Advanced SkillSet Clinic Seminar Topics have been designed to grow your business with Style and Profit for the 2012 Holiday Season! We have a great staff of instructors and behind the scene staff to make it all come together. We are so excited about this 1 full day of Seminars, How To Clinic, Tradeshow, and work stations designed to advance your business with the Latest trend products for our industry this year! Your $99 Ticket will include all Seminars, Lunch, Clinic, Make a Basket Design Session, Take home that design ($50 value) , Network, Attend the Tradeshow and see demo's for the latest items.
  •  If you are not yet an Advanced Designer or want a refresher course sign up and attend August 11, 2012 - 2:00 - 4:00 pm Level one class (Only $39.99) at McKinley Grand Hotel with Tom & Pam!
  • Or Attend both days for a low price of only $129.99 and receive a special surprise gift bag at the door!
 Hope to see you in OHIO - August 12, 2012 at the McKinley Grand Hotel.

Gift Basket Conference & Trade Show
2012 Advanced SkillSet Conference and TradeShow in OHIO. August 12, 2012 at the McKinley Grand Hotel in Canton, Ohio. Only $99 for a full day of Advanced Design, Marketing, and New Trend Ideas for the…

Reserve You Early Bird Discount Ticket only $99.00 today! (no tickets will be sold at the door)! This includes Lunch, All Seminars, Clinic, Hands-on, and Trade Show!

Attend August 11th and 12th both day for only $129.99

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2012 SkillSet You Attend All Seminars, Clinic Events, Design a Basket Event, Lunch, and Tradeshow for only $99.00 !

  • ·         The New Rules for Marketing today! Learn why many of the traditional ways of marketing and selling to customers no longer work. Learn how most of the advertising and marketing dollars spent are wasted and how to create immediate customer traffic increases with today’s new rules. Gain a better understanding of your own marketing strengths and weaknesses, and the ability to change unsuccessful habits upon leaving this seminar. Marketing and advertising you did in the past 2 years, 5 years, 10 years does not work today. Learn what is working today!
  •  ·         At the end of the day did I make Profit? It’s tough for small business owners to predict economic environment. But most owners can agree that boosting profitability is an important goal, regardless of the climate. You need to know at the end of the day did you make enough profit to give yourself a paycheck or just paying other’s? Attend this seminar and look at your business in a new light for 2012 holiday!
  •  ·         2012 Economy with New Holiday Forecast! We will share the new Retail Forecasts to this holiday season so you can prepare! We will give you the latest in the industry for new trends and products to help you with this tough topic. Preparing for Christmas is the key item we will be working on for this session!
  •  ·         Learn how to cut through the social noise! Engage your customers and make an impact on your bottom line. Launching a new product or an extension of your product line was traditionally a long and costly endeavor. But thanks to social media companies can quickly launch at a fraction of the cost-- if they understand the elements of social marketing. In this session, you’ll learn the ins and outs of “sticky” marketing and media engagement from savvy specialty brands. They’ll share our insider stories on how to use the new media to get your brands off the ground, into your customer’s hands.  
  • ·         2012 Exciting Ideas for exceptional customer service for this year’s holiday! Customer service means more than ever in 2012. With unprecedented access to reviews and comments about companies, customers can no longer be an afterthought. If you don't make people happy, they will leave. Unfortunately, customer service is often understaffed, underfunded, and disorganized. Attend this great class to get ideas for maintain a fantastic customer service department, whatever the size of your company.
  • ·         NEW Trends with Benefits! Find out why trends make such an important impact on the bottom line and the dynamics of your business. We will share today info on recognizing trends, including color & style, the key trend categories within the floral and gift industries and new products for 2012 holiday season!
  •  ·         “Advanced SkillSet Designing” using new trends, techniques and products! This year we are offering this advanced hands-on clinic where you will not only make the design but also take it home. This is not a beginner’s class so we will be moving fast with lots of surprises just for you! Our Team will be helping you with new ideas to show off your talent like never before! This could change your holiday designs so don’t miss it!    Our entire Team will be here to help!
  • ·         Sneak Peak will allow our vendors to show you 1 new product that you have not seen for the 2012 holiday season! This will be amazing and you will not want to miss it!

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Tim, Christa, Katlyn, Anthony, Samuel, & Joseph Andreotti

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 Many other Vendors and Staff working together to make 2012 Advanced SkillSet Conference and Tradeshow!
This years event will be  filled with the Best New Holiday Products, Amazing Seminars, and The Best Advanced Hands-on Event ever!
  At the End of this Sunday Event you will be ready for the 2012 Christmas Holiday!  Hurry and register today!

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BaskWeb

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BASKWARE

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Lisa Shively's Kitchen Helpers

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Coe's Homemade Noodles

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Ellbee


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Tom Newell

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Pam Newell

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Derek Thielke

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J. Ben Weidner

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Check out a few of our vendors showing at the 2012 Advanced SkillSet Tradeshow on August 12, 2012 in OHIO!

Our Vendors will have sampling, demo's, show specials, pre-dating, cash and carry, and the Newest Holiday items preview!

Come join us and make and keep your holiday design!

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Gift Basket School (Lunch Sponsor - GOLD)

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Northwoods Cheese (Gold Sponsor)

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Spirit of Wisconsin

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Roof Basket Works

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brodys-800-4balloons (Morning Coffee Sponsor)

Vendors donating FREE product for the Attendees Hands-on Clinic:

  • Northwoods Cheese Co
  • Gift Basket School, Inc.
  • Roof Basket Works
  • Imperial Foods
  • Brody's 800 -4- Balloons
  • Keepsake Bows
  • Nashville Wraps

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Keepsake Bows is a product sponsor for our design class & a proud sponsor of morning coffee pastries

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Nashville Wraps donating Cello for Designers!