GROW News
October 28, 2009
Who Sold Online This Week?
Starting this week, GROW Nebraska is not only going to highlight the amount of online sales for the week, but also what sold 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!
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!
If you would like to make edits to your listing, please e-mail us at
info@grownebraska.org.
October 21 - October 28
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. 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. If you need pictures taken of your products, please contact Erin at
erin@grownebraska.org.
Do you have holiday items or new items? Send them to us!
Do you have new items or holiday items you'd like to sell this holiday season? If you have new products that aren't in our retail locations yet, now is the time to get them to us so we can get them in our system. Please contact us at
info@grownebraska.org for more information.
Member News
This is National Business Women’s Week - so we would like to congratulate all of our women members!
The MONA (Museum of Nebraska Art) guild is hosting their annual holiday. Benefit Gift Boutique on Saturday, November 7th (11 a.m.- 5 p.m.) and Sunday, November 8th (1-5 p.m.). There will be 30+ artists including Grow member Beth Jasnoch Turner and her metal art.
Congrats to Rosemary Thomas for appearing in Country Women's Magazine this month!
New Members
Starke Round Barn Historic Site, Red Cloud, NE - Liz and Cal Rasser, Owners
Liz and Cal offer locally grown produce such as sweet corn and flint corn.
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 >>
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.
- October 28 - Fremont - 9-12 at First State Bank and Trust - FULL
- October 28 - Omaha - 3-6 at New Development Corporation - FULL
- October 28 - Omaha - 6:30-9:30 at New Development Corporation - FULL
- October 29 - Nebraska City 9-12 at Kimmel Research and
Education Center - FULL
- November 17 - Valentine - 9-12 at Niobrara Lodge
- November 17 - Bassett - 3-6 at North Central Nebraska RC&D
- November 18 - Norfolk - 9-12 at Northeast Community College
- 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 - 8:30-11:30 at UNL Panhandle Research and Extension Center
- January 29 - Sidney- 9-12 at Western Nebraska Community College - Room 112
