From Dream to Day Planner®

with Heather Harris

Weekly posts with expert tips to help demystify the design & production process for busy female entrepreneurs who want to create beautiful planners & paper products.

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Is Selling Planners Profitable?

Can you make a living selling planners? YES. Can you lose a lot of money selling planners? YES. I’m sharing 4 steps you can take to set up your planner business on a solid foundation, avoid some pitfalls, and make a killing selling planners! You don’t have to do it alone, my friends!

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How to Create a Planner Product That Sells | Step 3: Production & Fulfillment

You've printed the most beautiful and functional planners you've ever seen. Congratulations! It’s been a journey, I’m sure. But it’s not over yet! You still need to ship your products to customers.

But how? What exactly does this process involve? Plus, where do you store all of that inventory? Do you keep everything in your garage? Get a storage unit? Or hire a fulfillment warehouse?

I’ll walk you through your fulfillment options so you can find what works best for you.

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How to Pay Yourself as a Business Owner

Money is the foundation of your business. Without enough money, you can’t get your message, your products, or your services out into the world, and you become a slave to your business.

You started your business because you want to be free, not work for free, right?

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Benefits of Creating a Planner for Your Coaching Business

As a service-based business owner it’s incredibly difficult to increase your income when you’re maxed out on time. There are only so many hours you can spend each week personally coaching your clients.

So how do you increase your income without hiking your rates to unattainable heights? I’ve got the answer — click to read more and find out how to stop trading your time for dollars.

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The Truth About “Selling Out”

Selling out of products is the dream, right? At least it is for my clients when they’re at the beginning of a launch. But every single time one of them has sold out of products quickly, they get frustrated and start second guessing their decisions on order quantity.

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Three Essential Tips for New Product-Based Businesses

I’ve been in the planner business since 2004, and throughout that time, I’ve learned a lot along the way . . . including what to do and what NOT to do. And in that time, I’ve seen some of the same mistakes pop up again and again by new companies just starting out. In this post, I’m sharing three essential tips to set up your new product-based business on the path to success from day one.

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My Journey to Launching Copper Bottom Design Co.

2023 marks my 19th year as a planner design specialist and stationery product designer. Nineteen years is a long time, especially when you’re doing the same thing — but when you love what you do, you never work a day in your life, right? So how did I get here? I share my story in this post.

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5 Things Your Day Planner
MUST Include — if it’s gonna sell.

When you’re creating a custom product like a planner from scratch,
these are five things you need to make sure you include. 

(Don’t worry — we’re talking about the fun stuff!)