Wednesday, February 27, 2008

LocalFlowerShop.com's New Blog! Who We Are and What We Offer

Welcome to the blog for www.LocalFlowerShop.com ! www.LocalFlowerShop.com offers a nationwide directory of local flower shops, which enables customers to skip the middleman and order straight from the source. In addition to flower shops, www.LocalFlowerShop.com also provides Hospital and Funeral Home directories as well.

First and foremost, we cater to our customers. Nowadays, finding a local flower shop in a particular zip code or in your recipient’s city and state can be difficult. Search engine results and Yellowpages ads are cluttered with national corporations that simply take your order, send it to a local florist, and charge you for the service! Not only do customers save time and money by seeking out a local flower shop, they can also rest assured that they are speaking with a real flower shop that will hand-deliver their bouquet or gift, rather than shipping a box of flowers halfway across the country via FedEx, UPS, DHL, or any other courier service.

We also strive to serve our members – the local flower shops that make our vision a possibility. In addition to listing your business on our website directory, we also offer a variation of tools and additional services that we feel our members benefit from. Our Floral Marketplace, for example, features industry vendors that have agreed to offer special discounts only to www.LocalFlowerShop.com members! We also manage a Calendar of Events so you can keep track of upcoming industry seminars, conferences, etc. We also keep you updated on current happenings with our Floral News section.

In addition to these great services, we also offer both customers and flower shops an online Floral Gallery. Here, customers can locate floral arrangements that suit both their tastes and budgets, where all our local flower shop members have the ability to view photos and ensure customers receive exactly what they ordered! Often times, prices vary by city. As a consumer, understanding what the local price for an arrangement is important because a dozen roses in Atlanta, GA does cost more than a dozen roses in Miami, FL. By utilizing our services, customers will know right away what they will be spending, with no additional surprise fees in the end, which you will find at many national corporations.

From New York City to Los Angeles, California, only a local flower shop can ensure a smooth floral delivery. Ordering from a non local flower shop will only result in that florist sending that order to a florist in the recipient’s city anyway, costing you additional fees and less control over your flower delivery. Delivery from a local flower shop provides you with award winning designs and speedy service for holidays such as Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, and others, as well as birthday, anniversary, get well soon, corporate and “just because” occasions.

We invite you to visit our website at www.LocalFlowerShop.com and see for yourself how easy and convenient our services really are! Keep checking back for updates, announcements and special offers!