INTERVIEW "THE COOKIE MAN"
All The Info You need Is Right Here! Oh, and yes, you will get cookies!
NOTE: THIS INTERVIEW CAN BE ABOUT BART'S COOKIES and/or HIS COOKIE BOOK!
Why I Make The World's Best Chocolate Chip Cookie!
Wanna Try One? ... or do you want the recipe?
So, why do I KNOW I make the world's best chocolate chip cookie? Well, I've been baking chocolate chip cookies since 1988 (35+ years), I've made over 250,000+ chocolate chip cookies in my lifetime thus far, I've sold my cookies online to cookie lovers all over the USA and my cookies don't look or taste like EVERYONE ELSE'S chocolate chip cookies.
I've also accumulated: 427 cookie testimonials, 140 cookie product reviews and when you read 51+ cookie stories all related to my world famous chocolate chip cookies, I think you too could agree "BART DOES MAKE THE WORLD'S BEST CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE!" based on 600+ people and experiences saying so over a 35+ year span of time!
Well, in Bart's one-of-a-kind, 8.5” x 11” full-color, 460-page (phone book size) book on chocolate chip cookies, which no other cookie baker in the history of the world could ever reproduce anything like it, here's his story and how he's going to bring his chocolate chip cookie recipe to market for the world to enjoy, use and finally consume any time they want cookies!
BART'S BIO + INTRO
Read Bart's Bio for more details about him!
Who doesn’t love chocolate chip cookies, right? Well, my next guest, Bart Smith, is not only the author of 30 books, which include topics covering business, motivation, money, lethal confidence, dating and relationships, cooking, networking, speaking, weight-loss and fitness, personal development, romance and erotica … wow, he also says he makes the world’s best chocolate chip cookies since the creation of the first chocolate chip cookie back in the late 1930s!
Boasting some 600+ cookie stories, reviews and testimonials on his website, BartsCookies.com, where each cookie story, review or testimonial reads more like a love story about their experience with eating one (or more) of Bart's world famous chocolate chip cookies, you really haven't lived until you've had one of his cookies. Having baked his world famous chocolate chip cookies for more than 35 years and having baked over 250,000 cookies in his lifetime, thus far, folks, and cookie lovers all over the world, please help me welcome Bart Smith, the infamous COOKIE MAN, to the show! Welcome, Bart, and hold on, I'm finishing a cookie! CRUNCH, CHEW, YUMMM!!!!
INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
These are suggested questions in order of their occurrence in Bart's life baking cookies. Use them all, pick a few, customize your own, it's all up to you!
QUESTIONS REGARDING BART'S COOKIES
Q1 : WHAT inspired you to start baking cookies and how old were you? You say in your story that you wanted cookies for dinner while at college, is that true? What year was that?
Q2 : Is this your mom’s recipe or your grandma’s or where did you get the recipe? Did they even bake chocolate chip cookies when you were a kid?
Q3 : You say you were baking cookies when you left college and were bringing them to pot luck events at different companies all across Orange County, CA, tell us about that. What did you start to witness?
Q4 : Side note, but what is your obsession with chocolate chip cookies? I mean, you've been baking them for 35+ years, you've sold them online, you've given them away to people for free all these years, ... what's your story? Is this an addiction to chocolate, a fetish, a compulsion, a love for ... what drives you to bake cookies and why are yours the best over all the other bakers out there?
Q5 : When you became a freelancer after leaving the corporate world behind (in the mid 1990s), you said you would use cookies to get clients, thank them for their business or get them to pay their bill without mean phone calls or threats of small claims court, what was that like? How did that come about?
Q6 : When did you start selling your cookies online and what were the steps to do that, what year was that and how long did you sell them online? You say you built your own website, installed the shopping cart, and hooked up the payment processor yourself. Where did you get those web skills?
Q7 : Can you also tell us some crazy cookie baking stories like the time you baked 800+ cookies in one day or you made 14 batches (=550 cookies) to fulfill Valentine's orders? What about repeat customers? Did you have any? What did you see from a consumer's standpoint? Why did they keep buying your cookies instead of going to the store for cookies?
Q8 : How did you perfect your chocolate chip cookie recipe over the past 35+ years since you started baking in 1988 and what are the ingredients, if I might ask ...
Q9 : Can you give us any cookie baking tips without giving away your secret recipe? Why aren't you able to share your recipe at this time? When will you be able to? What are you waiting for? Does anyone (else) know your secret recipe? If we asked them to share it, would they? How much of it do they remember?
Q10 : There are other chocolate chip cookie bakers out there who say their cookies are the best, how do you respond to their claims? You wrote a report called, 21 REASONS WHY YOU MAKE THE BEST CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES, tell us about that and what do you think about cookies made by other bakers? What QUALIFIES someone to be able to say they make the best chocolate chip cookies?
Q11 : When it comes to other chocolate chip cookie recipes you've seen online, what do you see? What patterns? Are they just copy-cats of one another's recipe or what? Tell me what you've read in the comments section of most EVERY ONE of those recipe web pages. How does your recipe differ from the others?
Q12 : What flavors do you bake and do you bake any other type of cookies why/why not? How are your cookies different from other chocolate chip cookies? Oh, what's a B-BITE and a B-MO? Those are the two sizes of cookies you bake, right?
Q13 : What makes your chocolate chip cookies so unique? Why do people call them ADDICTIVE or that they should be illegal, etc.?
Q14 : Some people, if not most, who try your cookies say they’re ORGASMIC? What do they mean? How can that be? By the way, WHERE ARE MY COOKIES? ;-)
Q15 : You have 600+ cookie stories, reviews and testimonials associated with your chocolate chip cookies. 427 testimonials, 140 reviews and 51+ stories. No cookie company has that many POSTED on their website like you do, let alone a book about their cookies. Tell me about some of the funny cookie stories, a few reviews and some of the testimonials? I've read them and I've NEVER seen anything like it on other cookie-selling/recipe websites.
Q16 : Now, you don't sell your cookies any more from your website, like you used to. Why did you stop? You say your plans now are to sell your unique recipe to the right company who will work with you. Tell me about that.
Q17 : What are CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE TASTING PARTIES? Tell me about those? They sound like fun!
Q18 : Have any celebrities had your cookies? You mailed some to Gene Simmons of KISS, right? Tell us that story.
Q19 : Can you see yourself on SharkTank® pitching the investors? What would you say to them! Is going on their show even necessary for what you want to do?
Q20 : What’s next for Bart’s cookies? When, where and how can the masses enjoy your world famous chocolate chip cookies and get the recipe to be able to make them at home like you do?
QUESTIONS REGARDING BART'S COOKIE BOOK
Q1 : WHAT inspired you to write a book about your chocolate chip cookie baking experience(s) and has anyone ever done that before like you have? You said you put it all together, don't you need a lot of people and a lot of money to put together a 460-page, full-color book like you have? It really does seem impossible that just one person put it all together, but then you have written 25+ other books.
Q2 : I looked at the price to buy it on Amazon, and it's quite expensive, like $50. Can people read your book for free online and why is it priced so high? Also, WHO is your book really intended for?
Q3 : So, what is your goal with your chocolate chip cookie recipe and your cookie book? You talk about making CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE HISTORY! Tell us about that ... and do you ever want to open a bakery and bake cookies again commercially? Go back to selling them online? What IS the best way to get your cookies in the hands of everyone so even YOU don't have to bake them! You're only ONE PERSON. How do you reach MILLIONS OF PEOPLE with your cookies? You say you have a solution in your book! Do tell!
Q4 : How do you plan on getting the word out about your cookies to the public and ultimately to the chocolate chip manufactures to take notice of you so you can work with one of them? Tell me about these COOKIE TASTING PARTIES you conduct and can I come to one or host one myself?
Q5 : Any parting words, Bart? How can people get a hold of you, how can we help you get your name, your cookie brand, your cookies and people's feedback about them to others so we can help you reach your chocolate chip cookie (recipe) goals and make history?
HOW TO REACH BART
You can learn more about Bart and his world famous chocolate chip cookies and his cookie book and you can read it for FREE online at his website, BartSmith.com. To find out where Bart will be conducting his next chocolate chip cookie tasting party, or to book him to be on your show with his cookies, special appearances, speaking, his other books, and more, again, just go to BartsCookies.com.
REQUEST AN INTERVIEW
To request an interview with Bart Smith, contact Bart online through this website. Your interview inquiry will be responded to promptly. In a hurry? Call Bart's office directly at (323) 510-5155 PST to set up an interview.
PRINT THIS PAGE
I prepared a Google doc of this entire page, which you can print nicely, download to your computer to make changes, make a copy to your Google Drive or whatever you want. Click the blue button below to access it so you can print it for your use when you conduct our interview. Questions, just let me know.
BOOK DESCRIPTION
You can learn more about this book on its actual book description page. Click the button below to check that out.
READ THE BOOK ONLINE
That's right! You can actually read this entire book online at this website. Just click on the button below and read away. Loaded with full-color photos all throughout the book, you'll be blown away by how much you'll quickly discover to help you with an tremendously, one-of-a-kind interview with Mr. Smith.
SAMPLE INTERVIEWS
You can listen to past interviews to get an idea on what topic you’d like to interview Bart on first, second, and third! Yes, you’ll want to book Bart for several interviews depending on your show format, how much content you need, interest in different topics, etc.
IMAGES & ARTWORK
Right-click and save any one of these to your computer for your use. Please do not link to these images as they will change over time. For more images, click on an interview topic on the left. You will find more images related to that topic for your use. Questions, just let me know.
MORE PHOTOS
Check out just some of these awesome photographs of my cookies, which are also in the book. Practically every page of the book has a photograph I took of my cookies, the baking experience, or something else cookie-related.
Want to see more cookie photographs? Check out the online version of this book here at my website. There are 100+ photographs that will make you wanna ... TRY ONE!
COOKIE VIDEOS
Check out some of these fun cookie videos. If you'd like to see more, head on over to my YouTube channel where I've got lots more. Videos with me making the cookie dough, baking my cookies, sliding baked cookies off a tray, EATING THEM and more!
CONTACT "THE COOKIE MAN"
Greetings Cookie Lover,
If you have any questions for me, questions about my cookies, or you would like to send me a message, share a testimonial or request to review my cookies, etc., just click the button below and do just that → send me a message!
Until then, I hope you do get to try one of my cookies sometime soon. Until then, I'll eat some for ya. How about that???
Bart Smith, Founder
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Bart Smith has been baking the world's best chocolate chip cookies since he was in college (1988). That's more than 35 years ago. He bakes milk chocolate chip, dark chocolate chip, milk/dark chip combo, white chocolate chip, white chocolate chip cookies with macadamia nuts, peanut butter with milk chocolate chips, as well as the world's best gluten-free chocolate chip cookies. Bart’s cookie fans are all over the country and around the world. Everyone who tries Bart's cookies agree that Bart really does bake the world's best chocolate chip cookie. Just check out these 51+ cookie stories, 427 cookie testimonials and 140 cookie reviews. Then, you too may come to the same conclusion and want to try one. See if Bart's cookies truly are the world's best chocolate chip cookie you've ever had!
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