My Organized Biz

Numerous businesses conduct Open House promotions before the holidays to introduce gift products, update customers on products and services, enjoy refreshments and have fun. 
These might consist of simply a gathering at one’s home (if you operate an online or home business) or a time for greeting customers at your walk-in shop.
How do you organize?

Set a date and time.
Determine whether you’ll have scheduled hours or simply be open for customers and prospective customers stopping by.
Will you demonstrate products?
Will you serve refreshments?  If so, determine what they’ll be.  If you sell food items in your business, serve samples of these.
Prepare invitations to …read more

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Once Halloween is over, businesses start organizing for holiday sales in earnest.  They may have done some beforehand, but now realize they have less than two months.

What can you do to get started?
Brainstorm and set ideas on paper, as many as you can whether they’re sane or foolish.  You never know what may happen when you think outside the box.
Consider what you did last year that worked.  Can it be updated? 
Check to see what others in your field are doing.  Don’t copy, but use as a springboard for your thinking.
Review your budget for anything that may require an expense.  What is …read more

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