Latest Cottage Podcast Episodes
Ep #201 Your Questions Answered with Sari and April- Part 2
Food Business Success® with Sari Kimbell - July 02, 2024 10:00 - 1 hourIn this part two of the Q&A interview featuring Fuel member questions, Sari and April address growth questions as brands move past the launch phase of their business and want to scale into online and wholesale sales. Questions include addressing the best strategies for selling products directly ...
Ep #200 Your Questions Answered with Sari and April
Food Business Success® with Sari Kimbell - June 25, 2024 10:00 - 53 minutesIt's a huge milestone today as Food Business Success hits 200 episodes of a weekly podcast! Tune in for my answers to questions from our Fuel members about launching a business including my story of starting a food business. Food Business Success is my signature program that helps you launch y...
VRS564 - The Role of Company Culture in Delivering Exceptional Guest Experiences with Rachel Alday
Vacation Rental Success - June 19, 2024 07:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 210 ratingsIn this insightful episode of the Vacation Rental Success Podcast, host Heather Bayer sits down with Rachel Alday, co-founder of Abode Luxury Vacation Rentals, to discuss the crucial role of company culture in the short-term rental business. Rachel shares her journey of growing a family-owned...
167. Baking it Down - Getting Corpy Orders
Baking it Down with Sugar Cookie Marketing 🍪 - June 18, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 287 ratings💼 Getting Corpy Orders - A campaign for corporate girly eras. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 167 - Getting Corpy Orders, Corrie wanted to switch from telling you to get into corporate orders and now tell you how to get corporate orders. Corporate orders are great - they have h...
Ep #199 Creating a $100M Business on His Own Terms with Scott Edwards of Elevated Gains
Food Business Success® with Sari Kimbell - June 18, 2024 10:00 - 55 minutesScott Edwards, founder of Elevated Gains, has BIG dreams for his protein bar brand to create a $100M business, but he's doing what a great CEO does: not rushing, constraining his activity and focused on learning while making money. After struggling to get out of the startup stage with his CBD p...
VRS563 - Human Trafficking and the Vacation Rental Industry: What You Need to Know with Catherine Ratcliffe
Vacation Rental Success - June 12, 2024 07:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 210 ratingsThis episode is sponsored by Lodgify, an all-in-one solution that will help you start, manage, and grow your short-term rental business. Use Code VRF10 for 10% off their Professional and Ultimate yearly plans > Click here to visit Lodgify.com to start your free trial today ____________...
Episode 12 Season 3 - Niche Markets
Cultivation Station - June 12, 2024 03:56 - 38 minutesFood markets today are booming, and everyone loves to see new and innovative products. Joins us as we look at some food products that have been around a while, but are really in their own niche markets and growing in popularity!
166. Baking it Down - Ask and Ye Shall Receive
Baking it Down with Sugar Cookie Marketing 🍪 - June 12, 2024 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 287 ratings🙏 Ask and Ye Shall Receive - Because if you don't ask, the answer's no. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 166 - Ask and Ye Shall Receive, we covered the unfortunate necessity to ask for what you want in business. For those of us who d-r-e-a-d rejection, not asking for what we nee...
Ep #198 Money Drama and How I [mostly] Avoid Money Mistakes
Food Business Success® with Sari Kimbell - June 11, 2024 10:00 - 30 minutesI have been in own money drama recently about making an investment in my business and fear about making (yet another) money mistake. Yep, I've made more than a few "mistakes" with money 😵💫. Most of them I would say were "learnings" and stepping stones, with only one really bad one that I still...
Episode 11 Season 3 - Full Good Fulfillment
Cultivation Station - June 10, 2024 22:35 - 42 minutesAs your business grows, you may be preparing to expand your distribution. The FULL GOOD FULLFILLMENT team is obsessed with solving our clients’ toughest logistics problems by providing packing consultations, simple product management solutions, transparent order fulfillment, and low cost shippin...
VRS562 - From Startup to Award-Winning Team: Andy McNulty on Remote Work Success
Vacation Rental Success - June 05, 2024 07:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 210 ratingsThis episode is sponsored by Lodgify, an all-in-one solution that will help you start, manage, and grow your short-term rental business. Use Code VRF10 for 10% off their Professional and Ultimate yearly plans > Click here to visit Lodgify.com to start your free trial today ____________...
165. Baking it Down - Taking a Stab at Collabs
Baking it Down with Sugar Cookie Marketing 🍪 - June 04, 2024 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 287 ratings🔪 Taking a Stab at Collabs - The bake-down of a local collab. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 165 - Stab at Collabs, Corrie took one for the team and signed up for a local vendor collab on Monday so she can give us the bake-down this week. And I think you'll like what she has to...
Ep #197 Right Sizing Your Business with Sarah Delevan
Food Business Success® with Sari Kimbell - June 04, 2024 10:00 - 50 minutesSarah Delevan, a CPG profitability expert and host of the Good Food CEO podcast, and I have an engaging conversation about what it takes to create a sustainable businesses on your terms. We discuss the essential financial strategies and the intentional approaches founders need to build success...
VRS561 - Achieve More By Doing Less - How to Make Your Business Inspirational
Vacation Rental Success - May 29, 2024 07:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 210 ratingsThis episode is sponsored by Lodgify, an all-in-one solution that will help you start, manage, and grow your short-term rental business. Use Code VRF10 for 10% off their Professional and Ultimate yearly plans > Click here to visit Lodgify.com to start your free trial today ____________...
164. Baking it Down - Loss Leaders
Baking it Down with Sugar Cookie Marketing 🍪 - May 28, 2024 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 287 ratings🍗 Loss Leaders - How losing can help you win. In this week's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 164 - Loss Leaders, we covered, well, what a loss leader is and how to implement it as a marketing strategy in your baking business. 💰 If you've been to Costco (formerly Price Club) anytime in the la...
Ep 196 Setbacks and Comebacks
Food Business Success® with Sari Kimbell - May 28, 2024 10:00 - 12 minutesYou have already overcome so much (we survived a pandemic!), but most of us fail to think of ourselves as the hero in the story and use it as evidence of what we can accomplish in our businesses. In this episode, I explore how to turn setbacks into powerful comeback stories for your business an...
Episode 10 - New Supply Chains - Benefits & Challenges
Cultivation Station - May 22, 2024 14:00 - 54 minutesIn a fast moving world we always need to be looking for new opportunities! Join us while we talk with Martha Sullins from CSU and Greg Bloom from Barbers Farms & Foods as they share new supply chain ideas, along with the benefits and opportunities they can have for Colorado food producers.
Episode 10 - Building New Markets for Dry Beans
Cultivation Station - May 22, 2024 14:00 - 54 minutesIncreasingly, dry beans are an important part of diets around the world, and Colorado has been a significant dry bean producer for many years. During this podcast Barb Howe and Martha Sullins talk with Greg Bloom from Barbers Farms & Foods about how markets for dry beans are expanding across the...
VRS560 - Here Goes Nothin'…Matt Landau on Experiences, Retreats and Memorable Events
Vacation Rental Success - May 22, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 210 ratingsThis episode is sponsored by Lodgify, an all-in-one solution that will help you start, manage, and grow your short-term rental business. Use Code VRF10 for 10% off their Professional and Ultimate yearly plans > Click here to visit Lodgify.com to start your free trial today ____________...
163. Baking it Down - Website 101
Baking it Down with Sugar Cookie Marketing 🍪 - May 21, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 287 ratings👨💻 Website 101 - An audit of twin2's website. We've been working on getting Corrie a new website 🕸 - and we got the barebones bits together - so we thought it'd be fun to audit an unfinished website on today's Baking it Down Podcast - Episode 163. The big takeaway is this: there are many web...
Ep #195 Starting a Buzz-Worthy Brand with Anna Zesbaugh
Food Business Success® with Sari Kimbell - May 21, 2024 10:00 - 48 minutesIn this episode, I chat with Anna Zesbaugh, the inspiring founder of Better Buzz Brands that makes Hooch Booch and Corpse Reviver beverages, to discuss her journey launching an alcoholic hard kombucha company during the pandemic and then adding a non-alcoholic beverage to pave the way for more ...
VRS559 - VRNation Launch: A New Era for NWVRP and Insights from Scouted.com’s CMO
Vacation Rental Success - May 15, 2024 07:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 210 ratingsThis episode is sponsored by Lodgify, an all-in-one solution that will help you start, manage, and grow your short-term rental business. Use Code VRF10 for 10% off their Professional and Ultimate yearly plans > Click here to visit Lodgify.com to start your free trial today ____________...
162. Baking it Down - Tags vs Tips
Baking it Down with Sugar Cookie Marketing 🍪 - May 14, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 287 ratings🤑 Tags vs Tips - The bottom line is the bottom line. This week we cover a topic that can get some bakers into trouble - hiding in the bushes of their exes. Kidding - that was our mom, but the concept still applies when it comes to stalkin' our clients. The issue arises when we feel we're owed ...
Ep #194 How To Take Time Off As An Entrepreneur
Food Business Success® with Sari Kimbell - May 14, 2024 10:00 - 26 minutesAre you a good time off taker? Are you able to turn off your phone and get present with the people and experiences, or do you feel ancy, agitated and anxiety wondering what you are missing and what messes will await you when you return? Most business owners I meet are TERRIBLE at taking real tim...
VRS558 - Mastering Trust: Strategies for Success in Short-Term Rentals with Yoram Solomon
Vacation Rental Success - May 08, 2024 07:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 210 ratingsThis episode is sponsored by Lodgify, an all-in-one solution that will help you start, manage, and grow your short-term rental business. Use Code VRF10 for 10% off their Professional and Ultimate yearly plans > Click here to visit Lodgify.com to start your free trial today ____________...
161. Baking it Down - Mmmmmm
Baking it Down with Sugar Cookie Marketing 🍪 - May 07, 2024 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 287 ratings🤝 Mmmmmm - A meeting framework (that works). About two years ago, Corrie and I started meeting (well, 😭 she was kicking and screaming) each Monday for what later became known as the 📅 Monday Morning Marketing Meeting with the Miracles. The MMMMM for short. 😕 Meetings can feel pointless unless...
Ep #193 Sage Wisdom from Coach Maz
Food Business Success® with Sari Kimbell - May 07, 2024 10:00 - 51 minutesDeb Mazzaferro (aka Coach Maz) has been in the CPG industry for decades and she shares her insights and wisdom in a conversation we had together recently. With vast experience with legacy brands, importers, start-ups, brokers and distributors, she has a lot we can learn from when navigating the ...
Episode 9 Season 3 - STEAD School
Cultivation Station - May 06, 2024 13:57 - 35 minutesThe STEAD School an Alternative to Traditional Learning. The STEAD School is student-led school for experiential learning in science, technology, environment, agriculture and systems design. Join us for to learn more about the school, the leadership and the students!
Episode 7 Season 3 - Marketing on a Budget Part 4
Cultivation Station - May 06, 2024 13:48 - 43 minutesAdvertising & Digital Media to Round Out Your Marketing Plan: This is Part 4 of our 4 part series, In parts 1, 2, & 3 we covered getting organized to develop a strong Marketing plan as well as using PR, and in part 3, we covered using Social Media and Influencers as key parts of your Marketing p...
Episode 8 - JeffCo Food Policy Council Part 3
Cultivation Station - May 01, 2024 14:51 - 46 minutesJoin us for Part 3 of our 3 part series to learn what the Jefferson County Food Policy Council teams are doing. The first episode focused on the School Food Pilot. In this episode we will hear about the Community Leadership team. The Jefferson County Food Policy Council is a diverse community-le...