Anne Samoilov - Launch + Grow Your Business

How To Create A Subscription Box Business

If you've ever thought of creating a subscription box business, you are not alone!

Whether you’re an online business owner, a course creator, a physical business owner – offering a subscription box is a great way to add a high touch offering, plus not only do consumers love them, but business owners love the stability of the recurring revenue.

Today’s guest has built her own stationery and card subscription-based business from scratch.

She runs it mostly on her own. She curates the contents of each box, assembles all the boxes, ships everything too! Has two different types of boxes people can order and creates a beautiful experience no matter which one you choose!

So, if you’re interested in starting a new business, looking for a way to add a new type of offering to whatever you’re already doing, listen to my conversation with Danielle Nelson of Pretty By Post.

Why Self-Awareness Is Your Hidden Launch Super Power

Would you believe that self-awareness is your biggest (and often hidden) business super power?

How well do you know yourself? I don’t mean your likes, dislikes, dreams or your life story, but really do you know what makes you tick?

How you respond to criticism…
How you do you best work…
WHEN you do your best work…
If you like to be left alone or work with other people…
Why you need someone to ask how you’re doing…
What it means if someone is disloyal…
What it means when someone is LOYAL…
Your reaction to failure…
Your reaction stress…

Today’s guest went on a journey to really figure out what made her tick in her business, how to avoid duplicating past negative workplace practices she’d experienced…and it led her to the Enneagram.

If you love personality tests of any kind, know your Myers Briggs type, your top 5 Strengthsfinder themes, then you’ll love today’s conversation with Kelsey Chapman.

You can never stop getting to know yourself in order to start achieving things you never thought possible (like launching).

Signs You’re Making Positive Progress In Your Business

Let’s get real.

Sometimes it’s hard to know if you’re making progress on your business.

You show up week after week – publish the podcast, write the newsletter, host the webinar.

And even when you see more people paying attention, more likes, more people opt-in…it can feel a bit unclear.

Are you going in the right direction?

Are you saying and doing the right things?

Over the years I’ve seen many people beat themselves up for not being where they should be or being behind, I knew it was time to stop and share the story of a woman I’ve watched grow over the past several years.

When we dissected her journey, the things she’s accomplished, we could see plain as day how progress was happening all along – even in the “not big enough” moments that could have escaped her — if she hadn’t been paying attention.

What To Do About Your Paper & Digital Overwhelm

The last time our guest was on the show, I received more emails than I expected…

I think people really connected with the idea of clutter and how it affects our daily life.

But more than that – it's because even with all the tools and planners and notebooks and systems we create for our business, the trouble is – clutter is sneaky and builds up over time.

JoAnn Krall teaches entrepreneurs and regular ‘ole peeps who are doing various things in the world, how to organize their homes, businesses, and life. But today we’re talking about a problem that is near and dear to the hearts of anyone building a business online.

Information overload–in the form of paper or digital clutter.

How many of us can relate to the first days/months of learning how to start a blog, set up your Facebook Page, set up your business…and all those pdf downloads. Check your downloads folder on your computer now – and come clean with me.

How full is it and what’s in there?

What comes first – the product, the people, or the process?

Today I wanted to rant a bit about a question I think hits the core of why most people get stuck launching… They aren’t clear on what comes first. Is it the product? Is it the people? Or is it the process?

This episode is going to be short – I think.

We’re going to talk about a topic I think we all need to be reminded of… a question really…

What comes first – the product, the people or the process? Or rather, what comes first the what, the who, or the how we’re going to do it?

First – I’ll rant a bit on the answer. Then, I’ll go over what to do no matter which one you’ve “got”.