Pancake Town Podcast

The wholesale topic continues as Emily and Michelle answer questions from the Pancake Town Podcast Facebook Group.  Online wholesale versus trade shows, delivery fees, and exclusivity are all discussed as well as the secret to making better banana bread.

The wholesale topic continues as Emily and Michelle answer questions from the Pancake Town Podcast Facebook Group.  Online wholesale versus trade shows, delivery fees, and exclusivity are all discussed as well as the secret to making better banana bread.

It's time to get down to business...  the business of selling wholesale.  In this episode, Michelle and Emily share what's worked, what hasn't and what will (hopefully) work in the future.  With over two decades of combined experience both selling and buying wholesale, Emily and Michelle discuss pricing, setting minimums, approaching stores, using linesheets, sending samples, following up, and a WHOLE lot more (pun intended)!

It's time to get down to business...  the business of selling wholesale.  In this episode, Michelle and Emily share what's worked, what hasn't and what will (hopefully) work in the future.  With over two decades of combined experience both selling and buying wholesale, Emily and Michelle discuss pricing, setting minimums, approaching stores, using linesheets, sending samples, following up, and a WHOLE lot more (pun intended)!

Emily and Michelle don’t hold back about their opinions on the term "Girl Boss" and events/groups that are "women only".  After trying to investigate both sides of the boss lady argument, they go on a bit of an anti-Trump rant (of course), and end on a decidely more positive note.

LIVE from Alps Pancake House in Chicago!  Have breakfast with Emily and Michelle as they attempt to record an entire episode about things they hate... the word "boss", Facebook, being asked to smile - the list goes on.  As you might expect, there's more talk about TV shows, social media and craft fairs and Michelle signs off (unsuccessfully) with a clever new catchphrase.

We sure do talk a lot!  In this week's BONUS EPISODE, Michelle and Emily continue their discussion about copycats and end up on several tangents including their thoughts on transparency in business, trading with other makers, and the never-ending search for that elusive balance between work and life.

This week, Emily and Michelle talk about website stuff, WordPress, using code, and the first (of many) articles that Michelle will have Emily summarize for her: How to Handle a Copycat, from the Everygirl blog.

In this follow-up to Episode 2, Emily and Michelle continue their conversation about craft shows, share some of their favorite booth displays from Show of Hands Chicago, and reveal their strategies for setting up their own booths.

In this week's Pancake Town Podcast, Emily and Michelle give you their origin stories, share some behind-the-scenes stories about Paper Source and Lillstreet Art Center, and attempt to take on the HUGE topic of exhibiting your work at craft shows.