Book a free strategy session to see if coaching is right for you: https://calendly.com/csmith3cow/strategy-session?month=2021-07 Do you have a timeline for when your farm should be profitable? So many of my clients come to me at first, frustrated they've been doing all the things and still aren't making money. The first thing I do is ask a series of questions that identifies exactly what's in the way of them making money. When you pressure your farm, yourself, to… Make money Breakeven Reach 6 fi...
Jul 22, 2021•34 min•Ep. 82
Book a free strategy session to see if coaching is right for you: https://calendly.com/csmith3cow/strategy-session?month=2021-07 Every week I coach more than one farmer on feeling afraid to put themselves “out there.” It sounds like this: I’m afraid I’ll let people down But people will be disappointed I don’t like how I look/sound on camera I’m afraid people will criticize my… (fill in the blank - prices, farming practices, that I took a vacation, think I look frumpy, and on and on) Does that so...
Jul 16, 2021•24 min•Ep. 81
Deciding on Coaching? Book a free strategy session to see if the program is right for you: https://calendly.com/csmith3cow/strategy-session?month=2021-07 Have you ever thought to yourself, “I wish I didn’t have to work so much”? What would you do with your time? Take a vacation? Spend time with your kids? Find a hobby?! (Or invest more time into a hobby?) Visit with your neighbor? Okay! Daydream over... You own a farm. How in God’s green earth could you possibly work any less? Maybe you’re on th...
Jul 08, 2021•34 min•Ep. 80
Deciding on investing in coaching? Book a free strategy session to see if the program is right for you: https://calendly.com/csmith3cow/strategy-session?month=2021-07 Many of us think the diversified farm is the pinnacle of farming. Tons of research shows us how good it is for the land. But you gotta earn the right to have a diversified farm. What do I mean by that? You earn the right by proving you can be successful & profitable with ONE species or product line before you can expand to two....
Jul 01, 2021•19 min•Ep. 79
Book a Free Strategy Session to Decide to Invest in Coaching: https://calendly.com/csmith3cow/strategy-session?month=2021-06 Just the thought of needing to post on Facebook or Instagram daily can spin us farmers out in stress. I'm told daily things like: “I never know what to post!” “Who am I to tell them to buy my stuff?” “What if I turn people off?” Sound familiar? I can confidently say that everyone shares the same struggle at one point or another. Because here’s the thing, friend… As effecti...
Jun 17, 2021•38 min•Ep. 78
Click HERE to book a free strategy session to see if coaching is right for you: https://calendly.com/csmith3cow/strategy-session?month=2021-06 I was in Kansas City giving a keynote talk on farm marketing when my phone rang and I saw from the number it was my neighbor. “Your cows are in my front yard.” Cue gallons of adrenaline and cortisol running through my body! Anxiety? You betcha. Or maybe more like being hooked up directly to the electric fence charger! Here I was half a continent away, not...
Jun 10, 2021•54 min•Ep. 77
Book a Free Strategy Session to Invest in Coaching: https://calendly.com/csmith3cow/strategy-session?month=2021-06 I have a question for you. Are you still “all in” on the farm business that you signed up for? Like really , REALLY in? Every day I hear from at least one farmer who’s ready to give up because things got too overwhelming. Or too stressful. Or, they just feel frustrated like nothing’s going right. Does any of this sound like you? Then we gotta talk! The truth is, It’s easy to believe...
Jun 03, 2021•37 min•Ep. 76
Go to: 3CowMarketing.com/coaching to sign up for 5X Your Farm Sales. Click Here to Learn to 5 X Your Farm Sales: https://courses.3cowmarketing.com/5x-farm-sales 5x Your Farm Sales, a Marketing and Mindset Course for Farmers. Inside, you’ll get: Lifetime access to three of my best courses designed to help stop the overwhelm, structure your farm for profit, and increase your sales Access to a Facebook group where you’ll meet and learn with fellow farmers on the same path as you 1 year of weekly gr...
May 14, 2021•17 min
Go to 3CowMarketing.com/webinar to sign up for 3 Steps to Your Profitable Farm. You’ll learn: Where to find customers that are happy to pay a premium for your product How to figure out which of your customers is most likely to value your product and reach more customers just like them, and How to quickly build relationships with your customers in a way that primes them to buy from you And so much more! It’s all happening on May 14 at 9am PST/ 11am CT/ 12pm ET. Sign up below to get the link and t...
May 07, 2021•5 min
Sign Up for Free Training: http://3cowmarketing.com/webinar "3 Steps to Your Profitable Farm" If you're like most farmers, you might think you sell your meat, milk, or your flowers or vegetables. But what if I told you that's NOT what you're really selling? You see, those products are commodities. You can get them at any grocery (or even convenience) store! So why would customers go out of their way - and pay MORE - for your products? Not because it's meat, milk, flowers or veggies from YOUR spe...
Apr 29, 2021•29 min•Ep. 75
Apr 22, 2021•32 min•Ep. 74
Go to 3cowmarketing.com/coaching to 5X Your Farm Sales! https://courses.3cowmarketing.com/5x-farm-sales Let me ask you... Why did you get into the farm business? Most of us will say that we get into the business because we love it so much. We want to help people. We want to restore the land. We love the lifestyle. We love the idea of eating our farm-fresh food every night. THAT’S why we start a farm. But it’s not what makes our farm successful. I am sharing how in order to be successful, we don'...
Apr 15, 2021•38 min•Ep. 73
Ready to uplevel your life and business? Decide if coaching is right for you – book a free strategy session HERE. Do you ever hear yourself saying... "How do I find MORE customers to buy our products?" -or- "How do I get people to come back each season?" Most people come to me for marketing help with some version of this question. Although it might seem like the right approach, this is actually the wrong question to ask - because when you ask it this way, you'll actually attract the WRONG type o...
Apr 08, 2021•34 min•Ep. 72
Ready to uplevel your life and business? Decide if coaching is right for you – book a free strategy session HERE. How often do you catch yourself thinking what you're producing, posting, or doing in your marketing is not quite good enough? Many of my clients think this almost daily - but they also think they're the ONLY ONE thinking that their products or pricing or farm isn't good enough - - they think that everyone else is doing it right, but they can't get it right. What if - you're not alone...
Apr 01, 2021•34 min•Ep. 71
Ready to uplevel your life and business? Decide if coaching is right for you – book a free strategy session HERE. How many of you have given up on your goal because it was too hard? Or it seemed insurmountable? I’m here to tell you that most of us have. When you set a goal, the journey to reach that destination is going to be hard. But you have to realize that the struggle is the thing that's going to strengthen you and make you reach that goal with much more ease. Join me in this episode where ...
Mar 25, 2021•35 min•Ep. 70
Ready to uplevel your life and business? Decide if coaching is right for you – book a free strategy session HERE. There is a misconception that building your farm should only feel challenging sometimes, but not all of the time, that at some point it should become easy. So many of my clients have this crazy desire to build their business, to be successful, and to live this farming lifestyle. But, where they get tripped up is in the idea that it shouldn't be as hard as it is. That's not true, folk...
Mar 18, 2021•37 min•Ep. 69
Ready to uplevel your life and business? Decide if coaching is right for you - book a free strategy session HERE. I hear from farmers regularly that you are struggling with sales, wondering what you could be doing to sell more of your products. What you’re doing isn’t working, you're scrambling around doing all sorts of things people tell you about. Farmer's markets, deliveries, craigslist, posting at the local feed store. You are exhausted and still don’t have enough customers or a reliable way...
Mar 11, 2021•26 min•Ep. 68
Click HERE to book a free strategy session to decide on coaching. Most farmers I know are not charging enough to generate a healthy profit and be sustainable, which causes so many problems in our businesses. And, one of the main reasons farmers give me for not increasing prices is you're afraid of losing customers. Guess what? Your people aren't buying from you based on price. They're buying from you because of the relationship and the connection you have built. Join me on this episode where I t...
Mar 04, 2021•26 min•Ep. 67
Ready to uplevel your business and your life? Click HERE to sign up for a strategy session to decide to invest in coaching. if you’re really ready to increase your profits, there might be one essential element you’re overlooking in your farm business. Ready to discover what it is? 🙋♀️ Listen right here ➡️ https://www.3cowmarketing.com/episode-66/ Join me on this special episode of the podcast, where I’m interviewed by Terrance Layhew of the Intellectual Agrarian podcast. In this episode, I’m...
Feb 25, 2021•29 min•Ep. 66
Click Here to Learn to 5 X Your Farm Sales: https://courses.3cowmarketing.com/5x-farm-sales 5x Your Farm Sales, a Marketing and Mindset Course for Farmers. Inside, you’ll get: Lifetime access to three of my best courses designed to help stop the overwhelm, structure your farm for profit, and increase your sales Access to a Facebook group where you’ll meet and learn with fellow farmers on the same path as you 1 year of weekly group coaching with me where you can bring anything that comes up for y...
Feb 12, 2021•7 min
Growing a successful farm is an inside job. And I don’t mean in the house, in the barn, or in the office creating more social media posts with no strategy. I mean inside of you. The fact is that you cannot get traction in your farm business without having the mindset and the beliefs to create that success. And I want to see you succeed. That’s why I’m inviting you to my free webinar on the 5 Beliefs That Create Success on Your Farm. You’ll learn: How having the wrong mindset sabotages your succe...
Feb 04, 2021•35 min•Ep. 65
Sign up for Free Training Here: https://courses.3cowmarketing.com/pl/260448 Have you set HUGE goals for 2021? As a coach, I want to help you reach these goals. And, I know that a lot of business owners aren't aware of some pretty essential elements that create the new results they desire. I don’t want you to struggle with this common mistake, and so on this week’s episode of the podcast , I’m talking all about how to believe new things so you can enjoy greater success in business. To get new res...
Jan 28, 2021•39 min•Ep. 64
Click HERE for Marketing & Mindset Mastery I have a fantastic way to break free from perfectionistic thoughts, or those pesky thoughts that what you're doing is not quite good enough. Tune in to episode 63 and learn the 3 steps you can take to free yourself from perfectionism. Even if you don’t identify as a perfectionist, you might be surprised to discover that some of your habits (that are holding you back in business and life) come from perfectionism. Habits such as procrastination and fe...
Jan 21, 2021•26 min•Ep. 63
Click Here to Check Out My Group Coaching Program Are you a stickler for perfectionism, and want things to turn out **just right** otherwise --- what's the point? Whether it's sending the marketing email, posting the price increase, or giving in to the fear of sucking at something -- many of us are feeling held back from expressing our full potential in our lives. This fear of things not being right or perfect keeps many of us silent and stuck. In fact, in working with my clients I see every day...
Jan 14, 2021•37 min•Ep. 62
Book a free strategy session to invest in coaching: http://3cowmarketing.com/strategy How in the world does the shame of “who I am” end up in an interview on email list building? Tune in to today’s podcast episode to see exactly how I connect the two. And why it’s imperative we all learn to manage shame or any other fears and doubts that might sneak into our thoughts -- IF we want success. If we wait till we feel better about ourselves, our marketing, or our products… we’ll NEVER put ourselves o...
Jan 07, 2021•59 min•Ep. 61
Click HERE for Marketing & Mindset Mastery. What if I told you the biggest secret to reaching your HUGE goals in your life and business is not about what you thought it was? Many people think reaching goals is about better planning, creating motivation, drive, or more organization. Or they think reaching those huge goals depends on having an amazing website or getting into the right market. But instead, what if I shared new research that neuroscience teaches us - that your success depends on...
Dec 31, 2020•31 min•Ep. 60
Click HERE to book a strategy session to decide on investing in coaching. One thing you might not know about me - I'm a super-nerd for all things planning! I've learned by experience that only when I plan - do I reach huge goals. Goals I thought were impossible - until I planned them and followed that plan. I'm teaching you one of the processes I use to plan each year - today is part 2. If you’re already starting to dream and plan for 2021, this will help you know what to focus on that will get ...
Dec 17, 2020•33 min•Ep. 59
Book a Free Strategy Session Here: http://3cowmarketing.com/strategy On the podcast today, learn how to have your best year EVER in business with your 2021 Business Marketing Plan. I've been teaching this process for 5 years now, and every year, I hear from at least one person who completes this process and says that sales went up almost right away. This plan is unlike anything else you’ve probably seen or experienced in business planning. I can't wait for you to try it! Listen to episode 58 n...
Dec 10, 2020•35 min•Ep. 58
Click Here to Read All About Marketing & Mindset Mastery : https://3cowmarketing.mykajabi.com/mmm My client came to me for coaching to feel better and to figure out how to get her farm more profitable. We've been working together since January. She is now on track to make a million dollars on her farm this year. That's SEVERAL times what she was making before this year. You'd think my work with her is done. But nope. Guess what happens at each new level you attain? MORE struggles come up. An...
Dec 02, 2020•23 min•Ep. 57
click here to check out my new program, Marketing & Mindset Mastery I meet so many farmers with truly great products, yet they aren't making enough money, many times they're barely paying the bills and feeling incredibly overwhelmed. Or, maybe they're doing all the right things but it feels like "something is missing." In episode 56 of the podcast, I’m sharing a key practice that’s going to make it so much easier to have a profitable farm. In fact, without this practice, it’s likely you’ll s...
Nov 25, 2020•33 min•Ep. 56
