Ebook E-Commerce Strategy Plan for Fresh Market Growers

Submitted by wulan on Sat, 11/14/2009 - 03:15

Fresh market growers typically wholesale market their farm-grown products to institutional markets, retail chains/food stores, and farm markets. Sometimes, fresh market growers direct-market to businesses through sales to restaurants, upscale retail or specialty stores, schools, and institutional food service.

The next logical step for the Fresh Market Grower participating in farm direct marketing may be e-commerce. E-commerce can be used to enhance or even create new direct farm marketing initiatives for the Fresh Market Grower. This Strategy Plan will help you determine whether e-commerce is right for your farm; and if so, provide you with guidance to implement it.

Contents

Introduction
Why Market Your Business on The Internet?
E-Commerce

    What Is E-Commerce?
    What Can E-Commerce do for you?
    Is E-Commerce Suitable for your Agriculture Business?
    E-Commerce Opportunities in Agriculture
      Business to Business
      Business to Consumer

The Internet Marketing Plan
Target Markets

    What is a Target Market?
    Defining Target Markets
    Identifying Target Market Needs, Wants, and Demands

Positioning Your Product or Service

    Competitive Advantage
    Identifying Competitors
    What Differentiates you from Competition?

Establishing Your E-Commerce Presence

    Site Planning
    Graphic Design and Website Development
    E-Commerce Applications
    Payment Gateways & Merchant Accounts
    Hosting and Security

Monitoring Performance
Summary and SWOT Analysis
Works Cited
Appendix

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