Angel Foods Show: Sales + Marketing + Training = Growing Sweet Business

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, Rebekah & Nicole talk about how Nicole (new owner of Angel Foods) wants fewer orders + what minimum is going to be + HOW going to do this (high-end events, celebrities, weddings and saying no). There are really awesome tips with increasing from $125 average cake order and doubling every 6 months to having an average cake order of $1000 in 18 months and a minimum of $1000 (US) within 2 years! You are going to love this episode! The Angel Foods Show is brought to you by the Cake Business School. It is only $1 to enrol and learn how to price + market + sell your sweet items. Enroll here – http://cakebusinessschool.com   Show Notes: Nicole Bendig-Lamb of Snarky Sweet Cake Chick sharing her business goal of taking fewer cake orders AND having a minimum of $1000 per cake! And how she is going to achieve this. Why would you want less cake orders Tips with increasing from $125 average cake order and doubling every 6 months to having an average cake order of $1000 in 18 months and a minimum of $1000 (US) within 2 years 3 tips of HOW including: saying 'no' to lower price point cakes, high-end marketing, getting into wedding expos. Nicole mentioned Price. Market. Sell. cake business course. There is free pricing training and pricing guides over here – https://angelfoods.net/pricing-resources Inside CBS is: 3 Price Point Quoting Method (getting 80% conversion rate), Business Plan template, Marketing 101 course, Business 101 foundational building blocks, read more and enrol here for just $1 – http://cakebusinessschool.com Also, feel free to join our Facebook group, we would love you to join, it is a highly active group and where all the cool cakers hang out. Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Thank you!

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, we announce the new owner and custodian of Angel Foods – Nicole Bendig-Lamb from Snarky Sweet Cake Chick. So excited! We introduce Nicole and thought it would be fun to interview her as well! Nicole has been around Angel Foods for YEARS, as a valued member of Cake Business School and what I call a A+ Gold Star Student. Nicole has an awesome inspiring story of quitting the full-time day job and going all-in on her cake business. You are going to love it and love her! The Angel Foods Show is brought to you by the Cake Business School. It is only $1 to enrol and learn how to price + market + sell your sweet items. Enroll here – http://cakebusinessschool.com   Show Notes: Announcing Angel Foods has sold and has a new owner and custodian Introducing and meeting Nicole Bendig-Lamb of Snarky Sweet Cake Chick Nicole cake business story including how she quit her full-time day job (as an accountant) and went all-in on her business & how she achieved this goal! What is Rebekah doing now/next What changes will be happening (no big changes – it will still be the same supportive + information based for people starting and growing there cake businesses!) There is free pricing training and pricing guides over here – https://angelfoods.net/pricing-resources Inside CBS is: Business Plan Template, 3 Price Point Method (80% conversion rate), Business Plan, Marketing 101 course, Business 101 foundational building blocks, read more and enrol here – http://cakebusinessschool.com Also, feel free to join our Facebook group, we would love you to join, it is a highly active group and where all the cool cakers hang out. Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Thank you!

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, we answer a CAKER Q&A - ''When a prospective client stops responding after you give a quote... Do you usually follow up to see if they're still interested or just leave the ball in their court?'' I give my answer and 2 cents worth! Covering: Until it is a 'no', assume it is a 'yes'! The POWER of the FOLLOW UP and Amazing Customer Service Point of Difference.   The Angel Foods Show is brought to you by the Cake Business School. It is only $1 to enrol and learn how to price + market + sell your sweet items. Enroll here – http://cakebusinessschool.com   Show Notes Until it is a 'no', assume it is a 'yes'!  The POWER of the FOLLOW UP Amazing Customer Service Point of Difference There is free pricing training and pricing guides over here – https://angelfoods.net/pricing-resources Inside CBS is: the Follow Up Script & Swipe Copy, 3 Price Point Method, Business Plan, Marketing 101 course, Business 101 foundational building blocks, read more and enrol here – http://cakebusinessschool.com Also, feel free to join our Facebook group, we would love you to join, it is a highly active group and where all the cool cakers hang out. Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Thank you!

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, we talk about why business is 'risky'. Who thinks business is risky (or been told this)? Who thinks when investing in a business is risky? Here is the truth. When we don't have business knowledge, business understanding, business foundational building blocks. Alot of think business and investing is risky. That is because we leave school on being a good employee. Here is what to do about it. The Angel Foods Show is brought to you by the Cake Business School. It is only $1 to enrol and learn how to price + market + sell your sweet items. Enroll here – http://cakebusinessschool.com   Show Notes: Why business is considered 'risky' What you can do about it There is free pricing training and pricing guides over here – https://angelfoods.net/pricing-resources Inside CBS is: Business Plan, Marketing 101 course, Business 101 foundational building blocks, read more and enrol here – http://cakebusinessschool.com Also, feel free to join our Facebook group, we would love you to join, it is a highly active group and where all the cool cakers hang out. Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Thank you!

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, we talk about $4,000 months and actually achieving it! Being whatever your business goal is ($4k or $10k!), having the BELIEF in every cell and fibre of your being, why you always (previously) failed. This training has the EXACT how-to steps to FLIP that switch from failing to success, with BELIEF and MIDSET in alignment with your goal so that you can ACTUALLY and EASILY go out and smash that $4k out of the park! #Momentum3 - 3 months mentoring 1:1, unlimited sessions, fortnightly calls, daily(ish) messaging. MESSAGE me on Facebook for info and price

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, we talk about what to do when you NEED (or want) your baking business to 'work' (and what that means to you). With the steps on how to make $2000 in 3-6 months, starting from zero, I show you how to create a plan and simplify the steps to ACHIEVE it (trust me, it is easier than you think!) The Angel Foods Show is brought to you by the Cake Business School. It is only $1 to enrol and learn how to price + market + sell your sweet items. Enroll here – http://cakebusinessschool.com Show Notes: How to make your business 'work' (and what that means to you). How much do you want to earn? eg. $2000 p/m in 3-6 months. Sounds good, right?!? Creating a business plan (with SMART goals) The ONE thing missing from here ($0) to there (potential $2000 p/m in 3-6 months). Just one thing! Marketing! How much time it will take Top 3 best marketing strategies (with no budget) How to get started TODAY (very first action step) There is free pricing training and pricing guides over here – https://angelfoods.net/pricing-resources Inside CBS is: Business Plan, Marketing 101 course, Markets & Events course, read more and enrol here – http://cakebusinessschool.com Also, feel free to join our Facebook group, we would love you to join, it is a highly active group and where all the cool cakers hang out. Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Thank you!

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, we talk about is setting income goals really important (for cake business success)? When I can't control the number of clients and therefore sales. Isn't it just pulling numbers out of thin air? The Angel Foods Show is brought to you by the Cake Business School. It is only $1 to enrol and learn how to price + market + sell your sweet items. Enroll here – http://cakebusinessschool.com

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, we talk about creating your life, a life of design (what you want) with your dreams and desires and goals. How to create more time, less busy, abundance and success. You can create your present and your future in these 3 steps. The Angel Foods Show is brought to you by the Cake Business School. It is only $1 to enrol and learn how to price + market + sell your sweet items. Enroll here – http://cakebusinessschool.com     Show Notes 3 steps to create a successful business - 1.) make the choice 2.) thoughts and words 3.) Act. Christmas picking & promoting deals (here). Watch the movie ''What the Bleep do we Know'' (here) What I am manifesting (here)

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I talk about picking and promoting Christmas (or holiday) deals for a cake or baking business. We talk about timeline what to offer and also marketing strategies on how to get sales. For both custom and corporate type orders. The Angel Foods Show is brought to you by the Cake Business School. It is only $1 to enrol and learn how to price + market + sell your sweet items. Enroll here – http://cakebusinessschool.com   Show Notes 100 Marketing tips (here). Get a free Marketing Plan (here). Timeline: For corporate orders (offices + businesses) for Christmas - start NOW (mid October). For rest of Christmas orders/packages - mid November. What to offer? - 3 options / 3 price points (3 'levels' of bronze, silver, gold) - that could be cupcakes, fruit cake/fondant cake, basket (give each level a cute name) Marketing Plan: - Have a plan: decide on offer (1 or more), open and close date, check out competition. - Create + take photos (or use Pinterest pics) - Competition - to win 1 x of (here is how to run a Facebook competition) - 1 x weekly email newsletter (competition, announce, final chance) - 3 x weekly FB post - 1 x weekly share in FB groups - 1 x weekly share on personal FB page - Instagram post + use local tags - Gumtree - FB marketplace - FOLLOW UP - Set a goal - $ or # of sales, make the commitment, what is reward - Schedule in calendar or diary! Retreats – I am hosting 2 x retreats in 2019 in the Whitsundays (North Queensland, Aust). Please email me – rebekah@angelfoods.net to book a spot. Free Workshop: Websites 101: Where to start, what is the best-quickest-cheapest options &  what you need to know. There is free pricing training and pricing guides over here – https://angelfoods.net/pricing-resources Read more and enrol here – http://cakebusinessschool.com Also, feel free to join our Facebook group, we would love you to join, it is a highly active group and where all the cool cakers hang out. Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Thank you!

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I asked the questions in our Facebook group - What social media platform are you on (for your cake business)? and what social media platform works best for getting orders (money in the bank)? Here are the answers. I have been thinking and talking (a lot) about social media and especially Facebook and whether it is worth time to be on there. The Angel Foods Show is brought to you by the Cake Business School. It is only $1 to enrol and learn how to price + market + sell your sweet items. Enroll here – http://cakebusinessschool.com   Show Notes Top 3 social media platforms (here). How to set up a Facebook page in 9 steps. 4 cake business Facebook strategies (here). If you have a Facebook fan page, but not sure what to do with it & how to ‘analyse insights’... Here is the answer and magick number of likes you should have. Setting up an etsy store is perfect for that. Setting up a YouTube channel and regularly adding more videos Retreats – I am hosting 2 x retreats in 2019 in the Whitsundays (North Queensland, Aust). Please email me – rebekah@angelfoods.net to book a spot. Free Workshop: Websites 101: Where to start, what is the best-quickest-cheapest options &  what you need to know. There is free pricing training and pricing guides over here – https://angelfoods.net/pricing-resources Read more and enrol here – http://cakebusinessschool.com Also, feel free to join our Facebook group, we would love you to join, it is a highly active group and where all the cool cakers hang out. Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Thank you!  

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I share tips on an easy way to keep business receipts (physical paper ones and electronic receipts). When it comes to bookkeeping and entering expenses you need to find the tax receipts. If you don’t have them handy (have to dig and find them) then bookkeeping takes a lot longer (than it should) or need to! The Angel Foods Show is brought to you by the Cake Business School. It is only $1 to enrol and learn how to price + market + sell your sweet items. Enroll here – http://cakebusinessschool.com   Show Notes Easy way to keep paper + electronic receipts (here) Baking It software review (here) MYOB Essentials review (here) Xero review (here) Free Workshop: Pinterest Masterclass: How I Got 4 x times website traffic in 6 weeks Free Workshop: Websites 101: Where to start, what is the best-quickest-cheapest options &  what you need to know. There is free pricing training and pricing guides over here – https://angelfoods.net/pricing-resources Read more and enrol here – http://cakebusinessschool.com Also, feel free to join our Facebook group, we would love you to join, it is a highly active group and where all the cool cakers hang out. Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Thank you!

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, we talk the idea of starting a cake business is the easy (and fun) bit! But what do you need to do next… to get the $$$ moolah in. I have shared before on how I was fully booked out at 6 months into business. So busy I franchised at 9 months into business. Earned $40k in the first year. But have I told you how? And I didn’t have 1 custom cake order until 4 months, or so, into business. Did you know that? It’s true. My business had a shaky start. And I'm going to share 4 steps on how I got fully booked out at 6 months into business. The Angel Foods Show is brought to you by the Cake Business School. It is only $1 to enrol and learn how to price + market + sell your sweet items. Enroll here – http://cakebusinessschool.com   Show Notes 4 steps to fully booked out in 6 months (here) Selling cakes at markets & setting up a stall (here) 9 steps how to get wholesale orders (here) Pinterest Masterclass: How I Got 4 x times website traffic in 6 weeks Websites 101: Where to start, what is the best-quickest-cheapest options &  what you need to know. There is free pricing training and pricing guides over here – https://angelfoods.net/pricing-resources Read more and enrol here – http://cakebusinessschool.com Also, feel free to join our Facebook group, we would love you to join, it is a highly active group and where all the cool cakers hang out. Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Thank you!

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, we talk about thinking and belief actually dictate our present and future. How we think about yourself.How we think OTHERS see us. A great business is your MINDSET on how great it is. A successful business is your mindset on how successful it is. You are creating your future, right now, with every thought you have. It is all about mindset work and I share how I do that.  The Angel Foods Show is brought to you by the Cake Business School. It is only $1 to enrol and learn how to price + market + sell your sweet items. Enroll here – http://cakebusinessschool.com

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, we talk about using Facebook for cake business. It is a no-brainer. To grow + get customers it is a perfect channel. But how to get the best use of your time? To answer the question – should I use Facebook for cake business? Let me ask you a question – is that where your target market is hanging out? Because when choosing any marketing strategy for your business, I teach to spend your time and hang out where your target market is hanging out. If your customer is on Facebook, then you should be too! The Angel Foods Show is brought to you by the Cake Business School. It is only $1 to enrol and learn how to price + market + sell your sweet items. Enrol here – http://cakebusinessschool.com   Show Notes 4 cake business Facebook strategies (+ free PDF guide here) Related article: Social Media & Cake Business: Where to Start Related article: 9 Easy Steps to Set up a Facebook business page or fan page. Related article: Giving Discounts – Should I? Shouldn’t I? How Much? Related article: Top 3 Social Media Platforms for Cakers & Bakers Related article: Facebook Cake Fan Page, Does Your Numbers Add Up? There is free pricing training and pricing guides over here – https://angelfoods.net/pricing-resources Free Workshops: How to Use a Mailing List to Get Cake Sales 11 Steps to Pimp Your Instagram (to get 20+ quality followers per day)   Pinterest Masterclass: How I Got 4 x times website traffic in 6 weeks Websites 101: Where to start, what is the best-quickest-cheapest options &  what you need to know.

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, we talk about how to take payment online. Whether you have an online shop or don't yet have an online shop/order system on website, just yet, how to take credit card payments from clients? Is there such a thing as putting a link to pay via PayPal or Stripe on the cake quote or invoice? The Angel Foods Show is brought to you by the Price. Market. Sell. This is your chance to win a scholarship for the Price. Market. Sell. course valued at $197. Enter here – https://angelfoods.net/win/

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I interview Julia May from Julia's Cake and Eat It and she shares her story of fighting demons (& fighting cancer) with sugarcraft as part of the healing process. In the beginning Julia had a rough idea of what profit, and discounting for friends and family (or giving away for free). Really it was a confidence crisis and valuing your own work and having customers that value your work! Julia had a confidence crisis and never thought cakes were good enough. Never charged more because she didn't think she was 'worth' more. And the evolution of her business from a hobby to 6% profit margins and now at 56% profit margin and how she did it. And with a cake course, she increased profit margin by 277%! And in the following year increased profit margin by 383%. The Angel Foods Show is brought to you by the Price. Market. Sell. Go from less than $1,000 to $5,000 per month selling cakes + sweets in 12 months! Get customers. Charge the right price. Make sales. While juggling it all. How to market + get your name out there + price with confidence for profit + how to sell (beating the cheap cake lady + convincing customers of your value + getting the order). Enrollment is opening soon. Sign up to the waitlist and be the first to join the next round, opening by end of September. Enrollment opens for only 2 weeks, just a few times per year. Sign up to the waitlist here - https://angelfoods.net/price-market-sell/

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, we are talking Facebook business page. I see (so) many cakers and bakers miss vital pieces to their Facebook accounts, which is costing them customers and sales! We review Facebook and whether you should have a business page (or is your own website enough) the #1 reason you should have a business page, how to get customers from Facebook and what exactly to put in your About section. Check out my new podcast, Blog Business School! The Angel Foods Show is brought to you by the Cake Business School. It is only $1 to enrol and learn how to price + market + sell your sweet items. Enrol here – http://cakebusinessschool.com   Show Notes: 9 easy steps to set up a Facebook business page (here). Freebie: Marketing Plan template + guide (here). Freebie: Blogging for Bakers mini eBook - where to start + what to blog about (here). Freebie: Pricing Guides + Templates (here). 3 ways to sell cakes via Facebook (here).

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I interview Billie from Baked by Billie, an enrolled member of Cake Business School. This story is about: running home cake business for 4 years, going to Farmers Markets skyrocketing business, niching down into wedding cakes and buttercream, the power of networking, storefront bakery soon and the never-ending work-life balance struggle. While running successful taste testing consultations and booking nearly 100%! The Angel Foods Show is brought to you by the Cake Business School. It is only $1 to enrol and learn how to price + market + sell your sweet items. Enrol here – http://cakebusinessschool.com   Show Notes: You can find Billie from Baked by Billie on the website, on Facebook, on Pinterest and on Instagram. A story of running home cake business for 4 years, going to Farmers Markets skyrocketing business, niching down into wedding cakes and buttercream, the power of networking, storefront bakery soon and the never-ending work-life balance struggle. While running successful taste testing consultations and booking nearly 100%! Other podcast episodes about running taste testing sessions - episode 50 and 72. Listen to podcast episode 50 on other ideas on running taste testing day. How to get more orders while selling at markets, free training (here) The ''Work-Life Balance Success Formula'' is inside CBS (here). 4 tips to get wedding cake orders (here). Pros & cons of a cake store/bakery (here). Business plan template is inside CBS (here). How to use Pinterest to get more cake orders, free training (here). There is free pricing training and pricing guides over here – http://angelfoods.net/pricing-resources Enrol in Cake Business School (here). Also, feel free to join our Facebook group, we would love you to join, it is a highly active group and where all the cool cakers hang out. Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Thank you

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I share 8 pricing tips. Pricing cakes (correctly) for profit is the #1 most asked question and the #1 one cakers get wrong the most, industry-wide. I have worked 15+years in the food industry. From bakery shop assistant, home cake business, managing bakeries and The Cheesecake Shop franchise. From profit margins, undercharging, quoting, getting orders booked in, following up (yuck!), discounts, PITA clients, pricing strategies... The Angel Foods Show is brought to you by the Cake Business School. Get the bundle of pricing guide + 80% more orders + ''Follow-up Script''! It is only $1 to enrol and learn how to price + market + sell your sweet items. Enrol here – http://cakebusinessschool.com   Show Notes: There is free pricing training and pricing guides over here – http://angelfoods.net/pricing-resources Back in Episode 12 of the podcast, I share my business story. When and how to raise your prices - http://angelfoods.net/when-how-raise-cake-prices/ FREE WORKSHOP: Business Planning + Goal setting - 6 Steps on How to Create (+ review + achieve) your Business Plan. Register here. Read more and enrol here – http://cakebusinessschool.com Also, feel free to join our Facebook group, we would love you to join, it is a highly active group and where all the cool cakers hang out. Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Thank you!  

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I share how many days before a cake order can you start baking. Time management while keeping cakes fresh is what cake business all about. I use and recommend the 4 Day Cake Rule with examples and a template for a typical baking week for me. The Angel Foods Show is brought to you by the Cake Business School. It is only $1 to enrol and learn how to price + market + sell your sweet items. Enrol here – http://cakebusinessschool.com Show Notes: Get the 4 Day Cake Rule template + guide PDF (here) Chocolate mud cake recipe (here) Vanilla cake recipe (here) and chocolate cake recipe (here) Chocolate ganache recipe + video tutorial (here) Sugar syrup recipe + video tutorial (here) FREE WORKSHOP: Business Planning + Goal setting -6 Steps on How to Create (+ review + achieve) your Business Plan. Register here. There is free pricing training and pricing guides over here – http://angelfoods.net/pricing-resources Read more and enrol here – http://cakebusinessschool.com Also, feel free to join our Facebook group, we would love you to join, it is a highly active group and where all the cool cakers hang out. Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Thank you!    

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I interview Kerryn Hunter from Photo Cake Australia. She talks about self-belief, a meandering, inspiring story of how she started with a dream and got off track, following what 'others' were doing and coming back to remembering that isn't what she wanted in the first place! I think we all go through this (and is 100% essential). This interview is a beautiful story to remind you where you are on your business journey.   The Angel Foods Show is brought to you by the Cake Business School. It is only $1 to enrol and learn how to price + market + sell your sweet items. Enrol here – http://cakebusinessschool.com   Show Notes: Find Kerryn at Photo Cake Australia and on Facebook here on Instagram here. Here's a link to the Fish edible images mentioned (here). The football example talked, here is an example of editing for a dolphin cake topper which shows the difference between just printing versus enhancing/editing that Kerryn likes to do (here). Invested in edible printing setup in 2014. Sells via Facebook, eBay, markets and website.  Getting started with chocolate transfers and precutting edible images. 4 Facebook business page strategies to get clients (here). Marketing a business is a struggle in business. Grab a list of 100 cake business marketing tips (here). Hard lesson - make sure your website hosting auto-renews! I use and recommend Siteground for website hosting. 11 tips to pimp your Instagram and get orders from Instagram (here). FREE WORKSHOP: Business Planning + Goal setting -6 Steps on How to Create (+ review + achieve) your Business Plan. Register here. There is free pricing training and pricing guides over here – http://angelfoods.net/pricing-resources Read more and enrol here – http://cakebusinessschool.com Also, feel free to join our Facebook group, we would love you to join, it is a highly active group and where all the cool cakers hang out. Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Thank you!

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I interview Lou Flinn from Bake To The Future. As a self-confessed nerd, she specialises in nerdy and fandom cakes (think Marvel, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, etc.) She now gets very booked out, and rocking wedding fairs, taste testing consultations and has bookings for 2020. Yeah, you are going to love this! The Angel Foods Show is brought to you by the Price. Market. Sell. Go from less than $1,000 to $5,000 per month selling cakes + sweets in 12 months! Get customers. Charge the right price. Make sales. While juggling it all. How to market + get your name out there + price with confidence for profit + how to sell (beating the cheap cake lady + convincing customers of your value + getting the order). Read more + enrol in P.M.S. here – http://angelfoods.net/price-market-sell/   Show Notes: You can find Lou from Bake To The Future on Facebook, and on Instagram. Wedding fair expo setup (here). 18 tips for setting up wedding expo and fairs (here). Getting orders from Facebook groups (here). It took 2 years to get WOM and referrals to be the main marketing and getting fully booked out. Uses Instagram like an eBlog. Here is an article on how to get cake orders from Instagram. Booking taste testing consultations days. Listen to podcast episode 50 on other ideas on running taste testing day (here on iTunes and here on the website). Lord of the Rings cake (here). Enrol in Price. Market. Sell. Starting on 1 May, on how to get fully booked out. You can read more here. Payment plans are available. Grab your spot here. Also, feel free to join our Facebook group, we would love you to join, it is a highly active group and where all the cool cakers hang out. Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Thank you

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I interview Melanie Brain, a caker from Sunshine Coast, Australia. She specialises and has a niche business of special diets including gluten free, lactose free and egg free. It is an interesting story of how she got started and why she 'choose' that niche. She also shares how she gets her name out there and gets orders and what her business goals are. The Angel Foods Show is brought to you by the Price. Market. Sell. Go from less than $1,000 to $5,000 per month selling cakes + sweets in 12 months! Get customers. Charge the right price. Make sales. While juggling it all. How to market + get your name out there + price with confidence for profit + how to sell (beating the cheap cake lady + convincing customers of your value + getting the order). Read more + enrol in P.M.S. here - http://angelfoods.net/price-market-sell/   Show Notes: You can find Melanie's business (here). Melanie get's customers by mainly WOM (word of mouth) and marketing on the Facebook business page (here are 4 Facebook strategies). Melanie also uses Facebook groups to get customers. Here is how to do that.  Melanie shares her struggles, advice and business plan for the future. Price. Market. Sell. has a 20% off early bird discount (only until the 20 April 2018) and we get started 1 May! There are payment plans and it will never be this price again. Grab your spot here. Also, feel free to join our Facebook group, we would love you to join, it is a highly active group and where all the cool cakers hang out. Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Thank you!

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I re-interview Krystle Armstrong from Magnificient Mouthfuls. We interviewed her back in Episode 57 sharing her 3+ years in business and $5,000+ months. (Inspiring, right?!?) And I wanted to catch up to see how business was going. She shared how she gets lonely and was looking for jobs and quitting her day job! And now, she is on track for $6,000+ months. Yeah, you are going to love this!   The Angel Foods Show is brought to you by the Price. Market. Sell. This is your chance to win a scholarship for the Price. Market. Sell. course valued at $97. Enter here – http://angelfoods.net/win/   Show Notes: You can find Krystle and Magnificent Mouthfuls on the website, on Facebook, on Instagram, and on Pinterest. Scholarship - Go into the draw for the chance to win a scholarship for a cake business course. Enter here. Listen to Krystl'e first interview (here). Grab a free $5000 p/m checklist (here)! Krystle and I (Rebekah) decided to help people to get the same results, as Krystle does in her business. We are doing something new + exciting – Price. Market. Sell. You can read more here. There is a 20% off early bird discount (only until the 20 April 2018) and we get started 1 May! There are payment plans. Grab your spot here. Here is when Krystle shared about losing her passion for her cake business and here is her article on how she got her passion back. Income goal of $72,000 per year and $6,250+ months. Also, feel free to join our Facebook group, we would love you to join, it is a highly active group and where all the cool cakers hang out. Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Thank you!

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I interview Lisa Cunningham from Cupcakes 2 Delites. She shares how to found the love of baking + writing + art combined into a cake business and blog. She struggles with being 'unique' and not a 'cookie cutter' business and wants to create a legacy of sorts to have unique designs.   

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I interview Jennifer Freeman from The Handpainted Cake by Jennifer Freeman. She always loved art, painting and sculpturing with her children and how that transferred over to cakes. Then she started recording videos of painting cakes + put on YouTube. It is inspiring (and I could listen to Jennifer's accent alllll day!) The Angel Foods Show is brought to you by the Cake Business School. It is only $1 to enrol and learn how to price + market + sell your sweet items. Enrol here – http://cakebusinessschool.com Show notes are over here - http://angelfoods.net/session068  

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I interview Christina from A Little Bit Fancee in Melbourne, Australia. After a few years in business, she started feeling stuck in a rut. After advice from a business coach started selling macaron classes and loves it! Christina gives amazing tips and tricks on how she sells her classes. The Angel Foods Show is brought to you by the Cake Business School. It is only $1 to enrol and learn how to price + market + sell your sweet items. Enrol here – http://cakebusinessschool.com Show notes over here - http://angelfoods.net/session067

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I interview Kristina from Love Cake and Manon from Cupcakes Damour. These ladies are cake decorators in the same town and network, help each other and are even friends. It is an inspiring story and something any business owner needs to listen to. There is no such thing as competition. The Angel Foods Show is brought to you by the Cake Business School. It is only $1 to enroll and learn how to price + market + sell your sweet items. Enroll here – http://cakebusinessschool.com   Show Notes: There is no such thing as competition. How to gain more exposure by pairing with people in your community. 18 tips exhibiting at a wedding expo. Baking It software review. Find Manon at Cupcakes Damour website www.cupcakesdamour.com + Facebook +  Instagram. Find Kristina at Love Cake website www.LoveCakeNC.com + Facebook + Instagram. If you need help with bookkeeping, GPM, pricing (+ increasing profit margins), creating a business plan and income goals – that training is inside Cake Business School. Read more and enroll here – http://cakebusinessschool.com Also, feel free to join our Facebook group, we would love you to join, it is a highly active group and where all the cook cakers hang out. Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Thank you!

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I share how to training on doing bookkeeping for a baking business. : Bookkeeping Training for Baking Business. For bakeries, cake decorators, bakers and cupcake shops knowing how to do bookkeeping, set up accounts, profit and loss, gross profit, expenses and net income (and what they are) is the difference between success and failure. The Angel Foods Show is brought to you by the Cake Business School. It is only $1 to enrol and learn how to price + market + sell your sweet items. Enrol here – http://cakebusinessschool.com Additional video training on how to do bookkeeping (free training) here – http://angelfoods.net/bookkeeping-for-baking-business/ I share my exact excel spreadsheet bookkeeping methods with template and step-by-step video training examples inside Cake Business School. Heads up we are doubling in price, so enrol before 15 November 2017. Read more and enrol here – http://cakebusinessschool.com Also, feel free to join our Facebook group, we would love you to join, it is a highly active group and where all the cook cakers hang out. Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Thank you!

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I share a quick tip to work out food business profit margins. This sum (yes, maths) is super easy and simple to remember! Also, we talk about what you should aim for, profit margin wise? (And amount or percentage of expenses). Plus an update on quails! The Angel Foods Show is brought to you by the Cake Business School. It is only $1 to enrol and learn how to price + market + sell your sweet items. Enrol here – http://cakebusinessschool.com Gross income is before expenses. Net income is after expenses. Gross income minus expenses is net income. GPM equation (sum) is little number divide by big number (net income divided by gross income) In the first 12 months of business, aim for 50% GPM (or more). Over 12 months in business, aim for about 60-75% GPM. If you need help with bookkeeping, GPM, pricing (+ increasing profit margins), creating a business plan and income goals – that training is inside Cake Business School. Currently, it is nearly 40% off for 1-year and when you enrol before 31 October 2017 you get a free cake pricing app*! Read more and enrol here – http://cakebusinessschool.com Also, feel free to join our Facebook group, we would love you to join, it is a highly active group and where all the cook cakers hang out. Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Thank you!

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I interview Stephanie Close from Stephanie’s Cakes. She shares her ‘secrets’ of how she has 10 cakes per week, less than 6 months in business, with 2 kids under 4 years old! I love her mindset of it isn’t a fail but good practice. Plus we talk goals, pricing better, family time, baking schedules, expo and the eternal struggle with pricing and being own worse critic and it is always a constant learning exercise. The Angel Foods Show is brought to you by the Cake Business School. It is only $1 to enrol and learn how to price + market + sell your sweet items. Enrol here – http://cakebusinessschool.com Taking pricing – starting ”guess-timating”, checking the competition, going middle of the range, working with customers budgets, asking customer feedback, raising prices and lastly trying, testing, tweaking, repeating and all building confidence. There is Pricing for Profit training inside Cake Business School. Goals – including starting and selling at markets and expos. If you are wanting to do this too, check out this free video training on how to get more cake orders + more sales on the day. Getting more wedding cake orders, practising and looking at doing expos. Here are 4 tips to get more wedding cake orders. Advice for cakes – use the correct tools, be gentle with yourself and be a legal business. Inside Cake Business School is training on getting wedding cake orders + how to make markets awesome. Enrol for just $1 here – http://cakebusinessschool.com find Stephanie Close from Stephanie’s Cakes on Instagram here and here on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/StephaniesCakesPerth/ Also, feel free to join our Facebook group, we would love you to join, it is a highly active group and where all the cook cakers hang out. Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Thank you!

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I interview Kristine Mohan from Sugar Chic. We talk about marketing, pricing, registering her business, wedding cake tastings, and ideas for her business. Kristine talks about her advice for business, the 3 P’s- planning, preparing and practicing and is kina on a personal mission to share this. We discuss her business plan and targets, setting realistic expectations and boundaries. Plus her struggles in creative freedom and how to overcome it. Kristine is an enrolled member of Cake Business School. The Angel Foods Show is brought to you by the Cake Business School. It is only $1 to enrol and learn how to price + market + sell your sweet items. Enrol here – http://cakebusinessschool.com Getting home cake business registered Different target markets Marketing that is working for Kristine – WOM, Facebook, freebies in playgroups and the Marketing Plan 101 training inside Cake Business School. You can see more about Kristine Mohan from Sugar Chic here on Facebook. You can enroll in Cake Business School – read more + enroll here. Also, feel free to join our Facebook group, we would love you to join, it is a highly active group and where all the cook cakers hang out. Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Thank you!

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I interview Monica Dobing from Monka’s Cakes. Starting as a home hobbyist making for friends and family members and with a new job she was offered commercial kitchen experience. Officially she was registered in May this year (2017) though Monica does share her ‘failed’ attempt at starting a business last year. Plus we talk Facebook and Instagram marketing tips. You will love this episode! The Angel Foods Show is brought to you by the Cake Business School. It is only $1 to enrol and learn how to price + market + sell your sweet items. Enrol here – http://cakebusinessschool.com Show Notes: We talk about setting up her business, marketing, social media and getting orders. How running competitions on Facebook was successful for growing Facebook business page to 2500 likers. Dreams and plans for the future. The first ‘failed’ attempt at starting a cake business last year and how it didn’t work out. You can see more about Monka’s Cakes. Also on Facebookand on Instagram. You can enroll in Cake Business School – read more + enroll here. Also, feel free to join our Facebook group, we would love you to join, it is a highly active group and where all the cook cakers hang out. Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Thank you!

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I have 4 tips on pricing wholesale. How to price your cakes (cookies, cupcakes, baked items) selling wholesale to restaurants, cafes or caterers. Do you charge by % discount off the regular price? If not % percentage, how do you determined wholesale prices. The Angel Foods Show is brought to you by the Cake Business School. It is only $1 to enrol and learn how to price + market + sell your sweet items. Enrol here – http://cakebusinessschool.com Show Notes: For wholesale as an overall rule of thumb I suggest about 15-30% discount of RRP. That is because it depends on the product and how you can ‘batch’ them up and what your current profit margins are. Tip #1 – Profit margins (or gross profit margins). Make sure you still make a good profit! (I teach how to work out GPM in Price. Market. Sell.) Tip #2 – Quantity. Work out the best quantities in your working space and look at having minimum quantities. Tip #3 – Batching. Batch your work and tasks, so that it makes the best use of your time. In P.M.S. we teach time management and batching and schedules. Tip #4 – Think of the (2) customers. What will the final RRP (price) will be on the product for the end customer? How much profit margins will your wholesale customer have (because that is what they will want to know.) Only 3 days left to grab a spot on Price. Market. Sell. Go from around $1000 to $5000 per month selling cakes + sweets in 2018! Get customers. Charge the right price. Make sales. While juggling it all. Read more and grab a spot here. Plus I will teach you in the first 24 hours on how to make your investment back! You have nothing to lose.

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I share how to deal with customers who want to pay dirt cheap grocery store prices but want the fancy-smanchy custom cakes. Most of us cake decorators have had that ridiculous inquiry (2 tier fondant for $50). But here is the thing – you don’t compete with supermarket prices, nor work for free (or pay to work!) Here is 3 steps I recommend to deal with grocery story budgets. Show notes: 3 Steps how to deal with customers who want grocery prices but want custom cakes here. Full pricing resources and pricing guides here. Price. Market. Sell. Go from around $1k to $5k per month selling cakes + sweets in 2018! Get customers. Charge the right price. Make sales. While juggling it all. Read more and grab a spot here. Plus I will teach you in the first 24 hours on how to make your investment back! You have nothing to lose.  

In this episode of Angel Foods Show I answer a caker decorators question, “I’m thinking of handing out out samples of mini cupcakes this weekend and need ideas of coupons and vouchers. What do you suggest and recommend?” Here is my advice! Show Notes:  Join the free Cake Business School Facebook group. Get 2 x free voucher templates here. Get free $5k per month checklist here. Price. Market. Sell 20% off early bird discount (only until the 17 September) and we get started early October! Grab your spot here. Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Thank you!  

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I interview Krystle Armstrong from Magnificent Mouthfuls. This is an incredible + inspiring story where Krystle earns $5000 per month selling cakes and is on track for $6k p/m! She shares how she markets her business (gets customers) how she use to suffer from procrastination and shares her new work-life balance and how she is achieving it (including her timeline and schedule). Krystle shares her goals (including money ones) and how she achieves them. There was even a time when she lost passion for her business and she shares how she got her passion back! Honestly, this chic is cool. And I love her. I think you will too. Grab the free $5000 p/m checklist. As you may (or may not) know, I have known Krystle for years. She has done all of my programs, classes, books, and courses and has worked for me for 2 years. We have become business besties and decided to come together to help people get the same results as Krystle has in her business. It is new + it is exciting! We would love to invite you to grab your spot on Price. Market. Sell. How to go from less than $1k to $5k p/m selling cakes + sweets in 2018! Do you want to know how to market + get your name out there + price with confidence for profit + how to sell (beating the cheap cake lady + convincing customers of your value + get the order)??? Price. Market. Sell. is for you.  Read more + sign up here.

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I interview Xenia Robinson from. She started a cake business with friends and got together on a Friday night over some wine to decorating cakes in 2011. Nowadays her friends no longer make cakes but Xenia loves it! Giving up her bedroom as a cake studio and also creating and selling tutorials to make edible decorations for cakes. The Angel Foods Show is brought to you by the Cake Business School. It is only $1 to enrol and learn how to price + market + sell your sweet items. Enrol here – http://cakebusinessschool.com We also discuss: starting a cake business with friends tiny 2 bedroom bungalow Facebook business page how she gets orders pricing difficulties + undercharging (get free cake pricing training here) struggling with customers comparing prices to supermarket prices selling tutorials goals of a cake shop plus great business advice This is Xenia Facebook page where all of her creations are posted – facebook.com/xeniascakecreations (which is where she currently shares her free tutorials and also paid tutorials.)

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I interview Sarah from Beachside Bakery. From friends and family encouragement (sound familiar) she started baking cakes that she enjoyed doing and as a creative outlet, an income stream and involved in her community.  Sarah shares her Facebook, Instagram and networking strategies that are getting her orders! Sponsor: Cake Business School. Yes, it’s possible for you to start earning $4000+ per monthly revenue selling sweets. And you don’t have to work 24/7 or sell a piece-of-art cake for 20 dollars. Enrol for just $1 here – http://cakebusinessschool.com We also discuss: setting up cake business, coming up with a name and getting a logo not sure if ready, not confident, unsure of a product linking in with other businesses building up a portfolio Facebook advertising and targeting Instagram marketing a goal of more wedding cake orders always asking with orders ‘how did you hear about us’ struggling learning own limits and capabilities time management and own worst critic Sarah said the linking with other businesses and networking and collaborating together has gotten the best results for her. For example, they would repost each other’s posts and it would be mutually beneficial. In the last 5 months, Sarah Instagram marketing has changed. She said there is a definate difference in the demographic (versus Facebook). Sarah’s strategy is posting a couple of times of the week, a lot of colour, a lot brighter images, with backdrops and that is doing well. There is also a guest expert inside Cake Business School on how to maximise and ‘pimp’ your Instagram account to get orders. Sarah posts on Facebook business page 1-2 per week, as she sees the business page as more of a ‘business front’. Giving other business ‘shout outs’ or reposting. Then shares to personal page and then share into Facebook groups (here is how to find customers in a group). Interaction & engagement is when people like and comment on your posts. The more engagement and interaction the more that the group posts will show up in their newsfeed! Here are 6 ideas on how to get Facebook interaction and engagement. And what has gotten Sarah the best results? Colourful bakes. They are what she enjoys more and promotes more which gets more orders. Check out our Instagram and Facebook pages for baking inspiration! You enroll in Cake Business School – read more + enroll here. Also, feel free to join our Facebook group, we would love you to join, it is a highly active group and where all the cook cakers hang out.

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I interview Pearl Toh from Pearl’s Creations. We talk about her niche, business ventures, productivity, passion, and projects. Pearl love goals and her diary is full and booked up until next year ( a girl after my heart!) Actually, she set an income goal of $1000 per month in the first month and made $1500. So, she reset the goal to $2000 per month and made $2500. She keeps increasing her income goal! Sponsor: Cake Business School. Yes, it’s possible for you to start earning $4000+ per monthly revenue selling sweets. And you don’t have to work 24/7 or sell a piece-of-art cake for 20 dollars. Enrol for just $1 here– http://cakebusinessschool.com We also cover: setting up a cake studio moving across the country how she got fully booked out selling cake toppers (orders can be shipped Australia wide) You can see her toppers here. teaching classes + workshops (check out the listing in Sydney) Grab the free Marketing Plan, on how to get more inquiries, more sales, and more website traffic. If you don’t have enough orders or customers, then this freebie is for you! Grab here (including 100 marketing tips) – http://angelfoods.net/marketingplan You can see more about Pearl Toh, Pearl’s Creations website. Also on Facebook, on Instagram and Pinterest. You enroll in Cake Business School – read more + enroll here. Also, feel free to join our Facebook group, we would love you to join, it is a highly active group and where all the cook cakers hang out. To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Thank you!

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I interview Vicky Caldwell from Cakeoasis and a Cake Business School enrolled student. We chat about her 5 years in business, her mistakes, lessons learned and plans for the future. This was like a great chat with an old friend, which is kinda was because we had talked cake business over 5 years ago! We also cover: pricing cakes wedding cake orders photography 101 competitors markets the importance of community + support Grab the free Marketing Plan which I created this month, on how to get more inquiries, more sales, and more website traffic. If you don’t have enough orders or customers, then this freebie is for you! Grab here (including 100 marketing tips) –  (This is valued at $97 and you get completely free). And heads up, this course is only free for this month (July 2017) and then the Marketing Training course is only available inside Cake Business School.  You know, the more I talk to cake decorators, I realise that there are so many different ways to run a business. There is no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ but what suits you. I think that we all have the same struggles, being there is so much to learn, overwhelm, fear of failure, loneliness. But at the same time, how supportive and small the community really is. We are all the same. We are all different. Like cakes. There are lots of nuggets of advice for anyone in the industry, including cake ‘competition‘ and how to build up a network and community of like-minded people.   You can see more about Vicky here on Facebook. You enroll in Cake Business School – read more + enroll here. Also, feel free to join our Facebook group, we would love you to join, it is a highly active group and where all the cook cakers hang out. To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on >iTunes. Thank you!

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I interview Stephanie Loomis from Stefie Cakes and Treats about how she had a booming cake business and moved town/state and had to start from scratch and what exactly she is doing about it! Her inspiring story of pain, disability and overcoming hurdles and obstacles … well, it is a story you will remember! We also cover: websites + blogging her marketing plan to rebuild her business + get her name out there networking and collaboration ideas putting on her ‘big girl panties’ inspiration out the wazoo! Stephanie shares how she moved all the way across American and it was like starting her cake business from scratch. In her hometown, all she had to do was a post on Facebook and she was fully booked out! Except this second time was a lot harder, as she doesn’t have friends and family and WOM. To overcome this she has started a website and is blogging, starting a business Pinterest account, created + handing out vouchers, Facebook business page + group, going to do markets and giving out samples. With a disability from a car accident, she had no idea how to decorate before 2015. Now she finds baking and decorating therapeutic and actually feels no pain (when normally she has pain all day, every day!) Stephanie is following the free Marketing Plan which I created this month, on how to get more inquiries, more sales, and more website traffic. If you don’t have enough orders or customers, then this freebie is for you! Grab here (including 100 marketing tips) – http://angelfoods.net/marketingplan And heads up, this course is only free for this month (July 2017) and then the Marketing Training course is only available inside Cake Business School.  I really loved talking to Stephanie and I think you will be insanely inspired. You can see more about Stephanie website and Facebook and Instagram and Pinterest. You enroll in Cake Business School – read more + enroll here. Also, feel free to join our Facebook group, we would love you to join, it is a highly active group and where all the cook cakers hang out. To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Thank you!

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I have a free Marketing Plan and a marketing strategy. Vouchers. Vouchers are a brilliant marketing strategy. Like a business card got married to a flyer and had a voucher baby. It is an exclusive, limited time (scarce) deal for your potential customers. If you want to grow your cake business, get more orders and have fully booked out weeks – that requires getting new customers. And vouchers are a great way to do that. Putting together a discount or deal that you can print off and hand out all over the place! We all love a deal, whether it is $5 off, free extra coffee, 50% off, free cupcakes. We are (far more) likely to go to whatever place is offering that deal to claim it. (Even if we have never been there before.) I personally recommend giving a bonus or extra freebie instead of a discount. While yes, the order will be at lower profit margins, think of the future cake orders and repeat customer service. If you want to create a voucher yourself, I recommend using Canva or PicMonkey. But to make life (even) easier for you I have put together a voucher PDF for you to print off and use straight away! Over here. For me, the best voucher that worked is ‘’Receive a pack of 6 cupcakes for free (valued at $25) when you place an order of $50 or more’’. It is the best deal that worked for me and my cake business clients, over and over again! Ideas for how to use vouchers: print off and have in your purse, hand out like business cards, letterbox drop, put on car windshields, give out samples to offices and shops with vouchers, share on social media + got email subscriber list. And heads up, this course is only free for this month (July 2017) and then the replays are only available inside Cake Business School.  To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Thank you!

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I interview Lisa from That’s Delish and a Cake Business School enrolled student. What started as a simple baking competition at work office 5 years ago turned into a cake business. Nowadays, she is working on her business plan, what her niche or unique selling point is loved toppers and sugar flowers and business goals. This podcast is sponsored by Cake Business School. If you want to get more clientele, get fully booked out, be able to price with confidence (for profit) and have actual savings from your business. Well, that is exactly what you get. Enrol for just $1. Read more and enrol here – http://cakebusinessschool.com We also cover: ‘keys’ on advertising + a successful business income goals taste testing consults equal 100% orders there is no such thing as ‘competition’ Setting business plans is important. It is creating the path for where you want your business to head and direction to take. Business plans are very similar to New Years Resolutions, as you are decided where the year is going to take you. I call this setting goals – where do you want your business to be in 12 months time. I teach how to set + hit your business goals inside the Goal Planning training module inside Cake Business School. Lisa is currently rocking Instagram and has a lot of followers and engagement. She has been working on hashtags and engagement and it is paying off. Here is an article on 11 steps to pimp your Instagram account. One of Lisa’s goals is to get at least 1 wedding cake order per month booked in for the first 6 months of next year. One way to achieve this goal is by wedding cake testing or taste testing days. During these 1 hour consults, sitting with the client and fiance/friend and discussing the details gives brilliant customer service and far more likely to book in. In fact, Lisa has had 100% success rate (every single consult turned into an order!) That is pretty awesome conversion rate! And 80-100% conversion rate for 1 marketing strategy is amazing. During this interview, we broke down every step of hosting a cake taste testing day. Here are 4 tips to get wedding cake orders. There are lots of nuggets of advice for anyone in the industry, including cake ‘competition‘ and how to build up a network and community of like-minded people. I really enjoyed talking to Lisa and I think you will love the conversation too. You can see more about Lisa at That’s Delish website and Facebook and Instagram. You enroll in Cake Business School – read more + enroll here. Also, feel free to join our Facebook group, we would love you to join, it is a highly active group and where all the cook cakers hang out. To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Thank you!

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I share the how-to quote cakes in 5 minutes flat + get the order! We all get that inquiry with ”how much for this cake?” with a Pinterest image and how exactly to reply (quickly), that gets customers booking, without discounting or pulling your hair out. This podcast is sponsored by Cake Business School: an international program to learn the business of baking. Read more + enrol here – http://cakebusinessschool.com Get access to the complete Pricing Workshop training: How to price your cakes & sweets with confidence for more profit in 60 days! You will learn: The different pricing strategies + which one is best for you! Profit margins + how to work them out (I aim for 60-75%!) 3 quick tips to price cakes in 5 minutes flat How to quote on cakes + STILL get the order (with yes, GOOD profit margins) What 80% of your competitors aren’t doing (so you win the cake order) When + how to raise your cake prices Giving discounts – Should I? Shouldn’t I? How much? The art of upselling (how to make more money from cakes!) The art of raising your cake prices, while still being competitive and getting the order How to deal with customers who want grocery store prices for custom cakes PLUS 4 BONUS – cake pricing guides! Get nearly 50% off CBS plus a bonus freebie Cake Business Growth Kit, which includes the Pricing Workshop (valued at $97) when you enroll in Cake Business Schooll for 1-year, before 30 June. Read more + enroll here. This training was a Facebook live vide inside the Cake Business School Facebook group, we would love you to join, it is a highly active group and where all the cook cakers hang out. To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Thank you!

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I interview Kirsty from Bake This Happen.  In 2014 she started a home baking business and we talk about quitting jobs, getting legal, selling at expos, how she got her name out there and what worked on social media. Kirsty has a love affair websites + logo + branding + graphic design (she sees the world in pretty!) and builds websites for cake decorators and bakers. This podcast is sponsored by Cake Business School. For just $1, test out for one month on how it can help you grow your cake, baking or sweet business and have the business of your dreams! More income (tick), more clients (tick), pricing with confidence (tick), choosing a niche (tick) and getting fully booked out (hello dream shop front). Read more and enrol here – http://cakebusinessschool.com We also cover: how to market a baking business + get name out there social media, where to start and results from Facebook, Twitter + Instagram selling at markets, festivals, shows and expos Kirsty is a guest expert inside Cake Business School teaching how to DIY a logo using Canva (free program) with a step-by-step video tutorial to create your own logo! Get nearly 50% off CBS plus a bonus freebie Cake Business Growth Kit (valued at $97) when you enrol in Cake Business Schooll for 1-year. Read more + enroll here. If you need help building your website, with a logo or branding for your business, I highly recommend getting Kirsty to help. http://www.bakethishappen.com (referral link) Also get the free Cake Pricing Calculator here. Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Thank you!

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I share the top 5 pages to have on a cake website. Deciding to have a website leads to more questions … what pages do you need. Today in the Website for Cakers training, I share the 5 best pages you need to have on your website. Sponsor: This podcast is sponsored by Cake Business School. Don’t create works of art for under $20 and have no money in the bank at the end of a month. Profit from your baked goodies, with the practical, actionable and easy-to-understand courses, books and video trainings. Read more and enrol here – http://cakebusinessschool.com We also cover: whether website are important or not how a website works with your business marketing strategy most important pages/tabs (guarantee 90% listeners don’t have #5!) Join the Website 4 Cakers training with 15 tips from setup, templates, topics, how-to’s covered and questions answered for all skill levels. Sign up here http://angelfoods.net/free-website-training One of the most important aspects of a website is photos (and good ones at that) because we eat with our eyes first. And good photos equals more cake orders. Here is an article on how to take better cake photos. This training was a Facebook live vide inside the Cake Business School Facebook group, we would love you to join, it is a highly active group and where all the cook cakers hang out. Oh! I mentioned 50% off Cake Biz Templates + Guides: Ultimate Bundle of cake biz paperwork to run your business. It is only $10 until 20 June 2017 (referral link, and then doubles in price to $20). Includes: Terms & Conditions document (which I personally think can be used as part of a contract) with cancellations, postponement, refunds, deposits, final payments, delivery, publication/release of image use, hired equipment, gift vouchers, damaged cakes. Plus TEMPLATES + GUIDES: Car Log Book, Customer Complaint, and Action Form, Expense & Income Sheet, Profit & Loss Sheet, 3rd Party Pickup Release Form (if a friend/family member pick up the cake) & Cake Order + Quote + Invoice Form.  Plus 4 BONUSES: 9 Tips How To Travel Cakes, How To Store Cakes, Customer Register List (put all customers in, and contact next time their occasion comes around) and My $4800 cake business income goal: a guide to setting monthly income goals.  INCLUDING a handbook on how to use each document. Grab your bundle for 50% off here – http://angelfoods.net/templates-guides (referral link)

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I interview Rose Atwater from Rose Bakes.  Homeschooling 6 children and has up to 300 cake orders per year, paying off 2 mortgages for 3 years, plus has a successful blog earning $7k last month (actually, she has 3 blogs) and how she does it all. Interested in growing a cake (or baking) business like Rose? Cake Business School is where it is at! Learn how to grow, market your business, price with confidence for profit, in a community of like-minded people who are rocking their businesses! We would love to have you join. Read more and enrol here (for just $1) here – http://cakebusinessschoo.com Show notes: You can find Rose Bakes website here – http://rosebakes.com as well as on Pinterest and Facebook. Read income reports on CakeBlogging.com – http://cakeblogging.com/april-2017-blogging-income-report/ Rose’s most popular + viral posts – Cream Cheese Buttercream Frosting, Sugar Free Pineapple Lush Cake, How to Make Candy Apples Any Colour, Peppermint Marshmallow Chocolate Dips. See Roses first cakes – http://rosebakes.com/about/ Free Blogging Toolkit training – http://rebekahallan.com/free-training Free Cake Business Toolkit training – http://angelfoods.net/free-training To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Thank you!

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I answer a cake decorators question of how to celebrate hitting 1000 (or 100 or 500) ‘Likes’ on a Facebook business page. Should she run a competition, giveaway, raffle, (or what) to celebrate the milestone? Sponsor: the Angel Foods Show podcast is sponsored by Cake Business School. Yes, it is possible to start earning $5,000 per month selling cakes. And you don’t have to work 24/7 or sell a piece-of-art work cake for $20. Your cake business is quickly becoming a buzz-kill…a liability…a money sink hole and you are second-guessing your decision to start in the first place. Cake Business School is the answer – http://cakebusinessschool.com Show notes: Join the Cake Business School Facebook group – http://angelfoods.net/fbgroup How to Start Email Newsletters + Making Sales through emails – http://angelfoods.net/email-newsletter Enrol in Cake Business School – http://cakebusinessschool.com To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Thank you!  

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I interview Kara Jane from I Scream for Buttercream. Kara started a cake business and was so incredibly nervous and stressed (let alone found the lack of creative freedom stifling) so she turned her cake business into a blog! The highlight of this conversation – you can’t put a saddle on a unicorn! Sponsor: This podcast is brought to you by Cake Business School. You are good at cake and cake loves you back. But it isn’t worth the time and stress for the empty wallet. You suck at bookkeeping, you suck at pricing, you suck at figuring out how to get your name ‘out there’ and get more orders. Cake Business School is the answer to your prayers – http://cakebusinessschool.com Show notes: Join the Cake Business School Facebook group – http://angelfoods.net/fbgroup Free Blogging for Bakers training – http://angelfoods.net/free-blogging-training Free Cake Website training – http://angelfoods.net/free-website-training You can find I Scream for Buttercream here – https://iscreamforbuttercream.com/ as well as on Pinterest, YouTube, and Facebook. Freebie – How to Unleash you Creativity in Cake Design – https://iscreamforbuttercream.com/practical-tips-for-photographing-cakes-plus-editing/ Cake Decorating Fundamentals Course (The Nitty-Gritty Basics of Buttercream Cakes) – http://iscreamforbuttercream.teachable.com/ The viral pins (and articles) on Pinterest are Cotton Candy Poke Cake and Tips for Freezing Cakes & Cupcakes. How to become a YouTube Sensations (with over 1,000,000 views!) training inside Cake Business School – http://cakebusinessschool.com 30 Days to a Better YouTube Channel – http://amzn.to/2qz74bN Grab you spot on the Live Pricing Workshop training – http://angelfoods.net/pricing-workshop-encore To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Thank you!

In this episode of Angel Foods Show, I interview Jane Davies from Daisy Jane’s Cakes. She talks about starting her business with the ‘push’ of loved ones and now 2.5 years she books (and is known for) beautiful bespoke wedding cakes selling for $2000. How does she do it? Well, you’ll have to listen. Sponsor: Cake Business School will finally and conclusively answer all the how-to’s that you have been hunting since you started. HOW to make CONSISTENT income, so you can live the LIFE YOU DESERVE. HOW to OUTSELL & BEAT the COMPETITION with every man and his dog starting cake businesses. HOW to MARKET & SELL, without being a ‘cheesy salesman’. HOW to get that ridiculous WORK / LIFE Balance. (It must be a pipe dream, right?) HOW to GROW that cake business into the RAVING freaking SUCCESS that you KNOW it should be! I would love to invite you to check out Cake Business School for just $1 for the first month (trial period). Read more and enrol here – http://cakebusinessschool.com Show notes: Join the Cake Business School Facebook group – http://angelfoods.net/fbgroup You can find Daisy Jane’s Cakes here – https://www.facebook.com/DaisyJanesCakes/ How to find your target market, using the training inside Cake Business School – http://cakebusinessschool.com Grab your spot on the Live Pricing Workshop training – http://angelfoods.net/pricing-workshop-encore To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Thank you!