This week we start a 6 week series on Cake Business Fundamentals. These are the things that will set you up for success in your business. They provide focus and direction and help you to keep your business on track.

This week we are chatting about having a Business Plan. We're not talking the scary type you take to a bank manager with graphs and pie charts. We're talking about a clear plan with defined goals for you to follow for business success.

Next week we'll be honing in on Niche Market.

https://daisycakeandco.com

This week we do our irregular feature where we answer your questions.

We have all kinds of questions from baking brownies, to wedding fairs, to getting your home kitchen registered.

This is the last episode for a couple of weeks. We will be back on July 29th 2024.

In this episode Bronya and Sammie chat about feat of success. Obviously, this isn't something people plan on having, as when you go into business, you plan to succeed. But the human brain is a dark and foreboding place and can sometimes develop irrational fears.

The fear of success can be debilitating and cause self sabotage or procrastination to set in.

We chat about our experience with fear of success, and talk about how we and others have overcome it.

Following Bronya's recent success on Instagram, this episode is all about marketing on Social Media.

We chat about when and what to post, and the things that's Bronya has found successful when posting about her cake business on Instagram.

She talks about the algorithms, the times to post, why you may not be getting engagement and what happens to your reach when you don't get engagement.

Follow Bronya on instagram at @DaisyCakeCo, and follow the podcast at @TheBusinessofCakeMaking

We are very excited to be chatting to Marketing Expert, and soon to be published author, Alice Benham.

Alice talks about marketing in a way that is straight to the point, but not intimidating. She understand small businesses need to move forward and in our chat she talks about what a marketing strategy is but how it's not a scary business thing. She talks about, in her words, taking messy action.

Alice also talks about her book, The Digital marketing Handbook, which is published June 20th - this coming Thursday.

This week we revisit a topic we did back in Episode 28 - Time Management.

things have moved on a lot in the world since we last talked about this and we have got better at planning our time.

We talk about planning, preparation, boundaries, routines, distractions and being tidy.

This week we are talking about how to SAY NO!!

Cake Makers, as a group, are notoriously bad at saying no. We chat about why you should say no, when to say no, and how to say no.

Saying no is empowering and will definitely reduce the stress levels in your cake business.

Today we chat to Suzanne Esper - or we should say Doctor Suzanne Esper!

Scientist and highly acclaimed cake maker and teacher - hear how she changed her life, pivoted her business to make it right for her, and what she is doing now.

It was such a wonderful chat it could have lasted for hours. Also, listen out for the competition she has set for our listeners.