We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Peggy Corbett. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Peggy below.

Peggy, appreciate you joining us today. Let’s talk about social media – do you manage your own or do you have someone or a company that handles it for you? Why did you make the choice you did?

I do my own social media. I am a one woman business and can not afford to hire someone to do my advertising. Even tho I may not be the best at it, I try hard to do what I can.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

I started making jelly when I was young. It was just part of helping out at home. My mom taught us at a young age to make and produce as much as we could to save home grown products for the winter. Growing up in the north fresh produce was expensive in the winter so you canned and froze anything you could to save money.

When I started my own family I kept up the tradition and when I had summers off from my kindergarten job I found myself with time on my hands to make jam for a local farm stand. When the farm closed up I went on my own with just a few flavors for a summer hobby. My hobby grew into 80 flavors and I left my school job to do what I loved.
We grew all most all of my fruit in the north so as soon as we moved to Georgia we planted fruit trees here. Just for my jelly. I restarted my business here in Georgia and go to just a few farmers markets. I do not have a store front because I like to be out with other farmers meeting my customers.
I listen to what people are looking for and with add a new flavor now and then.

Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?

Choosing to move from Massachusetts to Georgia had a big impact on my business, it was completely starting over. Learning new rules and regulations, that were very different from what I had. It was starting at square one. I am still working on my second set of licenses for pickles and relish, it’s been baby steps and I am getting there.

What’s been the most effective strategy for growing your clientele?

For me growing my clients list is that I listen to what people are asking for and give things a try. I am not afraid to step out of the box. I also make sure my license is Visible to my customers and when I sample I do it in single serve containers that make people feel comfortable in trying my products. I try to have an assortment of flavors so everyone finds something that they would enjoy trying.

Contact Info:

• Facebook: pegs-preserves
• Other: Sorry I am not into much social media. I just have a Facebook page and that is enough for me.

Image Credits
Picture taken by Peg