Calgary Flower Store turns into a Website Owner

Written on February 5th, 2010 by Stuart Crawford

Congratulations to Velda and her team at Grower Direct in Southeast Calgary.

Velda Paynter like many Calgary entrepreneurs took a huge step from being a business owner who simply has a website to a business that owns her own web marketing and web strategy.  There are so many small business owners right here in the city of Calgary who still haven’t taken that ever so important first step to becoming a website owner over simply just having a website.

Sure, many of  my peers have a website, more like a billboard in the middle of deserted highway.  The question which needs asking is are you actually get business from their website and how many have a web presence which allows them to have a voice in the community? Not to many, however this is why Ulistic exists.

Back to this Calgary Flower Store

One of things that get me excited is the smile on a small business owners face when they see their new website up and running.  Even more is when they just show up on Google for the first time and even more when that first phone call comes in from the web.  It is great to have such a positive impact on our Calgary business community and helping entrepreneurs go to market.

Velda launched her Calgary Flower Store blog this week and she has started to promote and talk about Valentine’s Day and how people (especially us guys) can make sure we do not end up in the dog house this year.  Don’t forget to get your Valentine’s Day flowers this year.  Velda is taking a very proactive approach this year by setting up to a site to help those looking for that special something during the season of love, she is totally onboard with the social media in Calgary approach to doing business.

Velda’s Grower Direct is a local Calgary Flower Shop and I met her through the Calgary RNBC Breakfast group which meets every Friday for breakfast at the Calgary Coast Plaza Hotel.  She is an amazing success story here in Calgary and I highly recommend you go see her for all your Calgary floral needs, not just for your Valentine’s Day flowers.

Congrats Velda for taking that ever so important step to becoming a website owner.

Thanks Velda for the LinkedIn recommendation as well.

“I have recently met Stuart and his business partner, David West at Ulistic.They specialize in search engine optimization and social media consulting and training.They came highly recommended and I feel very confident that they are the right group to help make my floral business, Velda’s Grower Direct Fresh Cut Flowers, part of the social networking community here in Calgary.” February 3, 2010

Top qualities: Personable, Expert, Creative

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Canadian Social Media Professional Ulistic focuses on serving the needs of Canadian Small Business, REALTORS, and Information Technology firms across Canada and United States. Helping your business understand, deploy and leverage social media, search engine optimization and online communications to generate business opportunities and make an impact inside your community and industry.

My business partner David and I are business professionals first. We understand what it takes to run a successful small business.

I invite you to reach out to me personally at 403.775.2205 or email Stuart at scrawford@ulistic.com.

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11 Responses to Calgary Flower Store turns into a Website Owner
  1. Gregory Thatcher
    February 21, 2010 | 20:09

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  2. Dean G
    February 22, 2010 | 03:27

    Hey, I tried to email you regarding this blog post but can’t seem to reach you at your email. Please email me when you get a chance. Thanks.

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