The Maker's Playbook
The Maker's Playbook
Rebecca Ickes Carra
Ep 715: Get Specific, Create Demand with Taylor Friese of Maker Bakery
1 hour 15 minutes Posted Apr 3, 2026 at 10:00 am.
Taylor Friese
Baker to Potter Journey
Midwest Detour Iowa Talk
Full Time vs Homemaker
Humans Not Followers
Politics on the Main Grid
Niching Down With Flavor
Nerds Buy When Excited
Spreadsheet Workflow Boundaries
Manual Emails And Systems
DM Waitlist And Google Forms
Email Lists And Privacy Rules
Low Tech Relationship Selling
How Pottery Took Off
Long Game Craft Success
What Success Really Means
Final Thanks And Wrap
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Send us Fan Mail Most of us have been told — implicitly or explicitly — that success as a maker means growth: more followers, more orders, more revenue. But what if the real question isn't how big can this get, but what do I actually want from this? Taylor Friese of Maker Bakery built a waitlist that stretches years into the future not by chasing a bigger audience, but by getting radically clear about who she makes work for and why — and letting that clarity do the marketing for her. And when...