Candy Land Convention 2008
Keynote Speaker - Mary Ann Jacobs
Mary Ann Jacobs has been in the gift basket industry since 1988. She has a successful gift basket business in Tucson, Arizona. And, she travels the nation training those who want to learn how to succeed in the gift basket business. Her gift basket courses run the gambit with offering in, gift basket design training, gift basket marketing, and gift basket sales presentations. Since she was an accountant, prior to becoming a national trainer and gift basket business owner, she also shares her business sense in classes that cover the business side of owning a gift baskets business.
She has been recognized as a Top American Designer three times. Her gift basket business was featured in the books The Best Home-based Businesses Of The 90s, and The Best Home-based Businesses Of The New Millennium, as one of the most exemplary gift basket businesses in the country. Her corporate customization and marketing concepts have earned her international recognition. Designers around the world who have implemented her design and marketing ideas report significant success.
Her innovative gift basket designs are continuously featured in trade magazines, as are the cutting edge articles that she submits as a contributing editor. Mary Ann has appeared on television talk shows, and shares her expertise at national markets, conferences and trade shows throughout the country.
Mary Ann believes that most success is achieved through determination, hard work and knowledge. She has produced a series of ten gift basket videos designed to educate and inspire business owners to go beyond the boundaries of their imaginations in the shortest amount of time.
Ron Sukenick
Ron Sukenick is full time professional national speaker and President and Founder of The Relationship Strategies Institute, a training and business development company that provides businesses with strategies for developing and effectively utilizing deeper professional relationships.
He is a dynamic presenter, an intuitive business coach, and a successful author. His presentations on relationship collaboration, networking, business relationships, and sales development deliver practical information, humor and immediate results. His books are – “Networking Your Way to Success”, and “The Power is in the Connection” both focusing on taking business relationship to the next level. To learn more about his work, visit his website at www.ronsukenick.com.