In this mini episode we are talking about the sensitive nature of friendships. Not only friendships can feel heavy when they are not in alignment but family dynamics are even more complicated. Stepping into friendships that are giving and that serve the next level of you is so critical.

Listen in as we talk about navigating family dynamics, difficult friendships and what it feels to outgrow others.

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Are you struggling with paying yourself or being able to pay yourself and being able to have the ability to hire on additional help during a busy wedding week?

Often florists especially when they are newer are so excited to book a job but in the end after paying wholesalers, taxes, insurance and any help you have may have had you might be wondering how am I going to pay myself now with the leftovers.

Walk though three things you can start now to start getting on track to really pay yourself in 2024;

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What if your business was easy? What if everything you did felt like you had the business of you dreams? How would that feel?

That mantra is what would it look like if this was easy? What if things in your business were easier. When you operate your business from ease you get to choose everything. As the CEO you have the right to run the business how you want to.

As someone who has invested a lot in personal development a mastermind is something that I has been something that has been a huge roll in my financial and mental growth. Surrounding myself with people who are at a similar spot in business being led by a person who has done the things that I wanted to do helped short cut my business to make things happen.

Defining a mastermind- . A mastermind group is a gathering of like-minded people who meet up frequently in small groups to support, encourage, and learn from each other's stories, experiences, and ideas and hold each other accountable to well-defined goals.

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Strategies for bad product often easier said than done. Bad product can also be a frustrating situation.

Steps to take to deal with bad product.

Know the wholesaler/vendors policy for replacements, bad product and credits.

Unpack things right away.

Have the proper tools and clean your tools.

Have the correct processing floral food/fydrator.

Document problems right away.

If it is boxes/farm specific issues- photograph the labels if your wholesaler requires it.

Focus on revenue producing activities

Plan your week- Sunday night prep

Silence notifications

Scheduling activities-

Understanding when you are most productive

Follow this simple strategy for growing relevant followers for your social media. If you want to grow your business you need to have relevant followers. Engaging with industry professionals on social and having a strategy to capitalize your growth is important. Authentic engagement will help foster relationships that matter.

• Follow up on past estimates or inquires.
• Evergreen social media graphic- stating availability.
• Post an offer on social
• Launch an a la carte flowers program
• Reach out to planners

Even if you're in the thick of wedding season à la carte is a great opportunity for you to have something to talk about on social media and an easy way to respond to the very common question of what your pricing look like, as well as an easy, accessible way that people can do business with you that is all exclusively either on your webpage or you have a brochure that they can just pick from and order that item.

This week is about business basics. Are you cutting corners when it comes to running and operating your business? These can be very expensive mistakes that cause a lot of stress, anxiety, and even disappointment and challenges that are unneeded.

Let's go over some of those things and explain how easy it could be for you to remedy that!