Dec

8

If You Want More Publicity for Your Gift Baskets, Check Out These Tips

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Small businesses are known to use the same techniques year after year to gain attention through the media.

They know not to re-invent the wheel when tried-and-true methods work.

Here’s a list of popular ways to get press attention:

  • Making presentations to large and small groups, at corporate events and morning business meetings.
  • Appearing on radio talk shows that focus on general business and financial issues.

The final three tips are revealed in Basket Biz, the newsletter solely for gift basket professionals published every Thursday.

Subscribe by clicking on this page link to learn, grow, and profit with gift baskets throughout 2012.

Nov

10

How to Start 2012 with Success You Really Can Achieve

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Your time is now divided between filling holiday orders and reviewing your 2012 sales and marketing plan so you know what to do and how to proceed in business before the New Year arrives.

You not only have all products in stock, at this point, to design holiday baskets but have also created a sales estimate for the first quarter of 2012 and know what type of promotions you will set in motion to achieve your goals.

Informal surveys show that companies that plan ahead in this manner profit up to 35 percent more than those that don’t.

The most profitable plans for each quarter include:

  • Marketing every day
  • Calling customers
  • Attending events
  • Reading success stories
  • Improving customer service
  • Perfecting the elevator pitch

It’s time to push your fears aside and try something better in the New Year. Why? Because your business will not succeed if you don’t go beyond where you are right now.

Your success is the focus of the teleseminar, 3 Things I Did in My Business from January to March to Increase Earnings by $10,000 and How You Can, Too, scheduled for Thursday, November 17.

You’ll find information about the event through this link. If you’re serious about gift baskets being the business that pays for a lifestyle you want to enjoy, join us to learn how to do it.

Oct

14

How Volunteering Increases Gift Basket Sales

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There are opportunities for volunteering your time that you simply cannot pass up.

It may be because a loved one was treated for an ailment, or perhaps caring for homeless dogs and cats is tops on your list.

No matter what the cause, it’s a situation that blends well with the spirit of gift basket giving and gift basket sales.

That’s the topic this week’s newsletter, and to receive your copy each week, sign up through this link.

Gift baskets provide joy and comfort in every situation, and if you align your business with a worthy cause, you’ll reap benefits beyond monetary gains.

Aug

15

Here’s How Asking for Customer Feedback Grows Business Fast

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Creating and distributing surveys isn’t a glamorous task.

However, the feedback you receive will help you to craft better marketing messages, and that leads to increased sales.

Isn’t that the glamour factor you want to achieve?

Here are three tips for setting up your survey.

1. Choose the distribution method.

2. Ask clients no more than 12 questions.

3. Offer an incentive for timely response.

These tips were explained fully in Basket Biz, the long-running newsletter that’s published every Thursday and delivered by email.

Want to get your copy? Click here to subscribe to Basket Biz, the free online publication, on this page at GiftBasketBusiness.com.

Jun

9

You Can Put 10 Things into a Small Gift Basket – Maybe

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How many items do you put into a small gift basket?

How about a medium one or a large size?

This week’s newsletter explores the balance between size and number of products, and you’ll be surprised to learn why the ratio rules the gift basket industry are not as complicated as you think.

Subscribe to the Basket Biz newsletter through this link. It arrives by Email every Thursday with lot of ideas and tips to make terrific gift baskets as a hobby or a business.

You’ll also find out about the upcoming teleseminar, How to Not Let Chaos and Distractions Stop You from Starting and Succeeding in Business, scheduled for Tuesday, June 21.

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