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Anita,
thanks for the link..i'll check it out and give you feedback..
Kevin- that's funny..that's exactly why i posted this thread..some of what the guy was saying about his nichebot product sounded really, good..but there seemed to be way too much hot air flying around on his site design and marketing copy.. still waiting for other prominent SEO peeps from around here to weigh in.:)
i bet that would work out pretty well dan. rumor had it that instructors for discoveru were having to give up a really hefty commission to be an instructor for them. in fact, i met one former instructor that dropped out of it because they couldnt make any money.
Well, i'm not sure i would call any of them sacred, but their are a number of tomes that have been helpful to me in life and business. The Tao Te Ching, A Book of Five Rings,& The Art of War are all good strategy books which i think business owners may benefit from.
joe i know a guy. i'll message you. hope you are having a good run up to your arizona thing.
Biznik has definitely paid for itself monetarily. at 24$ a month, it can't miss at that with the exposure it gives in just organic Google searches alone.
However, the real value to me and my business has been the vast wealth of knowledge and love shared by all of you. (you know who you are!) the list is long.
Biznik has brought rain to the desert that was once my life. now a tropical paradise blossoms. my flowers open with more joy than ever before! Thank you Bizniks for being such a good family to Heather and I.
Michael,
i don't know what you might have posted elsewhere on the net about this company..but there's nothing i can see on this thread that might be outside the protections the US Constitution affords all its citizens in the way of free speach.
here's a link defining slander . from what i've seen so far you are miles from that, michael. i defer to danny's razor sharp legal mind on the technicalities, but it would seem the burden of proof of any such lawsuit would be pretty hefty to meet. additionally, if they were no where close in meeting it, couldn't the defendant countersue the plaintiff for filing a frivolous lawsuit? just a question..
however, danny i wonder.. does a person who leaves a voicemail have any recourse against another person for posting a private voicemail comment to the internet? or in this era of podcasting does the person leaving the voicemail already know that any electronic communication can be readily broadcasted..and in knowing that should take extra care in how they portray themselves and their company when they leave such messages?
that is a kick ass piece of Kevin Tech..truely a classic.:) thanks for sharing..i'll remember that for when i decide to take my first step toward total world domination..:) mwahahahahaha!
miles the last time i checked you were pretty well ranked under "Seattle Florist"..
i think you are on the right track by having a blog. i posted a blog about our new Sweet & Natural bouquet and the next morning it was on page 1 for organic flowers..
what i wonder is why it didn't stay there..it only took a few days to drop way back..
sweet! i'll let you guys know when it's up! just have to wait on Andrew or Jeevan to upload it to root..still haven't figured out how to ftp on my mac..got some software to do it, but i really need someone to give me some pointers on how to use it. seems like every ftp client has a slightly different interface and i still seem clueless as to how to use any of them. i do hear you can ftp from the command line in osx ..but i don't even know how to get to the command line. let alone what you do after that..
just what i needed for vday..:) oysters offer excellent inspiration for those long passionate nights..hehehehe..
oh thats right..i am small biz owner..no time for long passionate nights..oh well one can dream and at least they'll be tasty..now what to do with all that extra sea based energy..
oh i know lets kick ass this Valentine's!
Welcome Steve! sounds like you need use Biznik as condensation point to attract the professionals that you need to network with. it will work if you work it Steve!
Good luck and Welcome to Biznik!, Just
Barry, thanks for the info.. i used that tool. Daniel appreciate your sharing the code. i think the site Barry mentioned said the same, so i'll take your input as validation..
now i am just waiting for my admin guy to help me upload into root..then i'll get it coded in. i assume the code for the head section of a wordpress site is found in the file index.php right? is that the file i'll need to edit?
Krisha, i think i know what is wrong. i'll give you a call tomorrow and see if i can help.
how exciting!
Welcome Tony! my big problem is keeping up with all my ideas. you ever suffer from that malady?
check out our website bizibeefloral.com and you can see the "Love, Sweet & Natural" bouquet we are featuring for Valentine's Day. It uses Veriflora certified organic flowers in a Blumebox recycled container.
gonna have to register our name and new logo..
sounds like we should have coffee some time david..ask anyone around here.. i am like an idea factory. it'll have to wait until after Valentine's though..
Welcome Jeremiah! Biznik rocks! I am going to have to click on your profile to learn more about what you do. Have fun and if you have any questons, don't hesitate to ask!
Btw, if FTD, Teleflora, and 800FLOWERS has any such restrictions...they don't even seem to enforce it on themselves. they do the best they can to buy our traffic and sell it back to us at a deep discount.
That's why if any of you decide to send flowers this Valentine's Day..i highly recommend you do it through a local florist. Most of us have websites now, and with google local it's easier than ever. Course, if you only want to do your flower biz at BiZi Bee Floral & Gifts..we'll understand! many of us have arrangements between us that allow us to send flowers between us without charging the consumer the extra fee the wire service makes us tack on to use their network. we have the internet now! no need for any extra fees!
If you don't mind paying a commission to a local florist to send flowers out of town for you (it doesn't have to cost any more than normal if you insist on not involving a wire service) we'd appreciate it if you steer clear of FTD.com, Teleflora.com, 800FLOWERS..why should they get any commission? Their cheasy bouquets (which most florists still grudgingly do) are a drag on our industry..and if you noticed their business practices are killing the local florist..if you drive down Aurora Ave here in Seattle..you'll notice (according to one local longtime resident) that the little mom and pop flower shops have folded.
okay..i'll get off my soapbox and return to the question of this thread..how does a small biz like me grow their traffic...not lose sales opportunities to well established companies/web urls with more conventional names.. and if this brings me traffic can i prevent BiZi Bee from being sued?
Do any of you think this is too public of a forum to discuss such a thing? my attitude is i have nothing to hide. i want to achieve maximum success for my biz while operating fairly and ethically...never mind legally.
if one sues the other one..what decides the issue? what if the defendant has a distinctive logo and branding? would this matter, or would it come down to which one went into business first?
the fact of the matter is Barry, this is commonly done already. if you google "seattle florist" invariably the search results often yield interesting results. it's common to see there are florists from other markets jumping into our traffic. sometimes they aren't even florists at all..rather just a call center and a web site. Justflowers.com is just one of a slew of them.
The worst offender occording to local florists here in Seattle i hear is Cascade Floral supposedly out of Issaquah. i have a friend with a shop called Edmonds Flower Shop..These people actually put an ad in her local phone book claiming to be Edmonds Florist. While it may be legal, i can see why she thinks it dirty.
The problem i am going to have to confront as my web presence grows is how to not loose traffic to florists with names spelled more conventionally..also the question is do i want to dip into there traffic? Is there a way to do this without being unethical? Isn't theoretically possible for me to run into a dilemma even as i try to SEO optimize to limit how much accidental traffic i send to my fellow florists in other places?
I mean i may have to put in something about how we are not Busy Bee..We are BiZi Bee.. yet that could land me in some of their searches. how best do i protect myself while protecting myself?
was this only gadgets or were there some examples of home decor or flower arrangements of a green nature?
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