SEO

Google has been warning us for ten years. Big surprise: most florist websites and website providers are behind the curve on this. Again.

So what’s to be done? Here are a few ideas:

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The most common question we get from florists all over is: What do I need to focus on for my online marketing? This is a very legitimate question, as online marketing can cover a really broad set of options, and there are always new channels to consider.

Recently we surveyed florists to find out how they were using and engaging with some elements that we’ve determined to be the most essential. The highlights are presented in the following infographic for your review.

Google’s Chrome browser is going to start warning customers that your site is Not Secure. Here’s what you need to know before Jan 31st, 2017. Missing out on this change could cost you a lot of business.

A lot has been said about Local SEO recently, especially in the form of targeting your keywords to customers searching for florists in local neighborhoods. To make the most of geo-targeting, you need to find that healthy balance between precision and making sure that visitors searching for you aren’t too limited.

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The average florist simply doesn’t have the time to use cutting-edge marketing techniques to one-up their competition. The common thought is that it’s good enough to simply create a website, spruce up your social media profiles, snag a decent amount of web traffic, and that’s it. While all of that is fine and necessary for …

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It’s hard to know if your blog is successful if you don’t track and measure its results and failures. It’s like trying to win a race while wearing a blindfold. You won’t be able to take any real steps forward because you won’t be able to see what’s in front of you.

In your blogging strategy, everything needs to be clear. You need to know what’s working and what isn’t. You need to be aware of what can come in the future. You need to be knowledgeable about what happened in the past. You need to know where you’re wasting money. You need to know the areas where you need to spend more money.

A caveat: Blogging isn’t necessarily easy. Success is rarely born from a random accident. The authoritative blogs you see—the ones that are pulling in hundreds of thousands of visitors consistently—have a system in place that tells them what they’re doing right and what they’re doing wrong. They aren’t making choices erratically; most of the decisions they make have reasons behind them. These “reasons” are really goals that they are trying to meet.