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  "company": "Blobfish International",
  "headline": "Live product sampling converts at rates that outpace traditional media spend.",
  "topic": "{Stash Edge — Event & Experiential}",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Event & Experiential}\n◆ PLATINUM · In-person tasting and demo events · Blobfish International\n\nLive product sampling converts at rates that outpace traditional media spend.\n\nSampling gets relegated to brand-building or PR. Blobfish's research reframes it as a pure conversion lever. If you're holding inventory and struggling to move SKU, a weekend of live sampling in three high-traffic locations will show you faster what works than months of paid ads. The research is the permission slip. Go.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/blobfish-international-2026-08-20t09-2\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/blobfish-international-2026-08-20t09-2\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/blobfish-international-2026-08-20t09-2",
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      "alt_body": "{Stash Edge — Event & Experiential}\n◆ PLATINUM · In-person tasting and demo events · Blobfish International\n\nLive product sampling converts at rates that outpace traditional media spend.\n\nSampling gets relegated to brand-building or PR. Blobfish's research reframes it as a pure conversion lever. If you're holding inventory and struggling to move SKU, a weekend of live sampling in three high-traffic locations will show you faster what works than months of paid ads. The research is the permission slip. Go.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/lh/blobfish-international-2026-08-20t09-2\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/lh/blobfish-international-2026-08-20t09-2\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/lh/blobfish-international-2026-08-20t09-2",
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      "title": "Live product sampling converts at rates that outpace traditional media spend.",
      "body": "✍️ YOUR NOTE — write 2–3 lines to ONE person so they feel: \"this is about me… I could actually do this… I could make money from this.\" Energize them, make it yours. (This is the part that gets the opens.)\n[ your take… ]\n———\nHere is a real one you can run this week 👇\nBlobfish International research documented that live product sampling drives powerful product conversion rates, per Mi-3.com.au reporting on their proprietary study.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): live sampling is not an event—it's a conversion funnel. Instead of running it as a brand experience, price it as a test. Run sampling at high-foot-traffic retail, farmers markets, or pop-ups. Capture email at the sample station (a simple form on an iPad). Track who sampled and who buys in the 7 days after. You'll see repeat-buy rates spike. The tactic: offer a 15% discount code at the sample station, valid only for 7 days. Measure attach rate between sampled SKU and other products. That's your proof.\nWhat that means for you: Sampling gets relegated to brand-building or PR. Blobfish's research reframes it as a pure conversion lever. If you're holding inventory and struggling to move SKU, a weekend of live sampling in three high-traffic locations will show you faster what works than months of paid ads. The research is the permission slip. Go.\nIf you make, sell, or gift anything with your name on it — this is yours to run. You can do this.\n(Real, not theory — Mi-3.com.au: https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMivwFBVV95cUxORXRHcTdERmtHRXVRWkRQc3FSU2loOFlSbWM5UEZGTjRTcHlZbDEyTHRtdEhWdkFhWElIbUZUdUNuWmJxLTdVYUtTZU1mV3VrenpOeWJ6NW42d21FTlFRUTg1NGt6Tm1ka2FTZnJWR0xSaXNIUVM1LU55UXBpd014d1NsblpQRGlGcDVjcnlQYmhHeFVXU3Y0bFc4cTlFZjNMWk5WVVh4cV9ONWtLLVRyd0tuaUxMUXdjSG4xVzlHcw.)\n———\nOr — want it built FOR you? Your logo, your products, your own private room, priced and ready, in about five minutes. That's literally what we do →\nhttps://www.pops4.com/vip?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=stash",
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