The Digital Course Assistant Podcast

#034 - In this episode, Julie chats with one of Sparkle Hustle Grow's vendors Jake Panavas of Procuremint to talk about custom products.

Jake is a co-founder of Procuremint Inc, which is a business that helps curate and source products for subscription boxes as well as other eCommerce brands.

Links:

Sparkle Hustle Grow
Procuremint

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🌆  Dallas, TX

🗓️ June 17-19, 2024

https://subsummit.com/tickets

#033 - Introducing a new segment of Subscription Box Basics called Myth Busters. Julie will be talking about some of the most common myths in the subscription box industry. In this episode, she is busting the myth that subscription box businesses are passive income.


If you have a subscription box business idea and want to learn more about the next steps, what to do and how to launch head over to SubscriptionBoxBootcamp.com for more of Julie's free resources.

Links:

Sparkle Hustle Grow
Subscription Box Bootcamp

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#032 -  Julie chats with one of her Subscription Box Bootcamps, Brittany Rhodes, founder of the Black Girl MATHgic subscription box. We'll get to hear how Brittany got into the subscription box business and the Black Girl MATHgic launch story.

Links:

Sparkle Hustle Grow
Subscription Box Bootcamp
Black Girl MATHgic
Cratejoy: Black Girl MATHgic
Instagram: Black Girl MATHgic
Facebook: Black Girl MATHgic
Youtube: Black Girl MATHgic
Black Girl MATHgic Goodies
Black Girl MATHgic Anniversary & Website Launch Party

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#031 - Julie chats with her sub box bestie Jessica Principe who's the founder of All Girl Shave Club. They first met online in a Facebook group and then had the chance to meet in real life at a business event late 2016 when they were both brand new to subscription box business. Since then they've just been this amazing support system for each other going through the highs and lows of running a business and everything in between.

Links:

Sparkle Hustle Grow
All Girls Shave Club
Inventory Goals Workshop
Blog: Jessica Principe
Instagram: Jessica Principe

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#030 - Julie chats with her business bestie and good friend Carmen Vermillion to talk about branding. Branding is such an important topic because good branding can help your subscription box, not only stand out from the rest, but also attract your ideal target audience.

After having her first child in 2012 Carmen started teaching herself the basics of both Adobe Photoshop® and Illustrator® fulfilling a desire for a creative outlet outside her corporate job & motherhood. After 4 years of building up her knowledge, portfolio & client base she was able to walk away from her job in Advertising and take her Web & Graphic Design Agency full time. Carmen has worked with some of the largest brand names in the business including Gerber Baby & Fox Networks Group & prides herself on being self-taught. Carmen believes design is an ever changing field and learning new skills and design trends is vital to her role. Carmen is a designer for female owned small businesses, wife & proud mother to 3 adorable kiddos, living in Greenville, SC.

Links:

Sparkle Hustle Grow
Vermillion Creative Agency
Subscription Box Brand Questionnaire

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#029 - Julie chats with one of her favorite people Amy Lockrin to talk about subscription box business operations.

Amy Lockrin is an Operations Integrator for small business owners who are ready to thrive in their business and leave behind the overwhelm of "to-do's."
Amy is the founder and head integrator of The Operations House, an integration and implementation agency. She makes things happen in small businesses so CEO’s can go back to being creative through project management, business management, and strategic business planning sessions. She focuses on the technical, the strategy, and the organization so business owners get to return to the passion that started their business!

Links:

Sparkle Hustle Grow
The Operations House
Facebook: The Operations House by Amy Lockrin

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#028 - Julie chats with Emily and Aryelle to talk about Camp Girl Boss. Camp Girl Boss teaches leadership and entrepreneurship to middle school girls.

Emily Breedlove is a Serial Entrepreneur who transforms communities through empowering women and girls to embrace their own Creative Magic. Her work ranges from the Founder and Global Champion for Camp Girl Boss to serving as the first Female Director of ScaleUp WNC a 90-day business Accelerator in Asheville, North Carolina. Emily sees Disruption as the highest form of public service and she advocates regularly for people to boldly innovate whenever possible.

Aryelle is an undergraduate student at UNCA studying Community Justice and Entrepreneurship. She is an active community leader, as she has lead several marches and events including the 2019 Asheville Women’s March. Aryelle is the author of "A is for Awkward: A Guide to Surviving Middle School," where she works to support k-12 students in resiliency and empowerment.

Links:

Sparkle Hustle Grow
Camp Girl Boss
Camp Girl Boss Facebook

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#027 - In this episode, Julie chats with Laura Sprinkle to talk about affiliate marketing.

Laura Sprinkle teaches entrepreneurs how to grow their businesses using strategic, high-touch partnerships through her signature training, Rock Your Affiliate Program™. She’s helped industry leaders such as Amy Porterfield, Selena Soo, and Todd Herman build their partner programs, has seen over $10M in partner revenues come in through her methods, and supported thousands of partners across dozens of industries. Her motto is “Partnerships First, Fun Always,” and she sprinkles that message throughout everything she does. Laura’s been mentioned in Amy’s Online Marketing Made Easy podcast and has been a featured expert for Selena Soo’s year-long mastermind, at events, and on podcasts. She loves sharing about affiliate partnerships, thoughtful business connections, branding, and marketing. She lives in Portland, Maine, and you’ll usually find her sipping on a maple latte at her favorite coffee shop, or at the park chasing her daughter Cadlee. (You’ll recognize Laura by her infectious laugh.) You can learn more about Laura at LauraSprinkle.com and on Instagram at @imlaurasprinkle.

Links:

Sparkle Hustle Grow
LauraSprinkle.com/Julie
Laura's Facebook
Laura's Instagram
Laura's Pinterest
Laura's Twitter

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#026 - Julie chats with her good friend Jenny Melrose of the Influencer Entrepreneur Academy to talk about Instagram influencers and influencer marketing.

Jenny is a former reading specialist who “retired” from her teaching career when her blogging income far exceeded her salary.   Through hard work and dedication, her lifestyle blog, The Melrose Family, became regularly sought out by nationally recognized brands such as Neutrogena, Smuckers, Glad, Costco, Stanley Steamer, Sara Lee and many more. She is a content strategist that helps entrepreneurs better understand their messaging and unique position in the online space.  Now, she’s combining her passion for teaching with her extensive experience of creating strategic content for online business owners via JennyMelrose.com and her podcast, Influencer Entrepreneurs with Jenny Melrose as well as her annual conference in Charlotte NC for female entrepreneurs.

Links:

Sparkle Hustle Grow
JennyMelrose.com/Podcast
Jenny Melrose Instragram

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#025 - This is the third and last episode of the three-part series with Mario from Cratejoy. In this episode, Julie and Mario talk about customer feedback, strategies on how to get it, how often, and what to do with it.

Mario currently leads Seller Success at Cratejoy. Before Cratejoy, Mario spent time in management consulting and has experience starting, operating, scaling, and selling subscription box businesses.

Links:

Sparkle Hustle Grow
Cratejoy Business Blog
Typeform

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