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2010 North American Farmers'
Direct Marketing Convention

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Participation Day Activities

10:00 a.m.
Maize Quest
Booths 14 & 15
Presenter: 
Hugh McPherson
5.5 Easy ways to upgrade your guest experience and improve your operations without spending a fortune
No matter what happened in 2009 your guests are going to ask you "What's new?"  Be prepared to answer.  We walk you through 5.5 options for improving your guests' experience.  Why 5.5 items?  There's a FREE bonus with everything created by Maize Quest this year and this one's only for attendees. 

10:30 a.m.
Sinks N More
Booth 53
Presenter: 
Steve Washburn
Hand Santizing vs. Handwashing - Making the right choice for your clientele
A brief summary of how to make the correct choice when considering a purchase of either a Hand Sanitizing Station or a Portable Sink.  I will then review the wide range of products that our company offers in these product categories and how each products features could affect their buying decision.

11:00 a.m.
Dutch Valley Foods
Booths 50, 51, & 52
Presenter: 
Ryan Miller & Alan Messersmith
Bulk Foods - Growing & Harvesting New Opportunities
Our presentation will focus on opportunities to grow sales and further enhance the uniqueness of each family business through bulk foods.  We will share how bulk foods can be a department of destination and an additional area of strong interest to the families we serve in our communities.  The discussion will also include the following topics:

  • Families, The Economy & Bulk Foods
  • Bulk Foods & Perishables
  • Bulk Foods:  An Extension of the Uniqueness of the Family Business
  • Fresh Center
  • Custom Merchandising to Fit the Family Market Needs

We look forward to learning and having fun together.

11:30 a.m.
AgPRO Marketing
Booth 34
Presenter:  Darren Schmall & Kevin Hoelscher
Online Reservations - Booking Field Trips Just Got Easier!
We will demonstrate the lastest version of AgPro Marketings Book-It on line Reservation Program.  See how simple the program is to use for teachers and your staff.  Learn how the "Back Office" area will generate the schedules, invoices, mailing lists and reports you need.  Save phone time and your sanity!

1:00 p.m.
Cold River Mining
Booths 93 & 94
Presenter: 
Adam & George Marchacos
Making Money with Mining!
We'll show you how to combine rocks, kids, dirt and water into a fun and educational activity for your customers.

1:30 p.m.
Eckert Agri Marketing
Booth 43
Presenter: 
Bill Mauk
Farm Web Design
Eckert AgriMarketing’s Web Designer Bill Mauk talks about how to make your website more user-friendly and effective, gain higher rankings on the search engines, and bring more customers to the farm.  This will be a question and answer session guided by the attendee’s needs and interests.  FarmWebDesign currently has more than 80 agritourism clients including pumpkin patches, orchards, farmers’ markets, ranches, and associations in the U.S. and Canada.

2:00 p.m.
Dutch Valley Foods
Booths 50. 51, & 52
Presenter: 
Randy Dennis & Rick Hess
Dutch Valley's Own Made Products:  The Advantages for Roadside and Farmer's Markets
Located in the heart of the Pennsylvania Dutch Country, our business has been steadily growing for the past 30 years, thanks to many of you.  Come, meet representives of our own manufacturing company and learn about the advantages we can offer you.  This session will explore the variety, value, versatility and service that come with all of our products.  Discover how you can increase sales and profitability by using Dutch Valley ingredients to make your own signature items for retail sales.  Find out if you have the volume to have products custom blended or private labeled, or if it makes sense to add prouct choices to your own grown or made products with "our own made" products.  We're looking forward to seeing you there.

 2:30 p.m.
Premier Containers (1983) Inc.
Booth 35
Presenter: 
Carrie Blondin
Going Green on the Farm & Pick your own Orchards Successful Tools
With environmental issues in mind we have come up with friendly products that help you deal with these issues at your farm/market.  Being good Stewarts help make you stand out from the others.  We have been constantly adding new products that are biodegrade, recyclable, and reusable while taking advantage of the Marketing opportunity for you.  Our apple bags make it easy to have "pick your own" apples at your orchard.  I will talk about some examples some of my customers have used our "Unique" bag to increase their sales immensely, simply, effectively and efficiently. 

 3:00 p.m.
Leonard Mountain, Inc.
Booths 17 & 18
Presenter: 
Fred & Debbie Berckefeldt
Private Label Program to Build your Customer Loyalty
We will demonstrate the benefits Private Label Marketing to increase Sales and build band loyalty.  For our stuffed Queen Olives, we will use the various sizes of jars we offer, and the two types of filling jars to display the more upscale Place Packed look VS the more economical Throw Packed look.  The demonstration of our soups in either the box or bag further builds brand loyalty and shows the outstanding nutritional value in our soup line.   
Show Special - Our Normal 100 case minimum for Private Label programs will be waived for the show so that members of NAFDMA may experience the benefits of Private Labeling.

3:30 p.m.
Haygrove Inc.
Booth 42
Presenter:  Mike Deitrich

Haygrove Tunnels
Haygrove Tunnels and their benefits

4:00 p.m.
Binkley & Hurst LP
Booths 62 & 63
Presenter: 
Gary Landis & Frank Bewersdorff
Producing fun and profits using BERG pedal go karts
Binkley & Hurst staff will share information on BERG Pedal Go Karts with you that include features of pedal go karts, 2 WD Freestylers, Balance Bikes and other outdoor toys manufactured in Holland by BERG Toys as well as how to select the right pedal vehicle for your business and tips for maintaining the kart.  They will also explain various methods of using the pedal go karts to generate profit and repeat business.  Additional information on other products and services, including their Tractor and agriculture equipment division, will also be available.  

4:30 p.m.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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