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
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on its shade nets. Spectranet
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