Table of Contents
of the
Natural Products
Field Manual
Volume 1: The Basics
About the Authors
About the Enclosed CD
Introduction
Chapter 1 Industry Overview
Chapter 2 Defining the "Natural/Organic
Consumer"
Chapter 3 Margins and pricing: Building blocks
for a successful natural foods/specialty
business
Chapter 4 Building a Sales Organization
Chapter 5 All about Brokers, making the most of
the broker relationship
Chapter 6 The important role Trade Organizations
play in building your Business
Chapter 7 Budgeting and Planning - laying out the
roadmap
Chapter 8 Bringing Organic products to market
Chapter 9 General Natural Ingredient Standards
Chapter 10 Importance of Product Quality in Building
Your Brand
Chapter 11 Status of anti-GMO movement within the U.S.
Chapter 12 Industry Resources, favorite bookmarks
Chapter 13 Running successful Offsite sales and
planning meetings
Chapter 14 Strategic Planning, partnerships, joint
ventures, licensing
Chapter 15 Financing
Chapter 16 Private Label
Chapter 17 Launching New Products
Chapter 18 Supply Chain
Savvy
Chapter 19 Working with
Co-Packers
Chapter 20 Bonus: Summary "If we knew then what we
know now"
Volume 2: Trade Marketing
Chapter 1 Distributor Programs
Chapter 2 Retail Overview: Natural Foods
Chapter 3 Retail Overview: Mainstream
Supermarkets with natural sets
Chapter 4 Trade Promotion - how to maximize what
is likely your biggest investment
Chapter 5 Trade Funds and Deductions Management
Chapter 6 Trade Advertising programs
Chapter 7 Key elements of Category Management
Chapter 8 How to "Cover Your Butt"
Chapter 9 Optimizing the Trade Show
Investment/key trade shows
Chapter 10 Exporting Basics, resources available from Uncle
Sam
Chapter 11 The Canadian Natural opportunity
Chapter 12 The UK Market
Opportunity
Chapter 13 The Food Service
Opportunity
Chapter 14 Using Market Research Information to Build Your
Business
Volume 3: Consumer Marketing
Chapter 1 Building Your Brand
Chapter 2 Package Design
Chapter 3 Consumer Promotion
Chapter 4 Consumer Advertising
Chapter 5 The importance of building and
utilizing a consumer Database
Chapter 6 Elements of successful Public Relations
programs
Chapter 7 Special Events Marketing

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