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👋 Hey - Heather and Corrie here with the Baking it Down Podcast with Sugar Cookie Marketing (a group on Facebook full of sugar cookiers turned business owners). 🍪 We're here to help you rise with your reach, flood with new followers, bake up new ideas, and make that all-important dough (while makin' that dough - see the pun there?) 🤑. What’s it about? We’re a Facebook Group turned Podcast, Membership, Book Club, and Baking 101 that’s dedicated to assisting bakers in effectively marketing onl ...
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Baking For Business Podcast

Chef Amanda Schonberg

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The Baking For Business podcast is dedicated to helping you start and grow your home bakery business and scale and expand with digital products. We believe bakers and treat makers can earn money in multiple ways by sharing their gifts and talents. Learn more at https://stan.store/amandaschonberg
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How Mom Made It!

Mary Goulet & Heather Reider

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How Mom Made It! And How You Can Too! We’re Shining a Light on Mom Creators... Whether they’re baking cookies, playing pickleball or spreading peace around the world, moms are making it and making a difference. “How Mom Made It! is a new podcast dedicated to showing moms you can do it too! Produced by MomsTown, and hosted by Mary Goulet and Heather Reider, “How Mom Made It!” is on a mission to share the stories of mom creators, not only to promote their products and services, but to serve as ...
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Send us a text 💸 Selling in Community Groups - Turn groups into lead gen powerhouses. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 210 - Selling in Community Groups, we are talking about the same topic we presented this past Tuesday at What's Popping Con (a convention for Cake Poppers). This content is all available on our website by clicking th…
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Send us a text ⏰ 1-Hr Admin Tasks - Setting up time blocks for tasks. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 212 - Admin Hour, we break down four different "admin hour" frameworks you could spend each week pluggin' away at to be a better baking business. "Admin Hours" are groupings of tasks that take up an hour spent on one specific aspect…
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Send us a text ↩️ Luxury Refunds - Refunds are a business strategy. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 211 - Luxury Refunds, Corrie wanted to recap yet another reminder on why luxury bakers should consider luxury refunds. 🤔 What's a luxury refund? It's the baked-into-the-price guarantee that if something goes left, the baker will make …
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Send us a text 🤏 Half It then Half It - Make goals small and then smaller. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 209 - Half It Then Half It, we cover a topic Heather saw on the Diary of a CEO podcast with Dr. Alok Kanojia on goal setting. The concept is pretty basic - set a goal. Then take that goal and half it. Then take that half and ha…
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Send us a text 🥊 Multi-Holiday Showdown - How to tackle multiple holidays. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 208 - Multi-Holiday Showdown, we wanted to talk about the scourge of Q2 holiday line-ups. With these non-heavy-hitting baker holidays falling mid-month and/or on top of each other, it makes for a confusing marketing strategy. D…
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Send us a text 💡 No One Likes a - Party planner (ideas without execution). 💩 A forced a play on words from "no one likes a party pooper" - but in this case, we're focusing on 🧠 "ideas guy" who love to plan and fail to launch. These folks talk up "the next great thing," and yet the idea never exits the ol' cranium to make it to market. 🗺️ Having a p…
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Send us a text 💳 Expound then Expand - Plan before your purchase. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 206 - Expound then Expand, Corrie wanted to come to the altar with her confession of packaging purchases. Yeah - we're talkin' to the "overconsumption cookier" this week, 👣💥 and it'll step on some toesies (starting with Twin2's... er...…
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In this episode, we hear from Dani, the founder of DaniCakesAZ, as she shares her journey from starting her home bakery to digital product success.🎉 Ready to get started w/ digital products? CLICK HERE to join us inside of The Digital Product Community. Want to add cake sandwiches to your business? CLICK HERE to check out Dani's work and her course…
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Send us a text 🪄 Top Marketing Tips - Submitted by group members in March. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 205 - Top User Submitted Marketing Tips, we challenged the Sugar Cookie Marketing Group in March to make more posts - and 4 winners would be chosen to join The Cookie College on our tab (I'll announce those soon). But the marke…
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Send us a text 🥦 In the Market for Markets - How to scope out the ideal vendor setup. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 204 - In the Market for Markets, Corrie wanted to talk about the 5 tips to help you source a strategic farmer's market (or recurring vendor event) relationship that bolsters that bottom line. 🥕 1. Is the market marke…
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Send us a text ✍️ Reasons 2 Start a Blog - The SEO, content, and reach benefits. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 203 - Reasons to Start a Blog, continuing on with our "lessons in websites," I wanted to talk about blogs. I know - we're all about websites when it comes to online sales - but does your website have a blog? 😅 "Uh, twins …
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Send us a text 🔊 Calling All Actions - What are CTA’s and how to use them. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 202 - Calling All Actions, we wanted to talk about a digital marketing buzzword that'll increase your bottom line - and it's stupid simple. 📞 CTAs - otherwise known as Call To Actions - typically seen as buttons on a website's …
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Send us a text 💰 Value over Price - How to stand out in saturation. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 201 - Value Over Price, Corrie happened upon a "bomb pop Facebook Live" - and from a marketing standpoint, it's a fascinating business model. It's a multi-level business model - but that's not what the podcast is focused on. The conce…
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Send us a text 🦫 Buc-ee's - A beaver’s marketing lessons. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 200 - Buc-ee's, Corrie and I took in all that the beaver gas station had to offer in our quick trip down to Nashville, TN this weekend. If you've not been to the roadside bathroom stalls of your dreams yet (aka Buc-ee's Fuel Stops), you're miss…
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Send us a text 🧐 Are Your Sales Slow? - Here’s how to shift that mindset. For this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 199 - Are Your Sales Slow Right Now?, we wanted to cover the question that pops up every post-Valentine's Day rush... the nagging feeling that your business feels slow and leads are down. What gives? 😢 Why does that one baker p…
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Send us a text ❄️ Weather with Heather (and Corrie) - Weather policies 101. This week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 198 - Weather with Heather (and Corrie), we talk about the very reason why the Baking it Down Podcast was a day late this week - ❄️ bad weather. 🌪️ They say the only job you can guess wrong every time and still be employed is bei…
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Send us a text 🕵️‍♂️ Susan Reed - A scammer's lessons in marketing. Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 197 - Lessons from Susan Reed (now watchable on YouTube, don't forget), we wanted to talk about common scams - but not in the way you'd expect. We want to find out what marketing tactics make scams so effective. And we've come up with 5 takeaways fo…
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Send us a text 🤐 Words Matter - How copy can compel cash. Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 196 - Words Matter (now watchable on YouTube, don't forget), we were a lil' late - and that's because Heather thought she had a bad night's sleep but was actually 🤢 sick-sick and never left her quarantined room for 3 days and nights. But better late than neve…
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Send us a text 🚫 The TikTok Ban - And the diversification of your marketing. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 195 - The TikTok Ban, continuing with last week's theme - ❌ the TikTok ban went into full effect on Saturday night for... ⏰ like a few hours? It was odd as the platform kinda shut down features over an hour then a pop-up bloc…
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Baked By Caryn is a local bakery in Paducah, Kentucky. In this episode, you will hear how she stepped out on faith 🙏and grew her brand from 0 to hitting $10k + months.💵 Shop Caryn's delicious recipes by clicking here 🤤 Two ways I help my students earn $2-10k monthly👇? 1.) Grow your home bakery business inside The Entrepreneur Community by clicking …
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Send us a text ✔️ Meta Verified - The pros / cons of the blue check. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 194 - Meta Verified, TikTok is about to have a big, public breakup with its avoidant soon-to-be ex, the United States. And whether or not we like this coupling, it comes down to the Supreme Court's decision - who needs reality tv whe…
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Send us a text 👶 SMART Baby Goals - Taking small bites out of a big goal pie. Onesday Thursday? Sorry - ❄️ we had a big snow storm (big for the Washington DC area is anything over 3 inches, and we ended up with 8 - 10 inches, ☃️ so rest assured, my car won't be clean again for 2 months). In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 193 - SMART B…
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Send us a text 👜 Workin' Burkin - How kelly hands kompetition. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 192 - Workin' Birkin, we're following a pretty funny story taking over TikTok. You see - 👜 Hermes is a line of really high-end luxury items like purses and belts. And if you have a Birkin bag, you're looking at tens of thousands of dollars…
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Send us a text 💗 How the Grinch Saved Christmas. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 190 - How the Grinch Saved Christmas, ️and we're BACK and Frank is DIZZY. 😿 Heather came back from a 10-hour trip to a sick Frank who turns out had an inner ear infection that led to him gettin' an early start on the kitty somersault Olympic tryouts. Bu…
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Send us a text 🔟 10 Marketing Lessons - You can apply from [Redacted]. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 189 - Marketing Lessons You Can Apply from [Redacted], ️🎉 and this week's podcast is the LAST time we'll say [redacted] ever!!! ️🎊 * 😭 * until next year. But with every [Redacted], there are marketing lessons to be learned - 🧠 and …
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Send us a text 🫗 The AtFault Cult - Taking 100% of the blame shame. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 187 - At Fault Cult, we admit it - you guys say we "run to the refund," 🥛 so if you want to sip the Kool-Aid, grab a glass because this pod is about joining the At-Fault Cult. In all seriousness though, we wanted to explain the long-t…
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Have you ever wondered how a passion for baking can transform into a successful business? Meet Katelyn Brewer from Sweet Kate Bakery, whose journey from a childhood surrounded by family bakers to a thriving cake business in Utah is truly inspiring. Balancing a local business with an online presence comes with its own set of challenges and rewards, …
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Send us a text 💪 5 D’s of Disarming - Making Clients feel seen, heard, and understood. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 186 - The 5 D's of Disarming, we're back to business talking about the 5 D's of disarming upset clients. As we cruise through the "Sugar Cookie Super Bowl" that is October - December, we're more inclined to make mis…
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Send us a text 🛒 The Vendy Blendy Episode - Who's selling what and for how much off. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 185 - The Vendy Blendy Episode, it's the moooost wonderful tiiiiime of the yyeeeaarrr. It's the annual Vendy Blendy Episode! This is the one podcast where we cover all 77 Vendys, where they ship, what they sell and ho…
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Send us a text 👻 Boo-urn Out - Staying in front of falling behind. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 184 - Boo-urn Out, Corrie wanted to do our annual 😩 "Ways to avoid getting burnt out during the baker's busy season" strategy sesh. Hey - business ownership ain't for the weak. Additionally, baking businesses reach their ordering maxim…
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Send us a text 🚫 No - Falling in Love with Rejection. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 183 - No, I wanted to cover the worst best word in the business English language: No. In business (and in life), we gotta learn to fall madly in love with two little letters: N and O. But we're trained our whole lives to reject rejection though. No…
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Sometimes, you are just one sandwich away from finding your destiny.Prepare to be inspired as we chat with Owen Han, the charismatic "king of sandwiches," which takes us on a flavorful journey through his culinary evolution and previews his irresistible new cookbook, "Stacked: The Art Of The Perfect Sandwich." Owen does a little of everything, from…
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Send us a text 🪣 Content Buckets Debunked Content categories explained. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 182 - Content Buckets Debunked, the twins talk all things content buckets - an approach to content planning that guides our posting schedule. What are content buckets? They're categories or themes that your content falls into. Thi…
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Today's guest is sharing how offering local classes has helped their brand expand its business. Megan Brewer from Brown Butter Bakery returns to share her uplifting journey of the success her and her hubby have had by now offering community classes. In this episode, we discuss: What inspired them to start their brand as cottage bakers What steps di…
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Ever wondered how a simple hobby can turn into a flourishing career? Discover the incredible journey of Sarah Fennel, the brilliant mind behind Broma Bakery, as she shares her transformation from passionate food blogger to successful cookbook author. Sarah’s transition from blogger to cookbook author was not without its hurdles. She spent two years…
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Send us a text 👙 Correlation & Causation - Looking at the full data picture. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 181 - Correlation and Causation, we wanted to talk about the dangers of misassigned reasons why you think your marketing isn't working. Let's define things before we jump in: Correlation: a mutual relationship or connection b…
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Struggle with getting clients to take a second look? Then this is for you. Unlock the secrets to creating captivating content that not only stops the scroll but also drives sales! Join us as we welcome back the brilliant Chef Irenia, a culinary maestro and American Cake Decorating Magazine columnist. She’s here to share her expert tips on mastering…
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Send us a text 🎯 Reach 4 Q4 - Gaining reach in a complex Q4. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 180 - Reach 4 Q4, we cover reach in a hard-to-reach moment in time: Quarter 4 of the calendar year. And not just any calendar year - it's a Q4 including an election, economic policy shifts, major weather disasters, global wars, port strikes,…
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Can a loaf of bread change your life? For Sarah from Sarah's Sourdough(@saradoessourdough), the answer is a resounding yes. Join us as we unravel Sarah's journey from an Australian stay-at-home mom in Oklahoma to a flourishing sourdough entrepreneur. Discover how Sarah managed to scale her home-based bakery from humble porch pickups to a thriving e…
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Send us a text 🤹 2 Busy 2 Business - 10 ways to up communication in Sept. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 179 - 2 Busy 2 Business, we wanted to talk about good communication (or the lack thereof... ahem... Bev). Corrie led with a personal story where she left her client, Bev, in communication purgatory wondering when or if Corrie ha…
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Send us a text 🗣️ Reading the Cookie Room - Tells your market's telling you. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 178 - Reading the Cookie Room, 🍿 Corrie jumped in with the Tiktok flavored popcorn to tell us about a viral series of posts made this week by a wedding make-up artist who was guilty of not reading the room... er, well, cathed…
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Send us a text 😥 When Marketing Isn't Working - What to think and what to do. 🎧 This is an excerpt from this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 177 - When Marketing Isn't Working In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 177 - When Marketing Isn't Working, we wanted to talk about both mindset and methods to reboot a sluggish marketing se…
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Send us a text 🦴 Cookie Crime Scene - Don't look back, look forward. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 176 - Cookie Crime Scene, Corrie wanted to talk more cognitively about approaching "bad experiences" in business. As a business owner, 😓 you will face difficult clients. 😢 You will have someone demand a refund. 😢 You will experience …
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Ever wondered how an Emmy Award-winning television host and a James Beard Award-winning culinary producer team up to create kitchen magic? Join us for an episode filled with laughter, empowerment, and culinary adventures as we welcome Tamron Hall and Lish Styling to the Baking for Business podcast. From the roots of their extraordinary friendship, …
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Send us a text 💍 Wedding Expo Recap - Our eddie wedding vendor expo debrief. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 175 - Wedding Vendor Recap, Corrie signed us up for a Wedding Expo - and here's our tell-all - what we did right, what we did okay, and what we wouldn't do ever again. The event was complex, to say the least. Conceptually - i…
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Ever wondered how a platform can revolutionize the way home-based bakers and pop-up chefs operate? The new platform Hotplate is here to show us how. This episode uncovers how the challenges of COVID-19 led to a surge in home-based food businesses and how Hotplate evolved from a simple marketplace to an essential tool that automates orders, prep lis…
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Send us a text 📧 Know Newsletters - What to send to who and how often. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 174 - Know Newsletters, we talk everything you need to know about newsletters. These powerhouses in digital marketing are some of the most untouched real estate in the cottage world - and why? We're not sure - but if you capitalize…
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