Field Notes

Thinking on ranch brands and direct-to-consumer marketing.

Thinking on ranch brands and direct-to-consumer marketing.

Thinking on ranch brands and direct-to-consumer marketing.

Practical notes on story, sales, and showing up clearly for the people who should be buying from you directly.

Practical notes on story, sales, and showing up clearly for the people who should be buying from you directly.

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Coaching — Brand Sprint

Five Things Every Ranch or Farm Website Needs

Most ranch websites are built backward — history up top, "how do I buy" buried at the bottom. The five things that actually turn visitors into customers.

6 MIN READ

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Coaching — Brand Discovery Session

Why "Just Post More" Isn't a Marketing Strategy

More posts won't fix a weak message — they'll just make it louder. The real problem behind "post more" advice, and what actually needs fixing first.

6 MIN READ

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Selling Online

How to Sell Beef Direct to Consumer: A Straight Answer

Processing, pricing, and the DM conversations that actually close the sale — the honest, un-skipped version of how to sell beef direct to consumer.

5 MIN READ

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Instagram Content

Instagram for Ranchers: What to Post When You Think You Have Nothing to Post

"I have nothing to post" isn't a creativity problem — it's a capture problem. Five kinds of content you already have sitting in front of you.

7 MIN READ

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Ranch Brand Foundation

Ranch Branding 101: Do You Actually Need a Logo?

Before you spend a dime on a logo, get the story straight. Here's why most ranchers build their brand backward — and the order that actually works.

6 MIN READ

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Ranch Brand Story

Everyone's Ready to Buy Regenerative. Can They Find You?

The Amazon Prime documentary Groundswell just handed ranchers a marketing gift and you should be using it.

7 MIN READ

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Ranch Brand Storytelling

Your story is your price tag.

Why the rancher who can explain what makes their operation different earns $14/lb instead of $4/lb.

5 min read

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Farm Marketing

Why your CSA sold out in three days and mine didn’t.

The difference between a presale launch that fills and one that hears crickets — and it’s not what you think.

6 min read

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Direct-to-Consumer

Stop selling wholesale.

The math that changes everything when the person who raised your food is the person selling it.

4 min read

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