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157 Creative Ways to Use QR Codes in Your Farm Marketing

April 27, 2022 by Corinna QR Codes. They are everywhere. But are you using them in your farm marketing? In this episode, I share LOTS of ideas for where your QR codes could link on the internet to help develop your leads into buyers, and turn your buyers into lifelong fans. Your mission?… I want you…
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156 How to Start a U-Pick CSA Operation with Kristen Muehlhauser of Raindance Organics

April 20, 2022 by Corinna Imagine CSA customers coming to your farm every week to harvest their own share from your vegetable beds. Yes. That’s the concept behind a U-Pick CSA model. In this episode, I interview Kristen Muehlhauser of Raindance Organic Farm, who has built a profitable farm business off this CSA operation. She…
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155 How to Stay Out of the Email Spam Folder

April 13, 2022 by Corinna Ugh. Does your email open rate stink? Are your emails getting lost in the spam folder? In today’s episode, I share one strategy you can use to try and get your new subscribers to add your email address to their contact list — this is something called “white listing,” and…
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154 An Audit of my CSF Partnership: interview with Citizen Salmon Alaska

April 6, 2022 by Corinna Last season, our CSA trialed a partnership with a CSF (Community Supported Fishery) called Citizen Salmon Alaska. In this episode, I have fisherman Aaron Sechler back on the show to talk through how it went. We audit our experience and take-aways, and share some tips for how to do this…
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153 How to Plan a Spring Plant Pre-Sale Promotion

March 30, 2022 by Corinna Have you ever pre-sold spring transplants as a type of product line? Our farm is predominantly a CSA farm, and so we didn’t offer this as a product until just a few years ago. At first glance, it didn’t seem to “fit” our customer profile. Boy, was I wrong! Three…
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152 Simplify Your Marketing: My Interview with Tessa DeMaster of Willow Haven Farm

March 23, 2022 by Corinna In this episode, I interview CSA farmer Tessa DeMaster from Willowhaven Farm. I’ve been watching Tessa for the last 3 years, as she’s slowly built her marketing strategy layer by layer. Today, she shares her story of how she’s learned to simplify her marketing — everything from the flagship product…
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Episode 151: Adding Product Badges to your Product Descriptions

March 16, 2022 by Corinna What’s a product “badge”? You know those little symbols or labels you can put on your product listing like “Best Seller” or “Award-Winner”?… (See the example below in the left product image)… Turns out simply adding a product badge to your listing can help you sell more of that product!…
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150 How to Create a Punch List for Your Customers

March 9, 2022 by Corinna Have you ever thought of giving your customers a “consumption goal” for your product? What if you customer is feeling confused about where to begin? How to use your product? Which one to buy? Where to start? In this episode, I walk you through some of the ways you can…
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149 This Farm Has a Great Marketing Funnel – My Interview with Jamie Pritchard of WIT Farm

March 2, 2022 by Corinna I first  noticed this week’s guest in my private Facebook group for farmers, when she posted her “Everything You Need to Know About Buying Bulk Pork” Guide. This guide was such an elegantly designed piece that broke down the complicated process for potential clients on how to buy a half…
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148 What Keeps My CSA Members Coming Back? (My Interview with CSA Member Esther Hertzfeld)

February 23, 2022 by Corinna What keeps my CSA members coming back year after year? I’m telling you now… it isn’t just the vegetables. In this episode, I interview one of my CSA’s strongest members, Esther Hertzfeld. Esther and her husband have been with our CSA for 9 years. She shares her journey from rookie…
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