Four Must Know Customer Service Tips for Valentine's Day and Everyday!
Vonda and Lori share four must-know customer service rules for flower shops — from answering by the third ring to giving more than customers bargained for.
Employee Care and Website Tips for Valentine's Day: It's not too late to get ready!
Skinny down your website, price for the holiday, and protect your team's morale — Vonda, Lori, and Kami Martin get your shop truly Valentine's-ready.
Interview with Jerome Raska AIFD: Successful Branding and Marketing Ideas for Everyday and Valentine's Day!
Jerome Raska AIFD of Blumz in Detroit on how simplifying saved his shops — 800 hanging baskets, $100 wrapped bouquets, and branding that sticks.
Valentine's Day Marketing and More
The four biggest Valentine's questions from real flower shop owners — forecasts, local partnerships, part-time staffing, and COVID-proofing.
Episode 55: Start Off 2021 with a Word, Goals and a Vision Board - It's Important!
A word of the year, real goals, and a vision board that's only about you — Vonda and Lori share how to point your year (and your shop) in the right direction.
Celebrating Year #1 ~ Join us to celebrate!
One year of the podcast and of Flower Clique! Vonda, Lori, Ellie, and Kami celebrate the wins — tips, subscriptions, giftware online — and what's next.
Episode 53: Lessons Learned in 2020 and How to Take Control 2021!
Vonda and Lori close out 2020 with the lessons florists learned the hard way — and the mindset shifts that will put you back in control for 2021.
Episode 52: Tips to Find Joy in this Unprecedented Christmas Holiday
A COVID Christmas isn't the holiday anyone planned. Vonda and Lori share honest, practical ways for florists to feel it all — and still find the joy.
Episode 51: Not just for the Holidays, but 3 Areas to Direct Your Energy in Business
Worn down by the holidays? Vonda and Lori share the 3 areas florists should direct their energy — finances, marketing, and rest — heading into the new year.
Episode 50: Interview with Ace Berry AIFD, PFCI about his Personal Experience on Full Bloom on HBO Max
Ace Berry AIFD takes us behind the scenes of HBO Max's Full Bloom — casting, challenges, the final room, and how flowers mended a broken oil-field worker.
December is here! What does it mean for the shop?
December prep for flower shops — installs, poinsettias, pre-greening, virtual open houses, Facebook contests, and a post-Thanksgiving dose of gratitude.
Episode 48: Interview with Beth O'Reilly AIFD, TMF, floral designer on HBO Max "Full Bloom" show
Beth O'Reilly AIFD spills the behind-the-scenes story of HBO Max's Full Bloom — auditions, COVID bubbles, team drama, and competing for $100,000.
Episode 47: Interview with J. ~ From Growing up in a Flower Shop to Host of “J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom on Public Television
J Schwanke on going from fourth-generation florist to PBS host of Life in Bloom — flower triggers, tribute work, and being the Bob Ross of flowers.
What Causes Something to Become Contagious? What makes you share something you like?
Vonda and Lori unpack Jonah Berger's Contagious for florists — social currency, triggers, emotion, and social proof that get customers sharing your shop.
Interview with Bill LaFever, Owner of BDC on Supply Chain challenges and expectations for the Retail Florist
Bill LaFever of Bill Doran Company on 2020 holiday flower shortages, doubled Valentine's freight, and why florists should lock in 75% of orders now.
Anxiety in the Flower Shop: What you need to know
Vonda and Lori on situational anxiety in the flower shop — 4 a.m. wake-ups, product shortages, hiring stress, and how to make anxiety work for you.
Interview with Julie Poeltler AIFD PFCI, IMF, CAFA on the importance of Education and more...
Julie Poeltler AIFD on why great designers never stop learning, her COVID door-knocker bouquets, a lucky moon rock, and 40 years of small-town floristry.
Episode 42: The Value of Communication with Employees in your Business
Six practical communication steps for flower shop teams — clear language, tone at the top, telling staff first, and over-communicating before the holidays.
Episode 41: Interview with Audrey Kristoff, Product Specialist at Flower Clique
Meet Audrey Kristoff, Flower Clique's product specialist — an outsider's take on shop owners, sympathy books, bundles, and real customer service.
Episode 40: Interview with Jenny Thomasson AIFD, PFCI, EMC of Jenny T Floristry
Jenny Thomasson AIFD, PFCI, EMC on building Jenny T Floristry, her book Perishable Poetics, and giving yourself permission to create unapologetically.