| Activity | Implementation | Message/Content | Goals | Materials needed | Cost/Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Managing Social Media | Hire Social Media Consultant | Create Branding, Set-up of accounts for automation | Social networking and branding of the company. | Social Media Consultant, Creative Marketing Designer, iPhone, Automated Social Media Posting Software | 100, 5 |
| Signage | Create, manufacture and add branded signage on truck cab and box. | Business Name/Brand | Identify point of sale, location and brand. | Sign manufacturer, commercial welder | 1500, 12 |
Post 3x Weekly | Emphasis on locally grown produce, clean eating, small human powered farm etc | Increase customer base and market share | Phone | 0, 1 | |
| Farmer’s Market | Set up a booth each week at the market | Fresh local greens harvested the day of | $200 sales/day + follow up customers | Tent | 500, 20 |
| Website | Using GoDaddy, creating our own domain | Information about pricing, availability, location, promotions, | Increase awareness/accessibility | Computer/domain/Images/Website builder platform | 10, 10 |
| branding | made by Vee/Linny + Dominik | logo | unified image | money (need to save) + laptop (have) | 1000, 8 |
| IG + FB posts + responding to comments and messages on soc.media and email | daily new content posted for followers, increasing the follower group by cooperating with other businesses around and making people tag us in their stories + competitions + secret offer online with a password | 80:10:20 fresh out of the oven team & our life at the Cove | -strong brand knowledge | laptop (have) | 0, |
| loyal customer club “Cake club”, SIGNS AND POSTERS, website creation + social media profiles | printed cards with stamp spots (labyrinth?) in a fun design (filling gingerbread house windows/shingles?) offering a special treat for free / coffee for free every 7th purchase, Physical info signs and boards around Cortes, on the ferry boat, on the terminal in Quadra and Cortes and Campbell river, | limited edition specialty cake slices, Business info – name, hours, menu, (direction when pick-up system or later retail shop set up), about me | attractive reason why to keep coming back | graphic layout for the cards (will be done during branding) stamp with our logo (will be done during branding), Large wooden board for the boat sign on the beach (can get from Murray or Hutch FREE) | 200, 300, 200, 2, 10, 5 |
Create ads to bring awareness about business | We’re open and ready to serve you | Increase sales right at the start | Computer | 100, 5 | |
| Local Event | Try our tacos and see if this is something you would buy again | Sell to 30 customers and get their feedback on taco ideas | Table | 600, 3 | |
| Sampling at Retail stores | Arranging free sample-1 per customer when they purchase any of the 1 product from new launch | Free sampling | Breakeven cost and getting more orders from the customers. | Import license, packaging cost at origin, arranging deliveries to various stores | 8000, 600 |
| Flyer distribution | Flyer distribution across GTA retail stores | New product/brand launch | Feedback from customers | Flyer distribution services | 800, 30 |