
09/15/2026
278. Baking it Down - Cost Creepers Send us Fan Mail🧟♂️ Cost Creepers - Scary ways you’re losing money.In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 278 - Cost Creepers, the Cookie College is comin' up with Blueprints (more on that soon), and the first 14-day Blueprint focuses on accurately pricing your bakes profitably - the key w

09/08/2026
277. Baking it Down - First Timer Follies Send us Fan Mail🤡 First Timer Follies - When you’re new and need orders.In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 277 - First Timer Follies, we're wrapping up our New Baker's series, talking about first-timer mistakes you don't have to repeat if you snag yesterday's episode.When you're new to

09/01/2026
276. Baking it Down - How To Turn Down Orders When You Need Orders Send us Fan Mail🛑 How 2 Turn Down Orders - When you’re new and need orders.In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 276 - How To Turn Down Orders When You Need Orders, the beginner baker needs to turn down orders - yes, even when they need orders. Sometimes the client isn't the right match, t

08/25/2026
275. Baking it Down - Big Shoes Battle Send us Fan Mail👟 Big Shoes Battle - How to compete with the big bakers.In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 275 - Big Shoes Battle, we're back on our beginner baker series, and good news - even if you're new and it feels like you're takin' on the Big Dog Bakers who have been in the space

08/18/2026
274. Baking it Down - Allow Us to be Your Personal Yodas Send us Fan Mail🧙♂️ Your Yodas - allow us to be...In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 274 - Your Yodas Allow us to Be, we're back on our beginner baker series, and what better time than to reintroduce ourselves, tell you a bit about our background in marketing and sales, and how we got

08/10/2026
273. Baking it Down - Content Cookies for Beginner Bakers Send us Fan Mail📹 Content Cookies - For the beginner cookier.In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 273 - Content Cookies for the Beginner Baker, we acknowledge there's an issue between when a baker gets started selling and the amount of content they have... or, well, don't have.A lot of th

08/04/2026
272. Baking it Down - S-Tier Lead Gen for Cottage Bakers in 2026 Send us Fan Mail👩🏻💻 S Tier Lead Gen - For cottage bakers in 2026.In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 272 - S-Tier Lead Gen Sources for Bakers in 2026, there's a new trend where people rank things they like and hate by tiers - 🟨 S-tier being the elite. For the oldie goldies like me, "S"

07/28/2026
271. Baking it Down - Cookier Interview - Taylor Gandolfi Send us Fan Mail🎤 Cookier Interview - Taylor Gandolfi with Taylor'd Cookies.In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 271 - Cookier Interview - Taylor Gandolfi, continuing on with our cookier interview series, we snagged Taylor Gandolfi this week. She's been baking as a side hustle (more on he

07/21/2026
270. Baking it Down - The Right Foot when Getting Started Send us Fan Mail🦶 The Right Foot - When getting started.In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 270 - Getting Started on the Right Marketing Foot, we're continuing with our "back to baking" basics - this time getting started on the right marketing foot. What used to work - even just 3 years

07/14/2026
269. Baking it Down - Sugar Cookies as a Side Hustle Send us Fan Mail🍪 Sugar Cookies as a profitable side hustle.In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 269 - Sugar Cookie Side Hustle, we wanted to take it back to the beginning - specifically to those folks who know they want to take on a new hobby that not only covers itself, but also pads th

07/07/2026
268. Baking it Down - Biting at the Bit for Bartering Send us Fan Mail🔄 Biting @ the Bit 2 Barter - How to barter as a baker.In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 268 - Biting at the Bit for Bartering, Corrie has been running some 'bartering' case studies for podcast land. In these test runs, she's joined a local bartering group and exchanged

06/30/2026
267. Baking it Down - There's Such a Thing as Bad Publicity Send us Fan Mail🗣️ There’s Such a Thing - As bad publicity.In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 267 - There's Such a Thing as Bad Publicity, if you've not lived under a rock, TikTok is buzzing with some cake pop drama between two bakers. If you have no idea what we're talking about - cong

06/23/2026
266. Baking it Down - AI Inspo Photo 101 Send us Fan Mail🤖 AI Inspo Photo 101 - How to handle client ai inspo images.In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 266 - AI Inspo Photo 101, one of the top hot button topics we're seeing in not just the Sugar Cookie Marketing group, but all baking-related groups is AI.Specifically, this pod

06/16/2026
265. Baking it Down - Cookier Interview: Sharon with Fabuela Q Cookies Send us Fan Mail🎤 Cookier Interview - Sharon with Fabuela Q CookiesIn this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 265 - Cookier Interview: Sharon, y'all asked for some fresh blood... I mean, new perspectives... on the podcast, and Sharon listened! Sharon with Fabuela Q Cookies recently found the Ba

06/03/2026
263. Baking it Down - Summer Slowdown Send us Fan Mail☀️ Summer Slowdown - Keep your marketing piping hot all summerIn this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 263 - Summer Slowdown, it's that tiiime of year - where both bakers and clients take a step back from the onslaught of End of School and grad orders. We say it every year - t

05/27/2026
262. Baking it Down - Using Video in Marketing Send us Fan Mail🎥 Video Marketing - Using video in marketing.In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 262 - Using Video in Marketing, we spent today recording the sessions for the upcoming 2-day Cookie Videos Bootcamp that drops June 4 -5 (and there's still time to register, hint hint). Video

05/19/2026
261. Baking it Down - Lawn Funnel Send us Fan Mail🌾 Lawn Funnel - Understanding the marketing landscape.In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 261 - Lawn Funnel, Corrie really wanted to stick with the 🌱 landscaping analogy - so baby gets what she wants. The topic = funnels. The analogy = a lawn. We use the buzzy word "funne

05/12/2026
260. Baking it Down - Business Weeding Send us Fan Mail🌱 Business Weeding - Stop bad behavior before it starts.In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 260 - Business Weeding, we wanted to talk about small behavioral problems that, when left to grow and get deeper roots, become big problems. Yes, Heather was weeding, and this is a

05/05/2026
259. Baking it Down - Posting Every Day Send us Fan Mail📅 Posting Every Day - To cut through & connect.In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 259 - Posting Every Day, Corrie has been testing out a 30-day strategy to cut through the noise of crowded AI-spun feeds to see if she can get the algo to swing in her direction and show mo

04/28/2026
258. Baking it Down - Speaking For Clients, Not As Send us Fan Mail🗣️ Speaking For Your Clients - And not speaking as your clients.In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 258 - Speaking For Your Clients, Not As, we focus on bakers' tendency to hyper-focus on their own experience and apply it to their clients.Except... we're not our clients.🥣

04/22/2026
257. Baking it Down - What Popped at What's Popping Con Send us Fan Mail🟣 What Popped Off - at What’s Popping Con.In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 257 - What Popped Off at What's Popping Con, Corrie and I just got back from this week's second-ever 🔴🟠🟡🟢🔵🟣 What's Popping Con - a cake pop convention by Daisy Makes (also a beloved Baking it Do

04/14/2026
256. Baking it Down - Nextcuses Send us Fan Mail🤷 Nextcuses - How to get around your own excuses.In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 256 - Nextcuses, we wanted to talk about somethin' that crops up every month there's a Cookie Collab (Pipe a Park Collab is this Friday btw - oh, you won't be able to participate? Hold on

04/07/2026
255. Baking it Down - Pre-Sales Bootcamp Recap Send us Fan Mail💲 Pre-Sales Recap - What we learned in the bootcamp.In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 255 - Bootcamp Recap, we recapped the Bootcamp on Pre-Sales. No, this isn't a sales pitch, but the cool part about the bootcamps is the private Bootcamp Facebook group dedicated to tha