tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17260180.post1513159430405374137..comments2023-11-02T14:38:49.035+00:00Comments on Spring Fair - 2011 at the NEC.: Busy beesJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576982065729973318noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17260180.post-50109057384616886182007-06-07T07:35:00.000+00:002007-06-07T07:35:00.000+00:00Thanks for all your suggestions - surreptitious qu...Thanks for all your suggestions - surreptitious questioning has thrown up that it is a move to full time work (now that children are at school) that has stopped Fridays being convenient.<BR/><BR/>I am considering doing a pre-order delivery service to very local addresses.<BR/><BR/>JJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14576982065729973318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17260180.post-81117890310972542092007-06-06T22:10:00.000+00:002007-06-06T22:10:00.000+00:00Hi Jane,I hope your advertising works and you get ...Hi Jane,<BR/>I hope your advertising works and you get a new batch of customers.<BR/><BR/>I like Alice C's comment about demonstrations. Are there local groups that meet regularly, so that you could arrange to go to them with your flowers?<BR/><BR/>xSamanthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02985431102030002392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17260180.post-563100102680357622007-06-06T22:01:00.000+00:002007-06-06T22:01:00.000+00:00This is my struggle also. Let us know what works ...This is my struggle also. Let us know what works for you...Wish I lived close enough!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17260180.post-45627601260740531232007-06-06T17:11:00.000+00:002007-06-06T17:11:00.000+00:00I think that it is very interesting to examine you...I think that it is very interesting to examine your routines - I have to buy food and so I don't even think about that essential part of my life but other things come and go with different phases of my life. Sometimes things can slip without my even noticing it and I am glad when I remember to start doing it again. If I was in your area and no longer at playgroup I might welcome an invitation to a monthly coffee morning at the nursery which would give me a chance to catch up with friends and treat myself to some flowers. I am sure that there would be endless variations on this theme - guest craft stalls, plant or flower demonstrations, childrens craft activities.<BR/>I just wish I was in your area!<BR/>AliceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17260180.post-8160532620655746372007-06-06T11:59:00.000+00:002007-06-06T11:59:00.000+00:00Pondside - I am so glad that the poppies are worki...Pondside - I am so glad that the poppies are working!<BR/><BR/>What I think I was trying to say in the post was that we were once convenient for a group of people but not our draconion opening hours have made us slip from their routine. We have to work on both getting the new generation of people who are about on Friday mornings and fitting back into the lives of people who were once regular and are now sporadic customers.<BR/><BR/>J<BR/>xJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14576982065729973318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17260180.post-15446237220845770732007-06-06T05:52:00.000+00:002007-06-06T05:52:00.000+00:00Hi Jane - just popping by to let you know how much...Hi Jane - just popping by to let you know how much I appreciated your poppy tips. I picked poppies on Saturday and followed your instructions - they have all partially open now and getting bigger by the hour. I'd never have believed that poppies could last more than a day or two.Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17260180.post-68322162592894286272007-06-05T23:23:00.000+00:002007-06-05T23:23:00.000+00:00Hi Jane,I think that it is easy to get caught in t...Hi Jane,<BR/><BR/>I think that it is easy to get caught in the day to day running of a business and be so busy that you are almost on auto-pilot, going through the routine without stopping to think. <BR/><BR/>We all need repeat customers - as a new business, I know that this is going to take some time, but I intend to make a conscious effort to think about this after reading your post. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.<BR/><BR/>MarieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17260180.post-77488235876992027192007-06-05T21:58:00.000+00:002007-06-05T21:58:00.000+00:00I guess repeat business is integral to flower sel...I guess repeat business is integral to flower selling. It’s good that you are analyzing your customer profile and thinking of different ways to attract people to buy your flowers. It’s true to say that cut flowers aren’t essential but like you have found in your own home they are a beautiful focus. But how to get people to develop the need for a ‘flower fix’ …..Gigibirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13171021812450232039noreply@blogger.com