The Remote CEO Podcast
Sophie Biggerstaff
I’m Sophie Biggerstaff, an online business mentor, 2x podcast host, e-commerce founder, mental health advocate, and full-time digital nomad. 🙋♀️
After spending 13 years in the corporate world working with major fashion brands like Ralph Lauren, Burberry, and Kate Spade, I broke free from the conventional 9-to-5 to chase my dream of living and working anywhere in the world. 🌍
Now, I’m on a mission to help aspiring entrepreneurs build businesses that provide the freedom to live life on their own terms.
Through actionable advice, personal experiences, and expert insights, my podcast is dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs (and aspiring entrepreneurs) as they step into their role as CEO of their own online businesses.
Whether you’re just starting out or looking to grow your online business, here you’ll find the inspiration and guidance you need to build a life that’s authentically aligned with your goals.
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S105. How to start thrifting your wardrobe this second hand September with Ellens in Wonderland
The Remote CEO Podcast
08/31/22 • 25 min
The past few years shopping behavior has changed massively. Fast fashion is no longer the primary choice for many people when they want to refresh their wardrobe and buy in to the latest trends.
Instead consumers are becoming more conscious of their buying habits to make them more sustainable and considered to avoid waste and do better for the environment.
Todays episode is in honour of second hand september, which is a campaign run my @oxfamgb to encourage people to buy only second hand items for 30 days in the month of September.
Today’s guest @ellensinwonderland is a fashion youtuber and instagrammer, ex fashion brand merchandiser and she also spends a lot of time spreading awareness around the ups and downs of chronic illness.
Over the past couple of years Ellen has made a conscious effort to change her shopping behaviours from fast to slow fashion, thrifting much of her wardrobe from second hand websites and charity shops.
In honour of second hand september, in this episode Ellen gives us her best tips on how you can start shopping more sustainably and thrifting your wardrobe which were:
- Go in with an open mind as you might go in wanting one thing, and come out with something else, you never know what gems you might find.
- Clear out your wardrobe before you start thrifting so you know exactly what you have and don’t buy any duplicates and can also sell anything you no longer want or need.
- Take inventory of what you already have so you know what you need.
Ellens favourite places to shop are:
If you take part in the campaign this month, make sure you use the hashtags #SecondHandSeptember #FoundInOxfam.
About The Remote CEO Podcast:
This podcast is for freedom-seeking online entrepreneurs, offering practical, actionable advice to help you step up into your new role as CEO by building an online business that works for you - not one you work for.
Hosted by Sophie Biggerstaff, an online business mentor, e-commerce founder, mental health advocate, and full-time digital nomad. 🙋♀️
👆Want to start an online business? Take my quiz to help you get started
👆 Want to achieve more freedom in your life? Find out how you can make it happen in my free masterclass.
👆Need online business advice? Get my best business tips directly in your inbox by signing up to my newsletter
👍 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and share to hear more conversations about starting and growing an online business.
🔗 Stay Connected:
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S136. A week of FREE Commerce Club course content starting with "how to build a strategy for your ecommerce business"
The Remote CEO Podcast
07/05/23 • 18 min
This week on the commerce club podcast I am doing something a bit different in celebration of the launch of my online course platform which is called - you guessed it - The Commerce Club.
The Commerce Club is a educational platform where you will find courses designed and led by me to support you in starting your very own ecommerce or product based business.
I guide you through how to get started with developing your idea and turning in to reality, so you can make money from the products you want to sell from the day you launch using everything I know from my 13+ year retail industry career and give you actionable steps to take along the way to make sure you are moving in the right direction to set this business up.
So if in 6 months time you want to be seeing your first sales are pinging through your online shop after you’ve sourced your dream products and launched them to a warmed up audience on social media and you are comitted to turning your ideas in to reality YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
Every day this week I am sharing a module of the course with your for FREE!
Today I am talking about how to build a strategy for your brand.
A strategy is simply a plan of action that you can implement to get you one step closer to your goals!
& there’s a few strategies you are going to want to create if you are setting up an ecommerce/product business...
Product strategy - What are you selling? How much of it? Why? USP?
Pricing strategy - Where do you sit in the market? What will incentivize people to buy from you? How much is too much?
Marketing strategy - How will your build awareness and target the people you want to sell to?
Sales strategy - How are you actually going to sell to them?
I cover all of this in module 2 of my course “How to set up your product business” in The Commerce Club.
If you loved what you heard in todays module clipping from The Commerce Club there is plenty more where that came from.
Why not head over to www.thecommerceclub.co and enroll in the ECOM Launch Pad to start taking action to turn your ideas in to reality today. Use the code STARTNOW to get 10% off your enrollment.
About The Remote CEO Podcast:
This podcast is for freedom-seeking online entrepreneurs, offering practical, actionable advice to help you step up into your new role as CEO by building an online business that works for you - not one you work for.
Hosted by Sophie Biggerstaff, an online business mentor, e-commerce founder, mental health advocate, and full-time digital nomad. 🙋♀️
👆Want to start an online business? Take my quiz to help you get started
👆 Want to achieve more freedom in your life? Find out how you can make it happen in my free masterclass.
👆Need online business advice? Get my best business tips directly in your inbox by signing up to my newsletter
👍 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and share to hear more conversations about starting and growing an online business.
🔗 Stay Connected:
...S138. A week of FREE Commerce Club course content starting with "how and why you need to build a sales strategy for your ecommerce business"
The Remote CEO Podcast
07/07/23 • 19 min
This week on the commerce club podcast I am doing something a bit different in celebration of the launch of my online course platform which is called - you guessed it - The Commerce Club.
The Commerce Club is a educational platform where you will find courses designed and led by me to support you in starting your very own ecommerce or product based business.
I guide you through how to get started with developing your idea and turning in to reality, so you can make money from the products you want to sell from the day you launch using everything I know from my 13+ year retail industry career and give you actionable steps to take along the way to make sure you are moving in the right direction to set this business up.
So if in 6 months time you want to be seeing your first sales are pinging through your online shop after you’ve sourced your dream products and launched them to a warmed up audience on social media and you are comitted to turning your ideas in to reality YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
Every day this week I am sharing a module of the course with your for FREE!
Today I am talking about SELLING and why you need a sales strategy in your ecommerce business.
Marketing & sales strategies work hand in hand...
You need to have a sales strategy to know exactly how you are actually going to sell your product and be able to take actions in order to make it happen..
Basically your sales strategy is the messaging you will use to feed your marketing campaigns.
I talk you through why you need a sale strategy in module 1 of the “how and where to sell” course in The Commerce Club.
If you loved what you heard in todays module clipping from The Commerce Club there is plenty more where that came from.
Why not head over to www.thecommerceclub.co and enroll in the ECOM launch pad to start taking action to turn your ideas in to reality today. Use the code STARTNOW to get 10% off your enrollment.
About The Remote CEO Podcast:
This podcast is for freedom-seeking online entrepreneurs, offering practical, actionable advice to help you step up into your new role as CEO by building an online business that works for you - not one you work for.
Hosted by Sophie Biggerstaff, an online business mentor, e-commerce founder, mental health advocate, and full-time digital nomad. 🙋♀️
👆Want to start an online business? Take my quiz to help you get started
👆 Want to achieve more freedom in your life? Find out how you can make it happen in my free masterclass.
👆Need online business advice? Get my best business tips directly in your inbox by signing up to my newsletter
👍 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and share to hear more conversations about starting and growing an online business.
🔗 Stay Connected:
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BONUS Episode: How to maximize your christmas & black friday sales with Clare Alexander
The Remote CEO Podcast
10/30/22 • 39 min
Apologies in advance for some of the sound in this episode, we had some technical difficulties whilst recording...
It’s only 8 weeks until christmas & 4 weeks until Black Friday, which means there's not long left to maximize your sales in this PEAK trading period.
Many retail businesses generate around 70% of their yearly revenue between October - December.
And the reason for this is because buyers are actively shopping, gift buying is at the forefront of people's minds, you’ve got holiday parties, sales on, Black Friday - all of which meaning shoppers are way more engaged in this time than they will be for the rest of the year.
In this BONUS episode of The Commerce Club my business bestie Clare is back and we will be discussing some of the things to think about to max out the sale opportunity in this quarter for your product based business.
We also have an announcement at the end so make sure you listen all the way through!
In case you can’t wait here it is... We are going to be hosting a FREE 3 day mini training “start your brand in 6 months” where we will be guiding your through all the essential basics you will need to start working on your product based business...
Each day in the training we will cover a different aspect of turning your product ideas in to a fully fledged business from understanding your USP, sourcing your product and marketing your brand to make sales from day one!
You will learn:
> How to identify your mission, values, USP & position in the market.
> How to source and buy your product to make a profit.
> How to plan the launch of your brand and warm up your audience to start selling from day one!
Avoid making costly mistakes & wasting your time an join us on for a 3 day mini training starting 28th November...
You can subscribe to join the training here: https://preview.mailerlite.io/preview/193048/sites/69222451682215668/Mmeq3J
Find out more about me and Clare here:
https://www.byrcollective.com/
https://www.clare-alexander.co.uk/
Want to get started on your brand right now, don't wait - sign up to The Commerce Club to get your course now: https://www.thecommerceclub.co/
S128. Spending money to make money, the pressure for entrepreneurs to achieve goals & toxic work culture with Lizzie, founder of B.X.M
The Remote CEO Podcast
03/15/23 • 39 min
I'm very excited to share todays episode as Lizzie is an ex-client of mine and all the topics we covered in todays coversations we suuuper interesting and tbh unplanned, the conversation took a really interesting turn and we spoke about some topics that we both felt very passionately about, so I'm looking forward to hearing your feedback.
Lizzie and I worked together back in 2021/2022 when she was launching her brand B.X.M. Lizzie had limited experience in the retail world, and she consulted lots of business support services to help her bring her idea to life, so that she didn't waste money or time on the wrong things.
Lizzies business set up journey came with extra challenges due to some personal situations she faced along the way, naturally she wanted to pour her everything in to this business set up, but in reality her head was elsewhere and this did inevitably impact her motivation to show up for her new business launch.
In this episode we have a very candid chat about the pressures founders put on themselves due to toxic work & hustle culture, our opinions on setting yourself business goals, why you have to spend money to make money, what it feels like going in to year one in your business and what happens when LIFE gets in the way of you working on your business.
You can check Lizzie & B.X.M out here: https://www.iambxm.com/
https://www.instagram.com/iamb.x.m/
About The Remote CEO Podcast:
This podcast is for freedom-seeking online entrepreneurs, offering practical, actionable advice to help you step up into your new role as CEO by building an online business that works for you - not one you work for.
Hosted by Sophie Biggerstaff, an online business mentor, e-commerce founder, mental health advocate, and full-time digital nomad. 🙋♀️
👆Want to start an online business? Take my quiz to help you get started
👆 Want to achieve more freedom in your life? Find out how you can make it happen in my free masterclass.
👆Need online business advice? Get my best business tips directly in your inbox by signing up to my newsletter
👍 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and share to hear more conversations about starting and growing an online business.
🔗 Stay Connected:
...S120. 22 things I learnt about business in 2022
The Remote CEO Podcast
12/31/22 • 37 min
For me 2022 was my year to focus on me, this was not a year for me to focus on my business as I had been the past 2 years, but suprisingly from taking a step back I actually learnt SO MUCH. So here’s 22 things I learnt about business in 2022...
- Breaks are healthy, feel like you need time off? Take it!
- You need to expand yourself with other people that are doing what you want to do in order to feel like YOU CAN DO IT.
- Everything comes down to your mindset and it needs to be neutral for you to really achieve what you want to achieve.
- The energy you put in is what you’ll get back.
- Don’t force anything - if you are constantly coming up against challenges when you try over and over to do the same thing and it still isn’t working, maybe it’s time to stop forcing something to work and pivot in to a new direction.
- Trust your gut.
- Community is key surround yourself with people who understand what you’re doing, support you, hold you accountable and you’ll find yourself in a constant thinktank.
- There’s opportunity everywhere, be open to exploring opportunities across all walks of your life.
- You should be running your business, not letting your business run you.
- You can’t pour from an empty cup, when you feel like you are running on energy, take a step back to recharge before you pick up where you left off with a new set of eyes.
- Sales can be passive, you just need to put the work in to set your business up to sell on automation.
- Money is not the be all and end all, it’s even more fulfilling when your business has a wider purpose.
- The environment you work from is super important to keep inspiring and motivating your ideas and productivity.
- Business support is the best investment you will make - this year I’ve hired social media support, business coaches, branding designers - all people who have areas of expertise that I don’t so I can offload some of my work and also get a fresh perspective on my business.
- If you don’t market, you won’t sell.
- The things that scare you will be the things that you get the most out of!
- Social media is not the be all and end of all of marketing - if it’s not your thing find something that is, like I have with my podcast The Commerce Club.
- Collaborations are fun, myself & @clare_alex_consults are proof of this, check out our group coaching 6 months to launch pad
About The Remote CEO Podcast:
This podcast is for freedom-seeking online entrepreneurs, offering practical, actionable advice to help you step up into your new role as CEO by building an online business that works for you - not one you work for.
Hosted by Sophie Biggerstaff, an online business mentor, e-commerce founder, mental health advocate, and full-time digital nomad. 🙋♀️
👆Want to start an online business? Take my quiz to help you get started
👆 Want to achieve more freedom in your life? Find out how you can make it happen in my free masterclass.
👆Need online business advice? Get my best business tips directly in your inbox by signing up to my newsletter
👍 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and share to hear more conversations about starting and growing an online business.
🔗 Stay Connected:
...S119. Finding your fabric supplier for your fashion brand with fabric agent Ciara Jennings
The Remote CEO Podcast
12/14/22 • 41 min
This weeks guest on The Commerce Club podcast is Ciara - she is an all round fabric whizz and joins me today to chat about sourcing fabrics for your small product business.
If you are starting a fashion brand it is highly likely you will need to source yourself some kind of fabric for your product, and this can feel like a minefield if this is something you have no experience in - and it’s likely that as a new business founder bringing your idea to life you’ve probably never done this before and it can feel super overwhelming.
Ciara has been working in the fabric sourcing industry for many years, she studied textile design, and has held fabric sourcing positions at UK high street giants including River Island & Coast and now runs her own fabric agency where she represents 8 fabric mills all over the world.
In this episode Ciara talks us through the fabric sourcing process, how to avoid hefty fabric MOQs and the common mistakes people make when they are sourcing their fabrics.
Ciara is also hosting some fabric sourcing and sustainability workshops in January 2023 - so keep a look out for these!
You can connect with Ciara here: https://www.ciarajenningstextiles.com/ and on instagram @ciara_jen_tex
About The Remote CEO Podcast:
This podcast is for freedom-seeking online entrepreneurs, offering practical, actionable advice to help you step up into your new role as CEO by building an online business that works for you - not one you work for.
Hosted by Sophie Biggerstaff, an online business mentor, e-commerce founder, mental health advocate, and full-time digital nomad. 🙋♀️
👆Want to start an online business? Take my quiz to help you get started
👆 Want to achieve more freedom in your life? Find out how you can make it happen in my free masterclass.
👆Need online business advice? Get my best business tips directly in your inbox by signing up to my newsletter
👍 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and share to hear more conversations about starting and growing an online business.
🔗 Stay Connected:
...S118. Running a social venture & managing poor mental health as a business founder with Tony O'Neil, founder Animalia Apparel
The Remote CEO Podcast
12/07/22 • 44 min
Animalia is a fightwear brand with a social heartbeart, founder Tony has been running the business from his hub in Glasgow for the past 6 years.
The business started off the back of Tonys career as a sports development youth worker where he recognized that there was a need for more support for the youth community in his local area.
Tony developed a range of fightwear, partnering with world class fighters which he sells through Animalia and reinvests profits in to activities for the community such as hillwalks, boardgame nights, socials and he even gets the community involved in designing product for the brand.
I met Tony during the pandemic when 4 years in to running the business he wanted to go back and apply some stronger foundations to the brand, we worked together to get the apparel side of the business in a position to grow.
Tony fell in to running this business and it hasn’t always been smooth sailing, especially when his mental health took a few dips along the way.
In this episode I chat to Tony about his mental health challenges and the importance of putting yourself first even when you’re a founder.
You can check out Animalia Apparel here: https://animaliaapparel.co.uk/shop and on instagram @animalia_apparel
About The Remote CEO Podcast:
This podcast is for freedom-seeking online entrepreneurs, offering practical, actionable advice to help you step up into your new role as CEO by building an online business that works for you - not one you work for.
Hosted by Sophie Biggerstaff, an online business mentor, e-commerce founder, mental health advocate, and full-time digital nomad. 🙋♀️
👆Want to start an online business? Take my quiz to help you get started
👆 Want to achieve more freedom in your life? Find out how you can make it happen in my free masterclass.
👆Need online business advice? Get my best business tips directly in your inbox by signing up to my newsletter
👍 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and share to hear more conversations about starting and growing an online business.
🔗 Stay Connected:
...S116. Setting up a multi brand ecommerce store with luxury fashion brands with Carlene, founder of Kids Life Clothing
The Remote CEO Podcast
11/23/22 • 36 min
I was first introduced to the founder of Kids Life Clothing Carlene back in 2020 when we connected over LinkedIn, she came to me with her idea of starting a childrenswear multi-brand ecommerce website, but having limited experience in the retail industry, she just didn’t know how to execute this.
I worked with Carlene on outreaching and onboarding and buying in to some of the world biggest premium luxury fashion brands for her to stock on her website, these included the likes of Juicy Couture, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Hugo Boss, DKNY to name a few.
The set up of this business wasn’t always smooth sailing though, but Carlene is probably one of the most ambitious and determined people I know so I wanted her to share her story as inspiration for anyone considering starting a product business.
In this episode Carlene talks about some of the limitations we faced when we were on boarding the brands, why she consulted business support to help her start out and where she should invest next to grow the business further.
You can check out Kids Life Clothing here: www.kidslifeclothing.co.uk and on instagram @kidslifeclothing
About The Remote CEO Podcast:
This podcast is for freedom-seeking online entrepreneurs, offering practical, actionable advice to help you step up into your new role as CEO by building an online business that works for you - not one you work for.
Hosted by Sophie Biggerstaff, an online business mentor, e-commerce founder, mental health advocate, and full-time digital nomad. 🙋♀️
👆Want to start an online business? Take my quiz to help you get started
👆 Want to achieve more freedom in your life? Find out how you can make it happen in my free masterclass.
👆Need online business advice? Get my best business tips directly in your inbox by signing up to my newsletter
👍 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and share to hear more conversations about starting and growing an online business.
🔗 Stay Connected:
...S127. How to network to benefit your small business with Clare Alexander
The Remote CEO Podcast
03/09/23 • 22 min
Clare is back for this episode of The Commerce Club podcat & today we are talking about how to network to benefit your product based business...
Clare & I met during the pandemic via a networking group called The Coven and bonded over a shared mission to support small product business owners set up and grow their brands and our mutual love of dessert.
We both joined The Coven because starting a business during lockdown was super lonely, we didn’t have anyone to share our experiences with, hold us accountable or hash out our problems to. We were craving connection, with people that actually understood what we were going through as new service business owners...
& we found that in eachother! Suddenly business didn’t feel so overwhelming and we were constantly sparking ideas off of eachother, so much so that we decided to collaborate and back in September 2021 we hosted our first LIVE networking event which was a special evening brining 50 small product business owners together to chat about their brands, find support in eachother, share learns, and find their business community. So many of the attendees of this event have gone on to collaborate with eachother & find life long business besties - which is something we know you probably want as well, but maybe you don’t have the confidence to approach people or you don’t know how to network...
In this episode we talk you through some of our tips for networking and also invite you to join our product business networking hub - a place for you to connect with other small product business owners who are going through and facing the same challenges, lessons & conversations as you!
If you want to find our more about Clare you can find her at https://www.clare-alexander.co.uk/
About The Remote CEO Podcast:
This podcast is for freedom-seeking online entrepreneurs, offering practical, actionable advice to help you step up into your new role as CEO by building an online business that works for you - not one you work for.
Hosted by Sophie Biggerstaff, an online business mentor, e-commerce founder, mental health advocate, and full-time digital nomad. 🙋♀️
👆Want to start an online business? Take my quiz to help you get started
👆 Want to achieve more freedom in your life? Find out how you can make it happen in my free masterclass.
👆Need online business advice? Get my best business tips directly in your inbox by signing up to my newsletter
👍 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and share to hear more conversations about starting and growing an online business.
🔗 Stay Connected:
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FAQ
How many episodes does The Remote CEO Podcast have?
The Remote CEO Podcast currently has 61 episodes available.
What topics does The Remote CEO Podcast cover?
The podcast is about Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Business Advice, How To, Nomad, Ecommerce, Podcasts, Small Business, Selling, Education, Business and Travel.
What is the most popular episode on The Remote CEO Podcast?
The episode title 'S129. How to manifest success in your business with Kira Matthews (kira the bold)' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The Remote CEO Podcast?
The average episode length on The Remote CEO Podcast is 35 minutes.
How often are episodes of The Remote CEO Podcast released?
Episodes of The Remote CEO Podcast are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of The Remote CEO Podcast?
The first episode of The Remote CEO Podcast was released on Aug 7, 2022.
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