The Best for 2009

While it is still January, LocalFlowerShop.com wants to wish all of our member shops the best in 2009 and we also want to thank you for your support of LocalFlowerShop.com’s many programs and services. 
 
One of the benefits of having your shop listed on LocalFlowerShop.com is the increase to your web rankings and visibility. Most of our members know the importance of web rankings and visibility and how vital exposure can be to their SEO. For those that do not  – Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the volume and quality of traffic to a web site from search engines via “natural” (“organic”) search results. Usually, the earlier a site is presented in the search results, or the higher it “ranks,” the more searchers will visit that site.
 
A top-ranked SEO blog Seomoz.org[40] has reported, “Search marketers, in a twist of irony, receive a very small share of their traffic from search engines.” Instead, their main sources of traffic are links from other websites.[41] Which is where your membership with LocalFlowerShop.com will benefit you.

Your shop can be listed in all the cities that you deliver to and your website can also be linked so that customers looking to send flowers in your delivery area can find you and call you directly.
 
This is a giant step away from the traditional form of floral industry standard practice of turning on the Dove or Mercury and waiting for the orders to come in. Floral directories are nothing new, they have been around for over 8 years and getting your shop listed on some of them will prove to be an asset.