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Increase your average Valentine&#8217;s order by double digits or he&#8217;ll personally pay you $1,000.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our strategy works,&#8221; said Huckabee, who founded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floralstrategies.com\/\">FloralStrategies<\/a> 20 years ago. &#8220;We&#8217;ve trained approximately 6,000 flower shops around the world, raising their average sale by that margin. If you follow our lead, you will have a bigger bank deposit, we promise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 60-minute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floralstrategies.com\/webinars.html#1801\">webinar<\/a>\u00a0airs live from 3-4 p.m. and 7-8 p.m. EST Thursday, January 11. 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