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Welcome to the, Bring Your Product Ideas To Life podcast, practical advice,
Speaker:and inspiration to help you create and sell your own physical products.
Speaker:Here's your host Vicky Weinberg.
Speaker:Hi.
Speaker:So you are getting, um, two podcast episodes from me today.
Speaker:Uh, you are receiving this extra episode, this little bonus in
Speaker:your feed, because I wanted to talk to you about my group product
Speaker:creation program, which opens today.
Speaker:So the program is to help you, if you have an idea for products and you want to have
Speaker:it ready to sell by the end of the year.
Speaker:And so I wanted to do a really short podcast episode to tell you more
Speaker:about what it is what's included, what the cost of the program is, who
Speaker:it's for, and then answer some common.
Speaker:So in terms of what it is, this is a program where I'll take a
Speaker:small group, maximum five people.
Speaker:We'll have weekly group calls where I'll talk through everything you need to do
Speaker:each week to have a physical product ready to sell by the end of this year.
Speaker:And I'll set you some homework to do in between calls.
Speaker:So you'll have the weekly calls with me, so you can get super
Speaker:clear in what you need to do.
Speaker:Ask any questions.
Speaker:I maybe share things with a group.
Speaker:You will have weekly tasks during your own times, keep moving forward and
Speaker:you'll get a lot of accountability.
Speaker:So I will help you stay on track.
Speaker:I'll hope you stay motivated, even when things get difficult.
Speaker:Um, I will also be massive cheerleader for you as well.
Speaker:So, and on top of that, you will also get a small supportive group to work
Speaker:alongside and the opportunity to learn a process that will make launching any
Speaker:new products, much easier in the future.
Speaker:So, as I said, there'll be weekly calls that they're going to be on a Monday
Speaker:and we'll start on the 19th September and run through to 21st of November with
Speaker:a break in October for the half term.
Speaker:And every week I'm gonna cover off a step of the process in detail.
Speaker:I'm gonna answer any questions you have and keep you moving forwards.
Speaker:As I mentioned, the group is gonna be capped at five this time round to
Speaker:allow everyone to have plenty of time.
Speaker:This is the first time running this program, and I'm really keen to make
Speaker:sure that everyone has lots of time with.
Speaker:We're not just gonna work on sourcing or creating your products.
Speaker:Although of course we will spend lots of time doing this.
Speaker:We're also going to spend time researching your ideal customer.
Speaker:We're gonna look at the market.
Speaker:We're gonna look at your competition, where to sell your product, how to price
Speaker:it and how to market and launch it.
Speaker:So it's gonna be really comprehensive.
Speaker:The cost of the program is a one off payment of 395 pounds.
Speaker:Um, this might seem expensive, but I should say this is significantly cheaper
Speaker:than other ways of working with me.
Speaker:So if a comparison, a one hour product creation, power hour
Speaker:is currently a hundred pounds.
Speaker:And if I were to do everything I've outlined in the course for
Speaker:you, it would actually cost you well over a thousand pounds.
Speaker:I'll be honest.
Speaker:I haven't even added it up.
Speaker:It would be a lot.
Speaker:And this is actually also a reduced price.
Speaker:As it's mentioned before, this is the first time I'm running in this program
Speaker:and the cost will go up the next time I offer it, which is likely to be
Speaker:sometime in early to spring to 2023.
Speaker:So this is a really good chance to get your products ready to
Speaker:sell and start making money.
Speaker:Much sooner, and you get a good discount to, so in terms of who the program's
Speaker:for, if you have a great idea for a product to sell, but you don't know
Speaker:exactly what's involved, then I think this would be a good fit for you.
Speaker:Even if you've created products before, I still think you can benefit from
Speaker:learning a step by step process, because it will ultimately save you both time.
Speaker:And.
Speaker:and I think it's perfect for you if any of the following apply.
Speaker:So maybe if you force about selling your own products, so you can make
Speaker:some income working flexibly from home.
Speaker:So perhaps you are a parent and you're looking to start up something
Speaker:new, or maybe you've already have a full time role when you want to.
Speaker:Try doing something on the side.
Speaker:Um, perhaps you already have a business, maybe it's a service business and you
Speaker:want to add something new to, to the mix.
Speaker:Maybe there's a product you feel would really compliment the services you offer.
Speaker:Um, and on top of that, I guess you need to be prepared to do a little
Speaker:bit of work every week towards making your product idea a reality.
Speaker:Now it might not be right for you if you don't have a couple
Speaker:of hours a week spare, or if.
Speaker:Or, or if you would prefer to pay someone else to do it for you, and by
Speaker:the way, there's no judgment here at all.
Speaker:I completely understand it actually for you.
Speaker:It may be so much easier to outsource all of this.
Speaker:If you don't have a small amount of money to invest in product samples, prototypes
Speaker:and stock, again, this might not be the right time for you because we are, we are
Speaker:gonna be doing everything in real time.
Speaker:So from looking for manufacturers, ordering samples, getting prototypes,
Speaker:ready, um, I mean, we don't know what the lead times will be, obviously until
Speaker:we get started, but we're gonna try our best to actually go through the
Speaker:process and get due to the position where you're ready to actually make an order.
Speaker:Um, so if you don't have a little bit of.
Speaker:Aside to, you know, to spend on it.
Speaker:Um, you might wanna think about whether this is the right timing for you.
Speaker:I still think it could be a great program, but you might want to think about
Speaker:whether you're ready to do it right now.
Speaker:and again, I don't think it's for you, if you are looking for like a
Speaker:get quick, a get rich quick scheme.
Speaker:Um, and the reason I say this is, yeah, you might get rich from this.
Speaker:I really, if that's what you want, I hope you do, but this course is more
Speaker:about teaching you the skills to create something from scratch and making sure
Speaker:that you understand everything that's involved and created a product to sell.
Speaker:And that.
Speaker:You know, you and you do follow out every step.
Speaker:Um, I cannot guarantee that your product is going to make you an instant, you
Speaker:know, it's gonna make you rich instantly.
Speaker:Obviously, if it does, that's marvelous, but that is not what this is about.
Speaker:Um, you need to be prepared to put the work in, and obviously we can do a lot of
Speaker:work and to check in whether your product is viable, whether it's something that
Speaker:people might buy, make it, we're gonna make it the best that we can together.
Speaker:We are gonna do all of that, but still we, there is.
Speaker:Guarantees.
Speaker:So I just wanna caveat.
Speaker:So, um, I now wanna just cover a few common concerns and my response
Speaker:to them in case that helps you.
Speaker:So the first concern is it's expensive.
Speaker:So as I said earlier, it will be more expensive.
Speaker:Next time I run it and I have actually made this as affordable as I possibly can.
Speaker:However, I do know it's still not an insignificant amount of money,
Speaker:especially as there will be other costs involved in creating a product to sell.
Speaker:However, it is an investment.
Speaker:So not only will you have a product to sell at the end of this program, you'd
Speaker:also learn a process that you can use again and again, to launch new products.
Speaker:And I do feel that investing in this.
Speaker:Will actually save you money by helping you get your product on sale sooner,
Speaker:because there's nothing to figure out.
Speaker:You don't need to go away and Google things or spend hours on YouTube,
Speaker:which is exactly what I did six years ago when I was getting started,
Speaker:because we'll go through the exact steps you need to take every week.
Speaker:Um, And creating a product to sell is ultimately going to cost you money.
Speaker:And I can't tell you how much, because it's like how long is a
Speaker:piece of string, but I genuinely do believe that the time you'll save
Speaker:doing it within this group will save you time and money in the long run.
Speaker:If that makes sense.
Speaker:So the second concern is I don't have enough time.
Speaker:So I mean, you might be really busy right now, which I totally get.
Speaker:And maybe you're not sure you want to add something else to your plate, which
Speaker:is again, completely understandable.
Speaker:I mean, we all have so much going on and I mean, there are people
Speaker:that are way busy than I am.
Speaker:I.
Speaker:I really know that.
Speaker:However, if you really want to get your product ready to sell this
Speaker:year, I do think this is one of the quickest ways you can do it
Speaker:because there'll be no time wasting.
Speaker:We're only gonna focus on what you actually need to
Speaker:do at that moment in time.
Speaker:There won't be any thinking ahead or worrying about the
Speaker:next step before we get there.
Speaker:You'll need to commit a few hours a week on average, to come along to
Speaker:the calls or listen to the replays.
Speaker:If you can't make the calls and carry out the task for the week, however,
Speaker:much of what you can, what must much of what you need to do can be done in
Speaker:really small bite size chunks of time.
Speaker:Um, I created my first product round a newborn and a toddler.
Speaker:So I know it can be done cause that's exactly how I did it.
Speaker:I had 20 minutes here and there.
Speaker:I had a list of things to do, and I just used to work through them and
Speaker:we'll be taking a very similar approach.
Speaker:So the third concern is it's not the right time for me.
Speaker:So maybe you're wondering, is this the right time for you to join the program?
Speaker:You've heard me say I'm gonna run it again.
Speaker:Next year is next year, a better time for you all I'll say here is
Speaker:the sooner you launch your product.
Speaker:The sooner you can sell it, the sooner people can benefit from it.
Speaker:And the sooner you can make some money from it.
Speaker:And the cost of this course will go up.
Speaker:Next time I offer, I offer it and I'm not one for a hard sell.
Speaker:So I'm not gonna say much about this.
Speaker:I I'm just gonna leave you with a question, which.
Speaker:If not now when, and I'm gonna just, as I say, not one for hard
Speaker:sell, I'm gonna leave that there.
Speaker:Cause I think only, you know, the answer to that question, the fourth concern is
Speaker:I don't have an idea for a product and maybe this is something that's concerning.
Speaker:You.
Speaker:I'll be honest, you do need some kind of idea or a few ideas, even
Speaker:if they're not fully fulled to get the most out of this group.
Speaker:Although if you have listened to me so far, you know, I
Speaker:think we're 10 minutes in now.
Speaker:If you've listened this far, I do think it's for a reason.
Speaker:I think there's.
Speaker:Definitely an idea inside you.
Speaker:Um, I do have another podcast episode or a blog post that might help you clarify it.
Speaker:And if it's something you want to talk through before committing, you could
Speaker:also book a call in with me and we could have a call before you even get
Speaker:started and maybe work through your idea a bit more, if that would be helpful.
Speaker:And you can find out more about that on my website, Vicky weinberg.com.
Speaker:And the fifth objection is I just don't know if it's right for me.
Speaker:Um, and that's fair.
Speaker:You know, you might be thinking, is this program.
Speaker:You know, the right fit for me at all.
Speaker:And I definitely don't want you to invest time and money if it's not.
Speaker:Um, you've heard me say this on this podcast.
Speaker:If you know me, you will know I'm not a hard sell person.
Speaker:I will tell you if I think something's not right for you.
Speaker:Um, and we covered earlier who I think the program is for, I guess I
Speaker:should just say that you don't need any specific experience or equipment.
Speaker:So if you thinking it's not the right fit is around you thinking
Speaker:you don't have the right background, you don't have the right skills.
Speaker:You don't have the right experience.
Speaker:Don't worry about any of that.
Speaker:You don't, you don't need anything.
Speaker:All you need is some time, some commitment.
Speaker:Um, I will provide accountability if you provide the rest.
Speaker:And as I mentioned earlier, you will need a little bit to invest in getting
Speaker:your products idea off the ground.
Speaker:And if you are still not sure, just contact me and ask, you can
Speaker:let me know your situation and anything you're concerned about.
Speaker:And I'll let you know, truthfully whether I think you'd benefit from
Speaker:joining and whether I think you'd benefit from joining now, cuz it might be, we
Speaker:have a chat and think actually, okay.
Speaker:Maybe you would be better joining next year or at some point in the future.
Speaker:And I will be really honest with you about.
Speaker:So I really hope this short episode has told you a little bit more
Speaker:about the program what's involved.
Speaker:What's included and answered some of your questions and concerns as well.
Speaker:If there's something that I haven't answered, then please just get in touch.
Speaker:It's Vicky and that's Vicky with an i [email protected].
Speaker:And I will do my best to help you out answer any questions that you have.
Speaker:And if you are getting excited about getting your product ready
Speaker:to sell, and you would like to join a program, then you.
Speaker:Get there from my bio or again, from my website, Vicky weinberg.com.
Speaker:And I'm really looking forward to working with you, to bring
Speaker:your products idea to life.
Speaker:Thank you so much for listening right to the end of this episode.
Speaker:Do remember that you can get the full back catalogue and lots of free resources
Speaker:on my website, Vicky weinberg.com.
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