Services
Store Evaluations
We will come to your shop, and honestly (with tact, we promise) tell you what’s good, what’s not so good, and what needs to “go.” We will give you constructive, time tested and proven advice on how to implement low cost changes that can drastically improve your floor sales.
How do we know this? Our experts have evaluated over 3000 different flower shops. From the most rural small “mom and pop” to the largest corporate oriented shops in the hearts of both Montreal and New York cities we’ve seen them all. We know floor layouts, counter designs and product placements that sell for you. We will give you good, time tested advice that works.
Some strategies you know already and some great ideas that others have profited from that you may not be aware of. We can and will, in a cost effective way, give you million dollar secrets from some of the best in the business!
Time, efficiency and sales training
In this business climate you need every employee in your shop to maximize their productivity. Period. We can show you how to:
- Get to the point where your designer DESIGNS! We know some shops need their designers to clean up, answer phones, order supplies etc. But if you are paying them top dollar to design that’s what they should be doing. Let us help you get enough business so they can do what you pay them for! (As well as what they REALLY want to do anyway!)
- Let your drivers get those orders delivered quickly as well as collect information for you that will help you boost sales!
- Show you how to motivate your counter person to “up sell” and increase your business 20% in the first year, all without being “pushy”
- When speaking with customers there are “never say” words and there are “ALWAYS SAY” words. We will train and motivate your employees which are which and as a result your sales will “bloom”. We Promise!
Wire Industry Consultation
Wire services are not “blood suckers” as some shops might believe, but they ARE businesses that need to be profitable whether your shop is or not. We can show you how to “trim the fat” from their services without losing anything. As a matter of fact some shops we’ve consulted with haves saved many times our fee just by implementing our suggestions!
- What are the do’s and don’ts of wire service participation? We’ll show you how they get rich and you lose out, and how to change that situation.
- Unbiased wire service statement evaluation. Let’s face it, as nice as your wire rep may be and as well meaning, they simply cannot always tell you which charges are on your bill are working in your best interest and which are not. We know the difference and we will.
- We will show you how to never make more profit for the wire service then YOU make as a result of delivering their order.
- Floral Nexus can demonstrate how you can “take back your business” from some of the services that are doing their best to steal it from you and then sell it back to you at 73%, PLUS dues and fees!!
Email Sales and Marketing
How do large impersonal flower companies steal your customers and keep their own? We have had many shop owners tell us that some of them are pure rip-offs, with the added fees to the customer for “service and delivery”. How do you fight back? The answer to this question is in one word: MARKETING.
Floral Nexus believes we can take back this industry from the big companies and help the “little guy” thrive by doing on a local level what they do on a national or even international level. We know most shops can’t afford a full page ad in the Yellow pages, or pay for placement all over the internet. We include basic marketing advise in our sales courses at no extra charge.