#009 How to Price Your Farm Products for Profit (Part 1)
Pricing your products for profit can be stressful. If you charge too much, customers will leave or worse, they’ll never buy from you in the first place. So you… You go to a farmers market. You walk around noticing that the “other farmer” is charging $3.00 for a carton of eggs. You go back to […]
#005: 25 Steps You Need to Start Your Farm Business (Part 5)
Lost? Confused about where or how to start? The final steps to starting and setting up your farm business are here! If you’re someone that is brand new to farming, just starting out, need help with what to do or where to start, this 5 part podcast series is for you. This episode goes over […]
#004: 25 Steps You Need to Start Your Farm Business (Part 4)
I’m so grateful! If you’re new, you have to listen to this series. The feedback I’ve received from this podcast series has been outstanding. The reviews you’re writing and the action you’re taking is inspiring. Thank you. So if you’re just tuning in, in this episode I’m talking about the 25 steps you need […]
#003: 25 Steps You Need to Start Your Farm Business (Part 3)
Are you brand new to farming? Don’t know where to start? This podcast series is for you. In this episode of Profitable Mindset, I’m sharing with you the steps I took to start and set up my farm business from scratch. It’s exactly what I needed when I started over 10 years ago. You’ll learn […]
#002: 25 Steps You Need to Start Your Farm Business (Part 2)
Who knew that milking cows 2x a day would be easier than starting a business? For the last 10 years, I’ve been milking cows twice a day — every day — and that’s the easy part. Little did I know that starting and running a full-time farm has legal aspects that I never thought of. […]
#001: 25 Steps You Need to Start Your Farm Business (Part 1)
Want to know how to start a farm business? Whether you’re just starting your farm or if you’ve been at this for a while, I get questions all the time with what farmers should do first, second, third to start and set up their farm business. After you listen in to this episode and the […]
How 2 Flower & Veggie Farmers “Market from the Heart”
Say hello to Lori Jo and Mary Margaret… They’re students inside, Farm Marketing From the Heart, which is open for enrollment until Friday, March 22nd, midnight. Lori Jo is a flower farmer from Michigan. She’s an avid learner and has taken quite a few courses at this point. When she took FMFH she was brand […]
3 Mistakes That Will Cost You Farm Store Sales
Does this happen to you on the farm? You find random “customers” in your house looking for milk, meat or products you sell. You find people going beyond fenced areas on your property. Customers think your farm store is open 24/7. Theft. You find cars and trucks on open pastures that don’t belong there. Customers […]
How to Make More Money with Your Storefront, Market Booth or Drop-site
You have an advantage as a farmer. I know it may not always feel this way, but it’s true. Customers are looking to do business with people, not faceless corporations. Customers crave connection and personal experiences that will enhance their life. And that’s exactly what you do. You’d be surprised at the number of people that […]
6 Tips That Will Help You Find the Time for Farm Marketing
One of the most common problems I hear farmers say is, “I don’t have time for marketing.” I get Facebook messages, emails, comments and direct messages all the time that say the same thing. “Charlotte you want us to market and I love your stuff, but I don’t have the time to do all this […]