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Gift Basket Business Articles
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How To Manage Your Business
To be successful in any business, regardless of its size it is crucial that you ...
Jayne Groenewald
Apr 8, 20194 min read


How To Create A Blog Post List
One thing that marketers are constantly telling us to do is to write a blog. I have written about this before, and in our industry I...
Jayne Groenewald
Sep 10, 201710 min read


Why You List On Ebay
There are only two reasons for listing on Ebay (aside from reaching millions of potential customers that is). You want to make sales and...
Jayne Groenewald
Jun 26, 20175 min read
Improving Sales On Ebay
There is a lot to be said about selling on Ebay, after all it is a marketplace that has millions of visitors, and this can only be good...
Jayne Groenewald
Jun 19, 20177 min read


Making The Most Of Twitter
Before we get started on this article, let's take a quick look at why Twitter only allows 140 characters per tweet. When Twitter first...
Jayne Groenewald
Jul 7, 20164 min read


How To Photograph Your Gift Baskets
One area that many get wrong is their photographs. Just because you are a home based business does not mean that you photographs should...
Jayne Groenewald
Sep 19, 20153 min read


Making A Habit Of Confident Speaking
Speaking with confidence is something that you can learn to do, however in order for it to be effective you should make a habit of...
Jayne Groenewald
Aug 13, 20158 min read


Speaking With Confidence
One of the very first things you need to know, when moving into the corporate market, is speaking with confidence. Naturally, you need...
Jayne Groenewald
Aug 10, 20154 min read
How To Create Your Own Sales Script
One of the hardest challenges we face is getting that sales call just right. We may be creative when it comes to creating our gift...
Jayne Groenewald
Aug 2, 20152 min read


How To Finish a Gift Basket Without A Bow
I recently bought some baskets, only to find that it was not my best decision, I could and should have chosen more wisely. The handles...
Jayne Groenewald
Jun 25, 20153 min read
How To Prepare For A Corporate Meeting
There is more to attending a corporate meeting than just showing up with a few baskets. You need to research your potential client,...
Jayne Groenewald
May 11, 20155 min read


How To Determine How Much Stock You Need
One of the hardest things to calculate is how much inventory you need. This is difficult enough when you have an established business,...
Jayne Groenewald
Mar 25, 20156 min read


How To Colour Co-ordinate Mismatched Products
In our article "Taming The Wild Wheel Of Colour" we advised how to use a colour wheel for colour coordinating your gift baskets. But...
Jayne Groenewald
Mar 11, 20152 min read
How To Win Sales Without Dropping Prices
Sales people are motivated to earn commissions. So when they enter a sales situation, they naturally think of money, and they think the...
Jayne Groenewald
Mar 8, 20154 min read


How To Prepare Baskets For Shipping
Most of us THINK we know how to ship baskets . . . but do we? If you’ve ever shipped yourself a basket, you’d probably be horrified to...
Jayne Groenewald
Mar 8, 20153 min read
How To Ask For The Order
Following on from our previous article - Closing the sale is the most misunderstood of all the various selling skills. It’s probably also...
Jayne Groenewald
Mar 6, 20155 min read
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