Tag: Experience

Farm Shops - May 29 2020

Is it time for Farm Shops to diversify?

Andrew BurtonAndrew Burton

With so many 'special days' and events throughout the calendar year, Giftware now presents an ideal opportunity for farm shops to expand into this category.

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Farm Shops - October 21 2019

Marketing Is Child's Play

John StanleyJohn Stanley

The key to retailing today is to provide an experience, for the whole family. If the children are happy, then their parents are happy. If you can get all age groups to want to linger longer then your average sale is bound to go up.

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Farm Shops - October 14 2019

Farms, Farm Shops and beyond (Part 2)

Edward BerryEdward Berry

Expansion of a farm enterprise can take many forms. In the second of this two-part series, I'm looking at other ways to successfully diversify your farm business by turning it into a popular destination site.

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Farm Shops - October 1 2019

Farms, Farm Shops and beyond (Part 1)

Edward BerryEdward Berry

Expansion of a farm enterprise can take many forms. For the purposes of this article though, I'm focusing on retail activities and added value offerings specifically that are either customer or food-related. Each area offers a chance to extend your reach to your existing customer base, attract new customers, and allow you become a proper destination site.

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Farm Shops - September 10 2019

Connoisseur Time

John StanleyJohn Stanley

According to the dictionary, a "Connoisseur" is an expert judge in matters of taste. Surely, this sounds like some of your customers? If you have connoisseurs then why not create a 'Connoisseur Club' and build on the opportunity to grow advocates for your business as well as extra sales?

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Farm Shops - July 16 2019

Make Your Customer The Hero

Edward BerryEdward Berry

Consider four areas of retail work – merchandising, staff, customers and tasks. Which is the most important? What if we had the most desirable product and best staff, but no customers? Tasks have to be performed, but the customer must always come first. To fulfil this, we need to engage good customer service - we need to put customers at the centre of the story.

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Farm Shops - June 17 2019

'Day Makers' Grow Sales

John StanleyJohn Stanley

I remember the days when a major part of my workshops was focused entirely on customer service. Improve customer service and you can increase the average sale per customer; that was the motto for success. Retailing has changed though and successful retailers need to continue to find more ways in which you can create happy shoppers.

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Farm Shops - May 9 2019

Are you a Guerrilla?

John StanleyJohn Stanley

Let's face it, marketing that delivers positive results is far from straightforward and it is easy to get lost in the noise. Sometimes, to make an impact, you need to go outside the 'box' and just get creative with your thinking. Do it right and those around you will be talking about your brand for a long time.

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Farm Shops - March 24 2019

Experience Matters

John StanleyJohn Stanley

Like it or not, we now live in an "Experience Economy", where, as the Harvard Business Review so eloquently put it, "a company intentionally uses services as the stage, and goods as props, to engage individual customers in a way that creates a memorable event."

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