Bring Your Product Idea to Life

By Vicki Weinberg

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 produc... more

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How many episodes does Bring Your Product Idea to Life have?

The podcast currently has 400 episodes available.

Bring Your Product Idea to Life episodes:

October 02, 2020Selling on Etsy – with Dawn Friday
Dawn Friday uses freehand machine embroidery to create stitched keepsakes and gifts, capturing memories in fabric. She creates and sells beautiful, handmade items.
Listen in to hear Dawn share:
An introduction to her business and freehand embroidery (1:00)
How she got started and where her business is today (2:25)
How she manages making products to order (7:20)
Selling on Etsy - why it’s a great platform (10:52)
Top tips for selling on Etsy (14:05)
Her experience with Amazon Handmade (17:38)
Being part of the All By Mama network and the benefits (18:40)
Getting commissions through Instagram and Facebook (22:00)
Her NHS angels to give back to the NHS Charities Together (24:00)
Some of the challenges she’s overcome (30:22)
The benefits of being part of a network (34:00)
What she loves about running her business (37:50)
Her top piece of advice for other makers wanting

USEFUL RESOURCES:
Girl Friday website
Girl Friday on Instagram
Girl Friday on Facebook
All By Mama membership community
NHS Charities together
LET’S CONNECT
Find me on Instagram
Work with me
Mentioned in this episode:
Amazon Made Easy is now open
My membership, Amazon Made Easy is now open.
It’s a membership for people who are selling on Amazon (or planning to) and want regular access to support, somewhere to ask questions and talk things through, and a bit of structure and accountability as they grow.
Inside, there are live Q&A calls, optional co-working sessions and a small, supportive community.
Find out more:
https://vickiweinberg.com/membership
membership
...more
45min
September 25, 20203 things to do when you set up your products business
**Read this as a blog post and get all the links mentioned**
If you’re setting up a products business, I suggest getting these 3 things in place right now.
While perhaps not exciting, they’re definitely important.
Taking out business insurance
Figuring out what kind of banking you need
Applying for an EORI

USEFUL RESOURCES
Listen to Episode 22 with Gemma Whates
Read: 10 things to do at the beginning of your product creation journey
Book in a Power Hour with me
LET’S CONNECT
If I haven’t answered your question please do get in touch!
Find me on Instagram
Work with me
Mentioned in this episode:
Amazon Made Easy is now open
My membership, Amazon Made Easy is now open.
It’s a membership for people who are selling on Amazon (or planning to) and want regular access to support, somewhere to ask questions and talk things through, and a bit of structure and accountability as they grow.
Inside, there are live Q&A calls, optional co-working sessions and a small, supportive community.
Find out more:
https://vickiweinberg.com/membership
membership
...more
22min
September 18, 2020How to Self Publish Your Book – with Alice Clover
Today we’re talking about writing, self publishing, promoting and selling your own book.
We’ve had a self published author on the show before - but everyone has their own unique story to share. I hope all aspiring authors will find this useful!
Listen in to hear Alice share:
An introduction to Alice and why she writes about ‘taboo’ subjects (1:22)
The theme of her book (2:32)
Why she chose to write, rather than use another format (3:50)
The steps involved in writing and creating a book - and why she chose to self publish (6:30)
How she utilises print on demand across many different sales channels (8:40)
Writing a best-selling book (10:40)
How to work with illustrators (13:28)
How she promotes her book - and why she does it every day (18:28)
The importance of knowing your audience and where to find them (20:30)
The importance of persistence and consistently showing up (25:50)
What she enjoys about writing and publishing books (29:00)
One mistake she made - that you can avoid (29:40)
Her number one piece of advice (35:20)

USEFUL RESOURCES:
Alice Clover’s website
Girls Love to Fart on Amazon
Alice Clover on Facebook
Alice Clover on Instagram
Episode 19 - How to write and publish your own books - with Suzanne Hemming, Thea Chops Books
LET’S CONNECT
Find me on Instagram
Work with me
Mentioned in this episode:
Amazon Made Easy is now open
My membership, Amazon Made Easy is now open.
It’s a membership for people who are selling on Amazon (or planning to) and want regular access to support, somewhere to ask questions and talk things through, and a bit of structure and accountability as they grow.
Inside, there are live Q&A calls, optional co-working sessions and a small, supportive community.
Find out more:
https://vickiweinberg.com/membership
membership
...more
38min
September 11, 2020Find the time to create your product – with Libby Knight
Libby Knight is a business consultant helping busy people to build and grow a profitable business, by creating a focused and effective strategy, without being overwhelmed or losing their life work balance.
Having worked both at home and in the corporate environment, leading teams and travelling extensively, Libby knows the importance of productivity and effective time management.
In this podcast she shares tips and advice on the time mindset that we need to overcome, provides practical advice and techniques that you can use to consistently move your business forwards or launch your next product and helps you prioritise what’s truly important, all while maintaining a positive life work balance.
I learnt a lot from this chat and really hope that you do too.
READ THE BLOG POST
Listen in to hear Libby share:
How she helps people build profitable businesses (2:33)
How she’s developed her own time management skills (5:40)
Why we (feel like we!) don’t have enough time (7:25)
How some people seem to achieve more than others (10:18)
Practical tips to utilise the time you have - especially if it’s limited (15:00)
How to carve out more time (22:10)
Top tips for managing to-do lists (26:00)
The importance of keeping things simple (31:00)
How many things you should have on your do-to list and why they don’t all need to be work or business tasks (37:24)
Why you might want to keep a notepad by your bed (40:00)
The two-minute rule (43:12)

USEFUL RESOURCES:
My FREE product creation checklist
Libby’s website
Libby’s Facebook group
Libby Knight on Facebook
Libby Knight on Instagram
Libby Knight on LinkedIn
Blog post for this episode
LET’S CONNECT
Find me on Instagram
Work with me
Mentioned in this episode:
Amazon Made Easy is now open
My membership, Amazon Made Easy is now open.
It’s a membership for people who are selling on Amazon (or planning to) and want regular access to support, somewhere to ask questions and talk things through, and a bit of structure and accountability as they grow.
Inside, there are live Q&A calls, optional co-working sessions and a small, supportive community.
Find out more:
https://vickiweinberg.com/membership
membership
...more
51min
September 04, 2020From Arbitrage to Private Label an Amazon journey – with Douglas Levin
Today we’re going to talk about Amazon. Douglas Levin helps eCommerce sellers to take back control of their brand’s income.
He started out doing Retail Arbitrage, sold Wholesale products, and now sells his own Private Label Products using Amazon FBA.
Listen in to hear Douglas share:
Why he chose to start selling on Amazon (1:22)
How he got started and why he chose to change his business model to Amazon FBA (3:13)
How Retail Arbitrage works, what he liked and what he didn’t! (7:20)
Why he decided to stop selling other people’s products via arbitrage and become an authorised wholesale seller (11:38)
What inspired him to create his own products to sell and how he went about it (15:50)
The importance of building up your own web presence (18:18)
Why you might want to consider selling replenishable products (20:00)
How you might get customers to buy your product from you directly, rather than on Amazon (21:25)
How to get customers on your email list (25:39)
HIs number one piece of advice for other product creators (32:50)

USEFUL RESOURCES:
Douglas’ website
Morning Marketing machine on Twitter
Morning Marketing machine on Facebook
Morning Marketing machine on Instagram
Morning Marketing machine on Youtube
LET’S CONNECT
Find me on Instagram
Work with me
Mentioned in this episode:
Amazon Made Easy is now open
My membership, Amazon Made Easy is now open.
It’s a membership for people who are selling on Amazon (or planning to) and want regular access to support, somewhere to ask questions and talk things through, and a bit of structure and accountability as they grow.
Inside, there are live Q&A calls, optional co-working sessions and a small, supportive community.
Find out more:
https://vickiweinberg.com/membership
membership
...more
43min
August 28, 2020Finding the confidence to work on your product creation – with Helen Hardware
One of my goals is to help you confidently create your own physical products to sell. I believe that once you’ve done this you’ll really feel more confident about tackling other tasks and challenges that come your way.
However, I’m not an expert here, so I’ve found someone who is.
Helen Hardware empowers women with online businesses to overcome self-doubt, break free from worrying about what others think and stop procrastinating by unlocking their confidence, clarity and courage.
Listen in to hear Helen share:
How and why confidence (or lack of!) can affect us and how it can hold us back
What that might look like and how it might show up
Mindset, limiting beliefs
Practical ways to overcome a lack of confidence

USEFUL RESOURCES:
Empowering Transformation
Helen Hardware on Facebook
Empowering Transformation Instagram
Helen Hardware on LinkedIn
LET’S CONNECT
Find me on Instagram
Work with me
Mentioned in this episode:
Amazon Made Easy is now open
My membership, Amazon Made Easy is now open.
It’s a membership for people who are selling on Amazon (or planning to) and want regular access to support, somewhere to ask questions and talk things through, and a bit of structure and accountability as they grow.
Inside, there are live Q&A calls, optional co-working sessions and a small, supportive community.
Find out more:
https://vickiweinberg.com/membership
membership
...more
37min
August 21, 2020Creating Upcycled products – with Lau Moracchini
Lau Morrachini is an eco-friendly woodworker and jewellery maker. She’s an upcycler, who makes her own, bespoke products.
Listen in to hear Lau share:
An introduction to Lau and her business (1:11)
How she got started with wood-working and metal turning (1:53)
Where she sources the reclaimed items to create her products (4:45)
How she designs her products (6:18)
How and where people find her products (8:45)
Whether it’s easier to sell bespoke jewellery in person or online (10:22)
How long it takes to make a product (11:30)
How she manages stock and what to make, when (12:38)
The biggest challenges she faces (13:57)
How Coronavirus has affected her business and the way she needs to market her products (16:30)
How the business works around her family (18:33)
What she enjoys about running her business (20:34)
Her top advice for other makers and product creators (24:03)
The importance of knowing who your customers are (25:30)
Why it doesn’t matter if not everyone likes your products (29:11)

USEFUL RESOURCES:
The Creative Upcycler
Lau’s Etsy Shop
The Creative Upcycler on Instagram
The Creative Upcycler on Facebook
Lau Morrachini on Linkedin
LET’S CONNECT
Find me on Instagram
Work with me
Mentioned in this episode:
Amazon Made Easy is now open
My membership, Amazon Made Easy is now open.
It’s a membership for people who are selling on Amazon (or planning to) and want regular access to support, somewhere to ask questions and talk things through, and a bit of structure and accountability as they grow.
Inside, there are live Q&A calls, optional co-working sessions and a small, supportive community.
Find out more:
https://vickiweinberg.com/membership
membership
...more
34min
August 14, 202010 Things to do at the beginning of your product creation journey
Gemma Whates helps mothers to start and grow a business alongside raising a family, via start up courses and the ALL by MAMA community.
Read the full blog post
She shares 10 practical steps you can take to get your business started.
Map out your vision
Work on your business model
Define your ideal customer
Identify your USP (Unique Selling Point)
Decide on a name for your company and set up at Companies House
Design a company logo
Get an online presence (website and social media)
Make yourself accountable
Work out (realistic) timings for your goals
Create your personal finance plan

USEFUL RESOURCES:
FREE checklist - product creation & business start up
All By Mama membership community
Gemma Whates start up course
Gemma on Facebook
Gemma on Instagram
Gemma on LinkedIn
Episode 9 - how to carry out your own customer and market research
Gov.uk guidance for business
Lean Start up book
Canva
99 Designs
Go Daddy
LET’S CONNECT
Find me on Instagram
Work with me
Mentioned in this episode:
Amazon Made Easy is now open
My membership, Amazon Made Easy is now open.
It’s a membership for people who are selling on Amazon (or planning to) and want regular access to support, somewhere to ask questions and talk things through, and a bit of structure and accountability as they grow.
Inside, there are live Q&A calls, optional co-working sessions and a small, supportive community.
Find out more:
https://vickiweinberg.com/membership
membership
...more
46min
August 07, 2020Turning a passion into a business – with Bee Veronica Moore
Bee Veronica Moore designs fun, ethnically diverse everyday products for every child to enjoy.
With a background in graphic design and illustration, and a passion to encourage reading, early years development and self esteem, particularly in BAME children who rarely see themselves reflected in children’s goods and products found in shops and online.
Listen in to hear Bee share:
Her background in writing poetry and rhyme (1:40)
The inspiration for Witty Dittys (2:24)
Her experience of not being able to find products that represented her family and why her products ensure BAME children are represented (5:40)
The products she sells and the importance of all children being able to see themselves on the products in their home (7:28)
Her Colourful Kids collection (10:17)
The logistics of the business (11:10)
How she found her supplier (13:40)
The importance of choosing the right people to work with (17:19)
How and why she held a focus group and what she learnt from it (21:05)
How the business got started (23:57)
How she launched - and one thing she wishes she’d done (30:45)
Some of the challenges she’s had to overcome (34:28)
Resuming her business, after pausing when her son was born, and what it looks like now (37:25)
The STEM workshops she runs for children and how this works alongside her products business (40:25)
How the business works around her family (43:45)
How her business has been impacted by the covid-19 pandemic (45:00)
Her number one piece of advice for other product creators (49:43)

USEFUL RESOURCES:
Witty Ditty Designs website
Witty Ditty Designs on Instagram
Witty Ditty Designs on Twitter
Witty Ditty Designs on Facebook
Bee Clarke Moore on LinkedIn
LET’S CONNECT
Find me on Instagram
Work with me
Mentioned in this episode:
Amazon Made Easy is now open
My membership, Amazon Made Easy is now open.
It’s a membership for people who are selling on Amazon (or planning to) and want regular access to support, somewhere to ask questions and talk things through, and a bit of structure and accountability as they grow.
Inside, there are live Q&A calls, optional co-working sessions and a small, supportive community.
Find out more:
https://vickiweinberg.com/membership
membership
...more
58min
July 31, 2020How to keep going with your product creation
Maybe you’ve stopped your efforts to create your product and don’t have the motivation to start again.
Perhaps you feel like you just don’t know what to do next.
Maybe you haven’t even got started.
Either way, here are some resources to help you get going and keep moving forward±
I talk about 3 areas that might be holding you back:
Mindset
Misconceptions
Overwhelm

USEFUL RESOURCES
Listen to:
Episode 11 - Mindset shifts to help you get ‘unstuck’ on your product creation journey - with Emma Jefferys
Episode 6 - How and why to validate your product ideas
Episode 8 - Common misconceptions about launching a physical product (and how to overcome them)
Read:
Blog post - how to carry out your own customer and market research
Take a look at:
My blog
My product validation and product creation courses
FREE product creation checklist

LET’S CONNECT
If I haven’t answered your question please do get in touch!
Find me on Instagram
Work with me
Mentioned in this episode:
Amazon Made Easy is now open
My membership, Amazon Made Easy is now open.
It’s a membership for people who are selling on Amazon (or planning to) and want regular access to support, somewhere to ask questions and talk things through, and a bit of structure and accountability as they grow.
Inside, there are live Q&A calls, optional co-working sessions and a small, supportive community.
Find out more:
https://vickiweinberg.com/membership
membership
...more
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FAQs about Bring Your Product Idea to Life:

How many episodes does Bring Your Product Idea to Life have?

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