Bring Your Product Idea to Life

Handmade businesses - this is the episode for you! Anna Panteli is an Etsy expert with loads to share! Listen in to hear Anna share: An introduction to herself, her business and background (1:19) How and why she started selling on Etsy - and why she’s temporarily closed one of her 4 shops! (2:40) How she keeps up with the making (8:00) Her main learnings about Etsy over the past few years (10:28)...

Today I’m going to take you through every step of creating and sourcing a physical product. This is a quick overview - for lots more details on the steps involved see the blog posts and episodes linked in the resources below. Do remember to download the free resource for this episode - created by me, with input from Gemma Whates, Founder of All By Mama. It’s a complete checklist of the steps...

Today I’m speaking to Michelle Ramsay, The Fashion Expert®, about creating a successful fashion brand. It’s no secret that fashion is the top selling industry in almost all of the world. If you’ve ever thought of starting a fashion brand (and even if you haven’t!) this week’s episode takes you through how to create a successful brand, step-by-step. Building a fashion brand is very exciting and I h...

Caron Petsch started making polymer clay jewellery towards the end of 2019. Just as she started to realise it could be a business, the UK went into lockdown. Caron shares how she started an online business and all that entailed, literally learning as she went! I love Caron’s jewellery (I’ve treated myself to a few pairs of her earrings!) and am thrilled to share her story with you. Listen in...

**Please remember to rate and review the podcast - it really helps others to find it.** If you have a products business, you're just in a process of starting one up, or even just thinking about it, you might be in a position where you're doing everything yourself - but it doesn't have to be that way (forever!)  Today I'm speaking to Melissa Gauge, the founder of SpareMyTime, an innovative bus...

**Please remember to rate and review the podcast - it really helps others to find it.** Vanessa Afful is an Aromatherapist, Massage Therapist, Natural Product Maker and Mum of one. She officially qualified as an Aromatherapist 8 years ago, but has been making products for her own uses since 2003 and started working on the Made by Pure Hands brand 10 years ago. ⠀ Since then she’s spent most of...

As a product-based business owner, one of the first things you have to consider is where you want to sell your products online. Many of us sell on multiple channels such as Amazon and Etsy, but could you gain more sales on your own website?  I spoke with Marie Brown, founder of Beyond the Kitchen Table, to find out all you need to know about building a website to sell your products. Listen in...

Joe Shortt is the creator of Tripclip, a travel retail product that helps people have total relaxation as soon as they settle into their seat. Designed for phone/tablet/e-reader for eye level, hands free viewing of their media, whilst on public transport worldwide (e.g. planes trains, buses and cars) without infringing on any fellow passengers and avoiding neck & back strain. Joe tells us all...

Sam Adams is known as The REAL Life Coach. She’s a public speaker, a business owner for over 20 years and based in Brighton, UK. Sam helps ambitious people Get Real, Get Results, using Real Talk, Real Experience and Real Insight. She’s a regular on BBC radio, has been in The Independent, Metro, Marie Claire, Women & Home, Happyiful and more. Sam has lots of advice for anyone who want...

**Please remember to rate and review the podcast - it really helps others to find it.** Donna Belgrave creates luxury soy candles and gift boxes with the 'Garden of England' as her inspiration, using locally sourced materials, wherever possible. She started the company after her Event Management career ground to a halt due to COVID, in March 2020. We had a great chat about lots of topics, includin...

Therese Ørtenblad has a background in sales and has worked in the home and gift industry for over 12 years selling to both independent retailers and nationals on the high street as an introvert.  She is passionate about the retail industry and helping product-based business owners make more sales, increase their profit and develop a strategy for growing their businesses with confidence. ...

Shannon Reed believes we can outsource our creativity too easily and she’s on a mission to give that power back! She creates gorgeous handcrafted items to her customers (she calls them partners) designs or teaches (and empowers) them to do it themselves. Shannon sells her products on Etsy and also hosts Creative Conversations, women’s events, which are a safe space to listen and connect with...

Lynsey Warren is the owner of Raindrop Crafts, where she makes beautiful handmade fairies. Lynsey is also a Business Coach for Handmade Business Owners, a fellow podcaster (she’s the co-host of the Handmade Business Show) and she has some great advice on how to turn your hobby into a successful business. If you’re a crafter or creative, this is the episode for you! Listen in to hear Lynsey share:...

Emily Goodall is the Founder of BundleBean. Emily created her first, unique product to meet a need she had as a Mum with young children. She soon realised that every parent could benefit from the product she’d created! Listen in to hear Emily share: An introduction to her business (0:41) A description of her unique products (3:12) The inspiration for creating her products and how it was origi...

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. This episode is a compilation of all the best advice and inspiration, from 20 physical product sellers. If you want to launch your own product this is THE episode to listen to! Read the blog post. Listen in to hear top tips from: Silke Thistlewood, Raise Up Mums (1:0...

**Please remember to rate and review the podcast - it really helps others to find it.** Heath Armstrong is an author, entrepreneur and the co-founder of Rage Create, an e-commerce marketing and publishing company dedicated to help bridge the gap between taboo, craving and spirituality. He’s also the author and creator of a range of affirmation cards and journals, designed to optimise happiness and...

It’s no secret that in order to effectively grow your products business you need to promote your products and get them in front of people. That’s why it’s useful to learn about the world of PR and how it can give your business the boost it needs.  In this episode I speak to Jessica Morgan, founder of Carnsight Communications, a PR and communications agency for small and creative businesses an...

Ruth Bussey founded Ink and Scribbles, creating emotional intelligence workbooks, journals and printable resources for children. She knows how influential parenting approaches and the conversations we have with our children about emotions is for nurturing future generations, and aims to support both parent and child through her products. Listen in to hear Ruth share: An introduction to Ink and Scr...

Maddy Shine helps awesome women grow their businesses by being more visible. Today we talk about how you can use SEO to help your products get found online. Read the blog post Listen in to hear Maddy share: An introduction to her and her business (1:01) What SEO is - in really simple terms (1:31) How to figure out what people would be searching for, to find what you sell (3:27) What keywords...

Christina Pickworth founded THIS MAMA DOES in 2016. With a background in film & television she’d spent over a decade telling stories, but when she became a mother she felt suddenly invisible. Then she had an idea for funny parenting milestone cards that can help tell a story of not just the new baby, but the new parent too - and perhaps send a little SOS out into the world with a smile where t...

Shona Chambers is a freelance marketing consultant with a career spanning over 20 years, working with both large and small companies. Shona has also created her own businesses, including a networking group for the self employed and freelance community, Self Employed Club. Today she shares her tips and advice on how to both launch and market your product. Read the transcript Listen in to hear Shona...

If you’ve ever heard me talk before you’ll know that I think creating and selling products is a good income stream.   In this, shorter than usual, episode I sum up 2020, from my experience and talk a little about 2021. Listen in to hear: A summary of 2020 for retail and products businesses. Why more people are now shopping online. Why this means more people are also selling their product...

Natalia Bolek sells wooden products - and every single one is unique and made to order. Find out how she does it! Listen in to hear Natalia share: An introduction to her business and a description of her products (00:50) How she got started creating her wooden products (4:55) The importance of moving forward - even if you’re taking small steps (9:02) When she started making her boxes - and what’s...

READ THIS AS A BLOG POST A few episodes back I talked about the different places you can sell your products online and the pros and cons of each of them. I know lots of you are interested in selling on Amazon, so I wanted to go into more detail. Today I talk about: Why selling on Amazon is such an exciting proposition for many people How to tell if it’s the right marketplace for your product...

Catherine March designs and makes her own jewellery by hand, in London. She has a fascinating story of how she started selling the odd piece she’d made in jewellery making classes in London on Etsy (back when Etsy was really new!) - to having a showroom in the Oxo Tower today. Listen in to hear Catherine share: An introduction to making and selling jewellery made from recycled metals (1:46) H...