The Product Biz Podcast by Monica Little Coaching

Daisy is the owner of Little Buddha, an organic & eco-friendly skincare company, and has grown her business from previously selling at 5-7 different markets per WEEK... to selling at only 2 markets in the ENTIRE last year... and making more money than ever before! She celebrated her first $9K month while also taking weekends off and traveling for over 3 weeks to spend the holidays and beginning of the new year with her family.

Daisy has been part of Product Biz Academy for the last 1.5 years and is sharing her secrets to success with you on today's episode.

Daisy Betance is the founder of Little Buddha, an organic & eco-friendly skincare company that was founded in 2018. The company was started after finding out how toxic everyday products are. She knew she could make all-natural products that were effective and actually good for you and the earth. Little Buddha is committed to creating clean, ethically sourced, premium-quality skincare products with eco-friendly packaging. They believe a clean and healthy lifestyle begins with what you use on your skin on a daily basis.

BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING, YOU'LL​ LEARN:

• How spirituality and faith play a role when Daisy takes big risks, like leaving her full-time job to run her small business
• How Daisy grew her online sales and went from selling in 5-7 different markets per week... to selling at only 2 markets in the ENTIRE last year!
• Why Daisy decided to sell on Etsy even though she has her own website... and how she's had orders come in EVERY day for the last 50 days!

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Follow Daisy on Instagram @littlebuddhabydaisy

Shop organic skincare made by Little Buddha by Daisy

LEARN MORE FROM MONICA LITTLE

Website: www.monicalittlecoaching.com

Instagram: @monicalittlecoaching

My small business: www.shopplantbasedbeauty.com

We've all said the phrase "I'll be happy when...." and most of us are living in the state of "I'll be happy when I leave my full-time job" or "I'll be happy when my business makes X amount of dollars" or "I'll be happy when XYZ happens"... but how do we find a way to continue to show up while working towards these goals?

How do we find a way to stay positive during challenges, hardships, and roadblocks, when we feel like nothing is going right and just want to throw in the towel?

In today's Quick Tip Wednesday, we'll be talking about how to stay positive no matter what life, or business, throws at you.

LEARN MORE FROM MONICA LITTLE

Website: www.monicalittlecoaching.com

Instagram: @monicalittlecoaching

My small business: www.shopplantbasedbeauty.com

We all can relate to the feeling when we KNOW that we HAVE to do something, but we just keep pushing it off. We wait and wait and wait... finding any excuse not to do it. Or, maybe it's not so blatantly obvious, but there's SOMEthing we've been avoiding... saying we are too busy, we don't have enough time, we don't have enough XYZ... when it really might just be another form of procrastination that's sneaking up on us.

If you can relate to either of these feelings, then this episode will debunk what procrastination REALLY is.. and show you how to OVERcome it to keep making progress towards your dreams, with special guest Dr. Christine Li.

Dr. Christine Li is a New York-based clinical psychologist, known as the "Procrastination Coach," who specializes in helping her clients identify and understand the stories behind their procrastination so that they can reconnect with their natural motivation, talent, and productivity. She uses a unique coaching process that is a blend of mindset strategy, time and emotion management tips, and a deep belief in the power we each have. Dr. Li is the host of the podcast Make Time for Success, which features relatable stories of people who have overcome self-doubt and resistance to find personal and professional success.

BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING, YOU'LL​ LEARN:

• The two types of procrastination that exist and how you can spot them in your day-to-day life
• How you can start to overcome procrastination and build belief in yourself
• The #1 strategy to get OUT of a procrastination funk and back into ACTION towards your big dreams and goals

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Follow Christine on Instagram and TikTok @procrastinationcoach

Download Christine's 12 simple ways to get over procrastination

Listen to Christine's Make Time for Success podcast

LEARN MORE FROM MONICA LITTLE

Website: www.monicalittlecoaching.com

Instagram: @monicalittlecoaching

My small business: www.shopplantbasedbeauty.com

January and February are notoriously two of the slowest sales month... which can be a really hard punch in the gut for small business owners, especially after an amazing holiday season!

In this episode, you'll learn about the ONE platform that is known for actually being a big sales driver in January and February and how you can take advantage of building your business with this platform in mind to BEAT the seasonality we otherwise face! Here's to your growth, even in the "off-season"!

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Sign up for the Faire Masterclass to learn how to get in front of your dream boutiques and stores that are a perfect match for your products... instead of letting another platform just collect DUST!

LEARN MORE FROM MONICA LITTLE

Website: www.monicalittlecoaching.com

Instagram: @monicalittlecoaching

My small business: www.shopplantbasedbeauty.com

When most small business owners think of SEO, they think of daunting, boring, back-end website work that isn't the most exciting... but the truth is, there's more to SEO and when it's done right, it will help you to get your products in front of even more people who are searching on places like Google.

Even better, it's NOT boring OR daunting, especially when you learn how to do it the right way from SEO experts themselves... which is exactly why I invited Abbey & Courtney, SEO and marketing experts, to share how you can easily optimize your SEO to get in front of more people to get more sales for your small business!

Abbey & Courtney are both co-founders and business besties of Duo Collective, a boutique organic marketing agency specializing in social media strategy, branding, SEO, and coaching for small business owners and multi-passionate entrepreneurs. They are obsessed with finding ways to help you grow organically without needing to spend a DIME on paid ads.

BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING, YOU'LL​ LEARN:

• What SEO really is and the 3 top ways to easily get your website in tip-top SEO shape to get your products in front of customers searching on Google
• How SEO fits into your overall small business strategy and how to use blogs, emails, social media content... with the starting point of SEO
• How to know WHAT your customers are searching for so you can create relevant content for existing and new customers!
• How to run your business WITHOUT having to pay for ads by using these top marketing tactics

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Follow Abbey and Courtney on Instagram: @duo.collective

Listen to the Duo On Air Marketing Podcast

Find your SEO keywords with their free resource: 4 Free Ways to Find SEO Keywords

LEARN MORE FROM MONICA LITTLE

Website:www.monicalittlecoaching.com

Instagram: @monicalittlecoaching

My small business: www.shopplantbasedbeauty.com

Running a small business is the world's greatest personal development course. It will stretch you in new ways, require you to work on weaknesses and turn them into strengths, force you to face your fears and learn new skills. It's not for the faint of heart.

But what if there was an easier way to face our fears to keep growing our business? What if we could understand what stops us from making progress, and look it in the eye and learn HOW to overcome it? If you feel stuck in your business, then this episode is for you - we will be diving into what may be blocking you... beneath the surface, at the subconscious level.

Diana Sofia is a corporate dropout turned Health Coach turned Subconscious Reprogramming Coach.

While working with clients on their nutrition and lifestyle habits, she realized that it wasn’t the external strategies that created lasting results... but rather creating shifts at the subconscious level to change BELIEFS that in turn change ACTIONS and lead to long-term results.

After seeing the transformations that were possible for her clients through the use of subconscious reprogramming, she decided to dedicate her time and expertise to help business owners uncover and release the subconscious blocks stopping them from achieving their life, business, and career goals... so you can step into your own power and become truly unstoppable.

BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING, YOU'LL​ LEARN:

• What the subconscious mind is and why it is so important to achieve your dreams
• How subconscious reprogramming can help you accomplish your goals
• How to identify limiting beliefs that are holding you back
• How to use tools like EFT tapping, hypnosis, and more to step into your power and become unstoppable

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Follow Diana on Instagram: @iamdianasophia
Free hypnosis audio: https://www.dianasofia.com/freehypnosis
EFT mini-training for procrastination: https://www.dianasofia.com/stopprocrastination

LEARN MORE FROM MONICA LITTLE

Website:www.monicalittlecoaching.com

Instagram: @monicalittlecoaching

My small business: www.shopplantbasedbeauty.com

Have you ever come across a new product that another small business came out with that caught you off guard because it looked so similar… Only for you to then realize that they copied one of your products almost EXACTLY?

Or has another business ever used one of your photos, one of your Instagram posts or something else that you designed or created?

In this week's episode of Quick Tip Wednesday, I'll be sharing the mindset to have in these situations and how to step in the CEO role of your business and handle this situation with confidence.

When you finish listening, I'd love to hear your biggest takeaway from today’s episode. Take a screenshot of the episode you're listening to, share it to your Instagram stories and tag me @monicalittlecoaching - or send me a DM!​

While you're there, make sure you follow me so you can see behind the scenes of how I grew my handmade organic skincare small business to multiple six-figures... and how you can grow and scale your business, too.

LEARN MORE FROM MONICA LITTLE

Website:www.monicalittlecoaching.com

Instagram: @monicalittlecoaching

My small business: www.shopplantbasedbeauty.com

Have you ever come across a small business with a HUGE amount of followers on Instagram or TikTok that made you wonder to yourself... "What on earth did they DO to get there?!" Or maybe you wonder how they started, how they spend their time, what they share on social media to grow such a big following, and how they turn those followers into customers?

Well today, you're in luck - in this episode of The Product Biz Podcast, we have special guest Kristin Vaughn who owns a polymer clay jewelry business with almost 200,000 followers on Instagram and almost 300,000 followers on TikTok - and you'll hear ALL of her secrets!

Kristin Vaughn is the Owner of Hillside Studio. She has been running her polymer clay jewelry business for over 7 years and loves teaching others the art of polymer clay. When she’s not in her studio/storefront, you can usually find her cheering at her kids’ sporting events, or cooking up something in the kitchen. I'm so excited for you to hear all that Kristin has to share!!

BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING, YOU'LL​ LEARN:

• How Kristin grew SO exponentially on social media and how she was able to leave her full time job to focus all of her time on her polymer clay business
• The mindset that successful small business owners need to have to show up on social media day after day
• How spirituality plays a role in the success of Kristin's business

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Follow Kristin on Instagram: @shophillsidestudio

Follow Kristin on TikTok: @hillside_studio

Join the Polymer Clay Earrings Made Easy course waitlist!

When you finish listening, I'd love to hear your biggest takeaway from today’s episode. Take a screenshot of the episode you're listening to, share it to your Instagram stories and tag me @monicalittlecoaching - or send me a DM!​

While you're there, make sure you follow me so you can see behind the scenes of how I grew my handmade organic skincare small business to multiple six-figures... and how you can grow and scale your business, too.

LEARN MORE FROM MONICA LITTLE

Website:www.monicalittlecoaching.com

Instagram: @monicalittlecoaching

My small business: www.shopplantbasedbeauty.com

As small business owners, we spend a LOT of our time making inventory, packing orders and dropping them off at the post office. So much time is spent here that we sometimes DON'T have the time to truly work on growing our business.

One of the newest ways to build a business that is becoming a HOT topic is Print On Demand. With Print on Demand, you partner with a 3rd party that creates your products AND ships your products with NO work on your end.

Today, special guest Audrey Kandil shares her secrets to how Print On Demand can work in your business and how to get started.

Audrey is an MRI technologist turned print-on-demand entrepreneur. She leveraged her ambition and work ethic to transform what was once a side hustle into a thriving brand that she now operates on her own time using Print On Demand, with the freedom to teach other entrepreneurs the secrets to her success.

BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING, YOU'LL​ LEARN:

• What Print On Demand really is and how you can run a business with zero inventory of your own
• How Audrey used Print On Demand to grow her own business and leave her full time job to focus on her passion
• The benefits of Print On Demand and how it can save you time, money, and STRESS from not having to make your own inventory, warehouse your own inventory, or even SHIP your own inventory... and how you can get started today

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Follow Audrey on Instagram: @audreykandil

Sign up for Audrey's masterclass: How To Generate Passive Income with Products

Learn more about Audrey's course: Passion To Profit with Print On Demand

When you finish listening, I'd love to hear your biggest takeaway from today’s episode. Take a screenshot of the episode you're listening to, share it to your Instagram stories and tag me @monicalittlecoaching - or send me a DM!​

While you're there, make sure you follow me so you can see behind the scenes of how I grew my handmade organic skincare small business to multiple six-figures... and how you can grow and scale your business, too.

LEARN MORE FROM MONICA LITTLE

Website:www.monicalittlecoaching.com

Instagram: @monicalittlecoaching

My small business: www.shopplantbasedbeauty.com

In this week's episode of Quick Tip Wednesday, I talk you through how to handle tough customer service situations that are bound to happen to us from time to time

- a negative review from a customer who wasn't satisfied with your product, how to handle an item that arrived broken to your customer, and how to handle the dreaded package that was marked "Delivered" but your customer reached out because they DON'T have it.

You'll learn how to step into the CEO role and handle all of these customer service situations with specific next steps.

When you finish listening, I'd love to hear your biggest takeaway from today’s episode. Take a screenshot of the episode you're listening to, share it to your Instagram stories and tag me @monicalittlecoaching - or send me a DM!​

While you're there, make sure you follow meso you can see behind the scenes of how I grew my handmade organic skincare small business to multiple six-figures... and how you can grow and scale your business, too.

LEARN MORE FROM MONICA LITTLE

Website:www.monicalittlecoaching.com

Instagram: @monicalittlecoaching

My small business: www.shopplantbasedbeauty.com