OM DENNE EPISODE
Getting your product onto a retail shelf is not the finish line. It’s the beginning.
In this solo episode of Shelf Talks, host Roberta breaks down one of the most powerful ways product-based brands can turn their retail presence into real consumer connection: sampling.
If you sell an experiential product that customers can taste, feel, use, or experience, sampling gives you the opportunity to connect with shoppers at the exact moment they are making purchasing decisions. But Roberta explains why the value goes far beyond getting someone to try your product.
You’ll learn how sampling can help you:
• Build trust and loyalty with consumers
• Turn product claims into real proof through firsthand experience
• Gather valuable feedback on your product, packaging, pricing, and positioning
• Create content from real customer reactions and conversations
• Show retail buyers that you are invested in growing your business once you’re on the shelf
• Turn retail associates into brand advocates
• Drive incremental sales and add-to-basket purchases
• Start sampling strategically, even when you have a small budget
• Create an in-store experience even if your product can't be physically sampled
Roberta also shares examples from founders featured on Shelf Talks, including SEEQ and Loonen Water, and explains how brands can start small with one store, one activation, and a clear strategy.
Whether you're already selling in retail or preparing for your first retail launch, this episode will help you think differently about what you do after you get on the shelf.
Because getting on the shelf is just the beginning. The real question is: what are you going to do with the opportunity?
Listen now and start thinking about how you can turn your retail shelf presence into an experience customers remember.
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