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		<title>How to Step into Sales Opportunities</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 09:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While running errands last weekend, I saw the cutest baby and toddler shoes selling at deep discounts. Shoes are one of many specialty containers I talk about in this article. They&#8217;re not only a great reminder of how small my daughter once was, I also immediately thought about how these petite shoes create wonderful &#8220;foot [...]
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<p><img src="http://www.giftbasketbusiness.com/blog///wp-content/uploads/2008/04/goldenshoe2.jpg" alt="" title="goldenshoe2" width="250" height="136" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-18" /></a>While running errands last weekend, I saw the cutest baby and toddler shoes selling at deep discounts. Shoes are one of many specialty containers <a href="http://www.giftbasketarticles.com/gift-basket-containers.htm">I talk about in this article</a>.</p>
<p>They&#8217;re not only a great reminder of how small my daughter once was, I also immediately thought about how these petite shoes create wonderful &#8220;foot in the door&#8221; and appreciation gifts.</p>
<p>At four dollars for each pair, it was difficult to not buy several dozen. Do you also find yourself applying brakes before overbuying?</p>
<p>It&#8217;s smart to take a deep breath and consider a sales plan before spending your hard-earned cash on <a href="http://www.giftbasketdictionary.com/product.htm">products</a> and <a href="http://www.giftbasketdictionary.com/service.htm">services</a>. That&#8217;s how I curbed my spending before buying the decorative shoe you see above which I filled with bath beads. It&#8217;s a great item that sold well, but I was careful not to purchase too many even though they were six dollars a pair.</p>
<p>Overspending not only extended my budget, it also exhausted my storage space, a problem mentioned in <a href="http://www.giftbasketarticles.com/how-to-buy-products.htm">Buying and Storing Products</a>.</p>
<p>Here are three ideas that worked to sell my shoe-based gifts:</p>
<li>An insurance agent requested an apology gift, and the shoe was a symbol of &#8220;putting his foot in his mouth.&#8221;</li>
<li>A podiatrist asked me to create several gifts to send to prospects whose employees were on their feet all day.</li>
<li>A food manufacturer ordered 75 gifts to congratulate employees who participated in a charity race.</li>
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<p>What do you think about shoe-based gifts? Do you currently offer them to clients, or do you believe that they&#8217;re an item that clients will walk by?</p>
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