The Alpaca Registry held their Annual Membership Meeting this morning in Cleveland, OH at the 2nd Annual World Alpaca Conference. Here are a few of the highlights: ARI urges members to clean up their herds on-line. For example, login and mark your deceased alpacas as deceased. Also, you can mark the appropriate ones as sold without certificate transferred. (when [...]

June 5th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, Alpaca Registry, ARI, BVD testing, National Alpaca Conference | Category: Business Matters, Events | Comments Off

Wednesday, June 3, 2009 8:00 am – 5:00 pmPre Conference Cleveland Trips* 8:00 am – 5:00 pmPre Conference Workshops* 8:00 am – 5:00 pmAlpaca Check-in 8:00 am – 8:00 pmVendor Check-in and Setup 10:00 am – 8:00 pmFleece Show Check-in and Fiber Arts and Skeins Check-in 8:00 am – 6:00 pmRegistration, AOBA Store kiosk and [...]

June 2nd, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, alpaca info, AOBA, AOBA Conference, Cleveland, National Alpaca Show, World Alpaca Conference | Category: Events | Comments (1)

Photo by Angela at Farmers of the Future Each day there are more and more places for alpaca breeders to list their sales animals. Alpaca Nation and Alpaca Street come to mind immediately. There are new, up and coming alpaca sites as well. Alpaca Market and Alpaca Classified (both Yahoo groups) are good place to [...]

May 13th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, Alpaca Classified, Alpaca Market, Alpaca Nation, Alpaca Street, alpacas, regional affiliates, sales list | Category: Business Matters, Farm Business, Marketing/Sales | Comments (1)

Anyone else notice how much times are changing? Now that we have unfathomable amounts of information just a click away, the power in business has shifted significantly to the consumer. Consumers have access to billions of vendors, why should they choose you? The answer lies in the relationship. Your customers have to trust you. They [...]

February 21st, 2009 | Tags: 21st Century, alliance, alpaca, alpacas, business, business model, changing times, collaboration, consumer, customer, fulfillment, J.P. Rangaswami, relationship, trust | Category: Business Matters, Quotes | Comments (1)

Tip #1 – Don’t Forget About the Older Girls You are about to choose the females that will make up your foundation herd.  Financially, this may be the biggest investment you will ever make and you want to make the right choice.  As you gaze out across the pasture, the weanling females playing in the [...]

February 17th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, Alpaca Biz, alpaca business, cria, huacaya, Kenny Linville, Kentucky, maidens, proven, Success, suri, tips, Wombat Farm Alpacas | Category: Business Matters, Farm Business, Tips for Success | Comments (2)

In times of change, the learner shall inherit the earth while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists. ~ Eric Hoffer In light of today’s inauguration, the citizens of our country are looking for, clamoring for, change. Economic change, among other types of change. How will we, [...]

January 20th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, alpaca breeders, Barack Obama, economic change, Eric Hoffer, farmers, inauguration, Tom Hopkins | Category: Business Matters, Marketing/Sales, Quotes | Comments Off