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We're excited to share another week of news & ideas with our MAiZE family. There never seems to be a shortage of ideas and the truth is that some of the best originate with all of you! So, if you ever have an idea you'd like us to pass along to the group, please just send it our way. Also, please remember that we'll be archiving these ideas on the siteowner web site, so that you can go back and view them whenever you like.
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Idea of the Week: Engage Your Facebook Fans
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 This week's idea demonstrates the importance of engaging your Facebook fans with your posts, to increase your EdgeRank and ensure that your posts are showing up in their newsfeeds. For those of you who may have thought that all of your fans are seeing all of your posts, that's actually not the case. Some experts say that the average reach of most Facebook posts is only 16%! This means that if you had 100 fans on your Facebook page, your posts would only show up in the newsfeeds of 16 of them!
This chart helps demonstrate a few things you can do to increase engagement, which improves your EdgeRank and increases the reach of your posts so that more of your fans are seeing it. Rather than just posting text updates, use photos & questions. Anything that engages your fans and gets them to post a response, like a post, share a photo, etc. will increase engagement. For a bit more info on this topic, you can CLICK HERE
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Vendor Message: Chocolate-Dipped Rice Krispy Treats
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If you sell souvenirs or treats on your farm, this is a must-have for your upcoming 2012 season! At Forbidden Sweets, located in Antioch, IL, and we wholesale to hundreds of farms, markets and stores across the country.
Our Rice Krispy Treats are hand cut into shapes, then dipped 100% in chocolate for freshness and hand decorated into the cutest designs by our team of designers. They even have a six month shelf life so they can be ordered in advance.
We have over 30 Fall and Halloween styles, such as Pumpkins, Corn on the Cob, Pigs, Scarecrows, etc. If you are open for the summer, we also have hundreds of other styles to choose from in many themes. All our styles can be viewed online at www.ForbiddenSweets.com.
Our full size Chocolate Krispy Treats wholesale for $2.49 each and you can retail in the $4.00 - $5.00 range and we also have introduced a mini treat line that wholesales for $1.50 each and should retail in the $2.50 to $3.00 range. Our treats are sold in counts of 8pc per style. They are packaged in a clear cello bag and presented on a sturdy sucker stick with an ingredient label and UPC for your use.
We would like to offer ONE FREE SET (8pc) with a value of $19.92 with any $150.00 order for first-time MAiZE customers!
Orders can be placed in advance with a shipping date requested. We accept all major credit cards for payment. Email us at Indulge@ForbiddenSweets.com, call 847-838-8705 or fax in orders to 847-838-8706.
Thank You, Roxanne & Cheryl, Co-Owners
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Scout Patch Order Deadline Tomorrow, July 4
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 It's time to order scout patches! We at Butler Patches are the new provider of scout patches for The MAiZE this year and it's our pleasure to provide a custom patch you can give or sell to boy and girl scouts who visit your farms.
The order deadline for the 2012 patch is now July 4, with an expected delivery date of August 15. Orders should be emailed to anne.ramirez@butlersourcing.com
(Contact Name: Anne Ramirez). You can also call with your order if you prefer. Numbers are 877-647-6447 ext 1005 or dial the direct line 213-289-3465.
All orders will need to be placed with a credit card.The cost will be @$0.34 if we get to the 10,000 piece mark. If we go past the 25,000 piece total mark, then the price will be reduced to @$0.31.
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Scholarship Deadline is July 15
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 Our annual scholarship, now in its 6th year, provides an immediate family member of a MAiZE owner with $1000 toward their college education. Applications are due July 15 and the winners will be announced in August.
To download a copy of the 2012 application, CLICK HERE.
Applicants must be an immediate family member of a MAiZE owner and enrolled full time in college for Fall 2012. Previous winners are not eligible, however applications can be resubmitted by former applicants who have not yet received the scholarship award. Best of luck to all of this year’s applicants...
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Vendor Message: 2012 Order Form for Custom Printing
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 Need custom postcards, brochures, coupons, rack cards, etc.? Want to take the headache & cost out of paying a graphic designer to create your printed pieces or even having to do it yourself?
CLICK HERE to view the order form from our preferred printing partner for the past 15 years... McNeil Printing. McNeil has an extensive library of MAiZE artwork and can incorporate those images with any that you submit of your own to provide FREE graphic design on any items they print for you.
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Chat with MAiZE owners on the Facebook Forums
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If you have a Facebook account, but haven't joined the Forum & Marketplace pages that are exclusive to our MAiZE family, you're missing out on a great opportunity to chat with your fellow MAiZE owners and/or get info on items for sale!
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To access the Discussion Forum, CLICK HERE and request permission to join.
To access the Marketplace, CLICK HERE and request permission to join.
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If you'd like to browse through past Ideas of the Week and news, you can access them by visiting the Resource section of the siteowner website OR by CLICKING HERE. This link takes you to the most recent emails. Older ones, dating back several years are also on the siteowner site. |
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The MAiZE Inc.; PO Box 367, Spanish Fork, UT 84660; 888-798-0596
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