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 […]
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 […]
2019 Tour – Balloon Training with Balloon Coach Joette Giardina, CBA Balloon Coach Joette Giardina, CBA has been in the balloon industry full time since 2003, based in Lakeland, Florida. Over the years Joette, grew her home based business to over $150,000 a year in sales through investing in balloon training, networking in the […]
5 Tips to Creating Sales When Non-profits Ask for Free Balloons! I am reposting one of our #1 read blogs from February 2019. Non-profits are always going to ask for donations. The way you prepare for those requests and respond will determine if you can turn that call into a paying client or a possible […]
After receiving request for BalloonCoach.com to put together some LIVE training 2 Hands-on Learning and Balloon Business Workshops are available for YOU! Hands-on training is the best way to learn new techniques, get photos of fun designs to share with your clients and network with Balloon Professionals! BalloonCoach.com is excited to bring you these two […]
Getting Organized with Ava Sealy, CBA, A Beginners Guide. One of the Keys to a successful balloon business is organization. Ava Sealey started working with balloons in 2014, even though she is NEW to the balloon industry she has used her organizational skills from her past career in banking to run her balloon business in […]
Creating Opportunity in Chaos. Last week was a wonderful week for me, with opportunities to listen to motivational speakers Thursday and Friday, I want to share some highlights with you. Thursday was my 7th time that Party People had won the bid to decorate the Lakeland Chamber Annual dinner. This year I had the pleasure […]
I’m excited about our upcoming Hands-on workshop and business training with Balloons by Tommy! Are you one of those people who LIKE every photo that Balloons by Tommy dynamic duo posts? I am a huge fan of their work, and often clients send me their photos from online asking me to recreate their work, so […]
I get a lot of emails and friend request a few things I have noticed lately. People don’t sign their emails! How do I know who havingaparty123@aol.com is? I don’t! One trick is to go into your email setting and set a signature that automatically goes on all your emails. Signature should include: First and […]
How to use ClipArt for Professional Balloon Proposals. Balloon decor is a very visual item. Trying to describe what balloons will look like with words alone is very difficult, and many times we don’t have photos of the exact colors a client wants in their arch or a specific pattern for a column. The quick […]
