Nashville’s farmers markets are some of the best places in the city to meet local growers, discover local vendors, and plug into neighborhood life. Whether your goal is to shop weekly for produce or just explore on a Saturday, there are a few Nashville markets everyone should visit at least once. Nashville Farmers’ Market. The…
Want to skip the big-box experience and connect directly with local artisan vendors and farmers? Local makers offer year-round opportunities to shop small, shop local, and make a real impact close to home. Spending money with small, independent vendors keeps far more of each dollar circulating in the local economy than purchasing at national chains….
Recently I got all of Tennessee added to Local Vendor Lookup – all the vendors, all the farmers markets, and all the farms! (Well, at least the ones that I could find contact information for.) It’s been a (very) long time coming, and now, I’m excited to continue expanding the website to include other states….
Last week Nashville Voyager did a feature on Local Vendor Lookup! I’m thankful they did, and proud to have them be part of our journey. They’re doing great work in the Nashville community: they are focused on showcasing small business owners. Be sure to check them out, and read the feature here!
I realized it would be helpful to create a tutorial for adding a new vendor listing! The video below walks you through that process. If you have any questions just reach out from the “Contact Us” link below!
Building a directory website is much harder than I thought it would be when I came up with the idea for a website for local vendors. When I decided I wanted to create Local Vendor Lookup, I thought I could just find a template and then it would all just sort of… fall into place….
Some of the best advice I’ve received recently is to do at least one thing for your business every day. Ideally you (not you reading this, the general you!) would spend an hour or more each day, because of course more is (generally) better — but who has time to do that every day? Certainly…
I’ve made a couple of posts on Instagram recently about eating clean and healthy eating, here and here. It’s something that’s been on my mind a lot the past couple of years, as I learn more and more about food and how the quality of the food you eat impacts your body. Eating clean is…
There are several things I’ve noticed that some local vendors who are just starting out don’t always do well. This article will help you avoid those pitfalls! I hope this was helpful! If you have anything to add to the list, please share in the comments below!
Y’all, I am so excited about Local Vendor Lookup! It’s taken me months to get to this point, working strictly in the evenings, because I have a day job, and on the weekends during nap, because, oh by the way, I’m also a mom. Like so many of you reading this, this is my side…
