Buckeye Alpaca Show / Bringing your Products to Market
April 2009

It's that time of year again where we can all begin to brainstorm new and innovative ways to bring our finished products to market and build awareness of our Farms and Animals. We have had a very busy few weeks traveling to Alpaca Shows and Symposiums, all while getting our Mill ready for the new influx of Alpaca Fiber on it's way so we put together a list of great resources you can use to start planning out the rest of 2009!

• Networking in your Local Community
• Bringing your Products to Market - Rutgers University
• Setting up a Farm Store / Fiber Nook
• How to effectively Plan your Business
• Cheap and Effective Local Marketing Technigues
• The Story Behind the Products - Know your Selling Points

Here is another great article we found this week discussing The History of Information for the last 200 years, plus it gives insight on what we can expect in the next 10 years - A must read for anyone interested in how marketing and advertising will change in the future - Where is Everyone? by Thomas Baekdal

Shearing Time!

It's our favorite time of year again, harvesting the Fiber we have been growing all year!

• NEAFP's Fiber Guide
• NEAFP's Shearing/Skirting Guide

Video of the Month - Seth Godin: Sliced Bread and Other Marketing Delights

In a world of too many options and too little time, our obvious choice is to just ignore the ordinary stuff. Marketing guru Seth Godin spells out why, when it comes to getting our attention, bad or bizarre ideas are more successful than boring ones.

Seth Godin's Full Bio

After a very successful outing to MAPACA, NEAFP is on the Go again this week. We will be setup as an Informational Vendor and running a Fiber Collection at the Ohio BUCKEYE show this weekend. We would love to meet you and let us haul back your fiber for you! How to Participate in Fiber Pickups

More Info on The Buckeye Alpaca Show

We are beginning to finalize dates for upcoming shows that we will be attending as an Informational Vendor, and doing Fiber Collections. We would love for everyone to come out and say hello, get your hands on some of our new products, and let us haul your fiber back to the mill. This is a wonderful way to save on Fiber Shipping Costs!

• 4/4 to 4/5: The Alpaca Fiber Symposium - Belmont, NC at Gaston College
• 4/23 to 4/26: MAPACA Jubilee - Harrisburg, PA
• 5/2 to 5/3: Buckeye Alpaca Show - Colombus, OH
• More Shows to be Announced!
• 9/18 to 10/4: The Big E - Springfield, MA

Find Out how to Participate in Fiber Pickups and Save on Shipping HERE!