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Viva La Flora Live - The Art and Business of Flowers

Bringing you the Art and Business of Flowers. VLF Live Podcast is an educational and inspirational show for all florists, flower artists and entrepreneur, floral industry pros and beginners, and simply for flower lovers. Anahit, the podcast host, takes a deep dive into floristry, into what it really takes to run a successful floral business, how to be a better floral designer, how to stay inspired and inspire other. "As we know, our profession encompasses wide range of industries and other fields, such as artists, designers, farmers, distributors, wholesalers, educators, planners, photographers... and the list goes on. It is vital to recognize the importance of each and every one of these experts. I will be striving to bring a glimpse of it all to you through stories from industry experts, newcomers, trendsetters and followers.
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Jun 26, 2022

“Understand the value of preparing yourself for the next job while performing the job you have.
Opportunities come to the prepared.”

AIFD Symposium 2022 is right around the corner and we couldn’t be more excited! If you are at symposium on July 4th join us for
Floral Career Vision 2022 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Spend one hour, at the tables, learning details about the diverse job descriptions available that might fit you. Jobs like …Podcaster, Web Manager, Grower, Podcaster Event Designer, Digital Strategist, Importer, Vlogger, Showroom Designer, Software Developer, Wholesale Supplier, Floral Educator, Mass Market Designer, Communications Director, Retailer Business Consultant, Overseas Product Development… and more. SHOW NOTES

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Jun 11, 2022

Hitomi Gilliam

Creative Edge... FREESIA Challenge and so much more!  

AIFD Symposium 2022 is right around the corner and we couldn’t be more excited! 

If hav't heard Gregor Lersch and Hitomi Gilliam joined forces and created something truly magical... FREESIA Challenge

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FREESIA CHALLENGE
AIFD SYMPOSIUM

Viva La Flora Live Podcast episode 63 with Hitomi Gilliam floral designer
 

Apr 13, 2022

Emile Ghessen currently in Ukraine documenting and reporting from Kiev... much like he has done from Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020

Follow him on Instagram and you'll have a better understanding of what's going on in the country at the moment!

"I have been in war zones since the age of 18 fighting and now filming them, and this recent war was very different for me. It was a war of David vs Goliath in the sense of the contrast in equipment and technology on the battlefield between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Making this feature film has been an emotional rollercoaster for me, but I’m very proud of “45 Days” capturing history in the making."

~ Emile Ghessen
 

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45 Days: The Fight For A Nation

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Apr 13, 2022
Why I choose to tell this my story...? Why interview a war reporter?

I had to tell my story 1st and why I had to do this interview... the one that had nothing to do with flowers, weddings, business... but has everything to do with HUMANITY!

I had the privilege to interview war reporter and documentarian Emile Ghessen who currently is in Ukraine documenting and reporting from Kiev... much like he has done from Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020.
Follow Emile on Instagram and you'll have a better understanding of what's going on in the country at the moment!
Check out SHOW NOTES from Episode 62 with Emile for his bio and to learn more about his workEmil'e INSTAGRAM 45 Days: The Fight For A Nation - Documentary

Jocko Podcast 280: BURN. DEMOLISH. KILL. The Horrors of The Armenian Genocide

The Promise - Movie

The Ottoman Lieutenant - Movie

 

 

Nov 29, 2021

Amy's story is one that many of you can relate, I'm sure...

the passion, the hope, the dreams and the tears. 

"Two decades ago, flowers saved my life." Amy

It was such an amazing conversation, so eye opening in so many ways. 

SHOW NOTES 

 

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  ~Anahit 

 

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Nov 22, 2021

Alex Mateiu Photography

Is definitely not your average wedding photography. 

I guess any profession started with passion is bound to succeed. 

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Nov 18, 2021

In today's world of flower sourcing and every challenge that comes with it... what if you could:

  • Get free overnight shipping on all orders
  • Have special wholesale pricing
  • Work with dedicated account representative directly
  • And actually be able to source flowers  

Petal Driven does just that. 

"We have traveled across the world, searching for the highest quality flowers we can find in order to found Petaldriven.com, an online community that sources flowers directly from farms across six continents to deliver them freshly cut and directly to your door." Jared

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guy seating and smiling surrounded by flowers

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We truly appreciate your feedback and support!!! 
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Nov 15, 2021

Beautiful Weddings Don't Just Happen, True Client Pro Makes It Feel As Though They Do

The ultimate business management platform for wedding professionals.

Whether you’re a florist, wedding planner, venue owner, designer or in event rentals, you need more than spreadsheets and sticky notes to ensure you play your part in delivering a flawless wedding for your client.  SHOW NOTES

Woman smiling wearing a hat for cover of Viva La Flora Live Podcast

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Floral Success Institute   
Viva La Flora Designs 

 

Nov 4, 2021

Repeating the exact same hashtags reads like spam to the algorithm.
If you're finding great hashtags only to copy them into your notes app and paste the same ones for every post, you're wasting time and limiting your reach.
With Hashtag Slayer, you can play by the rules and make your posts more effective by increasing your reach with optimized hashtags each time you post. SHOW NOTES

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We truly appreciate your feedback and support!!! 
  ~Anahit 

 

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True Client Pro
Floral Business Academy

Viva La Flora Designs 

Oct 29, 2021

"ℙ𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤 ℝ𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕕. 𝕎𝕖 ℍ𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕝𝕖 𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕖𝕤𝕥."

Knowing how to begin the process, what you need to have to record and how to publish, how to structure your podcast and ensure the content is valuable, and even setting aside the time can be a major hurdle.

Most importantly… there is help!  SHOW NOTES

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@vivalafloralive

Thank You for Listening! 

Leave us a Review and enter in a Book Giveaway.
We truly appreciate your feedback and support!!! 
  ~Anahit 

 

Thanks Our Sponsors & Supporters

True Client Pro
411 Floral
Viva La Flora Designs 

Oct 29, 2021

"ℙ𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤 ℝ𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕕. 𝕎𝕖 ℍ𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕝𝕖 𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕖𝕤𝕥."

Knowing how to begin the process, what you need to have to record and how to publish, how to structure your podcast and ensure the content is valuable, and even setting aside the time can be a major hurdle.

Most importantly… there is help!  SHOW NOTES

INSTAGEAM
LINKDIN
WEB

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Let's stay connected
@vivalafloralive

Thank You for Listening! 

Leave us a Review and enter in a Book Giveaway.
We truly appreciate your feedback and support!!! 
  ~Anahit 

 

Thanks Our Sponsors & Supporters

True Client Pro
411 Floral
Viva La Flora Designs 

Oct 29, 2021

"ℙ𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤 ℝ𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕕. 𝕎𝕖 ℍ𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕝𝕖 𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕖𝕤𝕥."

Knowing how to begin the process, what you need to have to record and how to publish, how to structure your podcast and ensure the content is valuable, and even setting aside the time can be a major hurdle.

Most importantly… there is help!  SHOW NOTES

INSTAGEAM
LINKDIN
WEB

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Let's stay connected
@vivalafloralive

Thank You for Listening! 

Leave us a Review and enter in a Book Giveaway.
We truly appreciate your feedback and support!!! 
  ~Anahit 

 

Thanks Our Sponsors & Supporters

True Client Pro
411 Floral
Viva La Flora Designs 

Aug 30, 2021

Sylvia from Royal Van Zanten

 How do you get your voice heard as a female entrepreneur in a man's world... Lifting the shades and really taking a look at floral industry, specifically growing and distributing. SHOW NOTES

 

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FLEURVANA RETREAT SEP 20-21, 2021

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Leave us a Review and enter in a Book Giveaway.
We truly appreciate your feedback and support!!! 
  ~Anahit 

Aug 30, 2021

Sarah Campbell

Things got really personal on this episode... how personal? Well going from Wedding Flower Queen that can do it all to Mother Of The Bride in the middle of a pandemic.
MUST LISTEN! SHOW NOTES

 
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Interview On YouTube

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FLEURVANA RETREAT SEP 20-21, 2021

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Leave us a Review and enter in a Book Giveaway.
We truly appreciate your feedback and support!!! 
  ~Anahit 

Aug 30, 2021

Tanus Saab

All the way from Brazil!

How different is wedding and flower business in Brazil? But is it really... SHOW NOTES

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FLEURVANA RETREAT SEP 20-21, 2021

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Leave us a Review and enter in a Book Giveaway.
We truly appreciate your feedback and support!!! 
  ~Anahit 

Jun 29, 2021

Alexandra Farms

Have you smelled the roses?!

Alexandra Farms is a boutique grower specializing in nostalgic, romantic, fresh-cut garden roses. The farm is located in the fertile savanna of Bogotá, high in the Andes Mountains of Colombia, where the warm days and cool nights are perfect for growing roses.

Alexandra Farms was started by Jose R. Azout in 2005 and is named after his daughter Alexandra Lydia Azout. SHOW NOTES

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Interview On YouTube 

EMC Go Live Event is HERE!!! July 13-14, 2021
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Floral Business Academy

411 Floral
Floral Success Institute 
Jun 15, 2021

NEW BLOOM

The floral industry is innovating, are you?


The flower industry is one of the world's most dynamic, ever-evolving industries. With exceptional cross-segment expertise, New Bloom enables businesses to adapt to this change—turning ambitious goals into reality. SHOW NOTES

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Floral Business Academy

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Jun 9, 2021

Future of Floristry

Thursd. & beyond with founder himself.

Where are we now... where will we be tomorrow? Have you thought about virtual world of flowers?!

Thursd is the online place to share floral stories about your company and products. With an unprecedented international audience, Thursd offers an effective way to showcase products, portfolio, and company. Thursd shows many connections in a transparent way. From product to breeder to grower to trader to florist to consumer. SHOW NOTES

Join Thursd.

EMC Go Live Event is HERE!!! July 13-14, 2021
REGISTER FOR THE EVENT

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Thank You for Listening! 

Leave us a Review and enter in a Book Giveaway.
We truly appreciate your feedback and support!!! 
  ~Anahit 

SPONSORS & SUPPORTERS:
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Floral Business Academy

411 Floral
Floral Success Institute 
Jun 4, 2021

EMC Go Live Event is HERE!!!

July 13-14, 2021

First ever, one of a kind virtual event.Join me as I dive into the WHAT, the WHO & the WHY behind this amazing event. 

"As we enter into a new age of our floral industry, we realize what lies ahead is full of possibility!

At EMC, we always want to encourage conscious creativity and bring those we influence and those that influence us to new heights of awareness.

Most people are only the thermometer of their own life...letting the outside world control the temperature, and simply reacting. This often is the easier way to go, but we know that it isn't what sets you apart and keeps you growing. 

What if you became the thermostat and gained control over your circumstances? 

Think about it...how often do you wake up feeling in your gut that there's more for you but your'e missing out on life because you're going through the motions rather than claiming what life has for you?

In order to truly gain ownership over your success and legacy, you must explore and stretch yourself. We live in a new world...what we used to do just doesn't work any more. 

So, we've teamed up with some amazing people that we know can stretch you to new possibilities and you'll grow beyond what you thought was possible.

At the end of the 2 days, you'll walk away with new clarity, new ideas, new mindset and knowledge so you can take ownership of your success, and future.

It's time to bring creativity to action!"

~ EMC team

REGISTER FOR THE EVENT
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We truly appreciate your feedback and support!!! 
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Floral Success Institute
Apr 26, 2021

PRICING 

Pricing for profit and not the competition is the key! 

Yes, but where do you even start? How do you figure out "the formula? Is there a formula?... This talk I wish I heard before I started my business for sure! MUST LISTEN I promise. 

SHHOW NOTES

We want to see you succeed in your business!

Let's stay connected @vivalafloralive

Thank You for Listening! 
Don't forget to leave us a review, we truly appreciate your feedback and support!!!    ~Anahit  


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Floral Business Academy

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Floral Success Institute   

Viva La Flora Designs
Apr 26, 2021

"Queen Protea" aka Adam Gladue 

HAVE YOU SEEN HBO Max Original "Full Bloom"??? Well than you know Adam! I'm sure you couldn't help but to want to ask him what really was going on in his creative mind when he was designing for Full Bloom... 

"Adam Gladue, AIFD, is a second-generation, Minneapolis-based floral designer, most recently noted as a contestant on HBO Max’s new flower design competition series, “Full Bloom”. 

Well, here it is, our new episode with one and only "Queen Protea".  SHOW NOTES

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Arts & Flowers Design Studio
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HBO MAX "FULL  BLOOM"
Interview with Edward BarsamianInterview with Amy Zaroff
Artfull Living Magazine
Florist's Review Magazine

 

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We truly appreciate your feedback and support!!! 
  ~Anahit 

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Apr 19, 2021

 

Beginning of Your Business... 

Yes, we do start somewhere... usually at the bottom and moving up as we grow. That means charging less often times, but... SHOW NOTES

We want to see you succeed in your business!

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Thank You for Listening! 
Don't forget to leave us a review, we truly appreciate your feedback and support!!!    ~Anahit  


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Floral Business Academy

411 Floral
Floral Success Institute   

Viva La Flora Designs
Apr 12, 2021

Floral business is not just about flowers is it?  

Join Sarah from Intrigue Designs and I as we explore fine points of floral business and marketing strategies. And if you are not on TikTok yet, you will want to be after this conversation... SHOW NOTES

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TIKTOK
INTRIGUE TEACHES


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We truly appreciate your feedback and support!!! 
  ~Anahit 

 

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Floral Business Academy

411 Floral
Floral Success Institute   
Mar 30, 2021

"TRACKING" 

If you don't track your leads, sales... how would you know whats working and what's not... 

 "That which is measured improves. That which is measured and reported improves exponentially." - Karl Pearson

SHOW NOTES

We want to see you succeed in your business!

Let's stay connected @vivalafloralive

Thank You for Listening! 
Don't forget to leave us a review, we truly appreciate your feedback and support!!!    ~Anahit  


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Viva La Flora Designs
Mar 30, 2021

Full & Frank’s Founder, Juanita Wheeler, is known for her strategic mind, her ability to inspire, and her trademark style of delivering insights and advice in a manner best described as comprehensive but blunt (or full & frank).

Juanita has over two decades of experience, devising and implementing strategic solutions for a broad range of organizations. She has amassed experience as a nonprofit CEO, a board member, a global marketing and market development specialist, a political strategist, political and corporate negotiator, speechwriter, TEDx speaker and speaker coach.

Juanita says “Bad presentations are the place good ideas go to die.” She’s determined to ensure no great idea is lost to the world due to an absence of strong presentation skills.

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READ:  10 things I wish I had known a little sooner

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