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Social Media is the New Village Square
While at the ANLA Clinic in Louisville a thought occurred to me. The younger generation get’s social media and seem’s wired to be involved. It’s guy’s and gals in my age group (go ahead and guess) that may feel a bit … Continue reading
I’ll be at The ANLA Clinic in Louisville, Kentucky
I’ll be heading to Louisville, Kentucky for the ANLA (American Nursery and Landscape Association) Clinic this week. Haven’t been to an association event in years, so this will be fun. It’s a chance to meet in person many of the people I … Continue reading
The Fear of Success.
I wanted to address a comment at my last post, Social Media, Fear Holds Us Back! Carolyn commented, “I am a nursery owner who has started a blog to communicate with my customers. People keep telling me I need to be on FB, … Continue reading
What are you planning to WOW your customers with this spring?
That question comes from a member of our Independent Garden Center Group. Many garden centers and nurseries close down for the winter, only to re-emerge come spring. One member in Virginia say’s, “since I work 7 days a week from … Continue reading
Gardening news is going local
The Renagade Gardener came to my attention some years ago through Garden Rant. Don Engebretson, who is The Renegade Gardener hails from Minnesota and every year he puts out his “High Spot/Black Spot” awards in which names what he feels … Continue reading
Social Media and the Garden Center. Do you get it?
If your involved in some type of social media it’s easy to assume that everyone else is too. Yes, the use of social media is growing rapidly. There are still plenty of people who want to be involved, but don’t … Continue reading
We can’t control the message anymore
I had an interesting conversation with an employee of a small garden center. She is thrilled by the use of new media. She wants to post pictures of events, special plants, and people at the nursery. She wants to create … Continue reading
Independent Garden Centers & Nurseries
When this blog got it’s start 5 and a half years ago, none of us could have seen where the whole social media experiment was headed. I remember back in July 2006 a nursery trade publication contacted me about the … Continue reading
“Like” my Facebook page?
I now have a Facebook Page for The Blogging Nurseryman. You can see the link for it in the side bar to the right. It’s the place for conversation that you or I feel is important, or interesting. Here is … Continue reading
We’re changing the horticultural world over here.
“Are websites becoming obsolete in favor of Facebook fan pages?” To find out the answer you will have to join our LinkedIn group, Garden Centers, Nurseries, and New Media. We now have over 930 members making it the second largest … Continue reading
