Proof to Product
Hosted by Katie Hunt · Katie Hunt
4.9from 350 ratings
- 594
- Episodes
- 155
- Transcribed
- 350
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
About Proof to Product
Ranked in the top 1% of ALL podcasts, the Proof to Product podcast is your trusted resource for sustainable business growth - especially if you make and sell physical products! Join Katie Hunt, each week as she shares strategies & solutions to enhance your sales & marketing so that you're building a business that supports your best life. If you've ever asked yourself can I make money selling physical products? Am I ready to sell my products wholesale to stores like Target, Anthropologie, Nordstrom or Barnes & Noble? When should I consider hiring a sales team or sales reps? Can I really turn my passion into profits? Whether you're a just starting out on your business journey or you've been at it a while growing an empire, this show is for you. Proof to Product is like on-demand business school for product sellers spanning a wide range of industries. Whether you're in home decor, apparel, beauty, food & beverage, hand-made items, jewelry, consumer gifts or the stationery world, you'll gather new ideas each week to help you grow your profit, build your team and lead with integrity. Host Katie Hunt and her guests bring you actionable ways to expand your product line, manufacturing overseas, optimize your e-commrce websites on Shopify, Faire, Etsy, Abound, Tundra, Squarespace or in brick & mortar locations. How to start or scale wholesale sales including pitching stores, wholesale outreach, trade show exhibition, working with sales reps, managing inventory, warehousing product, sales systems, wholesale follow-up strategies and working with key accounts. Marketing strategies for small businesses including content creation, leveraging tik tok and instagram tactics without feeling burned out, why you can't rely solely on social media for sales and why email marketing systems on platforms like Klaviyo, Flodesk and Active Campaign are so powerful. Listen in as Katie and our guest experts help you strategize and tackle your biggest business goals. Host Katie Hunt brings a unique perspective to entrepreneurship. Since 2011, she's helped thousands of product brands get their products on the shelves of their favorite retail stores through her Paper Camp program (www.prooftoproduct.com/papercamp). Prior to that she worked in the corporate world for over a decade leading business development and marketing teams. She has two MBAs - one in finance and one in marketing. And, she owned & operated her own product based business for over 8 years, selling her products to stores throughout the world from her garage. Katie knows the struggles you face as a product based business and she's here to pull back the curtain and share her best kept secrets so that you don't have to learn things the hard way. Find our free trainings & resources for product based business owners at www.prooftoproduct.com/resources
- Publisher
- Katie Hunt
- Category
- arts · business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 9 May 2017
- Latest episode
- 6 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
155 of 594 episodes have a transcript.
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
463 | How NY NOW’s New Ownership is Reimagining the Experience For Brands and Buyers with Dorothy Belshaw
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Quick Hit: Is My Business Serving Me What I Really Want?
29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
462 | The 5-Day Exercise That Sets Your #1 Business Priority Every Quarter with Katie Hunt
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463 | How NY NOW’s New Ownership is Reimagining the Experience For Brands and Buyers with Dorothy Belshaw
Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And we announced that we would be reinstating Handmade and that it would be externally juried to ensure authenticity and those sorts of things. And the social media reaction was kind of crazy. Just the reposts and the hundreds of hundreds of good crazy, I assume. Yeah, because, you know, that artisan community, New York was always such an important market for them. You know, many artisans are doing DTC through art fairs and online and Etsy and things like that. But When they are ready to take that wholesale step, being in a trade show is critical. And so I'm so pleased that New York is going to be able to feature those kinds of artists going forward. […]
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- Dorothy Belshaw
- Amita Nair
- Lisa Congdon
- Melissa Hyatt
- Rachel O'Neill
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 291 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 59 ratings
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- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 96
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