Webinar Announcement
SAVE THE DATE! Wednesday, April 24th at 7 pm.
Join Cathy Merkley for a live webinar and demonstration on alpaca fibre skirting and sorting – just in time for shearing season!
Cathy is an instructor for the Alpaca Ontario Fleece Classer Certification programme administered in conjunction with Halliburton College. Join this Webinar just in time for shearing season and prepare for the day(s) so that you can shave off hours of sorting and classing later and produce exceptional end products!
Cathy Merkley has owned alpacas since 1996 with her business partner, Trudy McCall. T’n’C Farms has been a very successful breeding farm producing champion showstock with sales in Canada and internationally. The farm is located near Lloydminster, SK. Cathy is a certified halter and fleece judge with AOA and has judged across Canda, in the United States and Germany.
Cathy received her fleece classer certification in 2004 at Olds College with Cameron Holt from Australia instructing. She worked as a classer for the co-op and now classes fleece for her wholesale company, Alpaca Naturally, Inc., co-owned with Cathy Newby. In addition to sorting and classing, she is a knitter, spinner, felter, dyer, weaver and wearer of alpaca.
If you are already an Alpaca Ontario member, you will automatically receive the webinar link in a separate email. If you are NOT a current member and are interested in attending, follow the link below to purchase a spot for $25. Current members also will have access to the webinar in the login members area of the AO website after the event.
Previous Webinars in 2024:
Tuesday April 9th at 7 pm.
Thinking of adding agri-tourism to your Alpaca Farm?
Join us for a webinar with Experiential Tourism Development Coach Cheryl Haskett as she walks you through what you need to consider in adding tourism to your farm. Cheryl is also the founder of Udderly Ridiculous Farm Life, a nine time award-winning agri-tourism facility that incorporates alpacas into their offerings.
Cheryl will walk you through:
- the key things you need to consider before embarking on the journey
- your values, skillset and unique selling proposition – why this matters
- a behind the scenes look at marketing and technology tools to support your business
- collaboration & partnership – why this is crucial to your success
Members get free zoom invite on day of webinar- Not a member? Join today and get this and other webinars included in your membership or purchase this one for $25.00 at our shop.
Joe Preston, co-founder of Openherd.com will be presenting a special webinar on marketing for AO members on Thursday, March 7th at 6:30PM ET.
You will:
Unlock the mystery about marketing
Learn how to organize your marketing efforts to get results
Utilize Openherd to simplify, streamline, and save money with your online marketing
Plus Openherd will be making a special offer available to AO members who are on the zoom call (time-limited). So be sure to join us!
Openherd was started by Joe Preston and Adam Thompson in 2009 to serve the alpaca industry and today is a thriving livestock marketplace offering more than alpacas – in fact every kind of animal you’d find on a family farm. In addition to livestock marketing, Openherd provides farm website hosting, domains and email, and herd health software, all in one easy-to-use, affordable package. And the best part is that you can actually call them if you have a problem!
If you think you can’t learn how to market effectively, then learn from the experts who also didn’t know how to market effectively but figured some things out and will be sharing some of their hard-earned insights and knowledge!
This 1-hour Zoom webinar will include the following:
A brief overview of how marketing works
Why farmers struggle with marketing
How Openherd helps/how it works
Q&A: Plenty of time to ask questions about anything
Special offer for those who stick around to the end!
Don’t miss this opportunity to make a difference to your farm’s success in 2024! Join us on March 7, 6:30PM ET.
