🥣 Welcome to the COTTAGE KITCHEN CREATORS Virtual Training Summit

for Cottage Food Startups & Early-Stage Food Businesses
Hosted by Mal Dell, The Monetization Chef

🙌 Thank You for Your Interest

You’re applying to become a presenter and gain marketing access to our nationwide audience of cottage-food entrepreneurs.

Your purpose as a presenter:

• 🌄 Attract a mountain of quality leads you can convert into customers.

• 🌟 Build or boost your niche authority—visibility that drives sales.

• 💰 Earn income through the Summit VIP Affiliate Program.

If you’re logged into EventRaptor, you’ll later find your speaker entry in Events → Your Summit and may edit until January 1 (you’ll get notice before lock-down).

📅 Event Details

January 12 – 15, 2026 (4 Days Online-Only)

Each day highlights a fresh primary topic:
1️⃣ Starting a Cottage Food Business
2️⃣ Operating a Cottage Food Business
3️⃣ Offline Marketing for Foodies
4️⃣ Online Marketing for Foodies

Your presentation: 35–45 minutes, either self-recorded or an interview with Mal Dell (you’ll supply question prompts).

❌ No hard-selling.
✅ Education + generous value = more visibility & leads.

🍯 Three Lead Generation Opportunities

Use all three for maximum reach — a rising tide floats all boats.

1. Freebie for All Attendees
   Offer a downloadable checklist, guide, or mini-tool with your contact info.

2. Exclusive Gift for VIP Upgrades
   VIPs (paid lifetime-access members) may receive something that offers real financial value, a course, mini-session, or other premium resource that keeps working for you long after the summit.

3. Call to Action at the End of Your Talk
   In your final 5 minutes, invite viewers to a free webinar, discovery call, or other bridge into your world.
   (Offering = good · Infomercial = bad)

🧠 Creating Your Presentation

Keep it conversational, story-driven, and genuinely useful.
Suggested outline:

1. Hook (Question or Story) – 2 min

2. Intro & Expert Cred – 1 min

3. Main Content (3–5 key tips) – 20 min

4. FAQ Segment – 10 min

5. Summary & CTA Bridge – 5–7 min

6. Preview Your Offer for Off-Summit Session (What & Result, not How) – 3–4 min

7. Thank and Close – 1–2 min

Use stories. Talk as if you’re helping a friend across the table.

Sample Titles

• Cottage Food Bookkeeping Essentials

• How to Find the Right Website Platform

• AI for Saving Time & Exploding Sales

• Publishing a Cookbook for Fun and Profit

• Facebook Marketing Mastery

• Serving Up Food Sales by Email

👩‍🍳 Who Qualifies to Speak

We welcome knowledgeable subject-matter experts who deliver actionable strategies, insights, and inspiration to cottage-food makers and small culinary businesses.
Ideal presenters might cover:

• Startup & business fundamentals

• Cottage food operations & profit management

• Marketing (on- and off-line)

• Farmers-market success tips

• Authority & brand building

• Mindset and motivation for food entrepreneurs

If you love helping cooks & bakers turn their craft into income — we want you!

🎯 The Audience

A passionate mix of home bakers, jam-makers, confectioners, and micro-foodies who:

• Are ready to turn passion into profit

• Crave practical, step-by-step guidance

• Value authentic experts with real experience

They’re eager to learn how to:

1. Overcome mental & financial roadblocks

2. Establish legit food businesses

3. Increase sales & repeat customers

4. Build authority & confidence

🤝 Speaker Expectations

As a chosen member of our presentation tribe, please:

1. Promote the Summit through email, social media, Substack, etc. (You earn 35% affiliate commission on VIP sales from your referrals - if you sign up.)

2. Be available for at least two live Q&A hours the day after your presentation airs — likely via Google Meet or Zoom.

3. Engage and support other speakers and attendees when possible.

4. Show enthusiasm and collaboration.

5. Have fun!

💵 Remuneration

• No charge to participate — just your time and expertise.

• No speaker fees; your reward is the visibility, leads, and affiliate income you generate.

Your net revenue will mirror the effort you invest.

👨‍🍳 About the Host

Mal Dell, aka The Monetization Chef, "helps foodies cook up profits.”

• Founder of the Cottage Food Business Facebook community (100 K members)

• Publisher of the CottageFoodology newsletter (12 K subscribers in under a year)

• 20 years in specialty food manufacturing, wholesale, and retail distribution

The Cottage Kitchen Creators Virtual "Training" Summit is part of his mission to make profitable “cottage fooding” accessible to every home cook and baker in the United States.

🎥 Recording & Legal Agreement (Summary)

All sessions are recorded for VIP replay access. By applying to speak, you grant The Monetization Chef permission to use your likeness and recording for promotion and distribution. You retain the right to use your own recording as you wish.
Full release terms apply per Idaho law. 

🧡 Final Word from Mal Dell

I can’t wait to see your presentation — my eyes and ears are drooling with anticipation!

Mal Dell
The Monetization Chef
monetizationchef@gmail.com