Latest Cottage Podcast Episodes
Ep #175 Subtract To Do More
Food Business Success® with Sari Kimbell - January 02, 2024 11:00 - 25 minutesWhen setting your new year's goals, it's so easy to just add more and more to the list as a way to get you there. Studies show that most of us never even consider doing LESS and subtracting activities. In today's podcast I share with you insights from the book Subtract by Leidy Klotz and how yo...
Episode 1 Season 3 Marketing on a Budget Series Part 1
Cultivation Station - January 02, 2024 01:57 - 49 minutesListen in on Cultivation Station while we kick-off a 4 part series! In Part 1, we talk with Jordyn Gottlieb at Root Marketing on how our businesses can have effective Marketing programs on a budget! The first step is to get organized!!!! Jordyn will share expert ideas and tools to get started on...
VRS539 - Behind the Scenes of a Vacation Rental Powerhouse - The Casiola Story
Vacation Rental Success - December 27, 2023 08:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 210 ratingsThis episode is sponsored by Minut. You can discover more about Minut at our Virtual Vendor Showcase >> https://www.vacationrentalformula.com/virtual-vendor-showcases/minut Get access to the best education for your short-term rental business! Enroll in The Vacation Rental Formula Business ...
143. Baking it Down - EYO (End of Year) Tasks
Baking it Down with Sugar Cookie Marketing 🍪 - December 26, 2023 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 287 ratingsSend us a Text Message. 📑 A list of EOY Tasks to set you up for sales in 2024 Hopefully you've survived the holidays and with NYE being a more muted cookie holiday, you get a chance to breathe, meet your kids you've not seen in 6 months because you've been sequestered in the kitchen, and take ...
Ep #174 Going Viral and Converting to Sales on IG with Kayla King
Food Business Success® with Sari Kimbell - December 26, 2023 11:00 - 42 minutesSocial Media Marketing Manager Kayla King seems to have cracked the code on growing a social media following and going "viral" on Instagram and she is sharing some of her secrets on the podcast today! We love to celebrate and use Fuel Member, Chennelle of GoodLove Foods, as an example who recent...
VRS538 - The Art of Standards: Redefining Vacation Rental Quality
Vacation Rental Success - December 20, 2023 08:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 210 ratingsThis episode is sponsored by Minut. You can discover more about Minut at our Virtual Vendor Showcase >> https://www.vacationrentalformula.com/virtual-vendor-showcases/minut Get access to the best education for your short-term rental business! Enroll in The Vacation Rental Formula Business ...
142. Baking it Down - Burnout Boundaries
Baking it Down with Sugar Cookie Marketing 🍪 - December 19, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 287 ratingsSend us a Text Message. 💚 Burnout Boundary - How to ward off the Spirit of Grinch-Mas. 'Tis the season to h-h-hate your bakery business. I can't even judge, I'm a slave to the "cookie SuperBowl" where we sell the MOST volume all year x10 (see the diagram from Google search queries for "Sugar C...
Ep #173 The Only Good Comparison
Food Business Success® with Sari Kimbell - December 19, 2023 11:00 - 13 minutesThink about when you have gotten stuck in comparison or competition with another brand or founder. It probably feels terrible and as Seneca says, "comparison is the thief of joy". But, there is one type of comparison that can be useful and help you go 10X. Find out on today's podcast. Food Bu...
VRS537 - Crafting Stories, Creating Experiences: Social Media Mastery and Beyond with Derry Green & Alice Fry
Vacation Rental Success - December 13, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 210 ratingsThis episode is sponsored by Minut. You can discover more about Minut at our Virtual Vendor Showcase >> https://www.vacationrentalformula.com/virtual-vendor-showcases/minut Get access to the best education for your short-term rental business! Enroll in The Vacation Rental Formula Business ...
141. Baking it Down - The Cookie Class Kits Explained
Baking it Down with Sugar Cookie Marketing 🍪 - December 12, 2023 21:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 287 ratingsSend us a Text Message. 🏫 The Cookie Class Kits Explained and how you can get all 13 kits for $4.84 each Okay yeah - Heather here. I made a calendar boo-boo and thought I'd be in town on Monday, but turned out, I'll be outta town, so I had to record the "Tuesday Podcast" for the "Onesday Wedne...
Ep #172 Going 10X in his business with Danny Walsh of Peak State Coffee
Food Business Success® with Sari Kimbell - December 12, 2023 11:00 - 46 minutesDanny has had some amazing growth over the past three years since launching Peak State Coffee in the spring of 2020 and he is getting ready to have another huge 10X growth period. Danny and I talk about what it means to him to go 10X and why he loves this concept, how Master Your Business has he...
VRS535 - Designing to Stand Out: Expert Tips for Memorable Short-Term Rentals
Vacation Rental Success - December 06, 2023 08:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 210 ratingsThis episode is sponsored by The Vacation Rental Formula Business School Can you hands on the year's biggest course sales Get all our courses in Buy One, Get One Bundles Don't Miss Out >> Get Your Course Offers Here Get on the waitlist for the next intake for VRF B-School Consultation: http...
VRS536 - The Great Debate: STR, VRM... or something else?
Vacation Rental Success - December 06, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 210 ratingsThis episode is sponsored by The Vacation Rental Formula Business School. Discover more about the VRF B-School: https://www.vacationrentalformula.com/business-school/ Listening to this podcast on the move? Get to the show notes here: https://www.vacationrentalformula.com/VRS536
140. Baking it Down - Vendy Blendy Marketing-Endy
Baking it Down with Sugar Cookie Marketing 🍪 - December 05, 2023 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 287 ratingsSend us a Text Message. 🙊 Vendy Blendy Marketing-endy and what you can learn from our blendy blunders. We may not be allowed to talk about "the event that shall not be named," but that doesn't mean we can't learn from it! A lot of marketing goes into the yearly Vendy Blendy, and it seems like...
Episode 17 - Exiting Your Business: How to Prepare for the Future
Cultivation Station - December 05, 2023 17:16 - 46 minutesListen in on Cultivation Station as we talk with experts from the Small Business Development Center on how to prepare to exit your business. This key part of all bsuinesses should be considered when building your business plan, but is often overlooked. Our advisors will share their experiences i...
Ep #171 Why you want to set a 10X goal
Food Business Success® with Sari Kimbell - December 05, 2023 15:00 - 35 minutesYes, it's that time of year when everyone is talking about goals...blah, blah, blah. I am so over the traditional way to setting goals because they just leave me feeling like a failure. Until I found the 10X method of setting goals! In today's episode I share with you why a 10X goal (making the ...
VRS534 - Breaking Boundaries: Pioneering Paths for Women in Vacation Rentals
Vacation Rental Success - November 29, 2023 08:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 210 ratingsThis episode is sponsored by The Vacation Rental Formula Business School Can you hands on the year's biggest course sales Get all our courses in Buy One, Get One Bundles Don't Miss Out >> Get Your Course Offers Here Get on the waitlist for the next intake for VRF B-School Consultation: http...
139. Baking it Down - 2023 Best Baker Gift List
Baking it Down with Sugar Cookie Marketing 🍪 - November 28, 2023 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 287 ratingsSend us a Text Message. 🎁 Best Baker Gifts 2023 (feel free to forward this email) 🎅🏻 Corrie had a genius idea (they come around to her once a decade) to ask bakers what they think other bakers would want should they find their names scrawled on Santa's nice list this year. 📜 Ho-Ho-Hold your ...
Ep #170 Influencer Marketing Made Easy with Yash of Saral
Food Business Success® with Sari Kimbell - November 28, 2023 11:00 - 42 minutesThere are so many strategies to get more people to try your product and become raving fans from ads to events. One of my favorites is influencer marketing because it's pretty easy to get started even on a low budget and there are some great fringe benefits that come with collaborating with other...
Episode 16 - Setting Google Alerts as Reminders: How to Stay on Top of Business Opportunities
Cultivation Station - November 27, 2023 16:27 - 43 minutesListen in on Cultivation Station while we learn how to stay on top of opportunities & trends. For everyone in agriculture, every season is the busy season! How do we stay on top of submitting applications for funding opportunities? How do we learn about business trends that could help our busine...
VRS533 - The Keys To Success - How To Create a Solid Foundation for Your Vacation Rental Business
Vacation Rental Success - November 22, 2023 08:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 210 ratingsThis episode is sponsored by PriceLabs. You can discover more about PriceLabs and their 2023 Breakthrough Release at our Virtual Vendor Showcase. Sign up today for a free 30-day trial >> https://www.vacationrentalformula.com/virtual-vendor-showcases/pricelabs Get access to the best educatio...
138. Baking it Down - If I Gave You a Million Dollars
Baking it Down with Sugar Cookie Marketing 🍪 - November 21, 2023 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 287 ratingsSend us a Text Message. 🤑What if I Gave You A Million Dollars... Would you do it? 🤔 "Do what? But also - yes," you might ask - and that's exactly the point of this week's podcast. If you knew you were going to get a million dollars for taking a benign action, most of us wouldn't think twice be...
Ep #169 Don't Use Gratitude Against Yourself [Reprise]
Food Business Success® with Sari Kimbell - November 21, 2023 11:00 - 29 minutesGratitude is generally a positive emotion, but sometimes I see how people use gratitude to try to tamper down their desires and not go after their dream. On today's podcast, I share with you what this looks like and then give you three very useful ways to use gratitude to fuel you into action ev...
VRS532 - Welcoming International Guests (And Keeping Them Out of Jail)
Vacation Rental Success - November 20, 2023 08:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 210 ratingsThis episode is sponsored by PriceLabs. You can discover more about PriceLabs and their 2023 Breakthrough Release at our Virtual Vendor Showcase. Sign up today for a free 30-day trial >> https://www.vacationrentalformula.com/virtual-vendor-showcases/pricelabs Welcome to ‘The Tipping Point’ ...
VRS531 - From Booking to Staying: The Hidden Power of Extra Communication with Guests
Vacation Rental Success - November 15, 2023 08:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 210 ratingsThis episode is sponsored by PriceLabs. You can discover more about PriceLabs and their 2023 Breakthrough Release at our Virtual Vendor Showcase. Sign up today for a free 30-day trial >> https://www.vacationrentalformula.com/virtual-vendor-showcases/pricelabs Get access to the best educati...
137. Baking it Down - Surviving Q4
Baking it Down with Sugar Cookie Marketing 🍪 - November 14, 2023 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 287 ratingsSend us a Text Message. 😵💫 Surviving Q4 - the fight for the newsfeed It's the time of yeeeear... when the reach is low and the engagement is even lower. What gives?! I'll tell ya what - the deep pockets of big corporations capitalizing on the "year-end consumer" who is primed to pay. It's a...
Ep #168 Scenario Planning for Next Year
Food Business Success® with Sari Kimbell - November 14, 2023 11:00 - 23 minutesDon't skip over this one! I know you may not love to do this planning CEO-type work, but at this time of year it is the difference between celebrating huge wins or possibly giving up next year. I share with you the basics of creating a strategic plan and what it means to do scenario planning. A...
VRS530 - 7 Things You Should Not Have In Your Short-Term Rental
Vacation Rental Success - November 13, 2023 08:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 210 ratingsThis episode is sponsored by PriceLabs. You can discover more about PriceLabs and their 2023 Breakthrough Release at our Virtual Vendor Showcase. Sign up today for a free 30-day trial >> https://www.vacationrentalformula.com/virtual-vendor-showcases/pricelabs Welcome to ‘The Tipping Point’ ...
Episode 15 Sales and Marketing Part 2: Prospecting
Cultivation Station - November 09, 2023 17:06 - 47 minutesListen in on Cultivation Station as we explore prospecting for new clients! Finding new customers can be a time consuming, and often a frustrating task! Learn some tips & tools from expert Kevin Kuhnen, an instructor at the CSU College of Business - Center for Professional Selling as he shares i...
VRS529 - The Silent Killers of the Short-Term Rental Business
Vacation Rental Success - November 08, 2023 08:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 210 ratingsThis episode is sponsored by PriceLabs. You can discover more about PriceLabs and their 2023 Breakthrough Release at our Virtual Vendor Showcase. Sign up today for a free 30-day trial >> https://www.vacationrentalformula.com/virtual-vendor-showcases/pricelabs Get access to the best educatio...