The Lost Art of Saying No

Whether it's a collaboration that doesn't quite fit with your brand, a job applicant that doesn't have the required skills or a project that you simply don't have the capacity for, at some point, all businesses have to say “no”. It's not easy but it is an essential time management technique that brings you closer to your goals. Are you still saying “Yes” when you want to say “No”? The following might help:

What Your Favourite OnFARM Episodes Tell Us

When we launched the OnFARM (Food, Agriculture and Rural Matters) podcast, our aim was simple: to give rural areas a stronger voice and a new platform from which to share their wonderful and inspiring stories. We could scarcely have imagined that just two years later, OnFARM would be performing in the top 2% of 2.8M benchmarked podcasts by Listen Notes! We took a look at some of the most popular episodes and here's what we discovered you LOVE about the OnFARM podcast....

Join us for a free online marketing masterclass

Join Anna and Monty for a free masterclass designed to help you get your business better seen and heard by the right people. We will share FIVE strategies for making sure that your potential customers are aware of your business. After the webinar, you will feel less overwhelmed, more focused and more confident when it comes to marketing your business and you will have a clearer plan as to how to direct your time and energy towards the best activities. This is 60 minutes that you do not want to miss!

Scottish Rural Calendar 2022

This year, having missed out on two years of county shows, the promise of in-person social interaction is long overdue. Agricultural shows are especially important platforms to business owners, responsible for much of the coming year’s successful trading. They provide a sympathetic atmosphere and relevant all-in-one shop window to those trying or selling new products, discovering or promoting new concepts, and spotting or setting the latest trends. Can your organisation afford not to have a slice of that cake?

Instagram – Top Tips

Are you on Instagram? Are you considering it? Are you perhaps a little afraid that you’ll end up down the rabbit hole of trying to get on top of social media and never re-emerge? Well, we have good news for you! Not only do we have a list of top tips here, but we also have two training sessions now available within our OnFARM Academy training to help you master Instagram.

20% off online training - offer ends midnight Sunday

Just a wee reminder that if you are keen to sign up for any of our first four OnFARM Academy training courses (covering Instagram, Facebook, Working with Influencers and Storytelling for PR), your unique 20% discount expires at midnight on Sunday. Don’t miss out!

Launch of Online Training Designed Specifically for Rural Businesses

PR and Marketing agency Scene & Herd Ltd, has today launched a brand-new initiative, the OnFARM Academy, offering online training specifically designed and curated for rural and food and drink-related businesses.Born out of a recognition that not all in-person training is geographically accessible, that not all businesses and organisations can afford personalised bespoke training and that much current online training is not tailored towards rural business, the OnFARM (which stands for Food, Agriculture and Rural Matters) Academy is designed by rural business, for rural business.

OnFARM podcast two years on

Back in autumn 2019, my Scene & Herd PR & Marketing business partner, Anna, suggested to me that we ought to launch a podcast. I was pretty underwhelmed by the idea if I’m honest. My first reaction was – “WTF is a podcast and why do we want to make one?”! Sorry Anna! Roll on to January 2020 and I found myself volunteering to interview my friend and farming neighbour, Doddie Weir, for my very first episode in the hot seat. Sorry, Doddie!

Veganuary

Sadly, all too often we read in the press and on social media that eating healthily and saving the planet must involve cutting out meat. This is, as we know, not the case. Unfortunately, when it comes to things like Veganuary, it’s not always easy to articulate the farming side of the debate. You might not agree with every word, but we’ve listed here a few articles and opinions which resonate with us and which provide some useful information and statistics which support Scottish food and farming:

Only 3 days to claim your 50% discount…

Don’t forget, until 31 December we are offering a 50 per cent discount on our first two OnFARM Academy training courses.We don’t launch the OnFARM Academy online training until later in January. These courses are running with a 50% discount until 1 January so make sure you sign up straight away so that you don’t have to pay full price.

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