AMZA is Partnering with TheSaleBarn.net

TheSaleBarn.net is a multi-feature website combining a number of promotional services to assist breeders and farmers with their online marketing needs. Attention is focused toward multimedia and interactive advertising to capture the agricultural share of the internet audience.

Very little of today’s mail arrives in a US Postal box. The volume of printed promotional products has declined over the last decade for a few important reasons. Printing costs are through the roof; paper, labor, and related materials have forced many businesses to look at online publishing as a replacement. Postal rates have jumped for first class and bulk mail, and it takes days to deliver the product. Online marketing is virtually instant. It is not bound by the limitations of print media. And the product can be edited at any time without the high cost of new production runs. Today’s technology sees most digital mail available on cell phones as well as tablets and computers.

TheSaleBarn.net offers a variety of web products.

• Online Livestock Sales – a virtual sale barn where animals are offered over a specific time period with a minimum bid posted. The Buyer can make a silent offer to the Seller via an email link; it will be accepted or rejected by an email response from the Seller. This section includes detailed information about the animal offered, photos, video, and commentary.
  
• Interactive Display Advertising – side-bar ads with a pop-up message that links to your website.
  
• Online Farm Catalogs – These are also multimedia digital publications that can be viewed online or downloaded by prospective buyers to be viewed on the computer or other devices. Photos, video, audio files and website links can be embedded in the document.
  
• Classified Advertising – this is a user feature that allows the Seller to create his own advertisement. Write script, upload images, and modify text and color. Classifieds are posted for 30 days unless removed by Seller. By far the least expensive method of promoting livestock as well as selling other farm related items.
  
• Farm E-cards – toss out the printed business card and replace it with a digital card that will grab more attention. Like all other digital products, these can be static images with a message that can be edited to serve as an introduction or specific holiday message. Interactive e-cards are usually designed around a game that holds the viewer’s attention for a longer period of time and is often stored for later reference. The third option is to create an animated e-card. These generally have the greatest impact and can be designed for any holiday or as a window into your farm operation. Short video & audio clips can be added to animated e-cards. This site offers an e-card system to deliver your messages to multiple recipients and posted for specific delivery dates.
  
• Farm Website – we can design and maintain your website on our server or yours, offering a wide choice of products at prices to suit any budget.

AMZA members benefit with the partnership. AMZA will reap added income to support shows and services for our members with 10% of every net sale coming back to AMZA. Our members have more tools available for herd promotion and AMZA members can access these tools at a lower rate than non-members.

TheSaleBarn.net link can be found under Sales/Promotion menu at the top of our webpage.

Let’s welcome TheSaleBarn.net!