235 How to Build a CSA Renewal Promotion Step by Step

My Digital Farmer Podcast

Do you wish more of your current CSA members would renew their share early?

I just wrapped up my end-of-season "early renewal" promotion campaign to my current CSA members, and it's October 23. I asked 400 members to give me their commitments for next summer.

My results?... 310 of 385 spots were pre-sold in 7 days before November 1st! That's 7 months before we start our season. And most of them came on day one of the promotion period.

In today's podcast, I'm doing a full-scale audit of the whole process, and sharing my 4 step framework that can guide your own planning process behind big promotion launches. This framework can help you build any sales promotion for your farm.

If you're a CSA farmer, this will give you some great ideas for how to build hype and turn your renewal promo into an event.

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