Fair Trade Beef

Deano7 · 01-09-2014 7:04am #1

Please like and share a new Facebook page called Fair trade beef.

Reggie. · 01-09-2014 8:34am

Deano7 wrote: »

Please like and share a new Facebook page called Fair trade beef.

Have ya a link

Deano7 · 01-09-2014 8:40am

Here you go

www.facebook.com/fairtradebeef

Deano7 · 02-09-2014 7:02am

Day1 = 5 likes, can we do better today?

nhg · 02-09-2014 7:11am

It needs a photo to the background to make it appealing for anyone to look at it, I have liked it but will wait until it has more stuff on it to share.

micraX · 02-09-2014 7:12am

Iv ssid that before about vegetables, the whole of Ireland's fresh produce sector needs a fair trade label.

Deano7 · 02-09-2014 7:18am

micraX wrote: »

Iv ssid that before about vegetables, the whole of Ireland's fresh produce sector needs a fair trade label.

It's true, I appreciate the support. Let's push it on.

Deano7 · 02-09-2014 7:19am

nhg wrote: »

It needs a photo to the background to make it appealing for anyone to look at it, I have liked it but will wait until it has more stuff on it to share.

What type of a photo?

_Brian · 02-09-2014 8:28am

Deano7 wrote: »

What type of a photo?

Would be hard to beat a nice field of HE stores on a sunny day. To me this is the face of good irish beef.

Deano7 · 02-09-2014 8:31am

_Brian wrote: »

Would be hard to beat a nice field of HE stores on a sunny day. To me this is the face of good irish beef.

Yes but the consumer mightn't get that. What about a lasagne? Because all we need for fair trade is an uplift of 20 cent per pound of mince in the shops.

jbkenn · 02-09-2014 9:19am

Deano7 wrote: »

What type of a photo?

The symbol of Irish farming.... a John Deere tractor

Reggie. · 02-09-2014 9:23am

jbkenn wrote: »

The symbol of Irish farming.... a John Deere tractor

Says you

Damo810 · 02-09-2014 9:26am

jbkenn wrote: »

The symbol of Irish farming.... a John Deere tractor

Yes, a big shiney tractor, that will help with the image alright.. :rolleyes:

I agree with Brian, something along the lines of a picture of cattle, a picture of a suckler herd would be nice.

Kovu · 02-09-2014 10:42am

Deano7 wrote: »

Yes but the consumer mightn't get that. What about a lasagne? Because all we need for fair trade is an uplift of 20 cent per pound of mince in the shops.

Jaysus not lasagne. It's not even an Irish dish!! A burger or a shepards pie or something.

blue5000 · 02-09-2014 10:42am

Deano7 wrote: »

Day1 = 5 likes, can we do better today?

You can invite your friends to like it on left hand side.

Deano7 · 02-09-2014 11:28am

Well if I cant even get a bunch of farmers to support it why would you expect the general public?

Deano7 · 02-09-2014 11:43am

nhg wrote: »

It needs a photo to the background to make it appealing for anyone to look at it, I have liked it but will wait until it has more stuff on it to share.

What do you think?

Deano7 · 02-09-2014 11:44am

jbkenn wrote: »

The symbol of Irish farming.... a John Deere tractor

We are trying to promote fair trade, not go showing off the latest toys.

Damo810 · 02-09-2014 12:50pm

Deano7 wrote: »

Well if I cant even get a bunch of farmers to support it why would you expect the general public?

I think a lot on here don't want their 'private' facebook and their name to be public, if you only have 15 likes it wouldn't be too hard to narrow down who's who on here..

Theres also probably the idea that this is a facebook page, I'm not sure anyone expects it to change the face of Irish beef farming.

nhg · 02-09-2014 12:58pm

Irish Dishes & maybe recipes would help to get it liked & shared, if you could get a chef to help would be good (the likes of corrigan or someone who cooks good irish dishes with simple recipies). It needs to appeal to the mums, their the ones out shopping & on facebook, dont think a field of cattle will get them to 'like or share a page' or a big tractor either!

Its looking good so far.

Deano7 · 02-09-2014 2:34pm

Damo810 wrote: »

I think a lot on here don't want their 'private' facebook and their name to be public, if you only have 15 likes it wouldn't be too hard to narrow down who's who on here..

Theres also probably the idea that this is a facebook page, I'm not sure anyone expects it to change the face of Irish beef farming.

Attitudes like yours got us into this mess in the first place

Deano7 · 02-09-2014 2:35pm

17 likes people, lets get sharing.

_Brian · 02-09-2014 2:42pm

.Kovu. wrote: »

Jaysus not lasagne. It's not even an Irish dish!! A burger or a shepards pie or something.

Sure couldn't we photoshop both together since it combines the message. Good grass fed beef right onto the dinner plate.

Deano7 · 02-09-2014 2:44pm

Larry Goodman's head on a plate would be better :-)

_Brian · 02-09-2014 4:02pm

Deano7 wrote: »

Larry Goodman's head on a plate would be better :-)

:D

OR something along these lines..

bogman_bass · 02-09-2014 4:05pm

Just be careful. Is fair trade a registered trademark?

ganmo · 02-09-2014 4:15pm

bogman_bass wrote: »

Just be careful. Is fair trade a registered trademark?

It's not registered(in Ireland anyway )
But does 'fair food' sound better?

Reggie. · 02-09-2014 4:24pm

_Brian wrote: »

:D

OR something along these lines..

Nice....just throw an angus in there

_Brian · 02-09-2014 4:28pm

Reggie. wrote: »

Nice....just throw an angus in there

I did. A cooked one

Kovu · 02-09-2014 5:04pm

I'm not a chef.....but I think the best think to try would be the frozen NZ lamb from Lidl vs Fresh Irish lamb. Yeeeeugh. The difference.

Reggie. · 02-09-2014 5:39pm

.Kovu. wrote: »

I'm not a chef.....but I think the best think to try would be the frozen NZ lamb from Lidl vs Fresh Irish lamb. Yeeeeugh. The difference.

For or against irish

Careful how ya answer that

Kovu · 02-09-2014 6:17pm

Reggie. wrote: »

For or against irish

Careful how ya answer that

I don't buy my lamb in Lidl, I buy it off two different butchers. I think I pay their kids through college :pac:

Deano7 · 02-09-2014 6:35pm

.Kovu. wrote: »

I don't buy my lamb in Lidl, I buy it off two different butchers. I think I pay their kids through college :pac:

You don't eat that much, do you?

Deano7 · 02-09-2014 6:36pm

bogman_bass wrote: »

Just be careful. Is fair trade a registered trademark?

No trademake called Fair Trade Beef in the world.

Kovu · 02-09-2014 7:17pm

Deano7 wrote: »

You don't eat that much, do you?

I eat a fair amount of meat per day. Wouldn't take me too long to work through a whole lamb carcass deadweight.

Prob wouldn't put people through college but enough to help!

Deano7 · 02-09-2014 7:39pm

.Kovu. wrote: »

I eat a fair amount of meat per day. Wouldn't take me too long to work through a whole lamb carcass deadweight.

Prob wouldn't put people through college but enough to help!

Probably enough to keep them in beer tokens

Reggie. · 02-09-2014 8:25pm

.Kovu. wrote: »

I don't buy my lamb in Lidl, I buy it off two different butchers. I think I pay their kids through college :pac:

Sure someone has to do it I'm just shocked it's a Cavan woman parting with money

smokey-fitz · 02-09-2014 8:58pm

Hereford cow and calf in a field of rushes..

Now, how much will I get for the picture??? :P

Reggie. · 02-09-2014 9:06pm

smokey-fitz wrote: »

Hereford cow and calf in a field of rushes..

Now, how much will I get for the picture??? :P

How long has the calf been in the rushes

smokey-fitz · 02-09-2014 9:23pm

Reggie. wrote: »

How long has the calf been in the rushes

Not sure cant find him...

Reggie. · 02-09-2014 9:39pm

smokey-fitz wrote: »

Not sure cant find him...

Ya gangster

bogman_bass · 02-09-2014 10:26pm

Deano7 wrote: »

No trademake called Fair Trade Beef in the world.

Ok as long as your backside is covered. I imagine the fairtrade folk have to protect their label and name vigorously

Deano7 · 03-09-2014 11:00pm

26 likes? Is that all?

I said · 03-09-2014 11:47pm

Deano7 wrote: »

26 likes? Is that all?

Can't help at all not on Facebook

Deano7 · 05-09-2014 3:53pm

Ok well please try and do your best those that have facebook accounts. We currently have 40 likes!

_Brian · 05-09-2014 7:11pm

Facebook isn't the viral marketing tool that people think it is. To be at 50 likes at this stage is reasonable considering there is no engagement or posts only from yourself...

Perhaps if you could get someone with some popularity (no offence OP) to make a guest post about how they support Irish beef and beef farmers.. The likes of a celebrity chef or some such, then joe soap might take heed, their a fickle lot and seem to just follow the celebs like plebs.

Maybe e-mailing some of these so called celebs and see would they post or at least reply with a quote that you could post and copy them on, tagging or whatever its called.. Same with our ministers.. County Councillors love to be acting for a good cause, most have good following on FB and so this is how you could see a wider audience... I'd wager that your current posts are seeing a reach of no more than 20-30 people ??

FB isn't only about likes, its about the "reach" of your posts. You could have 500 likes and yet FB will only show a post to maybe 20 followers, if they click on the photo or a link in the post then it will show it to maybe another 20, if they interact then maybe another 50.. This way they say their only showing content that people enjoy and interact with.. If nobody in the first reach group interact with your post then FB don't show it to any further people who've liked your page as it has decided your content isn't interesting enough.. There's a whole debate about when you should make a post, if you post and nobody has interacted in maybe 30 minutes then your post is dead in the water..... As you see I've done lots of 4am reading on these things, insomnia has its rewards, but I'm going to stop now as I'm just being a nerd

Kevin the sheep · 05-09-2014 7:34pm

Just wondering could everyone on here get there sisters/brothers wives husbands anyone they can to go onto the Facebook page my wife and my sisters could start talking about it then there friends would see it so on so on just a taught not on fb so not sure if this makes sence

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