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For product / gift businesses, the busiest couple of months of the year are coming up, and you might be thinking…

How do I make the most of this and find new subscribers?!

You’re not alone - this is a conversation we’ve had in the Subscription Box Academy group coaching calls, and that I’ve had with one-to-one clients.

So, let’s kickstart your thinking with a nice juicy list of 25 things you can do!

But before we dive into it, one key caveat -

You don’t need to do them all.

 Seriously, overwhelm can paralyse you from taking action, so...

Stuck on the same subscriber numbers?

People visiting your subscription box website but not buying?

Let's look at 3 top tips to grow your subscription box audience... here's the transcript:

Before you start looking for new subscribers, you need to get some of the ground work done, so when they reach your website or come across your social media, they're excited by what they see. 

How do you do that?

1. Excellent Photographs

Are your photographs well lit? Are they showing off your box to its best possible advantage? Are people really getting an idea of what your box...

Let’s get into the nitty gritty - and look at exactly what you need to do to set up a subscription box.

This is my third post in the Subscription Boxes for Product Businesses series, you’ll find the previous two posts here:

- How to add £100k to your Product Business and create passive income with a Subscription Box

- Subscription Box Ideas for Product Businesses

This post assumes you already have a product business and are looking to add or move to a subscription box model, but will apply if you’re completely new to business too.

Step 1. Get inside your...

Last week I wrote about the subscription box model, and why it’s such a good one to consider if your world has just tipped upside down and you’re having to rethink your business.

Or… if the pandemic has made you rethink how you want to run your business.

If you haven't seen it already, don't miss my FREE guide exploring some of the practicalities of subscription boxes, giving an overview of what to expect.

So now, let’s dig into types of existing product or bricks & mortar businesses and the kind of subscription box you could have.

First...

Passive income for your product business?

Look, no snake oil.

No cards hidden up my sleeves.

No magic tricks at all.

I normally talk about how to use simple systems to create more ease in your business.

But the conversation I’ve been having this past fortnight is more about business survival.

How do I keep my business going?

How long is this going to last, and how do I need to change if it’s for a while?

And although I normally talk about clarity and systems, I also run a subscription box.

And subscription boxes have suddenly become a much more interesting topic.

Let me be...

There’s so much to be said about the current situation - and many are saying it in different ways - but I really want to focus on hope right now.

If you’re running a product business or shop, I know you’ll be dealing with a tonne of stuff, working out how to stay afloat, and wondering / fearing what the future might look like.

 (...and all while you have the kids home!)

 So a couple of gentle reminders, then let’s dive into what the future could (positively) look like.

Gentle Reminder 1 - Focus on what you can control

There’s a lot of...