Be Excellent To Each Other

Because it saves me doing it.

Alternatively, Trooper could actually just come to Derby for the weekend and save everyone a detour.

Heh, a slim possibility. As you can imagine, life is busy at the moment...

Field testing, innit?

Kate here (no way am I calling myself Mrs T). I wanted to put that on the original menu but a lot of my friends thought it was a bit to much of an acquired taste. I'm working on making some specialty and themed gift boxes to sell though and one of the is going to be a spiced box, chocolate and chilli, ginger, cinnamon that sort of thing.

I made lime cupcakes with green lime icing recently. They were *awesome*. Make those

I'm going to be bringing a dozen to the music quiz, most likely

Hello! Get your friends to try a Lindt chilli chocolate bar maybe, they're amazing and not over the top heat wise at all. Ginger and cinnamon sound superb too.

Just come to London, get a load of chocolates by Paul A Young (best chocolatier going), and copy them in cupcake form.

I had some chilli chocolate for Christmas that didn't even have any chilli in it, bizarrely.

Just come to Scotland, observe the deep fried marsbar tradition, and work that into a cupcake method.

I wouldn't bother doing different flavoured ones. Miss Malabar will just say they all taste of pork anyway

Try moving the laptop closer to the router.

You had chilly chocolate.

My boss is also the Managing Director of Paul A Young. They are, indeed, delicious and I get a discount! The sea salted caramels are utterly, totally awesome.

This all moves away from the important issue of what job title you've given yourselves.

!!!!!!!

I think I would die of chocolate overload if I were the MD of that company. The salted caramels are just out of this world, and some of the other kooky ones are also great.

And now you've said that, I have a shopping list for you...

CAKEPOPS! Mini cakes on a stick

Sorry about the crappy background to the pic, these are just a work in progress at the moment...

Great idea!

Those look awesome.

WANT!

There is never enough food on sticks in the world. Good move.

I've sampled some of those from my friends cupcake business... they're very nice indeed and sell quite well so good move!

You should make some cup shaped cakes. With biscuit saucers.

Yeah!

For a moment I thought this 'new cake business' on the OBO (102nd over) might be you. But the webpage is utter gash. Trounce your competition!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/aug/19/england-india-day-two-live

Business cards have arrived. 7 and 5 tier cupcake stands on order, flyers on order.

Once we have those all here, made, photographed, put on the website etc... then we are good to go!

Is that cupcake your work, Zardoz? I was expecting to be more.. visceral, somehow

Nice card though. Like the font also.

Yeah, I don't just draw weird shit you know.

I bet if you turned it into CMYK it would somehow be a massive cock.

Money first, then massive cock.

Oh, those are your spam emails I keep getting?

It's in the post, Devilman.

Thanks again.

The card fits in with the flyer quite well, there is a definite "brand" we are working towards at the moment!

Front:

Rear:

Considering this has all been done on basically zero budget, I don't think it has worked out too badly!
I've done a very limited google adwords campaign for the next 2 weeks, and we shall see what happens...

Incidentally, the image on the homepage is still pretty hefty.

The flyers are absolutely lovely. I put that down to a lack of horrible pink text

on the front page of the flyer, you have a picture of the inside of the oreo cake, while I like the oreo cake, it isn't immediately obvious what it is, and in fact looks a little strange for a cupcake.

Also, if you want to post me a few flyers, (or email me the poster) I can put them up at my work, which is based in Watford - we have a few people who come in from MK.

I did think that, but then I thought "fuck it" I don't have any more photos

Cheers, I'll email you the pdf if you like, or post you some flyers when they arrive, whatever is easiest for you

That's a point, it doesn't mention location. I know Milton Keynes is the centre of the universe, but still..

Also: any chance you can say "Corporate Functions" or similar, rather than just "Corporate"? It smacks of "Electricals"

Posting them would be a bit better, if you are using a decent printer, because I would just be able to print them out at work, so possibly not to the same standard. (Also less chance of me getting in trouble)

Alternatively, I am at the quiz on Wednesday so when you bring cupcakes to the quiz (which by the way would be a great marketing campaign if accompanied with flyers) bring some flyers with you.

True, and that was kinda intentional, these flyers are intended to be put up in local shops, supermarkets, businesses etc... and handed out when we go to local boot sales, market stalls, wedding fairs etc... So location is predefined by where we will be and is intended to just generate website hits and phone calls.

Add to that, if we do work out a way to send in the post for a reasonable cost, then location is unnecessary.

On the next batch of flyers, sure. Too late now

I doubt the flyers will be here by wednesday (much much cheaper to send the artwork away and get it printed and posted back, than any local same day place!) But if they are I shall bring some.

Fair enough, I just meant for reassurance of those audiences that the flyer is actually in the right place. Personally I'd scan for that automatically - and I'd see the local phone code so, yeah, OK.

This topic makes me sick! With envy I want this to be my job....

Good luck guys, it all looks very professional anyway, which is good when trying to attract business!

Put the flyers in places where there will be lots of women. Bridal houses, health centres (especially maternity/post natal ones), get them in to the schools too when they reopen.

Baby showers, bridal showers, weddings, Christenings and 1st birthday parties are big business these days, judging by some of my friends facebook pages.

People will pay loads for awesome looking stuff if kids are involved, especially mothers. Kids party cupcakes would be ace.

Flis is right! Women love cupcakes! Maybe some local hairdressers / nail bars / clothes shops might let you put some at the counter?

Another question, is that MissT's business mobile?

Oh god.

"I saw a dress it was beautiful I wore it and I love it and I look like an angel but there were cupcakes and I ate the cupcakes and now I'll never look good in it I'M SO FAAAAAT"