What if your next high-converting Facebook ad wasn’t something you had to invent from scratch—but was already hiding in plain sight on your farm’s social feed? In this episode, I share how I stumbled onto a wildly successful Facebook ad that grew my email list by over 500 people in just a few weeks—at an incredible cost of 60 cents per lead! You’ll learn the story behind this happy accident, and how you can use the same strategy to build your list without reinventing the wheel.
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Here's the caption for the high-performing Facebook ad featured in this episode's case study:
“Can I buy your produce if I’m not a CSA farm member?”
We get this question all the time, and the answer is:
YES! Absolutely. Anyone from the metro-Toledo area can shop from us. 🙌
Here’s how it works:
📝 Step 1: Join our weekly “Can I buy your produce if I’m not a CSA farm member?”
We get this question all the time, and the answer is:
YES! Absolutely. Anyone from the metro-Toledo area can shop from us. 🙌
Here’s how it works:
📝 Step 1: Join our weekly Availability List.
👉 Go to https://shared-legacy-farms.kit.com/7a9470d99f to sign up.
📩 Step 2: Each Saturday, we’ll email you our product availability list (what’s fresh + in season!).
🛒 Step 3: Place your preorder anytime over the weekend using our online store. You’ll get to choose from our 3 pickup locations when you check out:
• Sylvania – Tuesdays 5:30–6:30 PM
• Elmore – Tuesdays 5:30–6:30 PM
• Perrysburg – Thursdays 5–6:30 PM
📦 Step 4: We pack your order to spec and bring it to your pickup site on your chosen day.
🥕 You go home with beautiful, just-picked produce from a local organic farm. Win-win.
So YES — you don’t have to be a CSA farm member to enjoy our veggies.
Just sign up, shop when you want, and enjoy the best of the season. We’d love to feed you. 💚.
👉 Go to https://shared-legacy-farms.kit.com/7a9470d99f to sign up.