{"id":2400,"date":"2022-03-30T00:48:11","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T00:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/about.openfoodnetwork.net\/?p=2400"},"modified":"2022-03-30T00:49:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T00:49:25","slug":"2400","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/about.openfoodnetwork.net\/?p=2400","title":{"rendered":"Spring 2022 Newsletter (No Frills Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Our Support Page<\/a> is your one-stop shop for all things OFN!<\/p>\n

Get Discovered<\/strong>
There are so many ways to help your customers to find you on OFN. Here\u2019s our top 5 favorites:<\/p>\n

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  1. Help your community find and support you! Use the \u201cProperties\u201d enterprise setting to create terms that are searchable from the main \u201cShop Now\u201d page, and you can add as many as you want. Here\u2019s Linda\u2019s blog post<\/a> about using filters \u2013 feel free to share or repost!<\/li>\n
  2. Make sure you make use of Categories too. One useful one: \u201cSpecial Offers\u201d, which customers love. Neato! Categories are connected with products, and you can use the Bulk Edit Products screen to change them – just add the \u201cCategories\u201d column to the page (what? You can change the columns? Yep!)<\/li>\n
  3. Is your shop\u2019s page full of good information, like maybe events you\u2019re planning on the farm, contact info, or links to your social media? Is your map info up to date? Are you in any groups? Are you linking to and from your Socials? “Yes” would be a good answer to all of those questions! Talk to us if you need any advice!<\/li>\n
  4. If you have a shopfront, remember you need at least one order cycle open to sell things (and to show up in the basic search on the main page).<\/li>\n
  5. Did you know you can link directly to your shop and stick that link on your web page, in your email, and in newsletters? Maybe with a \u201clink in bio\u201d on your Insta? You can! Better yet, turn it into a QR Code for free (google will help) and put it on signs, packaging, and tshirts.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Get Some Help<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Are you confused? Do you feel like you have to figure everything in OFN out on your own, and it all seems so weird at first? Do you have less hair now than when you started using OFN? Guess what? We\u2019re here to help! Did you know about our twice-weekly drop in support call? Did you know you can call or text us any time \u202a(636-486-6677\u202c)? Did you say YouTube? Oh yah, we got that, and good old fashioned email too. Head to our support page<\/a> (or just click \u201cSupport\u201d at the top of any main screen) and a magical world of help will open up to you! Don\u2019t go it alone (unless you want to)!<\/p>\n

    Give Some Help<\/strong>
    The Open Food Network\u2019s pricing model is based on the honor system. We have very approachable (that is, cheap) suggested donation amounts depending on how you use OFN, but we are \u201cpay what you can\u201d, so you might need to contribute a little less, or spread out your payments, or you might want to pitch in a little bit more to help cover someone who\u2019s just starting out (yes, you can do that!!). There are other ways to pitch in, like:<\/p>\n