Hostess Gift Baskets are Hot Sellers
Welcome to the third edition of the Gift Basket Blog Carnival. This month’s topic is all about hostess baskets.
Lorie Obernauer of Apex Gift Basket Pros suggests many wonderful products to include in your hostess gifts in her article Perfect Holiday Hostess Gift Baskets.
She also explains why this arrangement can be a lucrative addition to your general holiday assortments.
Finally, Lorie links you to a worthwhile story about holiday giving.
I’ve heard many great comments from designers regarding Apex Gift Foods. After you read Lorie’s article, check out her company’s wholesale products.
Want to see photos of two beautiful hostess designs? Then visit Flora Brown at Gift Basket Business World, where she provides sage advice in her article, Memorable Hostess Gift Baskets are Delightful and Profitable.
Flora shares four tips to delight your customers and suggests five themes destined to be popular as hostess baskets, which can also be converted to fit other occasions.
Do hostess baskets bring you big revenue? They do for me for several reasons. I:
You’ll find more tips for designing and selling in the article Make a Thanksgiving Hostess Basket.
Now you’re prepared to increase profits in the coming weeks, all centered around making the hostess feel special when your client arrives at the door.
Mark your calendars for the next edition of the Gift Basket Blog Carnival scheduled for Monday, December 8.
What success or challenges have you experienced when selling hostess baskets?
Related Blog Carnival Posts:
Three Ways to Handle Last-Minute Holiday Orders
Gift Basket Tips to Sell More During the Holidays
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Three Ways to Handle Last-Minute Holiday Orders
Gift Basket Blog Carnival - Second Edition
Clients are notorious for ordering Christmas baskets during the final holiday week and especially on December 24.
Have you received orders at the last minute?
I remember trying to keep up with the frenzy, but something else got in the way - I ran out of inventory due to unexpected last-minute orders.
I considered my efforts a success rather than a failure, closed my shop’s door, and enjoyed the holidays with my family.
Experts Flora Brown of GiftBasketBusinessWorld.com and Adriana Copaceanu of GBExchange.net are right on time with sage tips to handle last-minute orders. You’ll find links to those tips in this gift basket carnival edition.
Here’s my tip No. 1: Create a sense of urgency by setting an order deadline and informing clients about the date. When they call after that deadline, begin taking orders for New Year’s gift baskets.
What if clients are undecided about what to give? Adriana’s GB Exchange Blog points out a way to clinch the deal. It’s one of her three tips, and her other two will also streamline your holiday time.
My tip No. 2: Make frequent contact with clients even if they don’t return your calls or Emails. Be sure to tell them about your easy ordering process and other benefits. You’ll be pleasantly surprised with conversions resulting from your tenacity.
Customers may love your custom-made designs, but pre-made ones come in handy in last-minute situations. That’s one of Flora’s tips at the Gift Basket Business World Blog, and be sure to review her two other tips.
I also appreciate what Flora mentions about her holiday voice mail message, which is a bonus for you.
My last tip: Organize your workspace in a manner that allows for less stretching and more designing. Place shred under the table at your feet, ribbon at eye level ready for retrieval, etc. And buy a portable heater if your workspace gets a bit chilly. A comfortable designer is productive and profitable.
I encourage you to bookmark Flora’s and Adriana’s blogs and comment on this topic as well as adding your comments here. What have you experienced with last-minute holiday orders that we haven’t addressed?
Look for the next Gift Basket Blog Carnival on Monday, November 10.
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Gift Basket Tips to Sell More During the Holidays
Are you familiar with the term Blog Carnival?
It’s an online event where experts write about a particular topic focused around a central theme, and links to each article are featured on a participating blog.
Today is the launch of your gift basket blog carnival. This month’s theme - Tips to Prepare for Holiday Sales.
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There are seven ways to prepare for and gain orders. Do you practice them? Flora Brown of Gift Basket Business World pinpoints each step in Are You Up for a Profitable Holiday Season?
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Getting holiday sales can be an uphill battle if your Web site doesn’t stand out. Adriana Copaceanu of The Gift Basket Exchange Blog reviews an online tool in her Stomping the Search Engines 2 Review that may come in handy so you can get back to designing.
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How do you arrange products on silver trays? In an upright position or flat? Ask The Gift Basket Expert tackles this tough problem.
You’ll find a “Leave a Reply” or “Comments” link on each site that lets you join the conversation by adding your opinion or asking questions.
What do you think about this month’s theme, and what other issues are important to you?
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