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Everything I Wish I Knew Before Starting My Business

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I have a NEW FREEBIE FOR ALL Y’ALL FLORALPRENEURS!

It’s an eBook called, Everything I Wish I Knew Before Starting My Business, The Tao of a Floralpreneur®, and you can get it for free HERE: https://realflowerbusiness.lpages.co/everything-i-wish-i-knew

It’s part memoir, part how-to and 100% honest regarding my 25 years in the industry and 17 years as a small business owner.

I hope you’ll check it out and I hope you’ll enjoy it.

Here’s what’s covered in the book:

Page 7 Get Your Hands Dirty   

Page 12 Make It Noteworthy 

Page 15 Great Brands Do This

Page 17 Best & Worst Lessons

Page 23 My Small Business Plan

Page 26 Mom Like A Boss

Page 28 Make It, Don’t Fake It 

Page 29 Master Your Domain 

Page 32 Become A Guru 

Page 33 Invest In You   

Page 35 Market Like A Boss 

Page 36 An Invitation

Here’s what Mallory said in my facebook group today:

“Thanks for this, Alison! BTW–signing up for a free phone call with Alison (as mentioned in the e-book) is a WONDERFUL opportunity and you should do it…she is so generous with her wisdom and genuinely wants to help you, and her resources are all A++”

I made this book for YOU.

For floralpreneurs of any experience level and every stage of business…

Because this work isn’t easy and ya gotta love it.

And I do. I love it.

Thanks for taking the time to sign up and check it out HERE!

With love from me to you,

Alison

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10 Questions Every Florist Should Answer

10 Questions Every Florist Should Answer, realflowerbusiness.com

It’s Q2. Yes, it’s officially the second quarter of the year already. So…what did you accomplish in Q1?

Time flies by in business (and life!) sometimes….like for instance, the fact that we’re already 3 months into the year…

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The Worst Business Advice I Ever Took

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I want to tell you about the worst business advice I ever took.

It was early in my career as a solo-business owner and even though I’d spent 8 years working in flower shops, I was eager to get new business tips….I was impressionable.

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Mornings With Mayesh Guest Appearance

What are you doing April 2nd? I’ll be making my 2nd guest appearance on Mornings With Mayesh and you’re invited to join us for a LIVE chat at 10am Eastern time/7am Pacific on Tuesday, April 2nd! I’ll be answering more of your pricing questions and you can CLICK HERE to submit a question for the live broadcast.

Mayesh design star, Mornings with Mayesh, Special Guest Alison Ellis, Floral Education

Last April I was honored to be invited as a special guest by the wonderful host, Yvonne, and you can listen to a replay of our chat from April 2018 here. (About 43 minutes into the broadcast you’ll hear me join in for Part 2 of livestream.)

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Price Talk: Pricing Questions from Florists

pricing tips for florists, floral designers, realflowerbusiness.com, floral industry

The #1 topic florists tell me they struggle with is pricing!

So this week, I invited floralpreneurs to submit pricing questions for my Price Talk Live Chat and if you missed the livestream in my Facebook group today, check out a replay here:

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