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Patch and other local news sites looking for garden center blog posts 23 May 2011 | 04:56 am
Super-local online journalism is flourishing, and offering new opportunities for local independent garden centers to reach their customers – at no extra cost! Perhaps the best known name in this grow...
Blog your Next in-Store talk 31 Mar 2011 | 07:15 am
Lisa Mulvaney; Mike McGrath with Homestead owner Don Riddle; Dr. Frank Gouin; and Gene Sumi Here’s some examples of what a garden center BLOG can do that a Facebook fan page or Twitter account defini...
Industry magazine reveals behind-the-scenes details about the Mahoney’s Blog 9 Feb 2011 | 05:58 am
I was approached by Pete Mihalek, editor of Lawn and Garden Retailer Magazine, for answers to his many questions about the Mahoney’s blog, which he’d already told us he loved. So finally, online and ...
Great Press for Garden Center Blog 6 Jan 2011 | 05:33 am
A big thank-you to Boston Globe gardening columnist Carol Stocker for her kind words about the Mahoney’s Blog! She begins: There’s been an explosion of gardening blogs since I started this one for th...
Great Radio Show on Small Business Strategies for Out-Competing the Boxes 4 Jan 2011 | 01:08 pm
If you don’t know the Kojo Nnambi’s daily radio show on DC’s public radio station, I can tell you that locals love it and people everywhere listen in via podcast. And the recent episode about “Crowd...
Corporate Blogging for Fun and Profit 29 Dec 2010 | 04:29 am
Written by Susan Harris as a guest on a terrific blog about social media – Debbie Weil’s Social Media Insights Blog. Here’s Debbie’s introduction: Kudos to my newest guest blogger Susan Harris for he...
How IGCs use Blogs to Tell their Green Story 23 Dec 2010 | 11:52 am
Watch the 7 1/2-minute version of Susan’s talk to the Independent Garden Center Show about how garden centers are using their website and blog to tell their “green” story.
Learn more about Social Marketing for Small Businesses 22 Dec 2010 | 03:52 pm
These are some of our favorite resources for online marketing information and case studies. Check back for new resources, added as they’re discovered. Subscribe to blogs and newsletters of these onl...
What does it take to have a successful garden center blog? 20 Dec 2010 | 03:58 pm
Susan’s Guest blog post for Garden Center Magazine’s blog. Independent garden centers – listen up! Lowes, that big box down the street, has hired reputable garden writers in eight regions of the U.S...
Best Practices for Corporate Blogs, Especially Garden-Center Blogs 24 Nov 2010 | 03:33 pm
I compiled this information for ANLA, and it’s now here in their Social Media Guide. GOOD EXAMPLES The most successful corporate blogs avoid marketing language and simply provide a service to their ...
