Pancake Town Podcast

In this week's episode, Emily and Michelle finally dive in and do the research on how to beat the Instagram algorithm despite not actually giving a shit about it.  Find out more about what it takes to become a “Super User”... *insert barfing emoji here*

Holiday show season is upon us...  which means SHOW of HANDS is this weekend!  Emily and Michelle shout out the vendors that they’re most excited to shop from and insist that shopping small and local for all of your holiday gifts is easier than you think.

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Episode 61 is brought to you by Edgewater Candles (who will be at Show of Hands this weekend, along with OrangeBeautiful & Michelle Starbuck Designs!)

In Part 2 of their review of the book, You Are a Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero, Emily and Michelle examine the potential downsides to relying on mantras and the "universe" to manifest financial success.

Episode 60 is brought to you by Long Dog Dandy!

In this week's episode, Emily and Michelle review the book, You Are a Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero.  While they found some of the advice and anecdotes to be a little absurd, they admit that the overall message that maintaining a positive attitude about your financial situation is definitely an effective way to stay motivated and gain success.

In this special on-location episode, Emily and Michelle are joined by Sarah Green of SKG Leather for breakfast and brainstorming.  They focus on getting Sarah ready to sell her handmade leather goods wholesale to shops.  

Topics include:

- how to approach stores

- minimum orders and quantities

- linesheets; selling wholesale online

- photography: lookbooks, product photos, flat lays

*Interested in having your own brainstorming session with Emily and Michelle?  Email us! [email protected]

In this episode, Emily and Michelle share what time management techniques actually work for them, while also trying to figure out how to spend less time on their phones.

In this episode, Emily and Michelle give you a million reasons (and one pretty rough analogy about garbage) to start putting more of your marketing efforts into email campaigns instead of driving yourself nuts posting on social media.

In this week's episode, Emily and Michelle dive into the mysterious world of custom pricing.

In this episode, Emily and Michelle tackle the topic of how to price your work.  They refamiliarize themselves with small business tips coming from blogs and free guidelines to actual books from the library. They discover that there is a wide range of opinions on how to arrive at your retail price: some good, some bad, and some that involve some pretty terrible math...

This week, Michelle and Emily record at Perkolator Coffee in Portage Park.  Michelle signs up for a set of small business "starter kits," which - weirdly enough - came from Girlboss.com.  (You might remember one of our very first episodes, Episode 5: Ruth Bader Ginsburg is Not a Girl Boss)...  We nitpick several "articles," learn about emoji usage on Venmo and ultimately decide that "millenial" is a bullshit term that everyone should really stop using.