Beautiful Ribbon and Bows Enhance Your Gift Baskets
Beautiful bows atop your gorgeous designs encourage prospects to become buyers. Everyone wants to know how you made the bow, but you won’t tell.
That’s a trade secret, especially if you traveled many miles like I did in the mid 1990s to learn bowmaking from the experts.
Where do you buy your ribbon? Some designers purchase from wholesale suppliers, such as the ones listed on this page and on the Gift Basket Wholesale Supplies site.
You may find ribbon manufacturers or distributors at trade shows or at local supply firms. There are many more sources, but don’t become overwhelmed. Decide which widths and patterns get the most attention, and focus on buying those styles.
Organize your ribbon so you know where to find each roll at a moment’s notice, especially if 100 rolls or more are in your inventory. Ribbon buying is a common addiction among designers. Make sure your purchases pay off in the long run.
You’ll find more information about ribbon and bows on this page.
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New Information to Learn More About Gift Baskets
One thing I try not to do on this site is assume that you understand everything mentioned or added here.
The Gift Basket Dictionary is frequently updated, so when I refer to a new term, I link to the particular word for clarity.
Here’s some general information to help you get the most from this space.
The page you’re now reading is called a blog (I called it a site in the first sentence, but it’s really a blog).
It’s the most-frequently updated part of the GiftBasketBusiness.com Web site and family of sites. The premise of this blog is to act as a journal that updates you on the latest information important to a gift basket designer’s life.
Ask The Gift Basket Expert and Gift Baskets Newsletter are also blogs. You can tell the difference between a blog and a Web site by looking for a date at the beginning or end of every entry (article). If you see a date, you’re probably viewing a blog.
This blog is updated every weekday. Ask The Gift Basket Expert is updated weekly. Gift Baskets Newsletter, which archives the Email newsletter published on Wednesdays and Sundays, is updated twice weekly.
If you wish to be notified when each blog is updated, you’re welcomed to subscribe to updates by Email.
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Type your Email address in the box, and click the word “subscribe.”
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I recently started a podcast, which is a radio broadcast heard through your computer or by downloading the broadcast onto an iPod or another MP3 player (that way you can listen to the podcast while on the road).
The podcast is accessible on this blog. It’s found in the middle column and looks similar to the picture on the left.
Click the drop down button (you may have to click the button two or three times for the menu to appear), and select a recording you wish to hear. Then press the play button. Each podcast is less than 15 minutes.
Do you see the green bars between the drop down button and play button? The bars control the volume. Click on the bars to increase or decrease the sound (shorter bars = lower, longer bars = higher).
Be sure not to listen to the podcast at a traditional job. I don’t want this tool to jeopardize your ability to earn a living while preparing for a full-time life with gift baskets.
This podcast setup is temporary until I create a separate radio Web site. It’s another space soon to be added to the family of sites. Some of you prefer reading text while others want to hear a live voice, and some of you enjoy having both. I want to make sure that all of you are accommodated.
Suggestions for new topics, videos, sites, blogs, and content are always welcome (click the word “comment” directly below this article’s title to respond), but if you have no ideas to share, I guarantee that I’ll always be working on something new to help you learn, grow, and profit.
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Baskets of Changes in Store
There’s just one way I can express my appreciation to you for bookmarking and/or subscribing to this blog, and that’s to update the appearance and share new and exciting opportunities for you to learn, grow, and profit with gift baskets.
This update was long overdue. The previous infrastructure crumbled. You couldn’t share your comments, and it got to a point where I could not access the backend to post daily information.
I hired a professional to change everything, and this is the result.
In the next few weeks I’ll let you know what’s in store. Meanwhile, what do you think of the new appearance, and what’s most pressing in your business that you wish addressed here?
I’ll still respond to questions at Ask The Gift Basket Expert; however, since we’re getting comfortable here, I encourage and welcome your feedback. Click on the blue “Comment” link above, and express your thoughts (Shirley, I can’t stand it, it’s great, etc.).
Here’s to more years of uncovering the best and brightest ideas to create a bountiful business with gift baskets.
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