The Homegrown Vendor Blog

Use Pinterest to sell homemade food. Set up a business account, what to pin, keyword-rich descriptions, driving traffic to your ordering page.

Create a referral program for your food business. Simple structures, best rewards, no-software setup, promotion tactics, and tracking referrals.

Use QR codes to grow your customer list at farmers markets. Free setup, best placement, incentives to drive scans, and tracking performance.

Write an email newsletter for your food business. What to include, how often to send, subject line tips, and growing your list from scratch.

Keep your home kitchen organized between production batches. 15-minute reset routine, business zones, storage systems, and sharing space with family.

Use Venmo or CashApp for food sales legally. Tax reporting thresholds, business profiles, fee comparison, income tracking, and when to upgrade.

Create an order confirmation process customers love. What to include, text and email templates, pickup reminders, and custom order confirmations.

Set up a business email for your food business. Free Gmail setup, custom domain options, professional signature, and transitioning customers from personal email.

Set up a simple CRM with a Google Sheets spreadsheet. What columns to track, how to identify VIPs, reactivate lapsed buyers, and when to upgrade.