info booth at farmer's market - Page 2

AdirondackBirthcraft · #16 07-20-2010

The farmers' market here didnt' want me because I'm not a non-profit- they save the info table spaces for non-profits- I wonder though... if there was not another info table, what would they have lost by me being there? (Otherwise I'd have to have my own insurance for setting up in their space, etc., even though I am not selling any merchandise.)

Kinda pissed me off. These are ALL people who know me and one of whom, I have served as a doula. I am not very happy about it.

hotwings640 · #17 07-25-2010

Ok, ladies, I need some more help! I just bought a trifod board that I can use at the farmer's market as well as some baby expos and the county fair as a display. What would you put on it????

So far, I have 7 very nice black and white pictures of clients. Can you guys help me come up with some more ideas? For those of you who have made one, what did you put on it?

busybusymomma · #18 07-25-2010

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Originally Posted by hotwings640

Ok, ladies, I need some more help! I just bought a trifod board that I can use at the farmer's market as well as some baby expos and the county fair as a display. What would you put on it????

So far, I have 7 very nice black and white pictures of clients. Can you guys help me come up with some more ideas? For those of you who have made one, what did you put on it?

Maybe some birth-y quotes? I love Laura Stavoe Harm's quote "we have a secret in our culture" and Barbara Katz Rothman ""It's not just the making of babies, but the making of mothers that midwives see as the miracle of birth."

I'm nerdy enough to want to put statistics up there too, but not sure if that would appeal to the general public or not?

AmyinOR · #19 07-26-2010

Hi! I haven't been on here in ages, but I did want to respond to your post about the farmer's market.
I had a booth several years ago at our small market and used a trifold board also. I stenciled my business name on the top and printed out some information about my services on colored computer paper, and placed that in the middle of the board.
Then I went to the dollar store and found some scrapbooking paper with baby motifs on it and stickers, and covered the board with the paper, placing it at different angles, then I put all the mama baby pictures on it I had from past clients.
That poster board is what drew people to my booth. Kids were fascinated by all the pictures and women would quietly admit they had either had a home birth or wish they had!

Hope that gives you some ideas.
amy

DeniseAK · #20 07-26-2010

I would put out tasty but nutritious snacky-things out. That draws a lot of people, especially pregnant ones...

I would also put out some fact sheets that people can take home with them, maybe make up a brochure so they dont get cluttered with handouts, the safety of midwifery, the safety of homebirth, etc. Also some type of game they could play like a true/false type thing that could help educate them.

vbacmom · #21 07-28-2010

How about pictures of things you can get at a home birth that you can't get in the hospital. Maybe even have the photos side by side so people can see the difference in how gentle having your baby at home can be. For our ICAN chapter and in the past my doula work, I would make handouts on a CD so people aren't overloaded with papers. Just have a few of the paper copies on the table. Another thing that really drew people to our ICAN table was having the statement one in three births will become a cesarean-find out how to prevent cesareans here. Ha! Maybe even listing the c-section rate for midwives vs. OBs.