Gauteng Smallholder May 2017 | Page 8

NEWS Facebook features in modern marketing C ompanies are increas- ingly turning to social media to market their products and services, with a Facebook page becoming an important weapon in a modern marketing arsenal, especially when it is tied to building up awareness of other marketing activities, such as encouraging Social media offer a cheap way of communicating with customers ... if they!re tech-savvy provides protection for your crops against natural elements such as birds and insects. It visitor attendance at trade Nampo 2017 tickets (worth also shelters your crops shows. This month's Nampo R100 each). Visit Knittex' against harsh weather Show, outside Bothaville, is no Facebook page and follow the elements such as wind, exception. instructions to enter, then sunburn and hail. Shade net Agricultural netting manufac- keep an eye on the page on 8 can also help farmers increase May when the winners will be their water consumption turer Knittex has a competi- announced. tion on its Facebook page efficiency by reducing the where you can win one of five Then, if you missed out on a amount of evaporation from free Nampo ticket, Knittex free water surfaces. continues its Nampo focus by Email [email protected] or giving away four ground call 011 692-1658. sheets from its stand at the Also using Facebook as an show between 16 and 19 instant marketing tool is May. All you have to do is visit Turfmaster, with a simple the Knittex stand and drop draw to encourage visitors to your details into a lucky draw its page, where it keeps the competition box. Knittex will buying public up to date with call you during the week to special offers and other collect your prize if you are a product developments. winner. Turfmaster is offering a This year, the Knittex stand Maruyama BC3021H-RS will also showcase video brushcutter to a lucky footage of various intensive Facebook visitor who “likes” research and testing projects Continued on page 8 on its shade nets. Spectranet 6 www.sasmallholder.co.za