Why subscribe to Cottage Foodology?
Dear Fellow Foodie!
Hi, and WELCOME to the About page!
My name is Mal Dell, and I am founder of The MONETIZATION CHEF. My business mission is found in the motto “Cooking Up Profits for Foodies!” – through training, resources, and support.
(Notice my slightly corny “monetization chef” hat motif. I am a big believer in branding, and you will get doses of that in future emails. I hope it helps you remember my business name, which in fact, IS the purpose.)
I commited to this new enterprise February of 2023 as a food business training and information platform. I am targeting food lovers who are tickled – even thrilled – by the idea of expanding their followers beyond friends and family, to raving fans and thankful paying customers.
I am betting that describes YOU…! (And maybe you are already well on your way?)
Also hoping you find enough value to dive in and share this journey with me, by subscribing. Let’s explore together, with an unending flow of information, tools, and resources. I am SO EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU over the coming months and years.
My Monetization Chef journey actually began when I relaunched a Facebook group, “Cottage Food Business”, languishing at the time with 123 members. (I will share that story in more detail in a future subscriber email.)
Twenty months after startup, as I write this, we are approaching 37,000 members in our very active community. Foodies helping foodies win at the game of business.
Now, I’ve put together this Substack email newsletter system which I named COTTAGE FOODOLOGY, to imply both the fun, AND the serious nature, of launching and growing a home-centric food business.
I am fascinated by fellow entrepreneurs (like you), I love FOOD (too much), and I am addicted to sharing information (i.e. training). Plus, I am told I have some writing skills. (But regardless of skill, I am here to write you into success!)
So, I believe COTTAGE FOODOLOGY is a sort of destiny for me, as all four of the above passions come together in this newsletter! Hopefully, to YOUR serious benefit, growing from your current status.
My goal is to get you up and running quickly and easily, if you are a startup. And if you are already established, my goal is see you 2x, 3x, 5x, even 10x your foodie income, and create more fun doing it.
Transformation in your future, right?!
Free Subscriber Perks:
Anyway, I offer both a FREE FOREVER level of this journey, and a paid subscription option, for those SERIOUS about making more dollars from their endeavors. And of course, to support my low carb chocolate habit.
Free subscribers, you get email transmissions on:
Startup Steps (from idea to launch, progressions for both the business and the food-making sides of your venture)
A WIDE variety of food business odds and ends, articles, and tools.
High interest Cottage Foodie concerns, questions, and other good stuff.
My Story (a review of 20 years in assorted food ventures, with ideas and blueprints for business models you might try)
Business & Funding (keys to the often less fun, but necessary business side of cottage fooding)
Practical Marketing Fundamentals
Paid Subscriber Perks:
If you are ready to REALLY grow with me, I offer a paid version so you can test me out, at $7/month.
Or you are ready to roll with an annual $47 subscription (works to 3.92/month) available for a limited time at that price. For the cost of one 4 oz cottage cookie, you get an inventory of monthly tips, tactics, and training. One good idea per month could get 10x to 100x payback on your $4 bucks.
For the truly committed, there is a FOODOLOGY AMBASSADOR program, $97 a year. Your membership here includes an exclusive live monthly group chat/Q&A, and a one-time 30+ minute one-on-one with The MONETIZATION CHEF, to pick my brain until it hurts.
The Ambassador program is much about supporting the work, and investing in the future of the cottage food industry. Thanks in advance… and I will find ways to treat you special.
Regardless, both paid subscriber categories also get full access to:
ALL the free stuff
Access to archives (and ongoing newsletter issues on:)
o Food Marketing: Online
o Food Marketing: Offline
o Ecommerce (developing an email tribe, subscriptions, gift baskets, wholesaling, shipping, etc.)
o Discussion and Comments
o Companion Side Hustles
o Dry Mixes (10x your baking sales!)
o Beyond Cottage Foods (for those who either don’t qualify, or who want to grow beyond the limitations of Cottage Food laws in their state)
o Success Stories (interviews, profiles, and top tips from foodie-preneurs entering profit-dom)
PS Limited Time Offer during launch! Get a full year as a Paid Member for $37.60 (works out to $3.13 per month) IF (and only if) you subscribe together with one or more friends, partners, or kinfolk. Hit the “Group” tab at the top of the subscription page.
A Last Word About Mal Dell, The Monetization Chef and COTTAGE FOODOLOGY:
As someone with a face made for radio (see my mug shot, lol) I am not planning podcasts in the near future. But I may throw a few informational videos your way, regardless of your subscription status.
If you want to know more about me, i.e. how a chubby, Idaho farm kid math nerd who majored in Forestry at the University of Idaho, spent two decades as a foodie-preneur, and finally became a food business trainer… please read the “Mal’s Story” email posts as they come in.
Even as a free subscriber, you will get “teaser” partial email posts intended for the paid members. These let you see what additional value you might get for under $4 a month.
So, please join my community! I pledge to make it worth your time. The more people (like you) who subscribe, the more you make MY day, while I help facilitate YOUR dreams. At least check it out, starting by clicking the button.
TO YOUR SUCCESS, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE TRAVEL THIS PATH TOGETHER! But I hope you do JOIN ME!
