Category: training
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How to host a virtual farm tour on your website or Facebook Page
As many of you know, most people have never visited a dairy farm, walked through a barn or met someone that works in agriculture. Right now their only experience with farming is from what they’ve seen on TV or on the Internet. Even school farm tours are declining as schools have to do cut backs…
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How to stop the trolls – dealing with negative comments on the internet index
Recently I’ve noticed that extremists have kicked up their online bashing and trolling of some farmer pages. I really hate that – it’s a crappy tactic. But it does really show how the extremists are not interested in people having a choice, they are interested in people subscribing to only their choice. It makes them…
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Facebook Live: How do you livestream on Facebook?
Facebook has just released a new feature for the most people on Facebook. It’s called Facebook Live or Livestream. Basically, it allows you to live stream a video in the moment from wherever you are. Is this something that dairy farmers or people in ag should be doing? I believe so. Facebook video and live…
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Are you an Obi-Wan for good farming? What Star Wars can show us about how to connect with dairy customers.
One of the things that I love doing is working directly with the farmers. They are great people: humble, hard-working, independent, and proud of the care they give the land and their animals. Almost all farms are family-run businesses (97%) and I believe they are this way because you need to have the passion of…
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How to set up Periscope for you or your farm / ag business
Why would you want to do this? I give you five reasons you want to use Periscope for your farm or ag business in an article but here are the headlines. Your customers want to see real dairy farming. Your customers like farm animals and want to see them. Your customers have questions about dairy…