Baking it Down with Sugar Cookie Marketing 🍪

<p>👋 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). <br /><br />🍪 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?) <br /><br />🤑. 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 online to generate more sales and better manage their businesses. <br /><br />🧠 With free Facebook Live classes, hundreds of resources, and thousands of like-minded bakers, there’s a lot to learn in "SCM" (aka Sugar Cookie Marketing). ️🎧 As an extension of our Facebook group, this podcast is here to let you learn by listening. 📈 We'll cover group topics, marketing trends, and more (leaving this wide open in case Corrie wants to start singing). <br /><br />💸 We take the sweet art of selling online to the cottage bakery world with marketing methods that move products (and pastries).👂 So open up those glorious ear canals because we have a podcast! Just when you’ve thought you’ve “heard” it all with those marketing "miracle" twins (that's our last name - not a proclamation), we’ve got something just for you each week! <br /><br />🥣 As a baker, you don't always have the luxury of two hands needed to scroll in Sugar Cookie Marketing Group or crack open a book in Sugar Cookie Bookies, but what you can do is listen (unless you're my kid asking “what’s for dinner” for the millionth time). <br /><br />👐 Hands full of flour? No problem! 👍 18 dozen iced cookies due tomorrow? Let’s do this. The Baking it Down Podcast by Sugar Cookie Marketing is a weekly podcast geared toward helping you grow your bakery business - dropping (almost) every Tuesday. <br /><br />📅 We choose a topic each week that's either something new and emerging in the world of social media or something that we saw in "The Group" that was a hot topic and we bake it down... I mean, "break" it down for you. 🗯️ What you can expect in the podcast is about an hour of chit-chat with the meat and potatoes right at the beginning of the episode. <br /><br />🥔 That’s when we dive into the marketing topic of the week! 📞 Oh yeah, folks can call / text / email in with their questions too - a fun way to hear from other bakers out there. <br /><br />Our promises to you: <br />1️⃣ We always make it clean = no cursing. We understand that you are busy and could be around little ones while also trying to get your weekly dose of business growth so we make sure that each episode would make our grandma proud and keep it clean so you can listen while also living your life. <br />2️⃣ We always make it fun. There’s a lot of negativity in the world so we try and make the podcast an upbeat and fun learning experience for you. I mean, we try to make the Instagram updates and changes as happy as we can, but come on Instagram! Give it a rest! No more changes! <br />3️⃣ Other than that, we take a positive approach to marketing We are also *not* professional podcasters. I feel like we need to say this because, hey, sometimes we get giggles! We do our best to extend our marketing knowledge to you all free of charge each week at the cost of listening to our higher-than-normal pitched voices and the occasional giggle spree. <br />4️⃣ You can find the podcast on all the major platforms and you can typically expect a new episode each Tuesday afternoon (unless life happens). We invite everyone to listen. <br /><br />Either start from the beginning or work backward! The episodes don’t build off themselves so you won’t be confused hearing one before the other. You just might miss new Lives we mention but you can always catch the replay in the Sugar Cookie Marketing Group on Facebook!</p>

236. Baking it Down - The Most BORING Podcast Ever Recorded

Send us a text ☝️ Private Class Pt 2 - A BORING podcast. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 236 - The Most BORING Podcast Ever Recorded, I paid my nephew (Corrie's son, Archer) $10 to do the podcast intro (and just when you thought no one could talk faster than Heather), and we recapped the private in-home cookie class we taught last week. Also, (hilariously and probably not totally wrong), someone texted into the podcast that it was boring - ergo the name of this week's episode...

11-11
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235. Baking it Down - Private Class + Vendy Blendy pt. 1

Send us a text ☝️ Private Class + VB - Part one of a two-part series. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 235 - Private Class + The Vendy Blendy Pt 1, we're doing a two-part two-part series (not a typo) so I can check the box that we effectively spammed you with the Vendy Blendy this week while also providing some marketing value. We're teaching an in-home private class. Now, typically, you've heard me state (vehemently) that we don't teach private in-home classes anymore a...

11-04
01:15:21

234. Baking it Down - Food-tography

Send us a text 📸 Food-tography - Staging, props, gear, software.In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 234 - Food-Tography, we're concluding our "📅 Content Theme" for the month of October, which focused on... well, focusing that camera lens. 💡 Check out #OctoberPhotographyMonth in the Sugar Cookie Marketing (Group) to see more content on staging and gear. 📸 Food photography is a must when it comes to slingin' sugar cookies. Our customers "buy with their eyes," meaning that the photos...

10-28
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233. Baking it Down - Podcast Guest Christina from Boujee Baker Boutique

Send us a text 🎙️ Podcast Guest - Christina with Boujee Baker Boutique.In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 233 - Podcast Guest Christina with Boujee Baker Boutique, we hosted our first-ever remote podcast guest! You all wanted fresh blood (er... dough?), and the people get what they want! Meet Christina Cenera with Boujee Baker Boutique and Stormy Acre Cookies based in Warranton, Virginia. Yep, she juggles both a brick-and-mortar supply shop and a bakery business, all while ...

10-21
01:27:37

232. Baking it Down - Jury Duty

Send us a text ⚖️ Jury Duty - Hung up on client issues. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 232 - Jury Duty, Corrie gives the people what they wanted! A tell-all on her jury duty trial (that she missed last week's podcast for). Since it's definitely worth the listen to get the full energy, I'll keep this week's newsletter short (and yes, still on Wednesday, even if I'm barely making it before the buzzer goes off). 🏛️ Communication Matters Corrie's takeaway from the courtroo...

10-14
01:52:59

231. Baking it Down - Intro to the 2025 Vendy Blendy

Send us a text 🛒 2025 Vendy Blendy - The who, what, where, when, why. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 231 - The 2025 Vendy Blendy, we have VENDY BLENDY on the brain! Each year, 🦃 at the end of November, deals roll around in stores and across your screens, prepping everyone for the Christmas season. From malls to boutiques- the steals are endless! So, what about a day of deals just for bakers? 🫡 The Vendy Blendy answers the call. A deal-lovers' day specifically for the b...

09-30
01:24:32

230. Baking it Down - Nothing Old, Nothing New

Send us a text 🥲 Nothing Old, Nothing New - Why your clients aren't coming back. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 230 - Nothing Old, Nothing New, Corrie wanted to cover returning customers - clients that have ordered from you in the past and then reorder. They're massively valuable to your bottom line because returning leads cost less to acquire. That means you have to spend less time and marketing dollars getting someone to order from you a second time than getting some...

09-23
01:38:59

229. Baking it Down - Why You Should Do the Reels Collab

Send us a text 🎥 Do the Reels Collab - And here’s the reasons why you should. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 229 - Do the Reels Collab, we're hypin' up the marketing behind the Blind Baker Reels Collab on September 26. ✅ Register here: https://form.jotform.com/SugarCookieMarketing/blind-baker-collab🎥 This cookie collab is different from the others we've run this year for 1 simple reason: it's video-based. Instead of posting an image of a logo-turned-cookie for the Main...

09-16
01:18:05

228. Baking it Down - Getting Unstuck from the Web...Sites

Send us a text 🕸️ Stuck in the Websites - What to look for in a website builder. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 228 - Stuck in the Web...Sites, we (remotely - forgive the sound quality this week, kids - it was a learning experience) talk about the sunsetting of the baker-centric website host and builder, Castiron. 📩 Castiron sent this email to current users on Monday night with very little warning that there were problems in "paradise": Consider the implications of los...

09-09
01:43:01

227. Baking it Down - Do NOT Teach a Cookie Class (this way)

Send us a text 🛑 Do Not Teach a Cookie Class! - (If you plan on making these mistakes) In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 227 - Do NOT Teach a Cookie Class (this way), Corrie and I list out the things we wouldn't do if we were getting into cookie classes (yeah, yeah - the title is a bit of a clickbait, but hey, we're marketers, right?). September in the Sugar Cookie Marketing group is all about Cookie Classes as we try out having a "monthly theme" focused on one topic (you can s...

09-02
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226. Baking it Down - Podcast Guests Heather Brookshire and Kim Sims!

Send us a text 👭 Podcast Guests! - Meet Heather Brookshire and Kim Sims. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 226 - Podcast Guests Heather and Kim, you asked for less Heather and Corrie, and now you get Heather and Kim! Close enough, right?! Heather and Kim are self-titled "ESBs" - emotional support bakers - and really break down the value of having a baking buddy to partner with, vent to, talk shop with, and have in your corner when Uber steals your order. 👋 Meet Heather Campbell...

08-26
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225. Baking it Down - Diamond Demand

Send us a text 💎 Diamond Demand - Sifting through the competition. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 225 - Diamond Demand, we're telling EVERYONE they need DIAMONDS right NOW. 💎💎💎💎 Just kidding - this is just an analogy, so before you make this into something it's not - we're not talkin' about the diamond industry or bl🩸ood diamonds - we're just comparing a not-necessary-for-life luxury good with not-necessary-for-life luxury bakes. And there's somethin' we can all learn from t...

08-19
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224. Baking it Down - Main Street Money

Send us a text 💼 Main Street Money - Maximizing the main street cookie collab. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 224 - Main Street Money, the Main Street Cookie Collab is BACK and it's in two weeks on August 28th at 11:00 AM est. This is a fun collab because it incorporates so much "local" than our other collabs do. ⚠️ Keep in mind, this collab is on a Thursday, not our typical Friday - much thanks to my inability to read a calendar. ⚠️ Also, heads up - we've shifted the ...

08-12
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223. Baking it Down - Business Victim Mindset

Send us a text 💀 Business Victim Mindset - Be what happens to your business. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 223 - Business Victim Mindset, we are in the slowest baking month of the YEAR. Yep - last week of July / first week of August = the Google trends report where "sugar cookie" is least searched. Conversely, 📊 the end of the slowest month begins the uptick of our busy season - but that's not the point of today's podcast. We're focusing on the "hanging up of the apro...

08-05
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222. Baking it Down - Return of the Twith

Send us a text 👀 Reach Ain’t Errythang - Focus on metrics that make money. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 222 - Return of the Twith, the twin is BACK in business, and she means business with this week's topic: reach isn't everything. We played a clip from marketer David Glu, who lists how your audience's interactions might signal what your content isn't doing for them. 📈 Low Likes = Your content isn't relatable📉 Low Comments = Your content isn't thought-provoking 📈 Low ...

07-29
01:19:29

221. Baking it Down - Money Talks with the Miracles

Send us a text 💵 Money Talks With the (older) Miracles. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 221 - Money Talk with the Miracles, Corrie's still outta commission, so we've got another Miracle sister as a stunt double - meet Ashley with YNAB.com. Ash is the older (and wiser) sister and also an employee of an app that helps folks manage their money. Now, this is not a sales pitch; that said, I do use the app (and pay full price - what happened to sibling hookups?!), and we're g...

07-22
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220. Baking it Down - Ope, It's Amy!

Send us a text 👋 Ope, It's Amy! The mod team meets the mod team. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 220 - Ope, It's Amy!, we continue on our "regular scheduled programming" departure to introduce our first ever podcast guest - 🎂 Amy Russell of CookiesTakeTheCake (https://www.instagram.com/cookiestakethecake)! 💥 Now here's the funny part: Amy has been a part of the Sugar Cookie Marketing moderation team for like almost 5 years, and yet we've never met her before. Attempted ...

07-15
01:20:20

219. Baking it Down - C is for Cancer

Send us a text 🤒 C is for Cancer - A health update. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 219 - C is for Cancer, we pause our typical marketing podcast to talk about health - specifically as it relates to Corrie's cancer diagnosis and her upcoming surgery that'll have her outta commission for a few weeks (yes, you're still stuck with me, Heather). Today's podcast was a departure from our typical marketing content. It's a way to raise awareness that cancer doesn't judge, it doesn't ...

07-08
01:20:49

218. Baking it Down - The First Ever Mid-Summer Membership Sale

Send us a text 🤑 Mid-Summer Membership Sale - The first-ever mid-year Cookie College sale. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 218 - Mid-Summer Membership Sale, we cover this month's Mid-Summer Membership sale starting July 27 - August 2, 2025. This 7-day sale is the only one we've ever run before the Vendy Blendy (I cried just typing that - 🥲 how is this year goin' by so fast). 🤑 1. The Details This is our first-ever Mid-Summer Membership Sale - typically, we run a B...

07-01
01:20:48

217. Baking it Down - Video Marketing for Local Small Bakeries

Send us a text 📹 Video Marketing - For local, small cottage bakeries. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 217 - Video Marketing for Local Small Bakeries, Corrie wanted to talk about the wild world of Reels. Well, Reels, TikToks, YouTube Shorts - you know, vertical video. A topic made all the more important by Meta's announcement last week that all videos uploaded to the Facebook platform would now be categorized as Reels, thus shutting the door on horizontal videos (* Lives are s...

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Genna Cate Barnes

thank you so much for all of the amazing info you two are giving I really appreciate it!! has your Facebook group reached the capping limit? I have requested to join and would love to me part of the group! thanks so much ladies!

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Genna Cate Barnes

I couldn't quit understand the backdrop business name could I have you type out the link for me pretty please! thanks so much!

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