Category: Selling online
Buy British Trend Gives UK Food Producers a Boost
Following on from my visit to The Great British Exchange in the beautiful countryside just outside Harrogate – a town buzzing with independent delis and gift stores, I’m delighted to introduce a guest blog from Matthew Hopkins, Managing Director of The Great British Exchange who talks about the growing trend of buying British and what…
Do you suffer from “email reluctance”?
When you meet someone and they give you their phone number and ask you to phone them – the likelihood is you will. If a relative asks you to send them some photos of your children – you do. If someone asks you to send them a postcard from you holiday – you will. But…
Why will people buy your food product from your online shop?
A couple of days ago I was asked to complete a survey for a company that I have made a few purchases from recently and when I gave them 10 out of 10 they asked me to give some reasons why – which got me thinking. This company in my mind does so much right…
A New Online Market Place for Food Producers
Here are some details about a new market-place that may be of interest as part of your sales plans: Prüv is a highly curated multi-vendor market place targeting health conscious foodies that provides a unique selling platform for healthy, ethical and sustainable food entrepreneurs. All about the preparing and sharing of great food, they are signing up…
How to attract cash-rich customers to your food or drink products
Research shows that people on a higher income have a lower propensity to spend than those on lower incomes. Just because they have the money, doesn’t mean that they are likely to spend it on your product. So how can you tap into this lucrative audience & get them buying into your brand Be clear…
5 Reasons Why Every Food or Drink Business Should Blog!
Blogging is a great, cost effective marketing tool, but not all food and drink businesses seem to do it – and I am completely aware that sometimes it is a question of not enough time to do everything! However, if you are thinking about embarking on blogging and want to check you are spending…
Guest Blog: Top Tips for Selling Artisan Produce Online
Katie is one of the founders of Yumbles.com the top online marketplace exclusively for independent small producers of food and drink and Food & Drink Website of the Year 2014. Working with close to 250 top small producers Katie and the Yumbles team have unprecedented insight into what works when selling artisan food and drink…
Tips to improve online sales of your food or drink products
Whether you are selling purely online or whether that is just one of your sales routes, we are sure you will find the tips below helpful in increasing the sales you make online. Facebook and Twitter are great tools in increase your online sales. Build the following first and engage with them on these platforms…
How to engage with customers to achieve online success
More and more people are turning to social networks to discover and learn more about the brands they are buying or are potentially interested in buying. Having a presence on line is crucial if you want to attract customer’s attention and sell more. It’s not just about having lots of different content online, the ultimate…
Festival of female entrepreneurship
With only a few weeks to go until Women Outside the Box host their annual festival of female entrepreneurship, here at Relish we are putting the finishing touches to our workshop: “How to get your food product into the supermarket”. We are excited to be presenting this workshop at the festival on Monday October 7th…