Time of Reading: 2 minutesIf you’re an entrepreneur or business wner in food and beverage, you know that understanding shelf life is crucial to your bottom line. This video and article will answer these 3 questions so you eliminate embarrassment and understand this CRUCIAL element of your business: 1. What is shelf life? Shelf life is essentially how long … Read more
Time of Reading: 2 minutesHow can packaging improve your product shelf life?… Naturally?! Believe it or not but it’s packaging! Shelf-life has a direct economic impact on the value of your product because: Let’s talk about 3 ways packaging can NATURALLY help increase the shelf life of your product in this short 5 minute video or read the executive … Read more
Time of Reading: 5 minutesOriginally posted on ECRM’s BLOG on 4/22/19 and written by Joe Tarnowski If you’re not in the LinkedIn game, you’re missing out on a TON of opportunities. Pearl Resources CEO Emily Page and Joseph Tarnowski connect via LinkedIn Long gone are the days of the platform merely being a repository of resumes. Over the past … Read more
Time of Reading: 5 minutesKevin Consolo Co-Founded SneakErasers with his friend Chris and at one point these guys considered quitting. Sure they had an amazing product – an eraser that turned dirty sneaker shoe soles white and clean again! But building a business was expensive in terms of money, time, and personal life. At a certain point they had … Read more
Time of Reading: 5 minutesI have seen a DRAMATIC shift in the outcome in sales presentations when a brand owner has REAL samples, in full color, that appear retail ready. Pictures on a flyer or samples to taste that aren’t in retail packaging, aren’t convincing or exciting for anyone. It is therefore WISE to have full color and real … Read more
Time of Reading: 5 minutesWhich CPG products sell in a recession in the food and beverage? Did you know during the last Great Recession of 2008, FROZEN food sales actually went up? For example sales increased for chicken pot pies by 23% and frozen side dishes like appetizers and frozen peas went up by as much as 48%… It’s … Read more
Time of Reading: 2 minutesEliminate nervous jitters and risks for your next ZOOM call. TELE-CONFERENCE CALL MISHAPS? You know can sell like a superstar but it is just not the same during this #CoronaVirusQuarantine when everyone is selling over tele-conference software from home. Here’s how to avoid the beginners mistakes AND perfect your teleconference sales presentations (short 30 minute … Read more
Time of Reading: 7 minutesToday’s consumer shops both online and in brick and mortar stores. If you are a direct-to-consumer brand that’s looking to get on the shelves, such as many brands on RangeMe that are heading to their first tradeshow like ECRM looking to get into retail, it’s important to realize packaging that works on an e-commerce platform won’t always translate … Read more
Time of Reading: 2 minutesHonestly… I snuck into this “Entrepreneurship” USC class without meeting course criteria and I didn’t belong because I didn’t have good grades. But Paul Orfalea, founder of Kinkos had an undisclosed requirement that superseded coursework… students lined up and only got in if they were bold introducing themselves to him. My firm handshake, unswerving eye … Read more
Time of Reading: 5 minutesNatural food bands are leading the trend packaging and branding. What can you learn? This article was also published on ECRM’s Blog on 5/6/2020. Packaging in the old days of natural foods was what we would call… “scrappy.” Emerging brand owners didn’t have a lot of visibility, demand or capital so their packaging reflected it. … Read more
