You know the old expression, “you never get a second chance to make a first impression.” For phone sales at retail flower shops, that adage is especially true…which is why it drives Sam Bowles, FSC, of FloralStrategies LLC, bananas when he hears florists botching...
Well, that was wicked fun. (Sorry. Can’t help ourselves!) On Sunday, 168 floral industry members from 20 states plus Washington, D.C., and Canada gathered in Boston for the Society of American Florists’ 1-Day Profit Blast. On the day’s agenda: design inspiration (and...
OK, Google. That was pretty funny. In a lighthearted, two-minute video that almost fooled us, Google “promoted” what it termed new technology: Google Tulip, an innovation that translates the feelings, thoughts and needs of flowers into human language. The April Fools’...
A key industry issue that Society of American Florists members discussed last month with lawmakers and congressional staff has been in the headlines again recently — and the news seems favorable to small business owners concerned about rising labor costs. During SAF’s...
Each month in Floral Management, we share a common question from our members, and the legal advice from Jessica Summers of Paley Rothman, a Bethesda, Maryland, law firm that offers SAF members free consultations. In the March issue, we tackled the question of what do...
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