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Spring into Action: 5 Ways to Take Your Business Outdoors

Spring is coming, so think outside and outdoors!

1. Apply for booths at your local farmers market, street fairs, and wine festivals.  Hand out brochures and order forms.  Charm families by handing out free samples for kids.
2. Look for outdoor fundraising events like marathons and bike races to support.  Offer to print some free chocolates for every 100 chocolates the event orders.  Show up in person and volunteer to show your support!
3. Kids love chocolate and sports!  Team up with your local portrait photographers to do live imaging on team photography days.  Kids and parents have to wait for the team photos, but you can hand them edible image chocolates right then and there.  Parents will buy in multiples!
4. Reinforce everything you say with a well-written brochure.  Hit the targets that people care about, like fair trade and health-conscious choices.  Highlight your kosher and low-sugar options.  Use colorful photos, and always include ordering and inquiry informaton. 
5. Classy polos, hats, and tank tops help to spread your brand awareness. Keep them upscale, because everyone likes to be associated with a “cool” brand.  Women love sleepwear too, so think about flirty tanks and undies with chocolate-themed sayings.

Chocolate is Always the Solution

Tasty Image chocolates make great party favors and gifts.  But did you know that chocolate – especially Tasty Image chocolates – can solve problems?

To expand your marketing in 2012, look for ways that your Tasty Image products can help others solve their problems. Whenever someone says, “gee I wish I could …” ask yourself, can Tasty Image help?  Send a few samples, get a test order, and enjoy residual sales and repeat traffic from happy customers.

Here are two real life ways we helped clients solve a problem.

Weyerhaeuser is the largest exporter of timber and wood products in the United States.  They operate an entire seaport in Longview, Washington and export wood to South America, Europe and China. Gary Cooke, the safety class instructor for Weyerhaeuser, was conducting live re-enactments in his safety classes and handing out chocolate as a fun way to reward employees for accurate responses.  “I was basically ‘borrowing’ handfuls of chocolate from the company dispatcher each week,” he said.    Tasty Image provided Weyerhaeuser with logo-printed chocolates.  “They’re a huge hit,” said Gary.  “Now we’re thinking about ordering logo-printed bars as Christmas gifts for our clients and loggers.”

The Boston Globe is the largest and most venerated newspaper in the United States.  The Globe has been active in reinvigorating downtown Boston by sponsoring a QR code treasure hunt through downtown stores and restaurants.  We helped the Globe promote their new website and online presence by printing thousands of QR code chocolates as giveaways. 

5 Ways to Increase Your Income in 2012

1. Distribute chocolate business cards

The reaction to chocolate business cards is priceless!  Each business card comes in its own plastic case so you can easily insert a paper card in the case as well.  You can also use the cards to print a QR code that will take people directly to your website or online specials.  But the main reason to hand out chocolate business cards is so that people can actually see, feel and taste your product.  Once they do, they won’t forget you and they’ll soon be wanting to please and impress their own customers with your edible image chocolate cards and products.

2.  Start a blog

Blogs are more interactive and personal than an ecommerce website—you can explain a little bit more about what you do, feature clients, and promote your business.  The big upside is that every blog post you write is chronicled as a separate article by search engines, exponentially increasing your exposure on the internet! 

Increase Sales with Creative Christmas Cross-Promotions

Christmas is fast approaching and it’s time to start getting your holiday cross-promotions out there!  Here are 5 ways to increase your holiday sales and your brand exposure:

1. Bookstores and Gift Shops –Approach local bookstores and gift shops with some beautiful gift baskets and offer to make some at wholesale pricing for their store.  People who are browsing for gifts will see your business card and learn about you, even if they don’t buy the basket!
2. Tree Displays—You know those gigantic tree displays in shopping malls and commercial buildings?  Offer to supply some free Christmas ornaments with the center’s logo printed on them.  Make sure your business name is included on the ornament wrapper!
3. Fundraising with Ornaments—Don’t wait for fundraisers to come to you.  This time of year is popular for fundraising events.  Look at last year’s city calendar and approach event planners with creative ideas for using your edible image products in this year’s events and campaigns.
4. Local Businesses with Clients—Make sure businesses in your area know that you can provide custom printed gifts.  Take in some samples, pricing and creative suggestions.  Realtors, attorneys, accountants and insurance agents are always looking for creative and promotional Christmas gifts for their clients.
5. Find those Personal Shoppers—This time of year the personal shopping services are insanely busy, and it isn’t always easy to find the “perfect” gift.  Introduce yourself, provide some samples and pricing and let them know that customized chocolate gifts are your specialty!

Don’t miss out on these exciting opportunities to gain new clients and get your name out there.  This is a great time of the year to help people find solutions for their gift-giving needs.  And when you walk in the door with a basket of chocolate samples, you’ll always be welcome!

5 Ways to Make Money as a Chocolate Affiliate

Making money as a Tasty Image affiliate is so easy it doesn’t even qualify as work! If you have chocolate, you’ll make friends everywhere you go. Everyone will want to know where you got your fabulous custom-printed chocolates, and all you have to do is give them your affiliate link.

1. Carry chocolate business cards with your affiliate link and hand them out to your friends and associates at work, your children’s school, the bank, everywhere you go!

2. Organize a fundraiser for your church, school, sports team or favorite charity. Offer customized lollipops, CD's, or ornaments with your organization’s logo and slogan. The organization will receive your affiliate discount, you make a commission on the sale, and the organization can sell the item to supporters for a profit. Everyone wins!

3. Work with your local party planners, florists and gift shops. Show them a catalog and let them know that you can create one-of-a-kind, custom items for party favors, gift baskets, weddings and more. Carry a few samples of lollipops and other items, dressed up with ribbons and bows.

4. Take flyers and sample gifts to local corporations and businesses. Corporate buyers are always looking for creative ways to thank their best customers and vendors, reward employees, and celebrate special occasions. Chocolate is a great gift for everyone. Suggest to realtors that they order multiples of lollipops with their photo and brand to tuck into floral displays or give away to prospects. Car dealerships also look for creative ways to get their brand into the hands of interested consumers.

Become a Tasty Image Affiliate - Earn Extra Income!

Affiliate marketing is one of the easiest ways to make money on the internet today. It doesn't cost anything to get started. It also doesn't require any experience. Anyone can learn affiliate marketing quickly. You can start your own business on the internet for nothing and turn it into a six-figure income. You do not even need your own products to do this - affiliate marketing simply means that you agree to sell a product in exchange for a commission. Sound scary? Tasty Image founder Derri Cerbone used to think so . . . until she began taking chocolate business cards with her everywhere and discovered the magic power of chocolate to open people’s minds and hearts. “I used to think cold calling was hard,” she said, “until I realized that all of life is a cold call.” Derri put her natural charm and personality to work chatting up people at the library, or the car wash, or her kids’ school . . . wherever she happened to be. And then she would rummage through her purse looking for a chocolate business card. With faith and persistence you too can turn a few casual encounters into a steady stream of income - perhaps even a new career as an independent affiliate! Statistics show that the most successful affiliates create income by featuring products in a number of ways. As a Tasty Image Affiliate you can earn commission income by:

Putting banners on your website

Placing ads on your Facebook and Twitter

Handing out chocolate business cards with your affiliate URL

Sharing Tasty Image products with friends and acquaintances

Building your personal mailing list

Much more!

We’d love to have you enjoy and sell our Tasty Image products on your website or blog. Contact us any time for more information.