Can I achieve my goals? How specific are they? Is there a deadline? all of these answers will set us on the right path to achieving our goals by planning each one of them and we can do it by running our goals through a S.M.A.R.T filter ( specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time) Here are the links to this episode: Do you struggle with keeping a working schedule? No time for you and your family? You start a project and jump from one project to another and feel that you never finish anyth...
Jan 24, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Ask yourself, Where do I want to be in 5 years? This is your big vision, where, how and what do you see yourself doing and achieving? Another step on your goal-setting journey. Let me share with you how to prioritize your goals for 2023 This month The Art Cake Coach Podcast is dedicated to goal setting, and in today´s episode, a look into your final destination, your big vision not only as a cake artist but as a person. Here are the links to this episode: Join my new Instagram account for The Ar...
Jan 17, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 35
How long do your new year resolutions last? Let me share with you a way to turn your resolutions into goals, set a roadmap to follow, and accomplish them. This month The Art Cake Coach Podcast is dedicated to goal setting, and in today´s episode, I bring you 3 tips to start your goal board with a positive mindset and set the path to achieving your goals as a cake artist this year. Here are the links to this episode: Join the private coaching group for only 20€ a year and have access to: A year-r...
Jan 10, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Today is the last day of 2022 and time to sit down, count our blessings, and plan ahead. Let me share with you 12 steps to plan your best year yet! Let me invite you to listen to today´s episode and thank you for being part of this community this year. Happy New Year my sweet friends! Here are the links to this episode: Join my new private group for only 20€ a year! and have access to: A year-round of group coaching classes to work: Goal Setting, Time management, Social media Posting, Teaching, ...
Dec 31, 2022•40 min•Season 1Ep. 33
It is almost Christmas and this time of the year can be stressful for us Cake Artists as we try to manage our family, Christmas, and work at the same time. Let me invite you to listen to today´s episode where I talk about this, how to manage it, and share with you a special Christmas gift. Happy Holidays! Here are the links to this episode: Join my new private group for only 20€ a year! and have access to: A year-round of group coaching classes to work: Goal Setting, Time management, Social medi...
Dec 20, 2022•21 min•Season 1Ep. 32
2022 is almost over and I can´t wait to start the new projects of 2023. However, the first step is to have my goals set and a roadmap to achieve those goals. Do you have your goals set for next year? If not, let me invite you to listen to this episode and help you with your goal-setting for 2023. Come to my FREE webinar about goal setting: https://fb.me/e/36h2Mv7V3 Download my Monthly planner here: https://theartcakeexperience.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/monthly-planner-tace.pdf Here are the lin...
Dec 13, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Comparing your work to the work of other cake artists is slowly killing your cake business ( and your creativity). I am not a stranger to this feeling so let me share with you how I work it through and focus on what really matters to me! Here are the links to this episode: Join my new private group for only 20€ a year! and have access to: A year-round of group coaching classes to work: Goal Setting, Time management, Social media Posting, Teaching, and more 50% off on our October to December coac...
Dec 06, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Let me share with you some sweet ideas to delight your customers this holiday. Handwritten notes Codes and promotions Thank you notes Surprise gifts and more! Listen to today´s episode and find out more about these tips. Here are the links to this episode: Join my new private group for only 20€ a year! and have access to: A year-round of group coaching classes to work: Goal Setting, Time management, Social media Posting, Teaching, and more 50% off on our October to December coaching classes 50% ...
Nov 29, 2022•21 min•Season 1Ep. 29
What is the secret of success, having a natural talent or being consistent? Let me invite you to listen to today´s episode and find out not only this but some tips on how to take action towards your goals and to get out of your comfort zone. Here are the links to this episode: Join my new private group for only 20€ a year! and have access to: A year-round of group coaching classes to work: Goal Setting, Time management, Social media Posting, Teaching, and more 50% off on our October to December ...
Nov 22, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Hello, my sweet friends! What is The Art Cake Coach? Why do you need a coach as a cake artist? Let me share the story of this cake coaching business with you and hopefully become your coach and help you with your time management, goal setting, teaching, mindset, and more. Here are the links to this episode: New link for the Online School: https://the-art-cake-experience-school.teachable.com/ Join my new private group for only 20€ a year! and have access to: A year-round of group coaching classes...
Nov 15, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Hello my sweet friends! I just came back from Cake International in Birmingham UK and what an experience it was! Listen to all my adventures, from my luggage getting lost to going to the Cake Masters Magazine Awards, teaching, and getting Bronze for my competition piece. And don´t forget to leave me your feedback on any of my social media links. And this month The Art Cake Coach Podcast is sponsored by Saracino and their online FREE magazine " We Love Pastry" FREE MONTHLY ‘We Love Pastry’ MAGAZI...
Nov 09, 2022•52 min
Do you feel overwhelmed with managing your own social media accounts, baking, calling clients, decorating cakes, and everything that you have to do? Well, The Art Cake Coach Podcast is dedicating this month to Social Media and Business Management for cake artists. Today we talk about how to set up a very easy-to-follow Social Media Calendar for cake artists. Organizing your posts, what to post and when to post it to take the headache off of keeping your social media updated. Thank you D´Licious ...
Nov 01, 2022•29 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Do you feel overwhelmed with managing your own social media accounts, baking, calling clients, decorating cakes, and everything that you have to do? Well, The Art Cake Coach Podcast is dedicating this month to Social Media and Business Management for cake artists. Today we talk about Social Media Marketing made easy for cake artists. Understanding the concept of marketing your products and turning followers into customers or your cake business. Thank you D´Licious Magazine for being one of the n...
Oct 25, 2022•33 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Do you feel overwhelmed with managing your own social media accounts, baking, calling clients, decorating cakes, and everything that you have to do? Well, The Art Cake Coach Podcast is dedicating this month to Social Media and Business Management for cake artists. Today we talk about having a great profile page with the most essential information on your social media accounts and how to make it appealing for your customers to follow you, find you, and even buy from you. Thank you D´Licious Magaz...
Oct 18, 2022•32 min•Season 1Ep. 23
The dearest Anna Astashkina, the wafer paper artist and teacher, gives us today a very deep insight into her business model and social media management and she is not holding back. More than a conversation is a Masterclass. Listen to this episode packed with useful information for cake artists that manage their own businesses, coming from the experience of the successful Anna Astashkina. Want to stay in contact with Anna Astashkina and follow her great work, here are the links: https://www.youtu...
Oct 11, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Do you feel overwhelmed with managing your own social media accounts, baking, calling clients, decorating cakes, and everything that you have to do? Well, The Art Cake Coach Podcast is dedicating this month to Social Media and Business Management for cake artists. Today we talk about our purpose on social media and how to handle our accounts as cake artists. Thank you D´Licious Magazine for being one of the new partners of The Art Cake Coach Podcast D'licious Magazine is the MUST-HAVE internatio...
Oct 04, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Having the right mindset can change everything, every little task, and is for everyone. However, as cake artists, it can help us with our work, our creative time, our sense of feeling overwhelmed, and of course create better cakes and sweets. And this month The Art Cake Coach Podcast is sponsored by Saracino and their online FREE magazine " We Love Pastry" FREE MONTHLY ‘We Love Pastry’ MAGAZINE is OUT! Download your FREE SEPTEMBER issue which is bursting with absolutely incredible, easy-to-follo...
Sep 27, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 20
In this podcast short I´ll give you some ideas on how to say no in a nice way when you can´t afford to compromise or to do a task. Listen to my story as cake artists trying to say no, don´t feeling bad about it and setting myself free from overworking and overbooking because I just couldn´t say no. And this month The Art Cake Coach Podcast is sponsored by Saracino and their online FREE magazine " We Love Pastry" FREE MONTHLY ‘We Love Pastry’ MAGAZINE is OUT! Download your FREE SEPTEMBER issue wh...
Sep 20, 2022•12 min•Season 1Ep. 19
How does procrastinating affects our work as cake artists? Does it really is it something that we should look into? I invite you to listen to this episode about how I deal with the procrastination monster and how taking care of it it made my work as a cake artist much easier. And this month The Art Cake Coach Podcast is sponsored by Saracino and their online FREE magazine " We Love Pastry" FREE MONTHLY ‘We Love Pastry’ MAGAZINE is OUT! Download your FREE SEPTEMBER issue which is bursting with ab...
Sep 13, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Happy Birthday to me!!! Yes, today Sep 6th is my 47th birthday and I want to celebrate it by sharing with you this information that was part of a live webinar on The Art Cake Coach group on FB. Focus on what you can really control, make your life easy and happy, and be there for what really matters: you, your family, your friends, and your clients. You can control your company and friends You can control your efforts You can control how you face problems You can control what you believe, not wha...
Sep 06, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Can we really niche as cake artists? Can we do just one thing to a specific target audience? Or Are we just meant to do everything we can? In today´s episode I share my thoughts about it and if you want to find out, just listen to the episode, give me your feedback through my social media and if you love it, please give me a starred review on the platform of your choice. Need help with your time management, social media posting, or mindset towards your business or teaching, then let me invite yo...
Aug 30, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 16
If you are either thinking about starting a cake decorating business from home or have been on it for a while, in this podcast episode I share with you 20 facts that can make you think twice about your cake business or re-think the way you see your work as a cake designer. All of course on a very positive note, leaving you with some tips on how to face difficult times. Need help with your cake business, pricing your work, and creating a business plan, go to The Cake Circle: The Cake Circle: http...
Aug 23, 2022•33 min•Season 1Ep. 15
ayatevitaercyats#If you want to participate in a cake competition and don´t know where to start, I hear you! Today we have with us the great sugar flower artist and competition expert, Miriam Pearson, sharing with us her knowledge about preparing and participating in cake competitions. Follow Miriam´s private groups and social media here: Web: www.sweetcreations.ie FB: https://www.facebook.com/sweetcreations.ie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sweetcreations.ie/ Private Group: https://www.fa...
Aug 16, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Awards, nominations lots of emotions, and support ( or not) all of these are involved in this news about the Cake Masters Awards being back this year around the Cake International event. Should I nominate myself, who can I nominate and support, are too many cake collaborations involved? In this episode, I will talk about this and more. For me this is a very exciting news and I can´t wait to see what happens! This episode is sponsored by Saracino Dolci and their online magazine " We Love Pastry" ...
Aug 09, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Hello, my sweet friends, afraid of your client's feedback? Can´t handle a critique? It is hard for you to digest a bad comment? I know! In today´s episode, I share with you my stories about handling bad reviews from customers, dealing with online trolls, and setting your social media as a business private page that reflects only positive vibes for your clients and community. This is my most personal episode so far, a bit longer than others but I really hope my journey dealing with these kinds of...
Aug 02, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Hello my sweet friends, let me share with you the meaning behind this phrase that I always use to finish my posts and publications. Also in this episode, I invite you to be part of the Cake Friends Stay Creative Group, my online school The Art Cake School, and our private FB group The Art Cake Coach group. Thanks for listening, please leave me a started review so this podcast can grow organically, and send me your feedback on any of my social media platforms. and as always, Stay Safe and Stay Cr...
Jul 26, 2022•7 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Hello, my sweet friends, feeling the imposter syndrome? comparing yourself to others? let´s talk about how this affects us as cake artists and let me share with you how and what helped me to overcome it. Today´s episode is sponsored by The Cake Circle, find useful information about pricing your cakes, creating a business plan, and much more with The Cake Coach Karen MacFadyen. The Cake Circle: https://www.cakecoach.com/cake-circle-membership?cd=18 The Cupcake Party: https://www.cakecoach.com/cup...
Jul 19, 2022•25 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Hello, my sweet friends! I am so happy to bring to you our first guest, the amazing and also Cake Coach Karen MacFadyen. Karen is the owner of The Cake Coach Online; a place to help cake decorators and home bakers who are overworked, underpaid & frustrated to turn their passion into a profitable and successful business. Today we will chat about pricing your cakes, marketing your business, customer service and support, and the positive mindset we all should have for our cake business. Karen i...
Jul 12, 2022•58 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Hello, my sweet friends! Welcome to another podcast episode of The Art Cake Coach. There is a new reality for our cake businesses after the pandemic, what are our struggles? How to face them? How to adapt? How to face new challenges and manage our workload? All of this and more is what this episode is about. We were taken by surprise two years ago when our world, literally the world and our own world changed. We were asked to adapt, change, and cope, and now, suddenly we are thrown back into a n...
Jul 05, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Hi, my sweet friends! This episode is a short one, dedicated to one topic I forgot to mention on the podcast series about cake collaborations. How to be a curator of a cake collab and create your own collaboration. Do you have a great idea and need some guidance to make it possible? Check out this episode, and join The Cake Collective to find all the help you need to be a cake collab admin. The Cake Collective link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/133980457307453 Thanks so much for listening and...
Jul 01, 2022•13 min•Season 1Ep. 7
