The Missed Anniversary

The missed anniversary

Story # 129,

              Luckily, no one complained that I missed my 2^nd Anniversary.  There is always the excuse that I was too busy or I forgot and I knew that you would understand.

              So here it is, my two year, one month and one week Anniversary for my blog about specialty plants.

              You get no points for longevity.  Businesses often use longevity in their advertising—“Best greenhouse in town since 1973”.  But does it matter?

              Owners of small businesses know how incredibly hard it has been to survive in business for 41 years.  Customers don’t have a clue and don’t care.  The point should be:  “What is the value of your product today and how will it solve my problem?”

              Personal anniversaries are for celebration.  Business anniversaries are for reflection--- Are we going to do this one more year?

              The blog has been valuable to me.  It forces you to write an idea down so someone else may see your point.  There have been over 24,000 pageviews in the two years as Google search finds my words and pictures.

              I thank Google for providing the blog site at no charge ---- How can they do that?

              I thank everyone who may be reading.

Celebrate!

Streptocarpus 'Essue' - Heirloom hybrid by Gary's Specialty Plants

Story # 101,

Celebrate!

                “Is this a great country or what?”

      This quote should come to mind almost everyday by every American who benefits from today’s modern world.  My impression of its source is what non-American born baseball players say when they can successfully play professional baseball and get paid millions.

      My little piece of the puzzle is to celebrate one year of writing this blog.  The amazing point is not that I made it this far.  The amazing part is that the capability of producing these pictures and words is on an internet platform --- Blogger--- provided by Google --------FREE.

      How can they do that?

      I didn’t know if I was capable of writing a blog that would be of any value to anyone.  The Blogger stats show that there have been over ten thousand pageviews worldwide in this first year.  Many of the searches find previous posts, so maybe there is some residual value here.

     My motive is still to do it for myself.  It may have indirectly helped sell some plants.

      It has helped me think more clearly about some things --- Plants and business.  If you can’t write it down, you probability don’t know what you’re talking about.

      Success is a fleeting state.  In sports after every win, there is the coach saying, “Ok, let’s get ready for the next game.

      I choose to celebrate one year of writing with a picture.  Thank you to Google for providing this capability.