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EFlowersAlive	Mar 17 2011, 8:23am Anchor
On the Adam Hills Show last night, the leader of Greenpeace was interviewed. He described his Mission in Life. He said, " The Earth globe was like a space ship travelling through the universe. The fish, birds, animals and all of Natures Creatures right down to the earth worm are the crew of the space ship called Earth. Humans are the passengers relying on the crew to operate the ship safely." The point of his story is that *Nature can live and survive without the human, but humans cannot survive without Nature.* Translated into Florist language, Flowers can live and survive without the human, but humans MUST HAVE the POWER of the FLOWER to survive. The Human Body, Mind and Soul cannot and will not survive without Flowers. They are essential to Life The question is, WHY? WHY? are the Florists, the non-florists, the ordergatherers, the relays, the call-centres and the on-line florists making it so so difficult for the local customer to visit the local florist for a simple bunch of cheer, joy and happiness. to brighten the day???? Think about it! There is more money spent on promoting flowers for all the wrong reasons than there is money spent on flowers for all the right reasons by the customer. To the Real Live Florist, the backbone of the Florist Indutry we pose the question, WHY! OH! WHY! are people not visiting the Local Florist Shop? Confused but Cheers all the same.......... The Wise Old Owl eFlowersAlive.........Ron support@eflowersalive.com.au Just another thought to ponder while finding the answers to the question WHY? CUSTOMERS can survive without FLORISTS, but a FLORIST CANNOT survive without CUSTOMERS! True or False? What can the Industry do aboutit?
Lily01	Mar 23 2011, 8:45am Anchor
I think it has become difficult as the relays, ordergathers, non-florists etc - have taken away the creative side of floristry with their "cookie-cutter" images, they have also taken away the personal contact that we have with our customers. By losing some of the personal contact - We have lost the opportunity to use the 5 most important traits in a ourselves. CARE; COMPASSION; COURTESY; CO-OPERATION AND COMMON SENSE. CARE - to be concerned for our customers needs, wants and requirements COMPASSION - for our fellow human - sympathetic to the reasons that the flowers are being sent COURTESY - good old fashioned politeness and manners in dealing with our industry colleagues and our customers CO-OPERATION - our willingness to work or act together with our industry colleagues and our customers and lastly - COMMON SENSE - good practical understanding of our customers and industry in general . ( the thing about common sense is that it is not that common anymore.) A salesperson in other retail industries go to learn how to sell a TV or washing machine to a customer by emotion. They have to use the emotion of how the person would feel using the item - How would you feel watching the State of Origin on this TV? or How would you feel knowing that this front load washer has a 5 star energy rating and uses less water than that machine? WE AS FLORISTS DO NOT NEED TO DO THAT - THE EMOTION WAS ALREADY THERE AND THAT IS WHY THEY COME TO US. For us to put their emotions in flowers.

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EFlowersAlive

Mar 17 2011, 8:23am Anchor

On the Adam Hills Show last night, the leader of Greenpeace was interviewed. He described his Mission in Life. He said, " The Earth globe was like a space ship travelling through the universe. The fish, birds, animals and all of Natures Creatures right down to the earth worm are the crew of the space ship called Earth. Humans are the passengers relying on the crew to operate the ship safely."
The point of his story is that Nature can live and survive without the human, but humans cannot survive without Nature.
Translated into Florist language, Flowers can live and survive without the human, but humans MUST HAVE the POWER of the FLOWER to survive. The Human Body, Mind and Soul cannot and will not survive without Flowers. They are essential to Life
The question is, WHY? WHY? are the Florists, the non-florists, the ordergatherers, the relays, the call-centres and the on-line florists making it so so difficult for the local customer to visit the local florist for a simple bunch of cheer, joy and happiness. to brighten the day????
Think about it! There is more money spent on promoting flowers for all the wrong reasons than there is money spent on flowers for all the right reasons by the customer.
To the Real Live Florist, the backbone of the Florist Indutry we pose the question, WHY! OH! WHY! are people not visiting the Local Florist Shop?
Confused but Cheers all the same.......... The Wise Old Owl eFlowersAlive.........Ron support@eflowersalive.com.au

Just another thought to ponder while finding the answers to the question WHY?
CUSTOMERS can survive without FLORISTS, but a FLORIST CANNOT survive without CUSTOMERS!
True or False? What can the Industry do aboutit?

Lily01

Mar 23 2011, 8:45am Anchor

I think it has become difficult as the relays, ordergathers, non-florists etc - have taken away the creative side of floristry with their "cookie-cutter" images, they have also taken away the personal contact that we have with our customers.

By losing some of the personal contact - We have lost the opportunity to use the 5 most important traits in a ourselves.
CARE; COMPASSION; COURTESY; CO-OPERATION AND COMMON SENSE.
CARE - to be concerned for our customers needs, wants and requirements
COMPASSION - for our fellow human - sympathetic to the reasons that the flowers are being sent
COURTESY - good old fashioned politeness and manners in dealing with our industry colleagues and our customers
CO-OPERATION - our willingness to work or act together with our industry colleagues and our customers
and lastly -
COMMON SENSE - good practical understanding of our customers and industry in general . ( the thing about common sense is that it is not that common anymore.)

A salesperson in other retail industries go to learn how to sell a TV or washing machine to a customer by emotion. They have to use the emotion of how the person would feel using the item - How would you feel watching the State of Origin on this TV? or How would you feel knowing that this front load washer has a 5 star energy rating and uses less water than that machine?

WE AS FLORISTS DO NOT NEED TO DO THAT - THE EMOTION WAS ALREADY THERE AND THAT IS WHY THEY COME TO US. For us to put their emotions in flowers.