Gift Business Owners http://giftbusinessowners.com Strategies for Growing Your Business Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:19:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What makes a Successful Business? Nine Traits of a Great Small Business

What fabulous operations all have in common.

By Steven D. Strauss

What constitutes a great small business? We all know what a good small business looks like— it makes a tidy profit, is run efficiently, and…

]]> http://giftbusinessowners.com/what-makes-a-successful-business.html Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness But It Sure is Nice To Have! Remember that money doesn’t bring happiness.
     People with ten million dollars are no happier than those with nine million.

                      Irving R. Levine

Irving R. Levine was a financial reporter who died last year.  That statement was tongue in cheeck but when…

]]> http://giftbusinessowners.com/money-doesnt-buy-happiness-but-it-sure-is-nice-to-have.html Customer Service – A Little Detail Can Create a Lot of Magic Customer service that makes customers return again and again consists of many thingss.  But it is often the little details that come straight from the heart that can make a world of difference.  The video below says it much better…

]]> http://giftbusinessowners.com/customer-service-a-little-detail-can-create-a-lot-of-magic.html Learning from those who have been in the trenches and survived It seems like yesterday, but in actuality it was many, many years ago.  The afternoon heat in the deep South drove us to the front porch where there was occasionally a breeze flickering through the leaves of the trees around…

]]> http://giftbusinessowners.com/learning-from-those-who-have-been-in-the-trenches-and-survived.html Gift Entrepreneurs – And the winner is. . . cup-cappuccinoThe winner of the drawing for the free book “A Cup of Cappuccino for the Entrepreneur’s Spirit, Volume II” is Rhonda Schissel, owner of Lasting Expressions in Beloit WI.  

For those of you who are unaware, this was a drawing from…

]]> http://giftbusinessowners.com/gift-entrepreneurs-and-the-winner-is.html Beware of Help Haiti Scams — Legitimate Charities We all want to help the victims of the Haiti earthquake. Regretfully, the scam artists are are attempting to collect donations by posing as charities. One reliable source of information – including a list of legitimate charities – is the following…

]]> http://giftbusinessowners.com/beware-of-help-haiti-scams-legitimate-charities.html New Gift Magazine — Comment I’d like to thank Mike Neese of Imperial Foods for the following:

I am pleased to announce that I have signed on as a staff writer for this new, exciting venture.

With the expertise of Joyce and the rest of the leadership…

]]> http://giftbusinessowners.com/new-gift-magazine-comment.html New Gift Basket Online Magazine Announced It’s a New Year and a great time for all of us to move forward with fresh starts, new ideas and something new on the horizon.

We’re excited to announce “Gift Entrepreneurs”, your new online magazine for the gift and gift…

]]> http://giftbusinessowners.com/new-gift-basket-online-magazine-announced.html Expression Web Giveaway – A marketing idea to copy Sometimes we stumble upon marketing ideas in unexpected places.  Even if they are in no way involved in our own industry, they can be molded and used within our business.  I get lots of marketing emails from lots of people…

]]> http://giftbusinessowners.com/expression-web-giveaway-a-marketing-idea-to-copy.html New Decision on Testing and Certification of Children’s Products As gift basket company owners, we have to be aware of product safety.  Most of us are aware of the requirement for testing and certifying some children’s products.  Here is the latest news.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted unanimously…

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