The Buyerside Chat

But are you REALLY ready for Trade Shows?

In this episode of The Buyerside Chat Podcast, we're diving into the topic of Trade Shows. Specifically, how to know if they’re right for you, you're ready for them, how to pick the right one + how to really leverage the opportunity at the trade show (or during the wholesale buying season).

This episode is full of tips I've learned along the way, so if you've been thinking of entering the trade show world - or perhaps you've attended a couple and just not seen the results you hoped for - this episode is for you!

During this episode, I covered:

• How to know if trade shows are right for you - right now (what you're current business should look like before you even consider signing up for one!)
• The questions you need to ask yourself to determine whether going to a trade show makes sense for your business and your brand.
• How to get the biggest return on your investment from a trade show.
• The #1 tip I recommend if you aren't ready to attend a trade show yet - BUT, it's trade show season and buyers are ready to buy!

GROW YOUR WHOLESALE BUSINESS:

Retail Pitching👇

1) Get the Buyerside Pitch Kit to uplevel & simplify your wholesale pitching. Get yours HERE

Faire Growth👇

1) Join me LIVE on September 17, 2026 for the FREE Faire Success Blueprint Workshop. Reserve your seat HERE.

2) Learn what buyers are looking for on Faire. Listen to the FREE private podcast series Unlocking Faire - Get instant access HERE

3) Ready to take action and scale on Faire? Check out The Faire Bootcamp

READY FOR NEXT-LEVEL, HIGH-TOUCH SUPPORT IN YOUR BUSINESS?

Join the Rewired Retail Collective Waitlist HERE - a 6-month high-level mastermind for product based businesses looking to scale profitably and intentionally.

(Doors open to limited seats in May 2026)

LET'S CONNECT!

Want to leave a Question to air on the podcast (OR leave a little podcast love note)?

CALL IN TO THE ‘BUYER HOTLINE’ HERE

Website: kristinfishercoaching.com

Instagram @kristinfishercoaching

Contact: [email protected]

Today I'm sharing another incredible guest interview with you and we're talking all about how to stand out using Shopify! Let me introduce you to Erin Alexander of Product Powerhouse.

Erin helps product-based business owners show up online with confidence. She's the host of the Product Powerhouse podcast which teaches online shop owners how to build, grow, and scale their online businesses through Shopify.

In this episode, we chatted about:

• The common mistakes product-based business owners make when it comes to setting up their site on Shopify
• How to increase your conversions and tips she has to help buyers add more items to their cart when on your site
• Tips to keep in mind when choosing your shopify theme and how you can customize it and make it stand out
• The changes that were made when Shopify 2.0 was launched and
• All the details for the Product Powerhouse Summit and how you can grab your free ticket!

Loved this episode?

Connect with Erin and let her know:

Grab your free ticket to the summit here!

Erin's Website

Instagram

DIY Shopify Course

GROW YOUR WHOLESALE BUSINESS:

Retail Pitching👇

1) Get the Buyerside Pitch Kit to uplevel & simplify your wholesale pitching. Get yours HERE

Faire Growth👇

1) Join me LIVE on September 17, 2026 for the FREE Faire Success Blueprint Workshop. Reserve your seat HERE.

2) Learn what buyers are looking for on Faire. Listen to the FREE private podcast series Unlocking Faire - Get instant access HERE

3) Ready to take action and scale on Faire? Check out The Faire Bootcamp

READY FOR NEXT-LEVEL, HIGH-TOUCH SUPPORT IN YOUR BUSINESS?

Join the Rewired Retail Collective Waitlist HERE - a 6-month high-level mastermind for product based businesses looking to scale profitably and intentionally.

(Doors open to limited seats in May 2026)

LET'S CONNECT!

Want to leave a Question to air on the podcast (OR leave a little podcast love note)?

CALL IN TO THE ‘BUYER HOTLINE’ HERE

Website: kristinfishercoaching.com

Instagram @kristinfishercoaching

Contact: [email protected]

For today's episode, I wanted to do something a little different. I wanted to pull the curtains back on what Q1 2023 has actually looked like for me, a product based gifting business, and share my thoughts & takeaways with you!

This is what I chatted about:

• Real update - with real sales info - on how Q1 of this year has unfolded.
• Some questions I recommend you ask yourself as you grow & scale your business.
• The power of the pause - and how slower months in business can actually be a powerful time to prepare you for the future.
• My plans for Q2 for both Bocu and my e-commerce coaching business.
• .What goes into my quarterly wrapup and why I believe in habitually 'hindsighting'

GROW YOUR WHOLESALE BUSINESS:

Retail Pitching👇

1) Get the Buyerside Pitch Kit to uplevel & simplify your wholesale pitching. Get yours HERE

Faire Growth👇

1) Join me LIVE on September 17, 2026 for the FREE Faire Success Blueprint Workshop. Reserve your seat HERE.

2) Learn what buyers are looking for on Faire. Listen to the FREE private podcast series Unlocking Faire - Get instant access HERE

3) Ready to take action and scale on Faire? Check out The Faire Bootcamp

READY FOR NEXT-LEVEL, HIGH-TOUCH SUPPORT IN YOUR BUSINESS?

Join the Rewired Retail Collective Waitlist HERE - a 6-month high-level mastermind for product based businesses looking to scale profitably and intentionally.

(Doors open to limited seats in May 2026)

LET'S CONNECT!

Want to leave a Question to air on the podcast (OR leave a little podcast love note)?

CALL IN TO THE ‘BUYER HOTLINE’ HERE

Website: kristinfishercoaching.com

Instagram @kristinfishercoaching

Contact: [email protected]

Welcome to today's podcast episode - and my very first guest interview - with the incredible Nina Gibson from Nina Gibson Co.

Nina is an SEO expert and visibility enthusiast with over 15 years of digital marketing experience. She is passionate about helping business owners elevate their visibility (and bottom line) with smart and holistic SEO strategies. She’s also a corporate drop-out, multi 6-figure business owner and a mom living on the southern coast of Maine. Let's welcome her to the podcast!

In this episode, we chatted about:

• How to use keywords on Shopify and to inform everything you're doing on your website.
• Why it's important to think about keywords when you're creating your collections - and how specific you should get with your global navigation.
• What legacy content is and why it's important to utilize as an e-commerce business owner.
• What you need to know about maximising SEO in preparation for major holidays and/or seasons in your business.
• How to find keywords that your customers are actually searching for!

Loved this episode?

Connect with Nina and let her know:

Website

Instagram

Sign up for Nina's Shopify SEO Bootcamp HERE

GROW YOUR WHOLESALE BUSINESS:

Retail Pitching👇

1) Get the Buyerside Pitch Kit to uplevel & simplify your wholesale pitching. Get yours HERE

Faire Growth👇

1) Join me LIVE on September 17, 2026 for the FREE Faire Success Blueprint Workshop. Reserve your seat HERE.

2) Learn what buyers are looking for on Faire. Listen to the FREE private podcast series Unlocking Faire - Get instant access HERE

3) Ready to take action and scale on Faire? Check out The Faire Bootcamp

READY FOR NEXT-LEVEL, HIGH-TOUCH SUPPORT IN YOUR BUSINESS?

Join the Rewired Retail Collective Waitlist HERE - a 6-month high-level mastermind for product based businesses looking to scale profitably and intentionally.

(Doors open to limited seats in May 2026)

LET'S CONNECT!

Want to leave a Question to air on the podcast (OR leave a little podcast love note)?

CALL IN TO THE ‘BUYER HOTLINE’ HERE

Website: kristinfishercoaching.com

Instagram @kristinfishercoaching

Contact: [email protected]

Do you feel like you're lost in a sea of brands on Faire?

With more and more brands joining Faire, its more important than ever to ensure that you are optimizing your Faire page to stand out and attract your ideal buyer.

Today I'm sharing my top 5 tips that will help your brand stand out on Faire. These tips come from my own experience as a buyer on Faire, further proven by the results my students have seen inside the Faire Bootcamp, and also directly from the brand success team at Faire (so you know they're going to be good!!)

In this episode, the 5 tips I chatted about are:

• Taking advantage of the first 30 days on Faire as a new brand
• What you need to consider to make sure you're leveraging both photo and video to sell your products.
• How to set up collections so that they are an easy yes for buyers on Faire.
• The importance of using SEO and keywords on the Faire marketplace.
• How to utilize email marketing using Faire itself.

GROW YOUR WHOLESALE BUSINESS:

Retail Pitching👇

1) Get the Buyerside Pitch Kit to uplevel & simplify your wholesale pitching. Get yours HERE

Faire Growth👇

1) Join me LIVE on September 17, 2026 for the FREE Faire Success Blueprint Workshop. Reserve your seat HERE.

2) Learn what buyers are looking for on Faire. Listen to the FREE private podcast series Unlocking Faire - Get instant access HERE

3) Ready to take action and scale on Faire? Check out The Faire Bootcamp

READY FOR NEXT-LEVEL, HIGH-TOUCH SUPPORT IN YOUR BUSINESS?

Join the Rewired Retail Collective Waitlist HERE - a 6-month high-level mastermind for product based businesses looking to scale profitably and intentionally.

(Doors open to limited seats in May 2026)

LET'S CONNECT!

Want to leave a Question to air on the podcast (OR leave a little podcast love note)?

CALL IN TO THE ‘BUYER HOTLINE’ HERE

Website: kristinfishercoaching.com

Instagram @kristinfishercoaching

Contact: [email protected]

In today’s episode I’m going to talk about how you can design or buy into your product assortment strategy to make it actually drive profit for your business and help you hit your sales goals.

In this episode, I chatted about:

• How to design or buy into your sales goals.
• What a balanced and productive assortment actually means and how you can start to think about that in your product based business.
• The 3 part framework of the assortment strategy: the choice count, identifying the key attributes and the retails.

GROW YOUR WHOLESALE BUSINESS:

Retail Pitching👇

1) Get the Buyerside Pitch Kit to uplevel & simplify your wholesale pitching. Get yours HERE

Faire Growth👇

1) Join me LIVE on September 17, 2026 for the FREE Faire Success Blueprint Workshop. Reserve your seat HERE.

2) Learn what buyers are looking for on Faire. Listen to the FREE private podcast series Unlocking Faire - Get instant access HERE

3) Ready to take action and scale on Faire? Check out The Faire Bootcamp

READY FOR NEXT-LEVEL, HIGH-TOUCH SUPPORT IN YOUR BUSINESS?

Join the Rewired Retail Collective Waitlist HERE - a 6-month high-level mastermind for product based businesses looking to scale profitably and intentionally.

(Doors open to limited seats in May 2026)

LET'S CONNECT!

Want to leave a Question to air on the podcast (OR leave a little podcast love note)?

CALL IN TO THE ‘BUYER HOTLINE’ HERE

Website: kristinfishercoaching.com

Instagram @kristinfishercoaching

Contact: [email protected]

In today’s episode I’m going to talk about why it's important to have a strategy behind a product assortment (and what a product assortment actually is - just in case you're not sure!)

In this episode, I chatted about:

• What is a "product assortment" and other terms it's known as...
• The importance of having a strategy behind your product assortment
• What the product breadth and depth is and why you need to know about it
• #1 mistake most business owners make when it comes to their product assortment

GROW YOUR WHOLESALE BUSINESS:

Retail Pitching👇

1) Get the Buyerside Pitch Kit to uplevel & simplify your wholesale pitching. Get yours HERE

Faire Growth👇

1) Join me LIVE on September 17, 2026 for the FREE Faire Success Blueprint Workshop. Reserve your seat HERE.

2) Learn what buyers are looking for on Faire. Listen to the FREE private podcast series Unlocking Faire - Get instant access HERE

3) Ready to take action and scale on Faire? Check out The Faire Bootcamp

READY FOR NEXT-LEVEL, HIGH-TOUCH SUPPORT IN YOUR BUSINESS?

Join the Rewired Retail Collective Waitlist HERE - a 6-month high-level mastermind for product based businesses looking to scale profitably and intentionally.

(Doors open to limited seats in May 2026)

LET'S CONNECT!

Want to leave a Question to air on the podcast (OR leave a little podcast love note)?

CALL IN TO THE ‘BUYER HOTLINE’ HERE

Website: kristinfishercoaching.com

Instagram @kristinfishercoaching

Contact: [email protected]

Hey product people! I’m back and I am so excited because this is really the official launch of the Product to Profit Podcast. On this first episode back I’m going to get real and talk about some mindset blocks that i’ve been working thru these last 2 months. It’s been a bit of a process for me and i’m just honoring the transparency that i want to bring to this podcast and laying it out there for you.

In this episode, I chatted about:

• How to determine if your upper limit is holding you back as a product based business.
• Mindset shifts you might need to make so you can start taking action on those big dreams.
• The 5 things I'm doing right now to get out of my own way!

Books that I mentioned:

The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks

On Purpose by Tanya Dalton

*Note: above Links may result in commission.

GROW YOUR WHOLESALE BUSINESS:

Retail Pitching👇

1) Get the Buyerside Pitch Kit to uplevel & simplify your wholesale pitching. Get yours HERE

Faire Growth👇

1) Join me LIVE on September 17, 2026 for the FREE Faire Success Blueprint Workshop. Reserve your seat HERE.

2) Learn what buyers are looking for on Faire. Listen to the FREE private podcast series Unlocking Faire - Get instant access HERE

3) Ready to take action and scale on Faire? Check out The Faire Bootcamp

READY FOR NEXT-LEVEL, HIGH-TOUCH SUPPORT IN YOUR BUSINESS?

Join the Rewired Retail Collective Waitlist HERE - a 6-month high-level mastermind for product based businesses looking to scale profitably and intentionally.

(Doors open to limited seats in May 2026)

LET'S CONNECT!

Want to leave a Question to air on the podcast (OR leave a little podcast love note)?

CALL IN TO THE ‘BUYER HOTLINE’ HERE

Website: kristinfishercoaching.com

Instagram @kristinfishercoaching

Contact: [email protected]