayer, an inventor, an...

Louise Almond is the founder of Amelia Anne Ltd, a brand designing fashionable, discreet and comfortable breastfeeding wear so that you can feed with confidence in any situation. Amelia Anne is currently in pre-launch, with Louise planning to release her first collection of 3 items in 2022.  EPISODE NOTES **Please remember to rate and review the podcast - it really helps others to find it.**...

Puvan Briah is the founder of Sabhalo, the Mental Maintenance Store. Puvan is on a mission to help other empaths, people pleasers, and perfectionists to stop burning out through her self care boxes and her podcast “The Burnout Brigade.”  EPISODE NOTES **Please remember to rate and review the podcast - it really helps others to find it.** Today on the podcast I'm talking to Puvan Briah about h...

Christmas is coming! Catherine Erdly is the founder of the Resilient Retail Club, and helps product businesses start, grow and scale profitable businesses that last. In this podcast, Catherine shares her top tips for how you can prepare to sell your products this Christmas. EPISODE NOTES **Please remember to rate and review the podcast - it really helps others to find it.** Today on the podcast I'...

Janet Murray is one of the UK's leading content marketing experts and creator of the Courageous Content Planner - an A4 desk planner packed with content ideas/prompts, planning templates, and checklists. Janet joins me on the podcast today to share the process of creating and selling a planner, and her tips for creating your own fantastic content. EPISODE NOTES **Please remember to rate and review...

Anna Heneback is an E-commerce Consultant working with SMEs to sell more online, with 15 years of industry experience from Net-a-Porter and H&M who shares her top tips and strategies for getting the best performance from your E-Commerce store. EPISODE NOTES **Please remember to rate and review the podcast - it really helps others to find it.** Today on the podcast I'm talking to Anna Heneback,...

Emma Peries of Digital Mother helps mums in business learn how to succeed on socials through training. Today she shares her knowledge to explain how you can sell your products by harnessing the power of social media. EPISODE NOTES **Please remember to rate and review the podcast - it really helps others to find it.** Today I’m talking to Emma Peries of Digital Mother, an experienced Social Media T...

Listen in to hear Prithi Brinkley, of Prithi Brinkley Art, share the process of how lockdown encouraged her to develop her photography business and start selling her work as accessible, limited edition fine art prints. EPISODE NOTES: Prithi is a London-based photographer who creates accessible fine art limited edition digital prints in a variety of sizes and finishes. Prithi started off in photogr...

Cara is a branding specialist with 13 years of experience who has created over 60 brands for entrepreneurs and small businesses and helped hundreds more via branding workshops. Having worked with both national brands and early-stage start-ups, she says she firmly believes that every small business can use the same techniques as household names to establish themselves. EPISODE NOTES Today I’m talki...

TITLE: 79 What to do when things go wrong on Amazon Amazon is an amazing marketplace, but sometimes things can go wrong. A lot of people contact me when things have gone wrong, and they cannot figure out how to fix it. I also know lots of people who have given up selling on Amazon because they could not solve an issue. I have sold on Amazon for a long time, so have plenty of experience with these...

TITLE: 78 From Concept To Selling On Amazon with Tom Dowman, Pago Baby EPISODE NOTES **Please remember to rate and review the podcast - it really helps others to find it.** Today I am speaking to Tom Dowman, of Pago Baby. Full disclosure, Tom is a client of mine. Tom has a full-time job as a charted surveyor and is a husband and father of 2. Inspired by his experiences weaning his daughter, Tom ha...

TITLE: 77 Transitioning From Craft Fairs To Selling Online with Barbara Keen, All Day Bags EPISODE NOTES **Please remember to rate and review the podcast - it really helps others to find it.** Today I am speaking to Barbara Keen, of All Day Bags. Barbara makes quality bags for people on the go, the colours of land and sky. Barbara uses UK based textiles - Harris Tweed and tartan from Scotland and...

Donna Jackson is an Influencer of The Curious Mummy and founder of Suped Up Social, a digital marketing service for small businesses, startups, and creatives.  Suped Up Social shows brands how to identify & connect with their audience by using a blend of pr, events, marketing & social media to form a kick-ass digital marketing strategy. EPISODE NOTES **Please remember to rate and revi...

TITLE: 75 How To Be A Bestselling Self Published Author with Alice Clover Alice Clover is a highly successful self-published children’s author. Her first book ‘Girls Love To Fart’ was released in 2020, and Alice has just released her second book ‘Princesses Don't have Stinky Bums'. Alice is passionate about encouraging girls to love themselves, and their bodies, and changing the narrative around b...

Jess Heagren is the CEO and Cofounder of That Works For Me™ - a progressive digital B2B platform that connects exceptional, proven talent with businesses that need it. That Works For Me embrace and promote flexible working to combat the lack of gender diversity in the UK, which is estimated to cost £189bn in GDP EPISODE NOTES **Please remember to rate and review the podcast - it really helps other...

Silvina De Vita is a designer and paper artist and runs her own online business My Papercut Forest. My Papercut Forest is a playground for Silvina’s imagination, a place to try out new ideas, artworks and designs. Silvina creates, makes and sells a range of artworks including paper cut sculpture boxes, miniature paper domes, illustrations, prints, greeting cards, and loads of other unique objects....

What is your product’s USP (Unique Selling Point) and is it important to have one? Something I see a lot, particularly on Amazon, are ‘copycat products’ - where someone is ordering the exact replica of something already selling, then branding it themselves. It got me thinking, why would a customer buy this version of the product over one already available, that has a sales and review history?&nbsp...

HERD makes hardworking reusable bags from waste plastic bottles.  The bags come in a range of sizes in joyful and vibrant designs.  Each HERD bag is wipe clean, has a zipped internal pocket and a double cotton handle for easy carrying.  HERD was launched in 2019 by Nancy Powell.  After working with a range of well known brands on sustainability Nancy took all that she learnt ab...

I sell my own products on Amazon. I get lots of enquiries from people wanting to start selling on Amazon and I help and work with a lot of Amazon sellers every single day.  I see a lot of people do well - but I also see people who don’t do as well and that’s why I wanted to record this episode. Read the blog post for this episode Listen in to hear me share: Why Amazon Is an appealing place to...

Kate Towers designs and creates colourful, feelgood prints, cards and homeware, helping bring colour into people's lives. Listen in to hear Kate share: An introduction to her business and what she creates and sells (00:57) How she learnt the skills she uses to design and create her products (03:01) How she went about finding suppliers for digital printing (07:01) The importance of ordering samples...

Do you ever struggle to find your own product listing on Amazon? Or maybe you know you have a good product and you’re just tired of not making enough sales. It could be that you need help with shifting that stock you've sent in for FBA. If any of this sounds familiar, this is the episode for you. Even if you haven’t yet started selling on Amazon, but you’re planning it, or even thinking about it,...

Today I talk to Nicola Harman, Silk Jasmine, about starting up and running a handmade products business alongside a full-time job. We talk logistics, why it’s OK (maybe even necessary!) to get help and the importance of not comparing your handmade products to others. Listen in to hear Nicola share: An introduction to her business and what she sells (1:10) How and why she started her business...

Do you have a book inside you? We’ve had a few authors on the podcast so far - now it’s your turn! Steph Caswell is an author who also helps service providers to write their own non-fiction book, with her simple step-by-step process.   Listen in to hear Steph share: An introduction to herself and her business (00:55) Why she feels writing a book is a good idea for coaches, consultants an...

Today I’m speaking to Liz Rawlinson, founder of gus + beau baby playmats about starting a business during maternity leave and why none of us can do it all... Listen in to hear Liz share: An introduction to her business, what she sells and why she created it (00:58) Why she started a business during her maternity leave (4:18) The steps she went through and the time it took to launch her products (7...