Advertising to sell baked goods from home?

[valjean]

Assuming you can really sell baked goods from home commercially, here are some advertising ideas for getting the word out:

Flyers for the neighborhood, in the library or other public post-it boards.

Take pictures of your lastest creation, write a couple sentences describing how delicious they are, and...
Post it on your FB account--you may find friends wanting to buy them from you.
Make a public FB page and post pictures of your latest creations.
Make a blog and use those pics and sentences there too.
Make a YouTube channel and show the process of making your treats (you can keep recipes a secret, but make sure you get closeups of the delicious finished creation.
Make a website and people can buy online (as long as you know how to ship them....maybe you can sell mixes after your reputation is made).
As you do all this work to market, make sure you cross connect them--your FB account and page and blog and YT channel and Web Page should all have links to each other.

As for menu, focus on one thing, at the start, and do it really really well. Start small, you're doing this at home after all, and then slowly add--if you want to.

Grab testimonials from people who've tasted them and post them too...

Gourmet cupcakes, cookies and chocolates are all hot right now, although delicious is always in style.

If you want to focus on cupcakes for teachers, then get creative about different cupcake for teachers designs. You may find that your designs are so good, you get a lot of followers, and you can make money on the advertising on your blog.

G'Luck,

Valerie
Marketing
American Promotions