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Holiday Gift Baskets Education and Training

How to get the training you need to make and market holiday gift baskets

By Lesley Graybeal
If you have worked in the corporate world, you know that business holiday gifts are a big industry. You can obtain the skills you need to make and sell your own corporate holiday gift baskets using a variety of sources. Instruction videos, coursework and guidebooks are all available to provide you with the training you need to make business holiday gift baskets.

Training in making baskets for holiday business gifts includes many elements. You need to make sure that your holiday gift baskets education and training includes elements of designing holiday baskets, purchasing supplies, assembling, delivering and marketing your business holiday gifts to your desired client base.

Use the following resources for education and training in the holiday gift basket industry:
  1. Learn the basics for getting started with holiday baskets from instructional videos.
  2. Take a course or attend a conference for additional business gift training.
  3. Use resource manuals and guidebooks to navigate the business of holiday baskets.

 

Get started making corporate holiday gift baskets with instructional videos and seminars

Getting started making holiday business gifts is the most difficult part of designing your own gift baskets. A number of instructional video courses and seminars exist to help you become familiar with the basics of the gift basket business.
Try: Mary Ann Jacobs has holiday gift basket training videos and phone-in seminars, which are also available as audio recordings on CD. The Gift Basket Basics video is another helpful option for basket designers who are just entering the business.

Use courses and conferences to learn the latest tips for making holiday baskets

A good way to advance your skills and stay current with the trends in corporate holiday gift baskets is to enroll in an online course or attend a continuing education seminar. These education and training options are good for getting more in depth training once you've already gotten started in the gift industry.
Try: Advanced Continuing Education Seminars for the Gift Industry holds an annual conference for all types of gift industry professionals. The Virtual Learning Center online course in gift basket design and marketing is another option for more detailed and comprehensive holiday gift baskets education and training.

Get a good resource guide for working in the holiday baskets business

Another option for finding holiday gift basket ideas, tips and strategies is to find one or two good resource manuals or guides from other established professionals in the business. Resource manuals are helpful to have on hand for navigating some of the challenges you may encounter in your career making holiday gift baskets.
Try: BasketBizHelp offers a comprehensive resource guide for beginners or experts in the industry. You may also want to consider a book like The Business of Gift Baskets: A Guide for Survival as you get started working with corporate holiday gift baskets.

 

  • Subscribe to a gift industry magazine, newsletter or blog to stay up-to-date with the very latest trends in holiday baskets. Trends in gift baskets may be changing seasonally, so to keep your education and training current you will need to update your information regularly.

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