The Product Boss with Jacqueline Snyder

Pamela Pekerman is the product boss behind Hustle Like a Mom, a company on a mission to support mompreneurs in building bridges between entrepreneurship and mom life. She’s also pioneering her “edit to expand” method. Today, we learn all about how we can handle our to-dos and find focus, all while making our lives smarter, simpler, and more fun!Just like Pamela, we’re both moms so these tips were super appreciated. As a mom, it’s easy to hit burnout before you even realize it because you only get so much time each day between drop off and pick up, where you can really focus. This is why finding and setting your priorities are such an important way to find success. That’s where Pamela’s edit to expand method comes in. Because “you’re not going to eat the whole menu,” it really comes down to choosing the right tasks while making sure the goals you’re setting are actually manageable and realistic. Remember, where you focus is what you get back.It’s easy to find yourself paying for things in three ways: money, time, and energy. So making sure we’re only paying for the right things is really important. That’s not to say we should be paralyzed, worrying about making sure we don’t make a bad decision, but, as Pamela explains, it’s more about regularly reassessing your situation, decoding your community, and being ready for change! Brought to you by the Shop 1 in 5™ Pledge! Commit to making 1 in 5 of your purchases from a small business, whether online or offline. The Shop 1 in 5™ Pledge is a way to make an impact together when (and where) it matters most. Join us and take the pledge today!Resources:Visit Pamela’s WebsiteThe Hustle Like a Mom WebsiteFollow Pamela on Instagram (Send Pamela a DM that says “Quarterly Planning” to get access to her quarterly planning sessions!)If you’re a product boss looking for the quickest path to grow your business to multiple six figures with the experience and knowledge of coaches, mentors, and a like-minded community, then make sure you join the waitlist for The Product Biz Accelerator! By joining the waitlist, you’ll be the first to know when the doors are opening again and you’ll have the opportunity to grab your spot before anyone else!Consistent content is key to getting more people to see and buy your products. If you want to create great content but you don’t know what to say, or you feel too busy, or you just don’t want to be the face of your brand, no worries – because we’ve got you covered with a year’s worth of consistent content that’s sure to resonate with your audience! If you want to see how easy this can be, visit A Year of Content.Connect:Website: theproductboss.comInstagram: @theproductbossThe Product Boss is produced and published by Crate Media.

Stacey Ventura is the product boss behind [Be] Blends, manufacturers and makers of handcrafted bath, body, and home products with a focus on health and wellness. She’s here to tell us her story and all about what she’s learned along the way. [Be] Blends started off as an online store which evolved into a brick-and-mortar store later on as Stacey realized her customers enjoyed smelling and trying their products. Opening a brick-and-mortar was no easy feat, as Stacey quickly realized when a flash flood took out all of their inventory (and their store itself), right when they were gearing up to open. From Stacey's experience as a maker, she was able to pivot and implement techniques to help keep [Be] Blends in business!Stacey also shares with us how important her family is and how she has been able to build a business that allows her to be there for, and take care of, her family, regardless of the season. One of the ways Stacey has done this over the years is by getting out of her own way and removing herself as the bottleneck in her business, something many of you product boss's are familiar with!Through resilience, pivoting, and leaning into our Mastermind program for support throughout the ups and downs in her business over the past several months, Stacey has been able to continue reaching the goals she has set for herself and [Be] Blends. She was even able to take a trip to Jamaica and her business kept running! Tune in now to hear all of the tips and tricks that Stacey has learned along the way on her business journey.Brought to you by the Shop 1 in 5™ Pledge! Commit to making 1 in 5 of your purchases from a small business, whether online or offline. The Shop 1 in 5™ Pledge is a way to make an impact together when (and where) it matters most. Join us and take the pledge today!Resources:Visit [Be] Blends’ WebsiteFollow [Be] Blends on InstagramFollow [Be] Blends on FacebookIf you’re a product boss looking for the quickest path to grow your business to multiple six figures with the experience and knowledge of coaches, mentors, and a like-minded community, then make sure you join the waitlist for The Product Biz Accelerator! By joining the waitlist, you’ll be the first to know when the doors are opening again and you’ll have the opportunity to grab your spot before anyone else!Consistent content is key to getting more people to see and buy your products. If you want to create great content but you don’t know what to say, or you feel too busy, or you just don’t want to be the face of your brand, no worries – because we’ve got you covered with a year’s worth of consistent content that’s sure to resonate with your audience! If you want to see how easy this can be, visit A Year of Content.Connect:Website: theproductboss.comInstagram: @theproductbossThe Product Boss is produced and published by Crate Media.

Anna Lozano is the co-founder of Love Powered Co, also known as The Affirmation Company. Tune in to hear the story of how she and Lindy, her business partner, utilized Kickstarter to bring their business into existence, and the amazing, creative ways they’ve managed to grow the brand to where it is today. Coming from a background in marketing, and also working as a business coach, Anna’s experience made her uniquely qualified to drive her company’s amazing growth, launching in Canada in 2017, and now expanding into the US!Love Powered Co. was born through a tremendous Kickstarter campaign that raised over $20k from hundreds of interested customers in 2017. We get into the unique pros and cons of crowdfunding – it can be a great way to generate buzz! We also talk about what the perfect customer looks like and how their satisfaction with your product can influence and help to find new, similar customers around them. One of Love Powered Co.’s strategies is leaning hard into collaborations, getting the word out via partnerships and influencers. We hear how Anna was able to get their product into the hands of everyone from Gabrielle Union, to Jessica Alba, to Jaime King. As Anna says, “They have one foot in woo-land and one foot in the land of Instagram”. It’s a unique and modern approach to generating organic attention and you can hear all about it, first hand, in this episode.Brought to you by the Shop 1 in 5™ Pledge! Commit to making 1 in 5 of your purchases from a small business, whether online or offline. The Shop 1 in 5™ Pledge is a way to make an impact together when (and where) it matters most. Join us and take the pledge today!Resources:Visit Love Powered Co’s WebsiteFollow Love Powered Co on InstagramIf you’re a product boss looking for the quickest path to grow your business to multiple six figures with the experience and knowledge of coaches, mentors, and a like-minded community, then make sure you join the waitlist for The Product Biz Accelerator! By joining the waitlist, you’ll be the first to know when the doors are opening again and you’ll have the opportunity to grab your spot before anyone else!Consistent content is key to getting more people to see and buy your products. If you want to create great content but you don’t know what to say, or you feel too busy, or you just don’t want to be the face of your brand, no worries – because we’ve got you covered with a year’s worth of consistent content that’s sure to resonate with your audience! If you want to see how easy this can be, visit A Year of Content.Connect:Website: theproductboss.comInstagram: @theproductbossThe Product Boss is produced and published by Crate Media.

Kelly Kussman is one of our Masterminders and she’s doing amazing, motivating, and inspiring things as the founder of Cayla Gray, creators and sellers of clean, luxury brand fragrances. Her Small Biz Founders story will really resonate with you.Cayla Gray produces fragrances and candles, and when they say “clean,” they mean non-toxic, hypoallergenic, and no parabens. They have four core scents – all handmade in Arizona. Kelly started her career with a dream job out of college, selling cosmetics. Since then, she’s taken her passion and turned it into a successful business of her own.Kelly’s dad was an entrepreneur so she grew up around product bosses and always saw it as something exciting that she could aspire toward in her own life. It was scary to walk away from the security of that dream job, but she explains how she found the courage to do it, and why it was one of the best decisions she’s ever made. One of the things Kelly does an incredible job of is telling her brand’s story, and making those connections with her potential customers. As a business owner, you should be sharing your story repeatedly with your audience to build those connections, and draw potential customers into your brand. Knowing the reason why you started your business and being able to share that story with your customers really allows you to connect with and attract the audiences that you want to sell to! One of the reasons Kelly has had so much success with Cayla Gray is due to her ability to share her story and connect with her customers. Kelly also provides us with one final piece of business advice: “failure” is not a bad word! Brought to you by the Shop 1 in 5™ Pledge! Commit to making 1 in 5 of your purchases from a small business, whether online or offline. The Shop 1 in 5™ Pledge is a way to make an impact together when (and where) it matters most. Join us and take the pledge today!Resources:Cayla Gray’s websiteCayla Gray on InstagramIf you’re a product boss looking for the quickest path to grow your business to multiple six figures with the experience and knowledge of coaches, mentors, and a like-minded community, then make sure you join the waitlist for The Product Biz Accelerator! By joining the waitlist, you’ll be the first to know when the doors are opening again and you’ll have the opportunity to grab your spot before anyone else!Consistent content is key to getting more people to see and buy your products. If you want to create great content but you don’t know what to say, or you feel too busy, or you just don’t want to be the face of your brand, no worries – because we’ve got you covered with a year’s worth of consistent content that’s sure to resonate with your audience! If you want to see how easy this can be, visit A Year of Content.Connect:Website: theproductboss.comInstagram: @theproductboss

The first step in setting a goal for yourself and your business is figuring out what your dream outcome is. If you’re ready to figure out your dream outcome and how you can get there in six months, then this episode is for you! Let’s get planning!Once you’ve thought about your dream outcome, the next step is to ask yourself, “What is the likelihood that I’ll get to this dream outcome?” and “What am I doing to get myself there?” You can’t just manifest this, you have to put in the work to get there!That’s what this episode is all about, asking yourself these questions, and then putting your plan into motion so that you can reach your dream outcome in six months – or at least put yourself on the right path to reach that goal in whatever time frame you have set for yourself. What if we also told you that you didn’t have to do this alone? What if we told you that you could work towards your dream outcome, within six months’ time, without sacrificing all the things, without having to figure it out on your own, AND without feeling overwhelmed and completely stressed? If you’re looking to work towards your dream outcome with the support and guidance of coaches and community, and a curriculum that was built specifically for the things you’re going through right now, then join The Product Biz Accelerator and we’ll help you get there! Brought to you by the Shop 1 in 5™ Pledge! Commit to making 1 in 5 of your purchases from a small business, whether online or offline. The Shop 1 in 5™ Pledge is a way to make an impact together when (and where) it matters most. Join us and take the pledge today!Resources:If you’re a product boss looking for the quickest path to grow your business to multiple six figures with the experience and knowledge of coaches, mentors, and a like-minded community, then join The Product Biz Accelerator! Doors CLOSE TOMORROW so make sure you don’t delay. You’ll receive 5-months of access to our step-by-step video and workbook content that takes you through our Fast Track Formula, as well as monthly coaching and accountability in a private community with us and our team to take your business to that next level. Spots are limited.Consistent content is key to getting more people to see and buy your products. If you want to create great content but you don’t know what to say, or you feel too busy, or you just don’t want to be the face of your brand, no worries – because we’ve got you covered with a year’s worth of consistent content that’s sure to resonate with your audience! If you want to see how easy this can be, visit A Year of Content.Connect:Website: theproductboss.comInstagram: @theproductbossThe Product Boss is produced and published by Crate Media.

We’re still coming to you from our hotel room in Costa Rica, and our time here has inspired us to talk about the difference between front and back-of-house. These are hospitality terms, but the principles can be applied to all product businesses.Front-of-house is when you’re facing the customer. Think receptionists in a hotel or wait staff in a restaurant. In a product business, this could be your branding, customer service, or even your brick-and-mortar store. The front-of-house role has a human element to it, meaning that you are interacting with the customers, and making sure they are satisfied with your product and company. Back-of-house is more the operational side of things. In a hotel, this would be the cleaning staff, or, in a restaurant, it would be the chef working in the kitchen. In your business, “back of house” refers to pricing and financials, research and development, production and inventory, or shipping and fulfillment. When you start a business, you’re likely wearing all of the hats within your company. As you start to scale and grow, you’ll need to start delegating to reach that next level in your business. When you’ve reached this point, it’s time for you to decide what your zone of genius is within your company. By doing so, you’re able to really focus on what you’re doing instead of struggling to keep up with all the hats. If this episode resonates with you, you might also be at a point where you’re a perfect candidate for our new Product Biz Accelerator course. Check the resources section for details!Brought to you by the Shop 1 in 5™ Pledge! Commit to making 1 in 5 of your purchases from a small business, whether online or offline. The Shop 1 in 5™ Pledge is a way to make an impact together when (and where) it matters most. Join us and take the pledge today!Resources:Are you a product boss who is looking to scale to the $250,000 mark? If so, DOORS ARE NOW OPEN for The Product Biz Accelerator program, our 5-month group coaching program and course! You’ll receive 5-months of access to our step-by-step video and workbook content that takes you through our Fast Track Formula, as well as monthly coaching and accountability in a private community with us and our team to take your business to that next level. Click here to sign up for the course today! Spots are limited.Consistent content is key to getting more people to see and buy your products. If you want to create great content but you don’t know what to say, or you feel too busy, or you just don’t want to be the face of your brand, no worries – because we’ve got you covered with a year’s worth of consistent content that’s sure to resonate with your audience! If you want to see how easy this can be, visit A Year of Content.Connect:Website: theproductboss.comInstagram: @theproductbossThe Product Boss is produced and published by Crate Media.

When we help product bosses level up their businesses, especially those scaling to six figures, there are four common mistakes we see. Let's dive in to see what these mistakes are and how to address them so that you can take your business to the next level.To start off, it’s important to know what “leveling up” actually means. Many people assume it’s increasing your sales, but that isn’t necessarily the case. Sometimes, it’s more important to refine what you’re doing and make it more profitable or streamlined before you start thinking about increasing sales, finding more customers, and so on. It’s easy to spread yourself too thin, and if you don’t have your systems in place, then you won’t be building your business on a solid foundation.More customers can be a great thing, but have you considered alternatives like selling more to your existing customers? We tend to think about social media in terms of algorithms and getting our brand in front of new eyes, but why not think about reminding your current customers that they haven’t purchased anything in a while? This is why we say “refine down to scale up!”Another common mistake product bosses make is trying to launch without a runway. Now, don’t get too caught up in the word “launch,” because this doesn’t just refer to launching your business, it refers to launching anything from a new product to an event or even a sale. Instead of just dropping a new collection, have you tried first building some suspense and anticipation around it? Let your customers know that something is coming, and give them time to get excited about it!These are just two of the mistakes we address in this episode, so make sure you tune in to hear about all four! It could make all the difference as you take your company to the next level.Brought to you by the Shop 1 in 5™ Pledge! Commit to making 1 in 5 of your purchases from a small business, whether online or offline. The Shop 1 in 5™ Pledge is a way to make an impact together when (and where) it matters most. Join us and take the pledge today!Resources:Are you a product boss who is looking to scale to the $250,000 mark? If so, DOORS ARE NOW OPEN for The Product Biz Accelerator program, our 5-month group coaching program and course! You’ll receive 5-months of access to our step-by-step video and workbook content that takes you through our Fast Track Formula, as well as monthly coaching and accountability in a private community with us and our team to take your business to that next level. Click here to sign up for the course today! Spots are limited.Consistent content is key to getting more people to see and buy your products. If you want to create great content but you don’t know what to say, or you feel too busy, or you just don’t want to be the face of your brand, no worries – because we’ve got you covered with a year’s worth of consistent content that’s sure to resonate with your audience! If you want to see how easy this can be, visit A Year of Content.Connect:Website: theproductboss.comInstagram: @theproductboss

When people think about success, they often think about intelligence. But there are lots of different types of intelligence. We most commonly think about IQ, but that only shows one small piece of the picture. Another type of intelligence we often hear about is your EQ. That’s your emotional intelligence.Today, we want to introduce you to the concept of the RQ. This is your relationship intelligence. One of the most important factors when it comes to success is how well someone builds and manages their relationships. Relationships cover a lot of different things you might not think about. For example, it’s easy to forget that social media is a form of socializing, and that means we might not realize how much of our mental or emotional energy is being drained when we spend too much time there. It’s worth really thinking about how and who you engage with online. It’s easy to look for validation online, especially as entrepreneurs, when we should really be looking for it within ourselves.As a product boss, you’re probably going to start hiring people at some point (if you haven’t already). Again, our relationship with our employees is one that we really need to be aware of. So many people forget that professional boundaries must be set, and that unfortunately, your staff cannot be your biz besties.Don’t worry, though. It’s completely normal to want to treat people like your friends. Being an entrepreneur can feel lonely. There’s so much responsibility and pressure resting on your shoulders. Just remember that you’re not alone. That’s why we built this community, so that likeminded product bosses can share with and support one another. There are four questions to ask yourself to fully understand your relationships and realign your success. And we take you through each one of them in this episode, so what are you waiting for? Listen now!Brought to you by the Shop 1 in 5™ Pledge! Commit to making 1 in 5 of your purchases from a small business, whether online or offline. The Shop 1 in 5™ Pledge is a way to make an impact together when (and where) it matters most. Join us and take the pledge today!Resources:Introducing The Product Boss Biz Accelerator, a five-month group coaching program kicking off on May 1st. Head to theproductboss.com/fasttrack to join the waiting list. You’ll be the first to hear more information as we release it, and you’ll be able to grab your spot on the course before everyone else.Consistent content is key to getting more people to see and buy your products. If you want to create great content but you don’t know what to say, or you feel too busy, or you just don’t want to be the face of your brand, no worries – because we’ve got you covered with a year’s worth of consistent content that’s sure to resonate with your audience! If you want to see how easy this can be, visit A Year of Content.Connect:Website: theproductboss.comInstagram: @theproductboss

What we’re talking about today doesn’t come down to focus or motivation. It doesn’t matter how hard you work, there comes a time when you will hit capacity. As a solopreneur, that capacity may be physical, mental, or emotional, but the one thing that all of these have in common is that it leads to you becoming the bottleneck of your business. Let's discuss how you can move past this.So what is capacity, really? Maybe you’re a maker and your demand is taking over your supply. If you’re struggling to make enough of your product or even have difficulty with packaging and shipping it, in a timely manner, then you've hit your capacity!Or maybe you’re keeping up with fulfilling your orders but it doesn’t leave you with time for anything else. You need to work on your marketing or bookkeeping, but you don’t have a spare minute in the day. If this sounds familiar then, once again, you're at capacity and you've become the bottleneck in your business.You may find that your capacity is more emotional or mental rather than physical, which is completely normal. But it's important to remember, that once you hit these capacities you must focus on refining and stabilizing before scaling so that your business can continue to grow on a solid infrastructure.When you start out as a solopreneur, you’re doing everything. You’re the one making all the decisions and making everything happen. However, as you enter the growth stage in your business, oftentimes you will need to up level your mindset as well as move past those limiting beliefs you have to remove yourself from being the bottleneck of your business.After listening to this episode, if you're still struggling and want help refining and growing your business to that next level, then be sure to jump on the waitlist for our brand new group coaching program, The Product Biz Accelerator.Brought to you by the Shop 1 in 5™ Pledge! Commit to making 1 in 5 of your purchases from a small business, whether online or offline. The Shop 1 in 5™ Pledge is a way to make an impact together when (and where) it matters most. Join us and take the pledge today!Resources:Introducing The Product Boss Biz Accelerator, a five-month group coaching program kicking off on May 1st. Click here to join the waiting list. You’ll be the first to hear more information as we release it, and you’ll be able to grab your spot on the course before everyone else.Consistent content is key to getting more people to see and buy your products. If you want to create great content but you don’t know what to say, or you feel too busy, or you just don’t want to be the face of your brand, no worries – because we’ve got you covered with a year’s worth of consistent content that’s sure to resonate with your audience! If you want to see how easy this can be, visit A Year of Content.Connect:Website: theproductboss.comInstagram: @theproductboss

Cat and Nat, authors of the bestselling, Mom Truths, join us for a very special, eye-opening, and hilarious episode of The Product Boss to unpack their new book, Mom Secrets, which offers a raw, candid look at what it’s really like to be a mom.So often, we’re our own worst critics. Most parenting books are advice-driven, but this is designed to stop unnecessary feelings of guilt, negative body image, and more. Their work is a reminder that there’s no such thing as perfection. So long as you raise your kids with joy, you should definitely give yourself a break! Cat and Nat are awesome company and some of the confessions in their new book are truly great because, not only are they really funny, but they help to normalize these things we all go through as parents – but sometimes feel too ashamed to admit. That means that they tackle some heavy subjects, but it’s all with such a fun, light spin that it puts a little spring in your step. A lot of the confessions came from audience members at some of their live shows who would drop them into a fishbowl anonymously, so believe us when we say that some of these are genuinely hilarious – dad crushes, anyone? There might be a lot of laughs in this one, but today’s message is ultimately about letting life happen and dealing with it as it comes. That’s a really important piece of truth that more of us need to remember. Brought to you by the Shop 1 in 5™ Pledge! Commit to making 1 in 5 of your purchases from a small business, whether online or offline. The Shop 1 in 5™ Pledge is a way to make an impact together when (and where) it matters most. Join us and take the pledge today!Resources:Cat & Nat’s Mom Secrets BookCat & Nat’s websiteCat & Nat on InstagramIntroducing The Product Boss Biz Accelerator, a five-month group coaching program kicking off on May 1st. Head to theproductboss.com/fasttrack to join the waiting list. You’ll be the first to hear more information as we release it, and you’ll be able to grab your spot on the course before everyone else.Stop leaving money on the table and start tapping into the easiest and quickest way to help your shoppers finish their purchase and recover lost sales with our Abandoned Cart Emails Workshop!Consistent content is key to getting more people to see and buy your products. If you want to create great content but you don’t know what to say, or you feel too busy, or you just don’t want to be the face of your brand, no worries – because we’ve got you covered with a year’s worth of consistent content that’s sure to resonate with your audience! If you want to see how easy this can be, visit A Year of Content.Connect:Website: theproductboss.comInstagram: @theproductboss