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Unforgettable Holiday ornamentsBy dot

Many of us seek a special|unique|one of a kind} present for a special someone in our life…something to make this Holiday Season memorable and unique. If you’re as stumped as I’ve been, give some thought to Personalized Holiday Ornaments.

Debbie Gault, plethora of personalized handmade Holiday ornaments at PersonalizedHolidayOrnament.com, any one of which is guaranteed to cause this memorable season to be even more memorable, when given as an early holiday gift. And the fact that most can be personalized can make these gifts even more special.

Debbie says

“My Grandma started teaching me how to sew when I was five. I made my first Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls when I was about ten years old. My most prized possession is my 1940 Singer Featherweight sewing machine that I learned to sew on at my grandma’s house. It is still my favorite machine to use. I also inherited my husbands Grandmas 1950 Singer Featherweight sewing machine. Last spring I talked my Mom into going to an all day maintenance and repair class for my machines. The class was very fun and helpful.

I started sewing items to sell when I was a teenager. My Mother drove me to juried craft shows. The first items I was selling were handmade fake fur animals and fabric dolls. Everyone told me that I needed to make smaller items. 10 years ago I downsized and started making old fashioned felt ornaments.

I sold them at craft shows and at a craft mall. However, my business really took off when I got the idea to start personalizing them. The down side was I had to be there. I purchased a Viking Quilting machine that was designed to embroider names on quilts. I was not satisfied with the quality of the lettering although I sold a lot of ornaments.

My Mom saw small embroidery machines advertised that I could take to shows with me that do a much nicer job of lettering. The business took off when she bought me my first one. I usually take three embroidery machines to shows with me and keep them all humming. These machines draw people who like to watch them work.

I am sure I could have sold machines if I had extras. It is sometimes hard to keep up with orders for waiting customers so I started taking orders and fulfilling them by mail.”

These ornaments include personalized angel ornaments, personalized dog ornaments and many more. These personalized handmade ornaments are delightful and make a perfect and very memorable gift for someone special. Debbie carries snowman ornaments and other personalized Holiday ornaments.

These delightful specialties can make a meaningful gift for someone special - one that will be remembered for years to come.

OfflineBiz.com: Getting Your First ClientBy dot

Getting your first client as an offline business consultant can be intimidating, but here are two great tips either one of which virtually guarantees that you’ll get off to a roaring start. The first strategy involves finding key businesses that can really help you and offering them your advice for free.

It is your local Chamber of Commerce. The CoC hold regular morning breakfasts all across the country. it is called “networking” and they have been going on for years. Why? Because they work. These meetings allow you to hook up with the industry leaders in your local area.

I have attended a handful of these and it never ceases to amaze me the amount of free advertising done here. Nothing sleazy. Just honest interaction all devised to create a win/win situation. You will be surprised at how receptive some people are to your offer etc.

The second strategy involves giving away something for free. Find out the most influential person at these meetings. With a bit of study this should not be too hard. Approach this person and tell them you would like to give them your time and services for free. You will devise a marketing plan to get this person hundreds, if not thousands of visitors to their website for free.

Emphasize that you usually charge $1,000-$1500 for this service but you will do it for free providing he recommends your service to his circle of influence. This will be a huge bonus for your business.

Remember - 95% of the businesses in your area NEED what you have to offer and with offlinebiz.com you have the tool to propel any local business profits skyward. Win a couple of them over and your business will pick up incredible momentum.

Go to http://www.craigmcpherson.info/offline-biz/ now to read the 11 reasons why you join today for free. Discover what it is that Jim Cockrum and Andrew Cavanagh have developed.

0800, 03 And 0845 Business Phone NumbersBy dot

Having just bought a memorable phone number that allows people to find my business. What I hadn’t realised or at that time know was all of the call management systems that you can decide from a provider. I thought it would be worth providing some clarity on the massive minefield that is Call management.

So to begin with what is call management?
Systems that you put in position to deal with calls that come into your organisation and deals with the call in a way put out by you is the meaning of call management. The variety of ways your phone calls can be dealt with are numerous but here is a selection of market standard systems.

Web management - what this lets you do is log into a computer at any place on the planet and read, change, listen to and redirect the phone calls that are coming into your organisation. Great if you move around a lot and have to be kept up to date with the most recent happenings within your organisation.

A Time/Date plan - lets you organise how your system deals with calls at specific times of the day. For example routing calls to the workplace from 9am to 5 pm, your mobile phone from 5pm to 7pm and then voicemail from 7pm till 9am the next morning. You can arrange this for whatever time you need and can be a customer saver if used in the right way.

Call divert - The majority of memorable numbers 0800 numbers, 03 numbers, 0845 numbers etc will let you send incoming phone calls to that number or any other number which makes sure you never have to not get a phone call it doesn’t matter what the situation. Can be very useful particularly as part of a business continuity plan all of your equipment may have gone into temporary storage but you can still receive your calls and direct it to new site accommodation until you have the disaster sorted out.

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