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Not on the First Page of Google? You Might Not Be Seen - businessjournaldaily.com

HubSpot reports that 75% of users never scroll beyond the first page of search results.“Nobody wants to be the seventh page on Google,” says Kelli Hulea, project manager for Pecchia Communications in Canfield. “If you want to be noticed at all, you need to be aware of SEO.”SEO, or search engine optimization, is the process of increasing the online visibility of a website in search-engine results with the goal of being one of the first listings.“Everyone wants to be at the top of the search results; so that’s another reason why it is so difficult and time consuming because if everybody could be, everybody would be,” Hulea adds.While you can pay to have an ad at the top of a search engine page, most businesses need to work on their SEO organically to remain in the top positions.“SEO is how people find you,” says Chris Askew, director of digital marketing strategy at Prodigal Co. in Boardman. “If your content isn’t being ranked in Google, you’re not being found.”The most popular search engine is Google, which is responsible for 94% of total organic traffic, according to Web Presence Solutions. Google has more than 200 factors it uses in its algorithm to determine where a website is ranked on its search page, with the weight of each constantly changing. However, marketers agree there are a few key tactics a business can focus on to help with its ranking. No. 1 on the list: look at what your competitors are doing.“You’re in a race and you need to look at the other racers and see how they’re doing,” Jorgenson says.When he first meets with a client, he advises the company to do a Google search on what it wants to be known for and then open the first five to 10 websites that come up. “Read their websites and look at what pages they have, what are they giving priority to in the menu and advertisements,” he says.Among some of the top focuses for SEO is making sure your website is user-friendly, regularly adding content with keywords, updating the metadata, linking back to your website from other sites and responding to reviews. Having a mobile-friendly and user-friendly website is also a... https://businessjournaldaily.com/not-the-first-page-google-might-not-seen-seo/

Damascus Garden Club hears from international flower judge

Diana Mullins, an international flower shower. She spoke about her experiences as an international flower judge and the responsibilities she has managing the floral displays at the Canfield Fair.The minutes for the June meeting were read and approved with no corrections. The treasurer reported the June treasury balance and the June Penny Pines collection. Correspondence came from the Damascus Area Historical Society announcing the publication of its Damascus Herald newsletter. Peterson motioned to make a donation to the society for an ad to be placed in the newsletter. Carol Kuner seconded the motion which passed unanimously. Wingett announced that members donated 54.9 pounds of food for the July food drive. Collection for the food drive will be extended into August.The Community Care Committee requests that members remember to take their turns on the watering schedule and to call the next person on the list whose turn it will be to water. The sign and planter at the Goshen Township Park have been broken and have been replaced by the township. Bonnie McDermott and Val Knoedler have replanted with new flowers.Wingett of the Holiday Committee announced the Ruritan Car Show is Aug. 17. Peterson, with a second by McDermott, moved to donate a prize to be awarded at the event. The motion passed unanimously. Sunshine Committee passed a card for members to sign.Under old business, the board of gardeners is to consider revamping the program budget. The nomination committee for 2019 officers will be Wingett and one more member yet to be named.Under new business, Wingett distributed a handout concerning a website that addresses charitable contributions and board member responsibilities. Information about the 2018 CAR-SGC Convention to be held in Columbus Oct. 25-26 was also given.Members enjoyed a luncheon served by the hosts. -- ... http://www.salemnews.net/news/neighborhood-news/2018/08/damascus-garden-club-hears-from-international-flower-judge/

Kenneth R. Bennett (1936-2016): City's Flower Market co-owner an investor in hockey, racehorses - Toledo Blade

BY MARK ZABORNEY BLADE STAFF WRITERKenneth R. Bennett, co-owner of a landmark flower shop and a major investor in Toledo professional hockey during the 1980s, both with his spouse, Jack Canfield, died Tuesday in Largo Medical Center, Largo, Fla. He was 79.He was hospitalized after a stroke at the couple’s Seminole, Fla., home three days earlier, Mr. Canfield said. BennettEnlargeMr. Bennett had a background in cost accounting, and Mr. Canfield was an executive with a retail pet business when, in 1977, they bought the Flower Market on Monroe Street across from Toledo Hospital, which opened in the late 1940s.“We both complemented each other,” Mr. Canfield said. “Ken was very strong with bookwork and profit and loss. I was good with buying.”The store had four employees, but as many as 25 worked there as key holidays approached. The store’s prominent display ads in The Blade called attention to its location, longevity, and extended hours, and the price for a dozen roses — several times less than the competition.“We had the clout with the wholesaler and the growers and worked on a very small gross margin,” Mr. Canfield said. “We used roses as part of our shtick to get people in the store.”Patrons walked throu... http://www.toledoblade.com/Deaths/2016/02/28/Kenneth-R-Bennett-1936-2016-City-s-Flower-Market-co-owner-an-investor-in-hockey-racehorses.html

Birmingham florist Blossoms to open store in Midtown this spring - Crain's Detroit Business

Silk and Morgan, self-proclaimed "urban pioneers," launched their floral business in 1977 from their former home on West Canfield Street, the same street that companies including Shinola/Detroit LLC and Jack White's Third Man Records now occupy.As their business grew, they needed retail space and leased the former Willis Showplace building, with its three storefronts, a block away. A topless shoeshine parlor had once occupied 4152 Third Ave., with retail space at 4154 Third and the bar at 4156 Third before they were closed in the mid-1970s and the building was vacated.Blossoms used the building as a floral design center for the next decade and eventually bought it on land contract from the suburban doctor who owned it, Silk said.At the time, the florist took its arrangements to "fancy" country clubs and temples in the suburbs and rarely entertained customers at the design center, Silk said. But every now and then, a customer would come calling to see the design center.At the time, Third Avenue was still a red light district, with "hooker bars" and rent-by-the-hour hotels, Silk said.Before customers arrived, "I'd say, 'Look, girls, this is my corner today. There's some people coming, so you have to find another corner.' And they were OK with that," he said.In the late 1980s, Blossoms moved the design center to Berkley and leased the Third Avenue building to a neighborhood activities program, which operated there for several years before the florist moved back into the building in the early to mid-1990s, using it for warehouse space, Silk said.By that time, Blossoms had opened retail stores, first in the Millender Center across from the Renaissance Center downtown, then Birmingham and one in Grosse Pointe. "And then it got way out of hand with ... http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20160214/NEWS/302149991/blossoms-to-branch-out-bar-on-tap-in-storied-midtown-space

Brutal, record cold for Valentine's Day - Hornell Evening Tribune

Sunday morning. The temperature didn’t hit zero until 11 a.m.The coldest day this winter turned out to be the most heartwarming for those receiving Valentine’s Day flowers. Dan Canfield, co-owner of Doug’s Flower Shop in Hornell, hit the streets in subzero temperatures delivering bouquets and arrangements from freezing Fremont to chilly Canisteo. The cold posed special challenges.“Sometimes you have to go to the door first to make sure the person is home so you don’t stand in the door with fresh flowers in negative 14 degrees,” Canfield said as he attempted the last delivery of the day on Dennis Avenue in Hornell. The recipient was not home.“We obviously can’t leave them on the doorstep, so we’ll bring them back and attempt another delivery,” he said.Despite the cold, the shop made 170 deliveries from Friday through Sunday.When their fingers thawed, area social media users posted chilling photos and details of the cold.On Facebook: “20 below this morning. Good thing the sun is out and no wind,” reported a woman in West Almond.A Facebook user observed blue skies in Angelica but, “-13 when I woke up this morning.”On Twitter, a cellphone screenshot accompanied this tweet: “Cold! Andover Central School weather station -17 at 6:34 a.m.”Another photo showed a very precise minus-22.9 in Hartsville accompanied by the message, “We were waiting for -23, but it never happened!”The National Weather Service said the temperature in New York City's Central Park fell to minus-1, a record low for the date. The last time it was below zero in Central Park was in January 1994."I'm dumb enough to do this," exclaimed John ... http://www.eveningtribune.com/article/20160214/NEWS/160219867

Flower growers see sales wither as planting season launches - CBC.ca

Canadian production stems from Ontario. Neighbouring New York and Ohio have also forced garden centres to lock their doors, while Michigan and Vermont have banned retailers from selling non-essential products, including home gardening items. "If they don't open, the damage is going to be astronomical," said trade group head Andi Kuyvenhoven, noting garden centres' crucial role for bedding plants in particular. British Columbia — the second-biggest flower and plant producer — Alberta and Manitoba and have allowed garden centres to keep running, while Quebec deemed them essential along with nurseries as of April 15, though not in time for Easter. Kuyvenhoven, who with his wife co-owns a $2.5-million business selling potted Chrysanthemums and indoor calla lilies — largely to U.S. distributors — on a pair of farms west of Toronto, says clogged supply chains south of the border remain a problem. 'I haven't slept in five weeks' "U.S. customers for a time closed their distribution systems to floral and so the main grocery chains were not purchasing plants," he said, which was hard on growers of cut flowers such as roses and tulips. "If a truck can take 24 skids and four skids were flowers, the flowers came off the trucks and they put more food on the truck — which we completely understand. The only challenge is, when you're growing flowers as we do, they also have a shelf life," said Kuyvenhoven, who bought his business from his parents in 1990. "Now we're now facing liquidity issues...I haven't slept in five weeks." Flowers Canada Growers says exports to the U.S. make up about one-third of greenhouse flower and plant sales, which hit $1.6 billion in 2018, according to Statistics Canada. Nursery sales topped $500 million. While garden centres can continue to operate across much of the continent, growers wonder whether bouquets and flower pots will remain on the shopping list of consumers struggling to make rent amid soaring unemployment numbers and a looming recession. Kuyvenhoven is hoping that families confined to their homes for most of the day will choose to spend what they've saved from unpurchased vacations and lattes on plants for their vases and flower beds. "That's part of what's carried us through downturns in the past," he said. Growers associations are in talks with federal and provincial governments over potential financial relief, with Flowers Canada Growers asking for a "cash injection" as well as extended debt repayment plans secured in part by Ottawa, Kuyvenhoven said. So far, the federal government has extended a stay of default for eligible farmers until Oct. 31, giving flower and potted plant producers an extra six months to pay off federal loans that would have been due at the end of April. Ottawa has also granted exemptions on air travel restrictions to temporary foreign workers and invested $50 mi... https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/flower-growers-hamilton-1.5546023

Family Over Flowers - The New York Times

You find out what’s most important when you start removing things from your wedding day,” said Ms Fagan, who received a bachelor of fine arts degree from Ohio Wesleyan University and a Master of Education from Fordham.“I came to learn, more than anyone, that the things that are most important are your family,” she said. “Like the flowers and the other stuff, you don’t need that, you just need family.”Mr. Bogle, 44, who teaches fourth graders at John B. Russwurm School (P.S. 197) in Harlem, said his wedding to Ms. Fagan provided a lesson for him as well.“It’s all about commitment,” said Mr. Bogle, the son of Lucena Jackson of Montego Bay, Jamaica, and the late Raymond Bogle.“Unless you are uncertain about marrying someone, you need to get what you have got to get done, done,” said Mr. Bogle, who received both a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s degree in international relations from the University of the West Indies and an Master of Education from the City College of New York.Despite the silver linings, the couple, who met in 2017 through mutual friends at the Carmel Hill Foundation’s party for Harlem District 5 teachers, admitted that they were both a bit disappointed as to how the coronavirus reshaped their wedding.“I could seriously say I was disappointed, but what can you do in that situation,” said Ms. Fagan, whom Mr. Bogle surprised with an engagement ring in April 2019 at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.“You just have to hope that everyone else is safe and OK,” she said. “You just have to hope for the best, and just count your blessings.”... https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/25/fashion/weddings/family-over-flowers.html

Outdoor flower displays around Cleveland bring color, vibrancy to gloomy times - cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Three very visible public sites in Cleveland recently bloomed into instant vibrant gardens filled with thousands of stem flowers, thanks to the owner of a design studio and flower wholesaler who believe the public could use some cheering up right about now.What’s more, passersby were and are free to take flowers to enjoy at home.“I did this because everyone has been so gloomy lately, and flowers are a luxury that bring joy to people,” said Andrew Thomas of Andrew Thomas Design in Wooster.Thomas, his staff and friends worked from about 8 p.m. until midnight Monday festooning the Cleveland Metroparks sign in Lakewood.“We used all kinds of flowers,” said Thomas. “We had everything they had left. There were at least 5,000 stems, if not more. It was fun.”The “they” that Thomas refers to is Mayesh Wholesale Florist Inc. in Parma.“Mayesh was going to dump all of their flowers, and I was like, ‘Well, I have this idea — would you be up to it?’ I want to do an installation at a public par... https://www.cleveland.com/news/2020/03/outdoor-flower-displays-around-cleveland-bring-color-vibrancy-to-gloomy-times.html

Lakewood florist helps spread joy to those impacted by coronavirus - News 5 Cleveland

LAKEWOOD, Ohio — Despite the fear and feeling of uncertainty many of us are experiencing during this pandemic, Blossom Cleveland owner Megan Robinson is helping uplift others and her community one bouquet at a time. Like many small businesses, Blossom Cleveland has closed because of COVID-19. Robinson was forced to cancel orders for canceled events scheduled through April, but the flowers she has left in stock aren’t going to waste. “I feel like flowers are important,” she said. “It seems like a little thing to a lot of people but it’s not. They bring joy no matter what.” As COVID-19 forces more people to stay home, Robinson came up with the idea to arrange and deliver flower bouquets to those who have been impacted by the virus. “Most of the people are either nurses, they’re pregnant and they can’t leave the house. We do have some people that were quarantined that we’ve delivered to,” she explained. “People whose weddings were canceled so we have photographers and friends reaching out saying 'H... https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/made-us-smile/lakewood-florist-helps-spread-joy-to-those-impacted-by-coronavirus