The Digital Course Assistant Podcast

#054 - After years of coaching new and aspiring subscription box business owners through Subscription Box Bootcamp, we found that most subscription business owners get to a certain point where they grow and grow but then all of a sudden they plateau. They get stuck at the same subscriber or revenue numbers for a couple of months in a row. It's normal. Most business owners go through this. And that's why we created this next level program to help you get over that plateau. It's called Sell More Boxes.

In this episode, Julie officially launches Sell More Boxes and dishes out all the details about this new game-changing program.

 Summary:

• What is Sell More Boxes?  (00:02:56)
• What to expect in Sell More Boxes? (00:04:08)
• Walk through of the 8-week plan (00:08:36)

Links:

https://www.subscriptionboxbootcamp.com/sell-more-boxes
https://www.sparklehustlegrow.com
https://www.subscriptionboxbootcamp.com

#053 - In this episode, Julie and Renae are going to make you laugh and cry a little bit. They are going to get a little deep and personal and share what really happens behind the scenes. Let's round up the year with this fireside chat and talk about wins and losses and some of the funny stuff that happened within Sparkle Hustle Grow.

 Summary:

• Favorite Sparkle Hustle Grow featured book for 2020 (00:03:07)
• Top wins for 2020 (00:06:29)
• Some losses (with lesson learned) from 2020 (00:18:17)
• Funny stories behind the scenes in Sparkle Hustle Grow (00:30:40)

Links:

https://www.sparklehustlegrow.com
https://www.subscriptionboxbootcamp.com
https://clickup.com
https://basecamp.com
https://www.shipmonk.com

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#052 -  It's almost the end of the year. This is a time for reflection. This is a time for us to look back at 2020, see where we knocked it out of the park, see where we could improve and set new goals for next year.

In this episode, Julie shares her simple 3 step goal setting plan plus a bonus printable goal and habit tracker.

Summary:

• Identify you goal, why and it it's an alignment (00:02:11)
• Break it down into small steps (00:04:45)
• Share it with a friend for accountability (00:06:27)

Links:

https://www.sparklehustlegrow.com
https://www.subscriptionboxbootcamp.com
Goal and Habit Tracker printable

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#051 - We are excited to celebrate the one year anniversary of Subscription Box Basics. We are grateful for all your reviews, ratings and for tuning in week after week. In this episode, Julie shares a little bit of the story of how the podcast started and her future plans for the podcast.

We are also excited to announce that Subscription Box Basics, the book, is now available in Amazon. Its a full color 30-day workbook just under 200 pages to help you get your box idea off the ground.

Summary:

• Subscription Box Basics, the book is out (00:01:29)
• How Subscription Box Basics started (00:03:51)
• Taking a podcasting course (00:08:08)
• Tech I use (00:09:42)
• How I plan out topics? (00:10:29)
• Future plans for the podcast (00:12:20)

Links:

Sparkle Hustle Grow
Subscription Box Bootcamp
Subscription Box Basics: A 30 Day Plan to Get Your Box Idea Off the Ground

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#050 - Julie chats with Renee from  The Fresh Perspective Community to share tips on how to manage sized products or more generally known as products with variations.

Summary:

• Who is My Girlfriend Renee? (00:02:21)
• Deciding what platform to use (00:11:50)
• Setting up the variations (00:14:43)
• Managing Inventory and Logistics (00:16:36)
• Finding the right collaborations (00:23:03)
• Handling Returns and Exchanges (00:27:38)

For more tips like this, make sure you are subscribed to our email list at SubscriptionBoxBootcamp.com. You will be notified when new episodes go live or when we have new resources coming out.

Links:

Sparkle Hustle Grow
Subscription Box Bootcamp
My Girlfriend Renee
Renee's Instagram

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#049 - The year 2020 is about to end and 2021 is just around the corner.
Once again it is that time of the year to carve out a game plan to prepare for the upcoming year. So in this episode, Julie walks us through her team's process on planning out the entire 2021 for Sparkle Hustle Grow.

Summary:

• Know your product budget and stick to it (00:02:32)
• Know your product categories (00:03:28)
• Research products and prices (00:04:05)
• Get samples or take pictures (00:05:40)
• Walk through of how Sparkle Hustle Grow planned 2021 (00:06:52)
• Visual walkthrough of Julie's office (00:12:01)

For more tips like this, make sure you are subscribed to our email list at SubscriptionBoxBootcamp.com. You will be notified when new episodes go live or when we have new resources dropping like our new upcoming offering Sell More Boxes.

Links:

Sparkle Hustle Grow
Subscription Box Bootcamp
12 grid cube shelf for planning

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#048 - As subscription box business owners, we always want to delight our subscribers. We want them to feel excited and have a good experience when they open their box. But that's not always the case. Sometimes, we have disappointed customers and we get bad reviews.  It comes with the territory, no matter what type of business you run.

In this episode, Julie gets a little bit personal talking about bad reviews. She's going to walk us through her recent experience getting bad reviews and give us 5 tips on how to overcome them.

Summary:

• Knowing your ideal target audience (00:02:05)
• Your mission (00:03:25)
• Tip No. 1: Evaluate. Is there substance? (00:05:20)
• Tip No. 2: Communicate (00:05:59)
• Tip No. 3: Learn and Pivot (00:07:10)
• Tip No. 4: Create a love note folder (00:09:16)
• Tip No. 5: Practice self-care (00:10:52)

For more tips like this, make sure you are subscribed to our email list at SubscriptionBoxBootcamp.com. You will be notified when new episodes go live or when we have new resources dropping. If you are ready to start your own subscription box, Subscription Box Bootcamp is going to be open over Black Friday holiday shopping weekend at a $300 discount. Get on our email list so you are the first to know when we open enrollment.

Links:

Sparkle Hustle Grow
Subscription Box Bootcamp
SUBTA

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#047 - Julie talks about a simple step you can implement in your subscriber flow to increase your average order value and it's called add-ons.

Tune in for some tips on how to strategize add-ons to offload excess inventory, sell more products and increase your average cart value.

Summary:

• What is add-on? (00:01:25)
• How add-ons impacted Sparkle Hustle Grow (00:02:26)
• What to sell as add-ons? (00:04:47)
• Things to consider when it comes to logistics (00:05:50)

For more tips like this, make sure you are subscribed to our email list at SubscriptionBoxBootcamp.com. You will be notified when new episodes go live or when we have new resources dropping like the upcoming book called Subscription Box Basics: A 30-Day Plan to Get Your Box Idea Off the Ground.

Links:

Sparkle Hustle Grow
Cratejoy
Subscription Box Bootcamp

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#046 - In this exciting episode, Julie chats  with her good friend Paul Chambers the Co-founder and CEO of SUBTA (Subscription Trade Association) to talk about this year's upcoming Sub Summit happening on November 11 to 13.

Tune in to learn how SUBTA can help you grow your subscription box business whether it's for finding vendors or getting training, or just networking with your colleagues. Plus get a special discount code for Sub Summit 2020 at the end of the podcast.

Links:

Sparkle Hustle Grow
Subscription Box Bootcamp
SUBTA 

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#045 - We are celebrating Sparkle Hustle Grow's four year anniversary this month. We have sold over $2.35 million in revenue and shipped over 43,000 packages. We are excited and we are grateful.

Some of you may still be in the idea stage or in just launched stage and we want to encourage you because where we're at now, we were not at four years ago. If we can do it, you can do it too with a gentle reminder that you can never, ever compare your day one to someone else's one hundred.

In this episode, Julie takes us to a trip down memory lane and breaks down Sparkle Hustle Grow then and now in different areas of the business, from shipping less than 50 boxes a month to just under 1500 boxes.

Summary:

• Capping subscribers by intention (00:02:14)
• Email software (00:03:47)
• Product sourcing and box curation (00:05:00)
• Fulfillment (00:07:39)
• Marketing (00:11:49)
• The team (00:14:44)

Links:

Sparkle Hustle Grow
Cratejoy
Flodesk
12 grid cube shelf for planning
Catering shelf

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