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Starting and running a product based business can be a very challenging and lonely place. As founders we tend to wear all the hats (product development, marketing, customer service, sales, operations etc etc...) and sometimes it can be a minefield trying to figure out the solutions to all your business problems alone, so this is where me & The Commerce Club podcast comes in.The Commerce Club podcast is all about helping you confront the big challenges you are facing in your product based business right now!You might be an entrepreneur with a great idea for a product, but no idea where to start to bring that business to life.You might run a fashion brand that has up until now had consistent sales, but whatever you do, you just don't seem to grow.You might be a jewelry brand founder struggling to find time to juggle your business alongside your full time job.Whatever your challenge in your product business right now, I want to help you find a solution!Every week I’ll be chatting with fellow industry experts to help debunk myths, solve your problems and delve in to current industry affairs, as well as chatting directly to founders of small product based businesses, just like yours, where I’ll be deep diving in to their business and helping them unpack and find solutions to their challenges to help them move forward and thrive in the current times.About your host... In case we haven’t met yet, I’m Sophie Biggerstaff an ex-fashion buyer turned small product based business mentor & consultant and I’ve spent the past 12 years working for brands such as Ralph Lauren, Diesel, Kate Spade and Burberry. A couple of years ago I left the corporate world behind and set up my retail consultancy business BYRCOLLECTIVE and I now work directly with small retail and ecommerce brands to help them set up and scale up their businesses!So, with that in mind if you are a small product based business owner facing a big problem right now I want to hear from you. If you are keen to debunk your challenge on The Commerce Club podcast I want you to get in touch and let’s see if I can help you!You can drop me a DM on instagram or TikTok @byrcollective and tell me about the problem you are currently facing.
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This week on the commerce club podcast I am doing something a bit different in celebration of the launch of my online course platform which is called - you guessed it - The Commerce Club.The Commerce Club is a educational platform where you will find courses designed and led by me to support you in starting your very own ecommerce or product based business.I guide you through how to get started with developing your idea and turning in to reality, so you can make money from the products you wa...
This week on the commerce club podcast I am doing something a bit different in celebration of the launch of my online course platform which is called - you guessed it - The Commerce Club.The Commerce Club is a educational platform where you will find courses designed and led by me to support you in starting your very own ecommerce or product based business.I guide you through how to get started with developing your idea and turning in to reality, so you can make money from the products you wa...
This week on the commerce club podcast I am doing something a bit different in celebration of the launch of my online course platform which is called - you guessed it - The Commerce Club.The Commerce Club is a educational platform where you will find courses designed and led by me to support you in starting your very own ecommerce or product based business.I guide you through how to get started with developing your idea and turning in to reality, so you can make money from the products you wa...
This week on the commerce club podcast I am doing something a bit different in celebration of the launch of my online course platform which is called - you guessed it - The Commerce Club.The Commerce Club is a educational platform where you will find courses designed and led by me to support you in starting your very own ecommerce or product based business.I guide you through how to get started with developing your idea and turning in to reality, so you can make money from the products you wa...
This weeks guest on the commerce club podcast is the wonderful Alana who is the founder of this is the remix.This is the remix was born following alanas diagnoses of autism aged 36, she wanted to create something that was inspired by all of her interests and elements of her personality to promote a positve message to anhyone struggling with mental health and suppor tthem on their healing journey.I loved this conversation so much as mental health is a hot topic for me and ive been on my own he...
Today’s guest is Harriet a freelance fashion and tech pack designer with 10+ years experience working in the fashion industry.When starting a brand on a budget, tech packs and samples is often something that is neglected due to low start up funds, but it’s actually a huge part of a product development process that should not be missed.The thing is putting your product in to development without tech packs and sampling is super risky, what might save you money in the short term, may cost you a ...
Copywriting it’s a task in business that we either love or hate to do.If you’re a creative maybe it comes naturally to you, if you struggle with words this part of your business probably starts to feel like hard work and that;s when you know it’s time to outsource…In this weeks episode of the commerce club podcast I’m talking to Kate founder of eat your words copy about how important your tone of voice as a brand actually is.Kate gives us her best advice and copywriting tips for ecommerce web...
In todays episode of The Commerce Club podcast myself and founder of the uncommon club membership Kimberly are talking about freedom in business.So many of us, myself included have set up our businesses with the goal of escaping the 9-5 and finding freedom in our work lives.It’s not always an easy journey, especially if you are one of the many founders that leans more towards the creative side and struggles with the more businessy aspects of actually running a business.Running a business and ...
Todays guest on the Commerce Club podcast is Denisa is the founder of branding and packaging design agency Kind & Ivy. Denisa is on a mission to transform conscious small businesses into memorable brands. After graduating from her master's degree in environmental science, she knew she wanted to use her knowledge and expertise to make a change in the world. She's turned my passion for sustainability and design into giving good causes a bigger voice and helping them stand out in a sea of th...
Today’s guest Kira Matthews is a manifestation coach, podcast host and all round joy to chat to about all the spirtual woo woo topics I love to chat about.I met Kira a few years ago as we both lived in the same area of London, so we connected and had a lot of common ground. I wanted to get her on the podcast to chat about a topic I’ve personally been exploring over the past year of so which is Manifestation.Manifestation is all about emboding the person you want to be or visualizing yourself ...
I'm very excited to share todays episode as Lizzie is an ex-client of mine and all the topics we covered in todays coversations we suuuper interesting and tbh unplanned, the conversation took a really interesting turn and we spoke about some topics that we both felt very passionately about, so I'm looking forward to hearing your feedback. Lizzie and I worked together back in 2021/2022 when she was launching her brand B.X.M. Lizzie had limited experience in the retail world, and she consu...
Clare is back for this episode of The Commerce Club podcat & today we are talking about how to network to benefit your product based business…Clare & I met during the pandemic via a networking group called The Coven and bonded over a shared mission to support small product business owners set up and grow their brands and our mutual love of dessert.We both joined The Coven because starting a business during lockdown was super lonely, we didn’t have anyone to share our experiences with,...
Elle is the ecommerce assistant with the superpower to show independent businesses how to get the most out of their online shops by using shopify and klaviyo.In this episode of the commerce club podcast I am chatting to elle about email marketing - a marketing channel we both feel is neglected so often by small product business founders due to lack of time or knowledge on how to get started with it.But the thing is we both know how important this marketing channel could be for your business t...
In todays episode of The Commerce club podcast I am chatting to Fae, founder of fable petite, she is currently half way through the process of setting up her petite womenswear brand.After discovering a gap for peitite brands in the market Fae has taken a leap of faith in her idea and putting some of her designs in to development, it hasn’t been smooth sailing though as Fae soon realised her expectation of what product development would be like was not quite the reality.I chat to Fae about the...
I was first introduced to Kayleigh through my client Calene. Both of them used crowdfunding as a route to launch their businesses back in the pandemic and had great success through their campaigns via Natwests back her business.Off the back of her successful crowdfunder Kayleigh launched her workout headwear brand Bind London and has had a huge amount of support for her business set up journey since documenting via social media. Kayleigh is brilliant at sharing the BTS in her entrepreneurship...
Elizabeth Stiles is the friendly face in fashion, she is a retail and sales expert and helps brands launch and sell their products without selling their soul.In this episode of the commerce club podcast I wanted to talk to Elizabeth about launching and what it really takes to have a successful launch!Elizabeth is the queen of launching for her own business and helps other business owners get comfortable with selling through social media. The stats we discuss in this episode may blow your mind...
Have you been sitting on an idea for an incredible product, but never had the tools, knowledge or time you need to take action and set it up?Myself & fellow retail business expert Clare Alexander are here to help! We have broken it down in to 6 key stages you need to go through in order to set up a brand within approximately 6 months.In this episode we give you a quick overview of what they are. If you'd like to hear us speak about it in more detail you can sign up to our free 3 day maste...
Laura first came on to my radar when she was initially in the early stages of setting up her brand the shortlist, we were connected on LinkedIn and she posted an update about her career change that went viral. This was the beginning of some amazing success with social media for the shortlist & proof LinkedIn is not just a proffessional networking platform for corporates.The shortlist is a limited edition petite fashion brand, helping sub 5’3 girls break up with their tailotrs. The best bu...
For me 2022 was my year to focus on me, this was not a year for me to focus on my business as I had been the past 2 years, but suprisingly from taking a step back I actually learnt SO MUCH. So here’s 22 things I learnt about business in 2022…Breaks are healthy, feel like you need time off? Take it!You need to expand yourself with other people that are doing what you want to do in order to feel like YOU CAN DO IT. Everything comes down to your mindset and it needs to be neutral for you to...
This weeks guest on The Commerce Club podcast is Ciara - she is an all round fabric whizz and joins me today to chat about sourcing fabrics for your small product business.If you are starting a fashion brand it is highly likely you will need to source yourself some kind of fabric for your product, and this can feel like a minefield if this is something you have no experience in - and it’s likely that as a new business founder bringing your idea to life you’ve probably never done this before a...
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