Field Notes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
Good work deserves a good story.
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