Monthly Archives for November 2009
A mash-up of gardening personalities.
The great thing about social media and small business is it allows those of us in small business to reach the right people. After all, social media is about being social, and smaller business tends to pull that off better … Continue reading
Social media highlights your social skills, or lack of.
I just received the latest issue of a trade magazine where many of the articles deal with various trade shows and events that go on from time to time. My how things have changed over just the last year! Each … Continue reading
Narcissus instead of daffodils?
We have all the bulbs at the nursery for half price. Another lousy bulb season, exasperated by poor decisions by the bulb company. For some odd reason they decided to re-label all the daffodils as narcissus. So we get in … Continue reading
Lying to make a sale?
In case you don’t think the indie nursery business has enough to contend with these days, your not going to like this post over at Doug Green’s Blog. The post titled, “Six White Lies Garden Centers Tell Customers”, lists the … Continue reading
The customer as garden center consultant
Small business has worked on the assumption that if business is good, then whatever we are doing to earn that business is the correct thing. I would have to agree with that analogy. People do vote with their wallets. In … Continue reading
Garden writing, and garden centers
Just five years ago garden writers, and the garden center business we’re generally unaware of each others presence. That’s changed, thanks to blogs and Facebook. Among my friends on Facebook many are garden authors, whom just five years ago I … Continue reading
