GROW News
November 18, 2009
Renewals Coming
You will start to see your renewals coming this week in your inbox so please be watching for them. The deadline to be in the 2010-2011 GROW Book is to
renew and pay by
February 1,
2010. Our designer will be taking a leave of absence in March, so
NO exceptions will be made to this deadline to ensure that the GROW Book is printed in a timely manner. If you have any questions or concerns regarding renewals, please contact us at 888.476.9632 or e-mail us at
info@grownebraska.org.
10% Off for Members
GROW would like to remind you that members always get 10% GROW Nebraska products. If shopping in one of our stores, please let an associate know you are a member and which business you are with. Online, you can use the code MEMBER09 at checkout to receive your discount. If you have any questions, please e-mail us at
info@grownebraska.org.
Who Sold Online This Week?
GROW Nebraska is now highlighting what sold online for the week. If your item sells the most for the week, it will be the featured picture for this section of the weekly update!
This week over $700 worth of products were sold! Notice that several items sold multiple times. How can you improve your picture and description to help you sell more products? Pur Java improved their descriptions last week, and sold 12 bottles of Joe Fizz!
If you don't see your products on your list, consider updating your photography or your description to help entice more buyers. For your convenience, we have linked each product to their listing on the eCommerce or eBay sites so you can see what that member has done to help sell their product.
We encourage you to look at the photography and descriptions for each of these items to see how you can make improvements to your listing. Remember, you know more about your business and product than we do, so we really need your help to make your listing the best it can be!
To easily find your products on the eCommerce store please click here.
If you would like to make edits to your listing, please e-mail us at
info@grownebraska.org.
November 11 - November 18
December 8 Community Support Day at Whole Foods
GROW Nebraska has been chosen to be the recipient of Community Support Day at Whole Foods on December 8. On that day, a percentage of all sales at Whole Foods will be donated to GROW Nebraska. Help the cause by shopping Whole Foods in Omaha that day! If you have products at Whole Foods and would like to join the GROW staff in attending the event, please contact us at
info@grownebraska.org.
Quick GROW Loan
GROW Members ... did you know that your business can receive up to $5,000 at 5.25% to assist with marketing, capital improvements and supplies? If you are interested in finding out more information about the Direct or Quick GROW Loan program, please e-mail
info@grownebraska.org or call 888-476-9632.
Member News
Veda Bennet of Wrinkles-B-Gone recently was interviewed by the I2E Club in Nebraska City. You can view her video
here.
Need some extra cash for the holidays? Why not work at a GROW Nebraska Store!
GROW Nebraska is currently interested in hiring GROW members to work at the Kearney and Grand Island retail locations and the Lincoln Holiday store.
If you or someone you know may be interested, please send resumes to
info@grownebraska.org. Please specify which store you are interested in working in.
SIGN UP TO WORK NOW >>
Get Your Products on the GROW eCommerce Site
GROW Nebraska is calling all members to submit their products to be on the eCommerce site! To qualify, all you need is for your product to be in the Kearney retail store.
Sales on
ShopGrowNebraska.org are up 133% from last year, and we anticipate this trend to continue through the holiday season. Additionally, GROW Nebraska is currently re-designing their eCommerce site to offer better functionality! These changes are anticipated to be done prior to the busy Christmas season.
Did you know that 60% of GROW Nebraska eCommerce orders are from outside of Nebraska to people who have no prior connection to our state? What a great way to expand the market of your product!
To find out which of your products are currently for sale, please visit
growneb.com/store/manufacturers.php and find your business name, then click on the link.
To have your products added to the eCommerce site, please fill out the online form
HERE for EACH product you would like added. Once you have submitted the form, be sure to send pictures of your products to
erin@grownebraska.org. Without pictures we cannot post your product for sale! Pictures must be on a solid white background or professionally photographed. If you need pictures taken of your products, please contact Erin at
erin@grownebraska.org.
Marketing Workshops
Twitter Tense? Facebook Frets? Utterli Uneasy? Social Media Stressing You Out? We Can Help!
GROW Nebraska has teamed up with the University of Nebraska Extension Specialists to help you reduce your anxiety in keeping up with the social media marketing craze.
Social media marketing is
essential to increasing brand awareness and expanding your online business presence. However, if you don’t understand how it works, thinking about posting tweets, updating your Facebook page and incorporating your blog into the media mix seems overwhelming.
Not only will we teach you how to save time by being more efficient when using social media, but we are bringing the "Get Social Sessions" to you. Spots are filling quickly! Price is $10/person. If you have questions, call us at 888.GROW.NEB or e-mail us at
info@grownebraska.org. If you are interested in attending one of these workshops, please sign up
HERE.
- January 26 - North Platte - 3-6 at West Central Research and Extension Center
- January 27 - Chadron – 3-6 at Chadron State College Student Center
- January 28 - Scottsbluff - 9-12 at UNL Panhandle Research and Extension Center
- January 28 - Sidney- 4-7 at Western Nebraska Community College - Room 112 (NOTE: Date and Time have changed)
