Consultation

Are you eager to jump start your gift basket business? Perhaps you don't want to wait for a class to be formed? Or maybe you only need help with a very specific aspect of the business. Private consultation may be just the solution for you.

Like many, you probably made gift baskets for family and friends for years. But now you realize that running a successful gift basket business requires more than just creative designs. You may have even formed a gift basket business years ago, but never quite got it off the ground because you didn't know where to get inventory or customers. You need direction.

You've decided it's time to get serious.

You want to know how to create those impressive designs you've seen in magazines or on many of the gift basket websites.

You want to know where to find the products and supplies you've seen established gift basket business owners use.

You want to know how to approach the corporate client, write a proposal and capture the lucrative orders.

And boy, do you have questions:

"Can I sell wine?"

"Where do I buy baskets at a good price?"

"What about delivery?"

"How can I make my products stand up so high in the basket?"

"How do I get customers?"

"Do I need a color brochure to get started?

"Do I need insurance?"

Private Consultation can answer these and any of your questions.

You will benefit from my 15 years of experience in the gift basket business. I've helped hundreds of gift basket designers get their businesses on track. I can help you too.

Choose the type of consultation that is right for you and sign up now.

Once you've submitted your request you will receive, along with your appointment, an agreement form that must be signed and faxed back to me before our session can begin. If you must cancel your appointment after it has been confirmed, you must reach me or my voice mail at 714-637-1455 within 72 hours in order to to receive a refund. Your fee is not refundable for missed appointments, no matter what the reason.

1. In-person consultation in Anaheim, California. $300 per session

A two-hour session. These sessions are held on Fridays or Saturdays. You will learn the steps to running a successful business, the location of local wholesalers who offer the best gift basket products, steps to designing a dazzling gift basket, and the answers to all of your questions. We will design a gift basket from the bottom up and you will leave with a handout, samples and more. After you register you will be contacted by email or fax to set a date and time.

2. Telephone consultation. $150 per hour

This one-hour telephone session will be tailored to your needs. Prior to our telephone conversation you will email or fax as many questions or areas of concern as you wish. That way you will receive exactly what you need and we will make maximum use of our time.

All telephone consultations are a full hour; no partial hours are available. You may choose from a Friday or Saturday morning at 8:00 AM or 9:30 AM PST. When we receive your order, we will email or fax the date of your appointment. At the agreed-upon time you will call me and our session begins. If you want an additional hour, you will need to schedule another session.

A Friday from 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

3. At your Orange County, CA facility, a three-hour session. $450

A three-hour session. These sessions are held at your facility at a mutually convenient time . We work on the aspects of a successful gift basket business that are important to your company. You will learn the location of local wholesalers who offer the best gift basket products, steps to designing a dazzling gift basket, and the answers to all of your questions. We will design a gift basket from the bottom up and you will receive a handout and samples. After you register you will be contacted by email or fax to set a date and time.

An onsite three-hour session