Lighted Roses

Do any of you guys or girls sell lighted roses? I love them. They don't need de-thorning or any other preparation. You can keep them in your trunk and they don't die.
Some people who don't think it's cool to buy roses think it's cool to buy lighted roses. It also works the other way around--that's why it's good to have both.
I also like the way they flash and help draw attention to your basket of roses.
What I like the most is that it gives me some predictability when it comes to how many roses I need to purchase for the weekend. I always like to make sure I have enough. I'd rather make more money and have some left over than sell out but make less money because I didn't buy enough.
Well with the lighted roses, I can buy a lower amount of real ones and if I start selling them by the basket--I can start putting more lighted roses in the basket, putting them with teddy bears etc..
People start buying more of them and my real ones go further. I also can get a pretty good price for lighted roses, like around $8. A guy who used to sell roses for me would charge $10. and get it no problem.
I think rose guys are better at the asking price, at least in my experience.
At one point I needed more time and wanted cut down on the real rose preparation and I just started making sure I had plenty of light roses as in the picture and it worked out fine. I still had my real ones just a bit less and the light roses were selling well--so "no problem."
These flashy silk ones rotate in color changes and they sell really well. I have some on my site where you don't have to buy in large quantity.

Catch you later,
Claire

Starting an Online Business

I wanted to let you know I have been posting more on my other blog "Build a Business Now", lots of tips on creating a website business. This blog is partially about that as well and most posts on that subject started here, but seems kind of silly to post the same thing in both places, when with a click you can read it there.
So go check it out and get some good information on domain names, getting cheap traffic to your website. Also a new post on another way of earning some extra income "Adsense," with ideas on creating a website using it as well as affiliate and retail sites.
If you are actually interested in starting a website business and even if you are only thinking about it, I have a free newsletter that has some really good information and ideas on how to start a business online. It's free and your welcome to it. You sign up here.
Or you can go to http://easysitespro.com, email is all that is needed.

Later,
Claire

How Was Your Valentine's Day?

This was the most crazy, hectic Valentine's Day ever. I was just trying to do it all and it all came in at me at once on Friday the 13th. I'm wasn't superstitious, but I think I am now.
I was running wholesale and retail floral sites, involving shipping and direct driving deliveries, also an affiliate floral site(which was the easiest but I was really making sure the specials were updated) and I was doing my night club sales. I had a new girl want to come work with me and I thought, great idea for Valentine's weekend, NOT!!! I already had enough new things going on so I should have cooled it but I think by that time I couldn't think.
I was about to go selling on Friday around 7 and that's when I found out about a mistake that actually could have been discovered days before but I and the customer involved had been too busy to realize it. I think he was having a Friday the 13th as well.
Between fixing that problem and preparing roses and a map for a girl whose car broke down right away anyway---I didn't get to sell until 11 bleeping 45, on the night before Valentine's Day(when I normally would have been out there by 8) and when I arrived at my first place a girl had just been in there selling these cute novelty wooden roses. I was getting really superstitious by this time and looked at the clock every time I went by hoping it would turn 12 and be the 14th.
It wasn't bad for such a short night--which means it could have been great, if I had gotten out on time. But oh well, I definitely learned some business lessons and I do learn from my mistakes. I do keep going back to taking more than I can chew though.
It is good to be productive though, that's the only way to get anywhere but it's good to be smart about it.
My actual Valentine's Day was great though. I got out on time, I still couldn't make it everywhere because I was so busy dealing with sales--that's a good thing. It was a mad rush but it was fun and that night was just like I said, where you can just enjoy it as it's last thing you are going to do to make the most of Valentine's Day.
If you are any kind of rose seller, florist or wholesaler, you know the stress and the joy of the occasion.
I have a You Tube video here that I think is inspirational for all sales people by a motivational speaker, Grant Cardone, who I have seen live and that's why I thought to look for this. I may put another video bar in with his videos as they help you with sales in your job and life.

Affiliate Site Demo

I hope you went to my other blog to look at the demo on how you can use Site Builder and Paypal to create a website in minutes. I now have a video bar here so you can see it on the right.
I made another demo that shows you how you can create an even easier business online. You just use affiliate links from Linkshare or Commission Junction or others which are all free to join and get the great templates and Site Builder they have at Homestead to quickly create some webpages. Watch the demo for now. In later entries I'll be getting into more information on which companies to affiliate with to make the best commissions and the strategies you can use to get visitors.
There's also one showing how to put a lead capture form on the page and it is literally only 2 minutes long because that is all the time that it takes.