Packing List for FLOAT Balloon Convention 2020

Packing List for FLOAT Balloon Convention 2020!   FLOAT 2020 is right around the corner! I believe firmly in the quote – if you are not growing, you’re dying.   That is one of the reasons that I have been attending balloon industry and business training since I started in the balloon industry full time in […]

Your Balloon Business: Prepared for Family or Medical Emergency?

Your Balloon Business: Prepared for Family or Medical Emergency? (EDITOR NOTE: Medical emergency reference is not occurring at this moment. Being shared by Joette, from a previous experience) I’m typing this blog to you from a hospital surgical waiting room. My husband just had gallbladder surgery after being in the hospital for 6 days. One […]

Packing List for Promotions & Profits Retreat Orlando 2019!

Packing List for Promotions & Profits Retreat Orlando 2019! Tips to prepare to make the most out of your investment Start your packing for Promotions & Profits Retreat Orlando 2019,  focused on creating new systems for success and hands on learning produced by BalloonCoach.com One of the TOP things to do to prepare to make […]

Grow Your Balloon Business: Sell What You Share

Grow Your Balloon Business: Sell What You Share The balloon industry creates a very visual product. When people see what they like on social media, your website or in a brochure they will request the decor they are most attracted to. Many businesses have difficulty when starting out to have a portfolio of designs to […]

5 Tips to Increase Your Balloon Sales During the Final Quarter of the Year

5 Tips to Increase Your Balloon Sales During the Final Quarter of the Year Imagine yourself on New Year’s Eve, as you prepare to ring in the new year. Clinking champagne with friends and family, or as you preparing to pull a balloon drop. As you reflect over your accomplishments of this past year, what […]

Balloon Business Owner Self Care Tips

Balloon Business Owner Self Care Tips As you build your thriving balloon business, it is very easy to put 110% of your energy and time into your business and neglect yourself and your family. From 2003 to 2015 as I was building my balloon decor company, Party People in Lakeland, Florida and I fell into […]

Balloon Business Owner – It’s Your Turn to Soar!

Balloon Business Owner – It’s Your Turn to Soar! While viewing this beautiful fountain, I was reminded of one of my favorite sayings shared at our monthly Lakeland,  Florida  American Business Women’s Association meetings by past president,  Maria Mahoney. “She took the leap and built her wings on the way down.” Maria, a business coach […]

Tips for Balloon Boss Moms

Tips for Balloon Boss Moms From one balloon boss mom to another I want to commend you for going for your dreams! After my only child Marlee was born in 1999, I had a strong desire to work from home. My husband is a teacher in Florida, so that means I need to bring in […]

Balloon Business Owners, Are Your Clients Finding You Online?

Balloon Business Owners, Are Your Clients Finding You Online? Consumers now spend more than five hours a day on their smartphones. Up to 70% of web traffic happens on a mobile device. 75 % of emails are viewed from a phone, and 25 % from a desktop or laptop.   Why is this important for […]

Taking the Leap from Part-time to Full-time Balloon Business Owner!

Taking the Leap from Part-time to Full-time Balloon Business Owner! When I started in the Balloon Industry in 2003, I purchased an existing business that had been a store front in Lakeland, Florida and the owner moved the business into her home when her lease on the retail store doubled. At the time I was […]