Ep 154 - Building a Gifting Business with Don't Buy Her Flowers

Steph Douglas is the founder of personalised gifting company Don't Buy Her Flowers.  Established in 2014 initially to cater to new mums the brand grew beyond it's initial idea and now creates thoughtful gifting for all occasions.  Steph chats about her journey as a business owner from first hires to investment with everything else in between,  We chat about  The growth of the brand ⁠ The Importance of Multiple Revenue Streams⁠ Marketing Challenges in a Noisy Space⁠ Building a Strong and Supportive Team⁠ Balancing the Needs of the Team and the Business⁠ Balancing Work and Family⁠ Staying Focused and Motivated⁠ Stephs advice for those starting a business Starting a Business⁠ ⁠Steph Douglas  https://www.dontbuyherflowers.com/ https://www.instagram.com/steph_dontbuyherflowers/ https://www.instagram.com/dontbuyherflowers/ Host  Nicole Higgins  Nicole has worked as a buyer and head of buying for over 18 years for retailers such as Primark, M&S and Debenhams and now uses her expertise and knowledge to help entrepreneurs start and scale their product businesses and continues to work on projects with corporates to increase bottom line sales and profits.  She established her own business The Buyer And Retail Coach™ to help give entrepreneurs the confidence and knowledge to bring products to market. Her expertise covers many areas from product development to sourcing and strategy across multi-product categories 💡Listen to the start scale succeed podcast  here for more tips to help you start and scale your product business  https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/start-scale-succeed/id1577771045 🔥 DON'T FORGET to follow me on instagram from lots more tips https://www.instagram.com/thebuyerandretailcoach/ ❤️ Enjoyed this video? Subscribe to our  you tube channel and hit the notification bell to never miss a new video — and let us know what how-tos you’d like to see next in the comments!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGmiMajoKec Sign up to the newsletter and get support straight to your inbox https://thebuyerandretailcoach.com/newsletter-sign-up/ Sponsor  Neon Digital Clicks  Are you ready to scale your ecommerce store? Want to do it without having to wear yet another hat and become a digital marketing expert? This episode is brought to you by Neon Digital Clicks, THE paid-traffic partner for family and women’s e-commerce brands wanting to scale their stores from five figure to six figure months using Meta, Google and Klaviyo marketing services.   Neon is offering listeners a FREE scaling audit worth £3000!  So whether your sales have plateaued or you ’re looking for growth, this is a great opportunity to lift the lid on your biz and identify where the opportunities are hiding.  Head to scaleandglow.com to discover just how much revenue you could scale your store to this year.  https://scaleandglow.com/ https://neondigitalclicks.co.uk/ https://www.instagram.com/neondigitalclicks/