Hi y’all! So I recently started a cookie business and i’ve made a couple sales but I was reading up on how to increase sales, and get exposure and I saw some comments recommending real estate agents, hospitals, car dealerships, farmers markets. My question is, how would I reach out to the hospitals, car dealerships and farmers markets asking if I can setup on their property every so often. And for the real estate agents, do I just call them and tell them I can provide snacks (cookies) for free for them to put out for clients??? and do you all think it’d be impolite to also ask the agents if i can leave business cards next to the cookies or something? Thank you
I would recommend not doing anything for free, but if you really want to, maybe cater family/friends’ events? If the family and friend has a large following on instagram on Tiktok, even better. They can post on their page and you can start getting followers. Samples may be ok, but you’re running a business and not a charity. I also feel it devalues the product. Social media presence for small biz is the way to go.