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Hey friends! Ever considered what it might be like to run a business remotely? Or even in a completely different country? That\\u2019s exactly what today\\u2019s guest, Christine Herrin did when she moved to the Philippines for a year while continuing to run her business in the United States.

Christine has such a cool story and was actually chosen to participate in the Adobe Creative Residency Program in 2016 which is where she initially began building her product-based business, Everyday Explorers Co.\\xa0

Christine and I covered a lot in this episode around what that residency program was like and how she got started in her business. She shares what processes and systems she put in place to run her business while living overseas. She talks about how she leveraged her strong relationship with her manufacturer and outsourced fulfillment while she was abroad.\\xa0

Christine is a member of our PTP LABS community and a Paper Camp alumni.\\xa0 It\\u2019s been so amazing to watch her business grow and evolve.\\xa0 There\\u2019s a lot to learn in this episode -- systems, processes as well as how she created a monthly release cycle for her direct to consumer sales channel Listen in for all her tips!

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ON TODAY\\u2019S EPISODE:

• Christine\\u2019s experience of being chosen to be in the Adobe Creative Residency program
• How she started working on her business during the residency program
• What types of products and how many SKUs she has within her business
• How she merged her scrapbooking and travel interests with the business needs
• Her process of managing new product releases
• How she keeps up with discontinuing products with frequent launches
• How she\\u2019s used assets from past stamp kits for new product development
• What systems and processes she put in place when moving from the U.S. to the Philippines\\xa0
• What it was like working with a fulfillment center and how she decided which one to use
• How she set up a production schedule for herself
• Her marketing strategy for the one-month release cycle of products
• Why she feels like product makers shouldn\\u2019t be afraid to innovate and push beyond \\u201cindustry standards\\u201d
• What\\u2019s coming next with Christine and Everyday Explorers Co.

For full show notes and resources, head to: bit.ly/PTPEp170

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