Outreach-Marketing – FCI

Co-op Education Graphics Toolkit

February 6, 2023/in Outreach-Marketing /by Joel Brock

These done-for-you resources can be used freely by your co-op to introduce the foundational cooperative principles via irresistably shareable graphics and printables.

Using Core Messaging to Transform your Marketing

March 16, 2022/in Membership & Outreach, Outreach-Marketing /by Joel Brock

P7 Starts Here!

July 31, 2021/in Membership & Outreach, Outreach-Marketing /by Eric Shellito

Discussing ideas for how to use a mutual aid and community organizing framework to build power within your community.

Oshkosh on Raising Capital

July 31, 2021/in Case Studies, General Information, Membership & Outreach, Outreach-Marketing /by Eric Shellito

The Outreach Manager at Suncoast Market tells us about the program they have created in response to COVID19.

Mutual Aid and Organizing

July 31, 2021/in Membership & Outreach, Outreach-Marketing /by Eric Shellito

Understanding the relationship between emergency relief efforts during the current crisis and the longer-term objectives of opening a cooperative grocery store.

Marketing for Membership

July 31, 2021/in Membership & Outreach, Outreach-Marketing /by Eric Shellito

How to build excitement around your food co-op and promote ownership.

Thinking Beyond With Gem City

July 31, 2021/in Case Studies, General Information, Membership & Outreach, Outreach-Marketing /by Eric Shellito

Gem City Market organizing team from Dayton, Ohio.

Detroit Peoples Food Co-op

July 30, 2021/in Case Studies, General Information, Membership & Outreach, Outreach-Marketing /by Eric Shellito

Join us for a live update on the progress of the Detroit People’s Food Co-op.

Marketing & Messaging Guide

July 30, 2021/in Membership & Outreach, Outreach-Marketing /by Eric Shellito

Messaging will greatly impact your co-op’s initial sales, and they need to be planned well in advance of your store’s opening.

Membership Building with Events, House Parties

July 29, 2021/in Membership, Membership & Outreach, Outreach-Marketing /by Eric Shellito

A webinar highlighting the process for using house parties, tabling, and other outreach events to build ownership.

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