I wanted to take this opportunity to Personally Invite my FlowerChat Friends to Visit our NEW uBloom 2.0 Website! I would also like to dispel a few rumors... and let you know All about uBloom 2.0 and our CLUB uBloom Memberships...
We had some challenging decisions to make with uBloom 2.0... and I want to make sure My Friends got the word directly from ME! hehehe!
On September 6, 2010... our OLD uBloom Site ceased to function... this was in part to how we hobbled the site together 6 years ago... and the main component that tied everything together was no longer supported. We found this out earlier this year and had to one of two choices...
1. Let uBloom and the entire content slip into the black hole of the inter-web and disappear forever (NOT a good Choice!)
2. Rebuild the Site... making suggested improvements and enhancements... and invest in a Bigger and More Valuable Flower Resource!
I chose Option 2... It also meant that going forward uBloom would require (an albeit Reasonable) Subscription... for SOME Resources... while continuing to offer many other resources for Free! uBloom was no longer sustainable as a completely FREE Resource... while our sponsors are very generous in supporting our productions... the website and high quality video delivery was no longer a free option.
It was Similar in some ways to how Flowerchat evolved with Membership! I know I was one of the First People to sign up for FlowerChat NEW memberships... and Ryan was was of Club uBloom's First Members... for that I am Proud and Thankful! The Two Levels of Club uBloom Membership are about the same as Trade Magazine Subscription. I felt it was affordable at 57 cents or 96 cents a week... for Complete Continuous Access... I hope that you agree!
uBloom 2.0 CONTINUES TO Offer these Great FREE Features:
1. The uBloom Flower Guide (We continue to add Flowers and Pictures weekly to this resource that offers Common Names, Botanical Names, Seasonal Availability, Flower Meanings, Care and Handling and Much More...
2. My Blog.. "THE FLOWER STAND" and the uBloom Blog Written by Lisa Luck our Community Gardener
3. Flowers 101: Basic Information for Care and Handling, for the Consumer and People that love Flowers... it offers great education and encourages them to patronize their LOCAL Independent Florist!
4. Club uBloom Membership Directory... A NEW Feature... that allows CLUB uBloom BUSINESS Members to PROMOTE their Flower Businesses with a LINK to their Website, Email, Phone and Contact Information... It's uBloom's WAY to HELP you SELL MORE Flowers... With 1000's of Potential Flower Buying Customers Visiting uBloom we wanted to INSURE that we Were Helping PROMOTE Local Independent Florists... and helping them SELL more FLOWERS!
5. FRESH CUT Videos... Another NEW Feature... Short (a minute or 2 long) Videos... about NEW Products, Design Techniques, Flowers, or Excerpts from my Dallas Tours, ABC Appearances, or other Interesting Flower Topics... We keep adding these... weekly... there are over a 1000 in our archives... and we'll keep adding them...
6. Preview ANY of our JTV, CA Grown Experience, Destination Dallas or FUN with FLOWERS and J Videos... and download them for $1 or $2... (depending on Topic)... This features allows you purchase ANY Show you want... and keep it forever... it's just like buying a song or tv show on itunes! Preview our NEW Shows Each week and decide if you want to buy it... you can decide week by week...
7. The uBloom Store... Purchase DVD's, Books, T-shirts, Educational Materials, Chrysal Floral Nutrients, and Mac Technologies Arrive Alive or Transporter 10 Products.
8. Sponsor Listings... we have a Page dedicated to all the sponsors of uBloom, JTV and FUN with FLOWERS and J...
All of these Features are FREE of Charge... and can be accessed by ANYONE at Any Time....
Let's Discuss the CLUB Memberships...
There are TWO Types ... One for FLOWER Businesses... PRICE is $50 a year.
Your Club uBloom Business Membership entitles you to the Following Benefits:
1. Continuous Access to the ENTIRE Archive of JTV, CA Grown, Destination Dallas, and FUN with FLOWER and J Videos... plus the NEW Show each week!
The Videos are available in HD, and FULL SCREEN... (this was a Popular Request and important upgrade) The shows are also available on MOBILE Devices...
ipads, iphones, blackberries etc... (another valuable upgrade)
IMPORTANT to NOTE... if you want to DOWNLOAD the videos... you would still need to BUY Them to DOWNLOAD... your Membership allows for Streaming Access
to Everything... 24-7... on demand... just like Cable TV... only you can pick WHEN you watch!!
2. Your Club uBloom Business Profile... Which allows you to Promote your Flower Business... with LOGO, Photos, Website LINK, Email, Phone, an ABOUT YOU Message, your Favorite Flower Quote, Plus you can post PHOTOS, ARTICLES, PROJECTS, and BLOG right on your uBloom Profile...
This Feature also provides a valuable LINK to uBloom to aid in Promoting your business on the Internet!
3. Comment Features... on Blogs, Shows, Etc... I wanted to offer Comments to our CLUB members... it helps keep it Professional and Respectful
4. Access to our PUBLIC Forums on uBloom... again... uBloom is about Education and Communication BETWEEN Consumers and Professional Florists...
If you want PRIVATE PROFESSIONAL Forums... you have the BEST in the BUSINESS Right HERE on Flower Chat! I felt there was no reason to compete with Ryan and the great resource that we have in FlowerChat! In turn, I wanted to encourage our 1000's of Flower Lovers (and potential Flower Customers for YOU) to engage our Community (both professional and enthusiast) in Flower discussions that could help EVERYONE Sell more Flowers... so you'll note that the uBloom Forums are more about Trends, Colors, Wedding Flower Selection, and Flower Advice...giving YOU as a Business Professional the opportunity to Interact and Engage with Flower Buyers!
Club uBloom INDIVIDUAL Memberships... Price is $30 a Year... This membership is for Flower Lovers, Teachers, Students, Garden Club Members, Flower Arrangers.. etc.. People without Businesses...
They get the same Benefits as BUSINESS Members... except their Profiles are different and are designed for Individuals rather than a Company!
1. Streaming Access to Video Archives
2. Individual Profile with ability to Post photos, articles, projects and blog
3. Comment Feature enabled
4. Access to public Forums...
I like to encourage you to check out uBloom 2.0... along with Our NEW Show FUN with FLOWERS and J! It's even better than JTV... and the 100's of JTV Episodes are there for your reference... including 36 that have been in the vault for over 4 years...
I also wanted to ASSURE everyone that uBloom is PRIVATELY Owned by ME... J Schwanke Productions... there is NO Wire SERVICE Affiliation... (I was told there was a Rumor it was OWNED by one of the BIG 3... Just setting the record Straight! It did give me a GREAT BIG BELLY LAUGH....LOL!!!!)
uBloom is a Family... MY Family... our Members and Visitors... All Flower Lovers... We are PASSIONATE about FLOWERS... and Dedicated to the LOCAL Independent Florist... I support YOUR LOCAL FLOWER Businesse... and Value your input... if you have questions, concerns, challenges or opportunities... I want to hear from you... at any time!
I am always available ... via email [email protected], phone 616-446-6086... Facebook or Twitter... or Here at FlowerChat...
I love the FLOWER INDUSTRY and YOU... the People Make OUR Industry GREAT!!!!! I'm dedicated to helping you Sell more Flower to more People more often and Helping YOU by Providing a Great Flower Resource!
I look forward to having you Visit uBloom.com and FUN with Flowers and J!
Wishing you the BEST Holidays Ever!!!
J Schwanke AAF, AIFD, CFD, PFCI
Host of Fun with Flowers and J
PS... here's a LINK to the New Fun with FLOWERS and J Show so You can "Kick the TIRES"... http://vimeo.com/28590906
We had some challenging decisions to make with uBloom 2.0... and I want to make sure My Friends got the word directly from ME! hehehe!
On September 6, 2010... our OLD uBloom Site ceased to function... this was in part to how we hobbled the site together 6 years ago... and the main component that tied everything together was no longer supported. We found this out earlier this year and had to one of two choices...
1. Let uBloom and the entire content slip into the black hole of the inter-web and disappear forever (NOT a good Choice!)
2. Rebuild the Site... making suggested improvements and enhancements... and invest in a Bigger and More Valuable Flower Resource!
I chose Option 2... It also meant that going forward uBloom would require (an albeit Reasonable) Subscription... for SOME Resources... while continuing to offer many other resources for Free! uBloom was no longer sustainable as a completely FREE Resource... while our sponsors are very generous in supporting our productions... the website and high quality video delivery was no longer a free option.
It was Similar in some ways to how Flowerchat evolved with Membership! I know I was one of the First People to sign up for FlowerChat NEW memberships... and Ryan was was of Club uBloom's First Members... for that I am Proud and Thankful! The Two Levels of Club uBloom Membership are about the same as Trade Magazine Subscription. I felt it was affordable at 57 cents or 96 cents a week... for Complete Continuous Access... I hope that you agree!
uBloom 2.0 CONTINUES TO Offer these Great FREE Features:
1. The uBloom Flower Guide (We continue to add Flowers and Pictures weekly to this resource that offers Common Names, Botanical Names, Seasonal Availability, Flower Meanings, Care and Handling and Much More...
2. My Blog.. "THE FLOWER STAND" and the uBloom Blog Written by Lisa Luck our Community Gardener
3. Flowers 101: Basic Information for Care and Handling, for the Consumer and People that love Flowers... it offers great education and encourages them to patronize their LOCAL Independent Florist!
4. Club uBloom Membership Directory... A NEW Feature... that allows CLUB uBloom BUSINESS Members to PROMOTE their Flower Businesses with a LINK to their Website, Email, Phone and Contact Information... It's uBloom's WAY to HELP you SELL MORE Flowers... With 1000's of Potential Flower Buying Customers Visiting uBloom we wanted to INSURE that we Were Helping PROMOTE Local Independent Florists... and helping them SELL more FLOWERS!
5. FRESH CUT Videos... Another NEW Feature... Short (a minute or 2 long) Videos... about NEW Products, Design Techniques, Flowers, or Excerpts from my Dallas Tours, ABC Appearances, or other Interesting Flower Topics... We keep adding these... weekly... there are over a 1000 in our archives... and we'll keep adding them...
6. Preview ANY of our JTV, CA Grown Experience, Destination Dallas or FUN with FLOWERS and J Videos... and download them for $1 or $2... (depending on Topic)... This features allows you purchase ANY Show you want... and keep it forever... it's just like buying a song or tv show on itunes! Preview our NEW Shows Each week and decide if you want to buy it... you can decide week by week...
7. The uBloom Store... Purchase DVD's, Books, T-shirts, Educational Materials, Chrysal Floral Nutrients, and Mac Technologies Arrive Alive or Transporter 10 Products.
8. Sponsor Listings... we have a Page dedicated to all the sponsors of uBloom, JTV and FUN with FLOWERS and J...
All of these Features are FREE of Charge... and can be accessed by ANYONE at Any Time....
Let's Discuss the CLUB Memberships...
There are TWO Types ... One for FLOWER Businesses... PRICE is $50 a year.
Your Club uBloom Business Membership entitles you to the Following Benefits:
1. Continuous Access to the ENTIRE Archive of JTV, CA Grown, Destination Dallas, and FUN with FLOWER and J Videos... plus the NEW Show each week!
The Videos are available in HD, and FULL SCREEN... (this was a Popular Request and important upgrade) The shows are also available on MOBILE Devices...
ipads, iphones, blackberries etc... (another valuable upgrade)
IMPORTANT to NOTE... if you want to DOWNLOAD the videos... you would still need to BUY Them to DOWNLOAD... your Membership allows for Streaming Access
to Everything... 24-7... on demand... just like Cable TV... only you can pick WHEN you watch!!
2. Your Club uBloom Business Profile... Which allows you to Promote your Flower Business... with LOGO, Photos, Website LINK, Email, Phone, an ABOUT YOU Message, your Favorite Flower Quote, Plus you can post PHOTOS, ARTICLES, PROJECTS, and BLOG right on your uBloom Profile...
This Feature also provides a valuable LINK to uBloom to aid in Promoting your business on the Internet!
3. Comment Features... on Blogs, Shows, Etc... I wanted to offer Comments to our CLUB members... it helps keep it Professional and Respectful
4. Access to our PUBLIC Forums on uBloom... again... uBloom is about Education and Communication BETWEEN Consumers and Professional Florists...
If you want PRIVATE PROFESSIONAL Forums... you have the BEST in the BUSINESS Right HERE on Flower Chat! I felt there was no reason to compete with Ryan and the great resource that we have in FlowerChat! In turn, I wanted to encourage our 1000's of Flower Lovers (and potential Flower Customers for YOU) to engage our Community (both professional and enthusiast) in Flower discussions that could help EVERYONE Sell more Flowers... so you'll note that the uBloom Forums are more about Trends, Colors, Wedding Flower Selection, and Flower Advice...giving YOU as a Business Professional the opportunity to Interact and Engage with Flower Buyers!
Club uBloom INDIVIDUAL Memberships... Price is $30 a Year... This membership is for Flower Lovers, Teachers, Students, Garden Club Members, Flower Arrangers.. etc.. People without Businesses...
They get the same Benefits as BUSINESS Members... except their Profiles are different and are designed for Individuals rather than a Company!
1. Streaming Access to Video Archives
2. Individual Profile with ability to Post photos, articles, projects and blog
3. Comment Feature enabled
4. Access to public Forums...
I like to encourage you to check out uBloom 2.0... along with Our NEW Show FUN with FLOWERS and J! It's even better than JTV... and the 100's of JTV Episodes are there for your reference... including 36 that have been in the vault for over 4 years...
I also wanted to ASSURE everyone that uBloom is PRIVATELY Owned by ME... J Schwanke Productions... there is NO Wire SERVICE Affiliation... (I was told there was a Rumor it was OWNED by one of the BIG 3... Just setting the record Straight! It did give me a GREAT BIG BELLY LAUGH....LOL!!!!)
uBloom is a Family... MY Family... our Members and Visitors... All Flower Lovers... We are PASSIONATE about FLOWERS... and Dedicated to the LOCAL Independent Florist... I support YOUR LOCAL FLOWER Businesse... and Value your input... if you have questions, concerns, challenges or opportunities... I want to hear from you... at any time!
I am always available ... via email [email protected], phone 616-446-6086... Facebook or Twitter... or Here at FlowerChat...
I love the FLOWER INDUSTRY and YOU... the People Make OUR Industry GREAT!!!!! I'm dedicated to helping you Sell more Flower to more People more often and Helping YOU by Providing a Great Flower Resource!
I look forward to having you Visit uBloom.com and FUN with Flowers and J!
Wishing you the BEST Holidays Ever!!!
J Schwanke AAF, AIFD, CFD, PFCI
Host of Fun with Flowers and J
PS... here's a LINK to the New Fun with FLOWERS and J Show so You can "Kick the TIRES"... http://vimeo.com/28590906
