Farmers Market Incentive Program — Dino Albizzati
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Acquisition · Local/In-person · Email

Farmers Market Incentive Program

Turned 11 one-off market touchpoints into a repeatable acquisition funnel — built once, ran every week.

11
MARKETS SYSTEMATIZED UNDER ONE PLAYBOOK
5
EMAIL POST-VISIT NURTURE SEQUENCE
QR
POINT-OF-SALE EMAIL CAPTURE, PER CONTACT
Weekly
STANDING SYSTEM IN MONTHLY REPORTING
Context

Zeitlin’s had no structured presence or follow-up system across the 11 farmers markets it attends around Chicago — foot traffic at markets wasn’t converting into repeat customers or email subscribers.

Problem

Farmers markets are one-off touchpoints. Without a system, every market interaction ends when the customer walks away — no capture, no follow-up, no path back to the store.

What I did
  • Designed a physical incentive card (bagel card + catering card) handed out at markets, tied to a QR-code email-capture flow at the point of sale — turning a one-time market visit into a trackable contact.
  • Built a 5-email post-visit sequence in Beehiiv specifically for farmers-market-acquired contacts, distinct from the general list, to convert market foot traffic into store / catering customers.
  • Documented the rollout across all 11 active markets, so the program could run consistently regardless of which staff member worked a given market.
The hard data PROGRAM SCOPE · BEEHIIV + POS
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  • Took a channel that had zero structured follow-up and turned it into a repeatable acquisition funnel with its own creative, tracking mechanism (QR), and nurture sequence.
  • The program became one of the standing systems referenced in monthly reporting, not a one-off campaign — built once, ran every week.

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