New Link to Purchase This E-Guide Will Be Posted Soon!! From the desk of Gift Rep Sandy: JUST RELEASED! Malcolm and I are now finished completely updating and expanding our e-Guide on “Finding, Recruiting, and Managing Independent Sales Reps!”. In fact, I just put up this new sales download link a few minutes ago!...
Greetings! We sent out a couple notices previously about Andreea Ayers brand, spankin’ new, “Product Marketing Breakthrough” six-week training program! Her free introductory content videos are now all online – AND THE PROGRAM IS TAKING OPEN ENROLLMENT FOR JUST A FEW MORE DAYS (or until she reaches the cap of 100 students) for her...
I have received several questions from friends and readers about my blog(s) and the various theme I use. Currently I have three blogs: GiftRepSandy International Wild Huckleberry Lovers Association Selling to Gift Shops (This one!) When I first started this blog (Selling to Gift Shops), I was very new at blogging and spent HOURS...
Purchasing an 800 toll-free phone number system is one of the best investments I have made for my business. I have used my toll-free number for my sales rep business, for our production company and, now, for my consulting business and companion website! I would recommend that any serious professional crafter, manufacturer or producer...
Many folks assume email and toll-free phone numbers have killed faxing. Not true!! Many businesses still use faxing for a number of different reasons. Because it has always been done that way Because some business owners would rather see a hard copy than read a document on their computer Believe it or not, some...
Meryl Hooker and Rob Fortier (“Pushing the Envelope”) have done it again with their newest book: Showtime! The Greeting Card and Gift Company’s Guide to Trade Show Success. As a follow up to their first book, “Pushing the Envelope” which outlines how to find and work with sales reps, SHOWTIME focuses on the ins...
Discovered this wonderful post on Selling Locally to Launch Your Product that has some great ideas for selling to gift shops. Start Selling Locally to Launch Your Product For thousands of years, craftsmen have created a product by themselves or with the help of a few employees and sold the products out of their...
One o my favorite craft business author …. Is Barbara Brabec! She has written half a dozen books on the craft business – some of the best available, in my opinion. According to her books, “Barbara Brabec, self-employed virtually all her adult life, is one of North America’s best known home-business writer. … Through...
