About the Brand
Valley Pike Farm Market is a charming, barn-crafted destination in Weyers Cave that celebrates the rich agricultural and local history of its community. With three unique spaces—The Market, The Depot (coming soon), and The Granary—this farm market offers an exceptional experience. Visitors can enjoy over 300 local craft beers and wines, locally sourced meats, cheeses, bulk foods, and specialty goods, alongside a cozy coffee shop, bar, scenic back deck, and loft for gatherings. Valley Pike is where local flavor and history come to life.
The Ads
The ads aim to boost Valley Pike Farm Market’s holiday sales by 25-35% through promotions on its website and social media. Highlighting unique gifts, gourmet treats, and gift cards, the campaign will showcase the convenience of one-stop shopping to sweeten the season for everyone.
Social Media Ads
Valley Pike Farm Market
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Pinterest’s visually-driven format makes it an ideal platform for showcasing the variety of products that Valley Pike Farm Market offers, such as gourmet treats and handmade crafts. This platform supports the audience’s desire for unique, meaningful gifts and matches the target audience’s tendency to plan and shop thoughtfully for the holidays (Claritas 360, 2023; SBI, 2009–2023). The ad’s design is crafted to appeal to this audience’s preferences. The headline, "Give the Gift of Variety—Local, Handmade, and Sweetly Memorable," is set in Lora, a clean, modern sans-serif font known for its clarity and readability, which resonates with the tech-savvy demographic (SBI, 2009–2023). The supporting text, in Lora font, adds an elegant, traditional touch that evokes a sense of quality and sophistication, aligning with the audience’s appreciation for high-quality, unique products (Claritas 360, 2023; SBI, 2009–2023).The cream-colored text contrasts beautifully with the warm, blurred background, creating a sophisticated and inviting look. Cream tones often create a soft, welcoming atmosphere, particularly in holiday-themed designs where warmth and approachability are vital values (SBI, 2009–2023). The addition of the word “sweet” ties the ad to the gourmet treats sold at the market, strengthening the association between the gift cards and delightful holiday experiences. The call-to-action button, in bold red, stands out against the softer tones of the ad. Red is known for attracting attention and creating a sense of urgency, effectively encouraging immediate action during the holiday season (SBI, 2009–2023).The images used in the ad are sourced directly from the company’s Facebook and Instagram pages, with the backdrop taken from Facebook and the gift cards cut out from an Instagram post, ensuring consistency with Valley Pike Farm Market’s brand identity. This blend of colors, fonts, and imagery makes the ad feel personal, authentic, and aligned with the brand’s community-focused message, resonating with users who value local, unique, and high-quality products (SBI, 2009–2023). These design choices effectively engage Pinterest users, encouraging them to choose Valley Pike Farm Market gift cards as meaningful and thoughtfully sweet holiday gifts.
The second Pinterest ad focuses on highlighting that Valley Farm Market sells handmade products. The center of the advertisement shows a candle from the local business, Potomac Candle, with a blurred Christmas tree in the background. The image portrays the spirit of the holidays with a main focus being on the product. The background graphic used is a muted green plaid that further emphasizes the feeling of the Holidays. The font is a bright red color which contrasts against the lighter green background and draws the viewer's attention to the ad. The main font, Lora, is a clean and timeless sans-serif that is easy to read. The secondary font used as an accent is Playlist Script, a decorative cursive font that pairs well with the simplicity of the Lora font. The headline “Make Your Holidays Sweet” aligns with the ads used on the other platforms, ensuring that there is a consistent branding for the holiday season. Overall, the Pinterest ad is simple and visually appealing, focusing on the idea that Valley Farm Market offers local and handmade products.
Pinterest was chosen as the social media platform for the Valley Pike Farm Market gift card ad because it aligns well with the target audience's behaviors and preferences. The 25–44 audience is tech-savvy and frequently uses Pinterest to discover curated gift ideas and lifestyle inspiration (SBI, 2009–2023). Pinterest’s visually-driven format is ideal for showcasing the variety of products offered by the farm market, such as gourmet sweet treats and handmade crafts, making it an effective tool for highlighting the uniqueness of the gift cards. Additionally, the platform's focus on planning and discovery fits the target audience's tendency to shop thoughtfully for meaningful gifts (Claritas 360, 2023; SBI, 2009–2023).
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The Instagram story post displays pops of color to catch viewers’ eyes while scrolling on the app. The colors of red and green were incorporated to present the holiday theme, along with a bow in the corner and snowflakes in the background. This design engages users with the content, with a “shop now” button linked to the website. Viewers can click this link to learn more about Valley Pike Farm Market. The headline of the post also grabs viewers’ attention, as it incorporates features of the products being sold as well as an overall theme of the holiday season. The smaller text provides reasons why users should purchase the market’s jams. These reasons not only highlight the various purposes the jam could have, such as being a stocking stuffer or being brought as a holiday party contribution but also describe some of the many desirable features the jam provides, such as having seasonal flavors and being made and sold locally. This works to persuade users that the product itself is valuable and desirable to purchase during the holidays. The text is in Lora font to match the logo, with the headline and main points in bold to emphasize the big idea.
The Instagram feed post makes use of consistent fonts, such as Lora, and colors, such as green and red, to solidify the holiday theme. A photograph from the Valley Pike Farm Market is used to show viewers a physical product available for purchase. This product is very festive with peppermint flakes on top and the blurred background in the photo displays a christmas tree, which enhances this theme. The headline “Make your holidays sweet” is wrapped around the top of the festive drink to emphasize the big idea and draw attention towards the overarching holiday theme. This post adds onto the “sweet” theme used in the Instagram story as well, so users are able to see two examples of sweet products the market produces during the holiday season.
Instagram is the third most popular social network worldwide, with 2,000 million active users each month in 2024 (Statista, 2024). Instagram ads can be used to target specific geographic locations, allowing the ad to be promoted throughout the Shenandoah Valley, where 80% of Valley Pike Farm Market’s customers reside (Claritas 360, 2023). With an active Instagram account, the brand can leverage these ads to both attract local families and young adults aged 25-44 and drive traffic to the website. This aligns with the audience’s preferences for locally sourced, handmade products that support values and enhance lifestyle (SBI, 2009-2023). Instagram’s visually appealing platform also reinforces Valley Pike’s mission to showcase high-quality, unique offerings available, such as gourmet foods, treats, and handcrafted gifts (Tripadvisor, 2023).
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The Facebook ads grab viewers’ attention through the use of festive holiday colors and photographs of Valley Pike Farm Market products. These designs incorporate consistent fonts and colors as advertisements on other social media platforms. Using the font Lora throughout all ads allows users to connect with the campaign, as well as the brand, and make it more memorable. The use of an accent font, Great Vibes, was used in both ads to highlight the main idea of each post. This font tends to grab viewers’ attention, along with pops of color throughout the designs. The headlines, “A season of sweet indulgences” and “The gift of sweet sips” were used to reinforce the big idea of purchasing sweet treats from the market this holiday season. Similar headlines were used on other platforms to build off of this overarching theme. Both ads incorporate emojis and hashtags in the copy to add a unique touch and a small pop of color that grabs the viewer's attention, offering a quick glimpse of the ad’s message at first sight, especially to the millennial target audience. Featuring photos directly from the shop offers the audience an accurate idea of potential purchases, encouraging them to explore more holiday offerings. A red color scheme highlights the Christmas spirit, aligning perfectly with the festive theme of holiday gifting.
Facebook is the most popular social media platform in the world, with over 3,000 billion active users in 2024, allowing this platform to reach a wide range of users and audiences (Statista, 2024). Also, research suggests that the 25-44-year-old demographic is a popular age group in terms of users for this particular social media platform, with 68% of people aged 18-29 and 78% of people aged 30-49 using Facebook in 2024 (Pew Research Center, 2024). With the majority of the target demographic utilizing this platform, it will be an effective medium to reach them when placing advertisements online.
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The first LinkedIn post grabs viewers' attention through the use of vibrant, festive holiday colors and a large graphic of a pie. This pie displays one of the many baked goods the Valley Pike Farm Market offers. This design also includes mistletoe in the top corner to reiterate the idea of “holiday gifting.” The graphic's text builds off the Instagram story headline, stating, “Make your holidays sweet.” This incorporates a vital feature of the product being sold and an overall holiday season theme. The text uses a Lora font to match the logo, with the word “sweet” in Playlist Script font, highlighting the main idea.
The second LinkedIn graphic incorporates a consistent theme using the same fonts and colors as previous posts, with a headline similar to the others, stating, “Share the sweetness.” Maintaining consistency throughout the holiday campaign allows followers to remember the information and feel more connected to the business. The headline also promotes sharing these items, potentially as gifts or to share at a holiday gathering. The background of this graphic displays a Christmas tree in low transparency, reinforcing the holiday theme while focusing more on the actual photos of products. Consumers tend to be drawn in by authentic images, so this post incorporates both digital art and photographs. This graphic includes an image of sweet treats, such as chocolate-covered pretzels, chocolate peppermint bark, and holiday-flavored alcoholic beverages sold in the market, along with pictures of chocolate-covered peanuts, dry rubs, and holiday candles. These photos allow followers to see the physical products being sold, which may entice them to shop in the store.
The “Make Your Holidays Sweet” ad takes a personal yet corporate-friendly approach by showcasing holiday treats like pies and seasonal beverages in a visually appealing, cozy design. It suggests that small, indulgent moments can elevate the holiday spirit, whether shared at office gatherings, client meetings, or even work commutes and breaks. The “Share the Sweetness” ad focuses on corporate gifting and community-oriented generosity. Featuring an assortment of gift baskets, market products, and holiday packs, it positions Valley Pike Farm Market as the ideal choice for professional and personal holiday gifts. The cheerful, festive red background and evergreen elements maintain a polished yet approachable tone, resonating with professionals who value thoughtful, high-quality options.
LinkedIn is an ideal platform for connecting with businesses and professionals seeking holiday gift solutions, such as corporate gifts or thank-you baskets. The polished tone of “Share the Sweetness” and “Make Your Holidays Sweet” aligns with LinkedIn’s audience and the upper-middle class target audience in the Shenandoah Valley area. 82% of businesses report success with LinkedIn advertising, and 72% of its weekly active users hold managerial or higher roles (Spiralytics, 2024), making this platform ideal for reaching Valley Pike Farm Market’s target audience.
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Tripadvisor. (2023). Valley Pike Farm Market. https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g58303-d10783659-Reviews-Valley_Pike_Farm_Market-Weyers_Cave_Virginia.html
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Yelp. (2023). Valley Pike Farm Market. https://www.yelp.com/biz/valley-pike-farm-market-weyers-cave
Social Media References
Valley Pike Farm Market. (2023, December 2). Happy Saturday, friends! There’s only 23 days until Christmas [Photograph]. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19SgCiDVTg/
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Valley Pike Farm Market. (2023, December 17). 8 days until Christmas [Photograph]. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19Ggf9TupT/
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Valley Pike Farm Market. (2023, December 22). 3 days until Christmas [Photograph]. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15cedirzEC/
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Valley Pike Farm Market. (2023, December 24). 1 more day until Christmas [Photograph]. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18jReVTHrb/
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Valley Pike Farm Market. (2023, January 19). Happy Friday, friends! We are open, so come warm up with a cup of coffee [Photograph]. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14eJAUFso7/
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Valley Pike Farm Market. (2024, November 6). Our Christmas coffee specials are here and we are LOVING them! [Photograph]. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1EVVm5wMEM/
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Valley Pike Farm Market. (2024, November 6). [Photograph of a decorated Christmas tree in a barn]. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15XPzx1Pq6/
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Valley Pike Farm Market. (2024, November 9). [Photograph of multiple holiday food packaged items]. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AYbyKnqFJ/
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Valley Pike Farm Market. (2023, November 12). [Photograph of a decorated Christmas tree in a barn]. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CzffK9bqv/
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Valley Pike Farm Market [@valleypikefarmmarket]. (2023, November 21). Christmas scents are in and we have a lot of Virginia Pine in stock [Photograph]. Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/C0CDtu2A25q/
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Valley Pike Farm Market [@valleypikefarmmarket]. (2023, November 24). Happy Friday, friends! [Photograph]. Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/C0CDtu2A25q/