Personalized Products By Kaboodle Gifts

Michigan State University Fire Pit Grill

noreply@blogger.com (Kaboodle Gifts) — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 01:00:00 +0000

Michigan State University is nestled in East Lansing Michigan. Their campus is home to many individuals that are there seeking higher education in many different areas of studies. Each student proudly wears the green and white colors representing MSU. As of this writing the Michigan State University Football Team is fighting on the Grid Iron in Pasadena California at the Rose Bowl.

Our Collegiate Fire Pit Grills not only represent Michigan State University but many more as well such as the University of Michigan, University of Alabama, University of Georgia, as well as Auburn University which will be playing for a National BCS Title.

All of our fire pits include the following accessories; a fire poker, spark screen, a grill, as well as a cover to protect your pit when it is not being used. The fire pits are made in America. In addition the legs are welded on to the pit to insure stability. Each pit comes with a 5 year guarantee against burn through. Our warranty can be seen on each item page of all of our fire pits.

Our fire pit grills are an excellent gift for the college football fan, an Alumni of the University, or the grill King or Queen of the family.

Introducing our newest product line!

noreply@blogger.com (Kaboodle Gifts) — Wed, 29 May 2013 23:52:00 +0000

Personalized Anniversary and Wedding Crosses!

June is the most popular month of the year for weddings.

Whether you're shopping for a unique wedding gift for that special couple, or have someone dear to your heart celebrating their wedding anniversary, these personalized gifts are an excellent choice!

You can choose from a variety of different beautiful designs and different inscriptions which include scriptural passages along with traditional and contemporary motifs.

These elegant personalized gifts will serve as a lasting memento of a once in a lifetime event, and become a sweet reminder of that very special time in their lives.

Personalized Kid’s Name Puzzle Stools

noreply@blogger.com (Kaboodle Gifts) — Fri, 24 May 2013 00:01:00 +0000

One of our popular personalized product lines, is our collection of Children's Name Puzzle Step Stools.
We have many different designs including Princess Wooden Step Stool and our Sports Wooden Step Stool to our Single Name Stools and more.

Each of our Personalized Step Stools can now be ENGRAVED on the bottom side with your own message to make our stools truly an exceptional personalized gift that will travel with each recipient for life.
This option has been well received from our customers and is available as an add-on option to each of our Personalized Step Stools.

When you order this item for your child, you can be certain that this gift will travel with them to their first apartment, house, and well into their marriage.

Our Personalized Child’s Wooden Name Puzzle Step Stools make a wonderful baby shower gift that will absolutely astonish the expecting mother.

All of our step stools are hand made in the USA and are custom made specifically for the recipient.

Wood Burning Wild Duck Fire Pit Grill

noreply@blogger.com (Kaboodle Gifts) — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 17:33:00 +0000

It's October and in some places in the nation it's duck season...no it's rabbit season...no it's duck season. Each year thousands of folks make their annual trek to their duck blinds to take home their limit of ducks. Our wild ducks fire pit grill makes the perfect fire pit to have. Not only is it made from cold rolled steel, it has permanent legs attached to the bottom and can be carried around from the camp to the back yard.

In addition our Fire Pit Grills include a spark screen, fire poker, and weather cover all of which is included within the price of the item. The designs in each of our fire pits are produced by a CNC machine that cuts the pattern into the steel. The backside of the designs are reinforced so that sparks do not escape out the side of the fire pit but rather the sparks move straight up in the air.

Each of our fire pits have a Patina color to them and like with a good wine , age with time. We have a great guarantee against burn through and rust through. We guarantee that your fire pit will not burn through or rust through for the first five years. did we mention that all of our product carry FREE SHIPPING? Come see us at Kaboodle Gifts, you wont be disappointed!

Kaboodle Gifts Expands Office Due to Growth

noreply@blogger.com (Kaboodle Gifts) — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 23:30:00 +0000

We are happy to announce that we are moving our offices to our new location. We have had record sales in 2010 due to our lines of personalized products. In order to maintain our level of customer service, incorporate new lines of product, and plan again for future growth, we have decided to make this change early in the year.

Our time line will be the following:

March 10th. This will be the last day that we can process any orders from our website, KaboodleGifts.com. You may still purchase on our website during our move.

March 11th through March 20th we will be moving our offices and reinstalling our computer networks as well as setting up our new offices.

March 20th we will also process all orders that have been placed during our move.

We hope that this move will be painless for both our customers and our staff.

Planning any move is a tedious task, one that we have been planning for months. We will be moving into a new office that is twice the size that we currently occupy currently.

We ask for your patients as we complete the final leg of this task.

Social Networking Comes To Kaboodle Gifts

noreply@blogger.com (Kaboodle Gifts) — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:25:00 +0000

Social networking is a huge part of any business, at least any business that is serious. You have My Space, Facebook, Twitter and many more. Kaboodle Gifts is pleased to announce that we have added the ability to share our website, categories, and products with your social networking family and friends.

Each page now supports a share button that includes Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, and email. In addition to those buttons there is also a share link that opens up your options to include Digg, Google and many other choice to share our website and products with.

Now when you are searching our site and see a GIFT that might be of interest to someone you know, you can share our site, category, or even the specific item with your friend that may be interested in our products.

Notice that in the left hand side of the image of our home page that there is a share link, which opens up to include several options. Next to the share button are the links for Facebook, My Space, Twitter, Email, and Print. You have several options to share our site with your social networking groups.

The next example shows the share button on a product page. The button is below the product description and above the footer of each category page and product page, as well as every other page of our website.

We are very excited about the addition of this share button.It has never been easier to tell your friends about Kaboodle Gifts.

American Made Outdoor Fire Pits at Kaboodle Gifts

noreply@blogger.com (Kaboodle Gifts) — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:38:00 +0000

It is the center of attention to any camping experience, The Outdoor Fire Pit. Not only does it keep you warm but it also is a great way to relax and enjoy your company. Not only does our American made outdoor fire pits meet these expectations, they exceed them.

Our fire pits are made from cold rolled steel. They have a patina finish on them that does nothing but enhance the fire pit over time, making it one of the best surfaces that you can have in a fire pit. In addition to that our outdoor fire pits come in several designs that are sure to create a conversation from any camper that passes your campsite.

Each of our designs are cut into the steel with a CNC machine and wires are welded on the backside of the design to keep the smoke from escaping out of the sides of the fire pit, yes that is right the smoke goes straight up and not in your face. The fire pit is also portable so it can be used at a campsite or at a tailgate party for your favorite team. The legs are welded right to the fire pit so that you have a stable base to enjoy your fire or cook your meal.

Each of our fire pits is shipped FedEx right to you at no additional cost to you. So the price you see is the price you pay. Not only do we offer a solid product we also offer value as well. Speaking of value, each fire pit is backed by a 5 year guarantee against rust or burn through, comes with a spark cover, grill , weather cover,and a fire poker. We can tell you that we have never had a fire pit returned to us for any reason.

If you have any questions or comments on this subject contact us via our comment form and we will answer them right here for you.

Fancy Decorative Birdhouses Return to Kaboodle Gifts.Com

noreply@blogger.com (Kaboodle Gifts) — Tue, 18 May 2010 22:51:00 +0000

While Kaboodle Gifts specializes in personalized gifts we felt the need to expand our lines of gifts for those that aren't looking for a personalized gift but rather a gift that can express your personality in a whimsical way. One such type of gift is our Fancy Decorative Birdhouses. Each of our designs have been a proven winner in our company's history, to such a degree that we have brought them back. We have included a special deal with the return of our birdhouses. Buy two or more and save 25% on your purchase. Simply enter the coupon code multibirdhouses when checking out and receive your discount.

*This discount is for multiple purchases of bird houses and cannot be used, or applied toward other merchandise purchases made at the same time as your bird house purchases.*

Each of our birdhouses are very well detailed in design. With their vibrant colors, attention to detail, and affordability, this is a great deal that we are proud to offer. In addition to the money saving deal of 25% off your purchase we also offer free shipping to boot!

If you are looking for a gift that isn't personalized, a gift that is economical, affordable, and offers value, take a look at Kaboodle Gifts.com

Wood Burned Engraving Added For all Personalized Step Stools

noreply@blogger.com (Kaboodle Gifts) — Wed, 05 May 2010 22:59:00 +0000

The Re- Grand Opening of Kaboodle Gifts. com has been a huge success. With the addition of several new products, we not only carry personalized gifts but you will find a whole host of new and exciting items that have been received very well.

One of those products has that has been selling very well is our Personalized Wooden Step Stools. We have several different styles from our Princess Wooden Step Stools, to our Sports Wooden Step Stools, to our Name Wooden Step Stools.

Each of our Personalized Step Stools can now be Wood Burned engraved on the bottom side to make our stools truly an exceptional personalized gift that will travel with each recipient for life. We can offer you up to six (6) lines of personalization with each line supporting up to thirty (30) characters per line. The font size will vary depending on the length of message.
This option has been well received from our customers and is available as a $9.95 add on to our regular price of our Personalized Step Stools.
When you order this item for your child, you can be sure that this gift will travel with them to their first apartment, house, and well into their marriage.

Our Personalized Wooden Step Stools make a wonderful baby shower gift that will absolutely astonish the expecting mother.

Because our step stools are hand made specifically for the recipient, the process time to create your specialized treasure can and often takes 3 to 4 weeks to produce and ship. Please plan ahead for this processing time. Your wait will be rewarded!

Grand Re- Opening of KaboodleGifts.Com

noreply@blogger.com (Kaboodle Gifts) — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 14:55:00 +0000

Completely remodeled, revamped and offering new products that you wont see on any of our other sites.

Our website designer has been working long hours to make this happen and has done an excellent job in creating the new Kaboodle Gifts. In addition to adding the great products that we have carried over the past two years, she has added several additional products and categories that are sure to please a wider audience. This new look and addition of products will make your gift giving that much more special.

Let's face it, everyone likes to save money. We don't charge for personalization and we don't charge for shipping either!

Some of the new categories are Baby Boutique, Men's Gifts, and Toys.

Included in the Baby Boutique category are some adorable Baby items, such as Everywhere a Neigh Neigh Horsie Romper, Little Cow Romper Set by Mud Pie, and a Golf Bubble Blue Seersucker Romper.

Our hard to find Kid's Halloween Costumes include Sleeping Beauty Princess Gown Costume, Fire Fighter Fireman Costume, and a Snow White Gown Costume.

Our Men's Gifts include a Personalized Yukon Lock Back Pocket Knife, a Personalized Hampton Executive Golf Putter Set, and a Personalized Modern Times Desk Clock.

Our Toys category is an exciting addition as well which includes a Personalized Silver Yo Yo, The United States Write-A-Mat Placemat with a great offer for the Learning Mat Wipe Off Crayons, as well as a Monster 8 pc Bowling Game in Zippered Case.

We also have a large selection of Kid's Room Signs to brighten any child's room.

We offer two forms of payment with our products. The first method you can use your credit card securley by clicking on the red Add to Cart button located on the right hand side upper portion of each product page. The second method is PayPal. PayPal has millions of accounts and is a well known and trusted. The PayPal button is located directly underneath the red Add to Cart button on ach product page.

We are very excited to be able to offer a wide varitey of products to a diverse group of customers. In a time when most websites are downsizing due to the lack of sales and work force we at Kaboodle Gifts are expanding and building market share.

White Enamel Finish Puzzle Stools at Kaboodle Gifts

noreply@blogger.com (Kaboodle Gifts) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:55:00 +0000

In our previous post we announced that we are adding new product at Kaboodle Gifts. Specifically personalized puzzle name stools. In this same vein we have now begun to add our line of white enamel personalized name stools.

Made in America specifically for you our personalized white enamel stools are made from the same quality materials as is our personalized natual finish stools. The paint is non toxic so it wont hurt your intened recepient. Currently available in the single name format, the stools range in length from 14 inches to 20 inches, depending on the length of the name. They are 8 inches wide and 7.75 inches in height.

We are proud to bring to the table yet another unique made in America product that we know our current and future customers will appreciate.

It is an exciting time to be involved with Kaboodle Gifts!

Personalized Wooden Name Puzzle Stools at Kaboodle Gifts

noreply@blogger.com (Kaboodle Gifts) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:02:00 +0000

We are excited to tell all of you about our new product that we are currently beginning to release at Kaboodle Gifts. Our Personalized Wooden Name Puzzle Stools are magnificent! Made from solid wood, our wooden stools are hand made and manufactured right here in the U.S.A. Additionally we are releasing three different models. You can have your childs name made to fit right inside the stool itself. Each model has a natural finish to the stool while the letters for your childs name is offered in three different color choices; primary colors,jewel, or pastel.

The stools themselves are 20 inches long, (maximum length) 8 inches wide and 7.75 inches in height. Your childs name interlocks in the cut out which is in the middle of stool top. Each stool is handmade so there is no one stool that is exactly alike making this another great unique product offered by Kaboodle Gifts.

Currently we are offering these personalized wooden name puzzle stools in the single name version only and in three versions; (1-5) letter names, (6-8) letter names, and (9-12) letter names. Each version offers three choices of color for the letters of your childs name and all are painted with non toxic paint so you know that it is safe for your child to handle them.

In addition to the new product that we have released we have much more to come as we are in the final stages of releasing our other Made in America products of this style. In the coming weeks look for 2 name wooden stools both in natural and white finish. Our Birthday stools which will also be offered in natural and white finish will be coming soon as well as our Natural and white personalized coat racks.

It is an exciting time to be involved with Kaboodle Gifts, wheather you read our blog, are one of our many valued customers or are behind the scenes. Keep watching as Kaboodle Gifts releases our great product offerings and pay attention to the coupon codes at Kaboodle Gifts and our sister site at Bonanzle.

Kaboodle Gifts Issues Press Release on New Patina Product Firepits

noreply@blogger.com (Kaboodle Gifts) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:34:00 +0000

Kaboodle Gifts has issued the long awaited Press Release for our new line of American made fire pits. It is a custom to issue such Press Release's with each new line that Kaboodle Gifts implements into our online catalog.

As you can see there are several designs to choose from. In addition we also offer a personalized Patina Fire pit. With our personalized fire pit you may choose your text, up to twenty characters and in turn we will have your choice machined into the side of the fire pit. This is an excellent way to create a conversation piece in your back yard around family and friends.

Each of our fire pits comes standard with a poker, spark screen, weather cover, and grill, and the shipping is included to the lower 48 United States.

Scott Nash
Kaboodle Gifts

Wood Burning Personalized Fire Pits

noreply@blogger.com (Kaboodle Gifts) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:12:00 +0000

Our Patina Products Fire Pits are now available at Kaboodle Gifts! Now you can have a fire pit that makes a statement! Character limit is twenty characters. Your family and friends will be in awe of your personalized fire pit. In addition you can also choose two images to flank your personalized name. The lay out will be(Your 1st Image choice)YOUR NAME(Your second image choice). If one image is chosen then that image will be used twice. Your chosen image(s) and name will be spaced evenly around the circumference of the fire pit.

There are several reasons to personalize your fire pit. Here are a few examples:

Retirement

Father's Day

An accomplishment

For the Deer hunter

For the Duck Hunter

Made from cold rolled steel, our fire pits measure 30"(L)x30"(W)x16"(H. They have welded legs to stablize your pit. They are portable so that you can take them to the camp ground, second home, community church event, virtually anywhere you go!

Made in America, all of our fire pits come with a poker, grill, weather cover, and a spark screen. If you have a fire ban in your area, the spark screen allows you to have a fire and stay within you fire ban guide lines.

In addition shipping is included in the price of your purchase as well as a five (5) year guarantee against rust through or burn through.

This is simply the best fire pit that you will ever own!

See our Standard Fire Pits here.

Each pit, along with all the items included above, as well as free shipping, are priced at $229.99

Your Business, Your Health, Your Responsibility

noreply@blogger.com (Kaboodle Gifts) — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:42:00 +0000

Building your online business is not for the faint of heart, that is if you are honest with yourself. There is a big difference between selling a product online and owning your online business. You have the hours upon hours of coding your site, performing Search Engine Optimization, making sure that your pictures are optimized, back links relate to your business, customer service, packing your product, marketing your product, and keeping yourself healthy. That's interesting that health was listed last, yet without it nothing else that was listed here matters.

The American Heart Association recommends that you exercise a minimum of thirty minutes a day to keep your heart healthy. Thirty minutes seems like such a long period of time when you have so much to do to keep ahead of your competition. Exercise is nothing to put off , yet we all do because we justify our reasons by saying that it can't happen to me. I feel great, nothing is wrong. Why exercise when I look good, I'm not over weight, I don't smoke, and I eat right.
The reasons I know that people are using these excuses is because I did as well. My world almost came to an end on December 23, 2006. I was feeling good, eating right, nothing was wrong. I was relaxing watching some television and all of a sudden I got this pain in my chest, a pain that felt like I needed to crack my breast bone. I thought really nothing of it until it went straight through me to my middle back. Then my shoulder blades felt the same way, that I needed to crack them, like I did my neck every once in a while. This raised my eye brows a bit, actually it felt like I had a severe back pain coming on. I started to wonder if this could be what I thought it was, a heart attack, noooo, can't be, I'm to young, I feel good, it can't happen to me. I was convinced that it was happening when from no where, the cold sweats began. This is where I made the only mistake of the evening. I had my wife drive me to the emergency room, we are about eight blocks from the hospital and I came to the quick conclusion that we could get there faster than the ambulance could get to me, and then me to the hospital. The reason that was a mistake was that if I had gone into full cardiac arrest, we didn't have the necessary equipment in our vehicle to shock my heart.

We made it to the emergency room, at the admitting desk I collapsed and went to the ground. I figured that I was safe and it was time for all the great folks at Holland Hospital to take over. Do you have any idea what it is like to make eighteen new friends in a matter of minutes? I suggest that you find a different way to achieve that goal.

The team of professionals at Holland Hospital put on a show that was remarkable. Each step of the process was a well choreographed dance. Nurses would move forward and perform a procedure, then back out of the room, then an E.K.G. was administered, the attendant performing that backed out and the doctor came in to read it. The doctor told me it was the real deal. I'll never forget those words as long as I live because as soon as I heard those words I said these words; "No it can't be , I'm to young, I felt great, I ate well.

I came home on Christmas day, a somber day, and all I could think about is what do I do next, I feel broken I said to myself. Here is the answer: Cardiac Rehabilitation. Holland Hospital has a great Cardiac Rehabilitation program. For thirty five minutes every other day I spin, use a treadmill, and other various pieces of equipment to maintain my healthy heart. I said healthy heart, yes because I got lucky there is no heart damage.

Running your business involves making many very important business decisions. Don't take your health for granted. It's the most important business decision a business owner can make!

Personalized Gifts- What Does That Mean?- Kaboodle Gifts

noreply@blogger.com (Kaboodle Gifts) — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:03:00 +0000

The economy today is weak in most sectors and at best marginal in others. We believe that consumers are purchasing products but under very strict parameters. You are seeing more and more offers of Layaway plans for consumers. No interest until 2010 is another popular method of enticing the consumer to purchase. With the credit market drying up, and credit card companies changing the rules of their terms so that they can maintain profitability on their accounts, the consumer is changing the way that business is done in today's times.

The consumer is becoming more personalized with their purchases, no longer does the customer make impulse buying a trendy thing to do. They are researching their purchases more, taking their time in making that purchase, and looking for the rock bottom price for that particular item.

As business owners we can not accept that we have to not make a profit on our products just to make a sale. That is bad business and will put you out of business in a heart beat. What we can do is make sure that we offer a practical line of products that are competitive in price that also show perceived value to the customer.

We believe we have accomplished those goals with our line of gifts at Kaboodle Gifts. Not only do we offer personalized gifts that last long after the intended event has taken place. We offer memories! How many mothers have saved a special gift that their child has received only to look at it years later and remembered the exact moment that that gift was given and what it was given for? How many times have you looked at the personalized candle that has your wedding date on it and remembered what you were saying to one another as the minister was performing your wedding?

A personalized gift by Kaboodle Gifts doesn't have to mean that you receive a gift with a name or a date on it. It can mean so much more as we have briefly described above. It might be a ring for a special gal, it might be a wedding favor given to all of your close friends that had the honor of attending your wedding, it might mean a baby bibor creeper that made you laugh when your child was small enough to fit into. You might even take something like that and bring it out to embarrass your child when they get married!

Just as the consumer will no longer make an impulse buy, we at Kaboodle Gifts will no longer define our personalized gifts as having to have a name or a date on them.

Scott Nash
Kaboodle Gifts, LLC

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Kaboodle Gifts Latest Press Releases- Kaboodle Gifts

noreply@blogger.com (Kaboodle Gifts) — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:30:00 +0000

There are several ways to bring attention to your business via the internet.

Viral marketing - Giving something away for free in hopes that your business name will get deep exposure in return.

Search Engine Optimazation- Utilizing keywords in your titles and descriptions to gain high ranking placement on search engines like Google, Yahoo, and MSN.

Press Releases- Announcing to the world that you have created a new gadget, product, or service, or opened a new business. Done correctly you can get exposure from main stream news organizations, papers, and even your local news agencies.

Kaboodle Gifts, LLC uses press releases in a way that informs our new potential customers of what we are doing. We have chosen to use PRlog.org as our press release agent. We currently have two press release's that have given us great exposure to new customers.

Our first press release simply announced that we were adding a new line of personalized gifts. Listed below are both of or press releases that can be viewed in their entirety.

Kaboodle Gifts, LLC Announces New Line Of Personalized Products

Kaboodle Gifts, LLC Adds Personalized Kids Room Signs To Their Online Catalog

You can and will get an added amount of exposure by using press release distribution. In addition to letting the world know who you are you can also write articles for distribution.

Bookmark our Press Room and keep up with all the information that is going on with Kaboodle Gifts!

Scott Nash

What Is Multi Channel Marketing- Kaboodle Gifts

noreply@blogger.com (Kaboodle Gifts) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:42:00 +0000

In the 90's the Internet exploded making several individuals very wealthy. Wealthy to the point of excess. Much like the current situation that this country is involved with currently. A few people made millions of dollars while alot of individuals just got by.It seemed like everyone was getting on the bandwagon to have an online presence of some kind.Multi channel marketing became neccessary after the fall of the internet businesses. In order for an online business to survive the future they could no longer accept the business model o just selling on the internet. Looking back through these times it just makes good business sense to not have all you eggs in one basket.

So what is Multi Channel Marketing?
It's very simple; Selling you product or service over a wide range of different channels such as a website, catalog, brick and mortar store, via direct mail or infomercials. Take a look at your business plan. How many different markets are you selling your product or service in? If you answered just one, then look at your total sales and ask yourself how that model is going. An useful and popular analogy says the following. What would you rather have 100 percent of one person's effort or one percent of 100 people's effort? Multi Channel marketing answers the call to that question.

What can you do to increase your sales through multiple channels?

The first thing you need to do is get a trade magazine called Multi Channel Merchant. Or checkout their site at http://multichannelmerchant.com/. Listed below are the articles that are in this months edition.

Merchandising the Web way
Cross- selling strategies - Give site visitors a why-to-buy
Marketing - Six actionable metrics and numbers
Lists & Data strategies
Operations & Fullfillment- Keeping contact center cost in line
Catalog- coping with tough times
Managing your brand's color
Same sad song for paper prices

You might not be to the level in your business that you think that you need such a resource. don't sell yourself short and not allow yourself to look at these topics and learn from professionals that work in each of these industries. The more information that you allow yourself to learn the bigger edge you are going to have against your competition.

The second thing that you can do is start looking for area shows to show your product to folks that may not know who you are or what you offer. Expose yourself to your potential market. Word of mouth is a wondeful marketing tool. If you sell personalized gifts get your products out in the market place and let people, potential customers touch and feel what you offer. do you not think that you wont get sales, or better yet having someone tell someone who told someone about your product. You can't buy that kind of exposure, well you can but it will blow your advertising budget in a hurry.

The third thing that you can do is maintain a customer database of customers. You can create a newsletter from this list. Most often your current customers will read what you have to say as long as you keep it interesting and offer them something for their time. Most reader's will send your news letter onto someone that they know. This is call targeting your customers. Knowing what your customers want is painfully important. Once you define that you will see your customer base grow exponentially.

These are just three things that you can do to help you grow your business through multi channel marketing. Now that I've got you thinking along these lines, what else can you think of ?

Scott Nash

website: Kaboodle Gifts

Does Kaboodle Gifts Offer a Physical Catalog

noreply@blogger.com (Kaboodle Gifts) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:41:00 +0000

This is a question that we receive frequently in email. In order to answer that I've decided to take a look at why Kaboodle Gifts doesn't bring a physical catalog into your living room.

When you go to your mailbox to get your mail you often receive several catalogs from different places that you have ordered from such as Sears, Woman Within,Roamans, and many more. While the catalog houses are taking advantage of multi-channel marketing it is costing them a large amount of money, resources, and time to bring that catalog to your doorstep in hopes that you will fill out the order form and return it to them with an order.

What you might not know is that there are several versions of a catalog from the big catalog houses. Why is that you are asking yourself? Well let me answer that for you. There are several versions of a catalog because there are several types of buyers for that catalog brand. There are those that rarely buy from a catalog, those that moderately purchase from a catalog, and there are those that frequently buy from a catalog. With that being said there are also different prices for the same item in those catalogs depending on what category of buyer you are.

An example of that might be Sally, your next door neighbor might purchase from the same catalog house as you. Both of you buy the same items, let's say you both bought the Kids Personalized Children's Noahs Ark Room Sign. She makes her purchases very rarely and buys only what she needs. You on the other hand might be a frequent purchaser and buy on impulse, you flip through the catalog circle what you like and fill out the order form mail it off and sit and wait in anticipation of your arrival usually two- to four weeks later. While Sally's item that she purchased cost her $19.95 because she makes few purchases, that very same item that you purchased cost you $16.95. Because you bring more volume to the catalog house your cost will be cheaper for the same thing that Sally just bought from the same catalog house.

Which brings me back to why Kaboodle Gifts doesn't offer a physical catalog. The costs of maintaining several versions of a catalog are very high.We like to treat each of our customers equal. We offer the same discount to all of our customers whether you purchase a single item or multiple items. We don't have the overhead of maintaining a customer list, and by that I mean we don't pay the United States Post Office any money to purchase you name from their databases, or in fact any other list supplier.

One last thing is that we don't have the waste that many catalog houses have. Let me explain, How many times have you received a catalog and just files it in the waste basket? Lined you litter box with its pages?, or used the pages to start a fire in the fireplace? Kaboodle Gifts doesn't have that waste factor to think about. So there are the reasons that Kaboodle Gifts doesn't offer a physical catalog, it is just to costly for our customers. When we are paying upwards of $3.50 to $4.00 for a gallon of gasoline, we feel that we, at Kaboodle Gifts, are doing what is right for our customer base.

Scott Nash
Kaboodle Gifts, LLC

October Trade Show Dates- Kaboodle Gifts

noreply@blogger.com (Kaboodle Gifts) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:19:00 +0000

Right now is when you should be looking at trade shows as an additional source for your products. Trade shows are great for making new business contacts, finding new and unique products for your business, and seeing first hand what new trends are coming around the corner.

Below is a listing of trade shows for the month of October;

Date: October 3-5

Annual Pet Industry Trade Show

Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont/Chicago IL.

Telephone: 312-663-4040

Website: http://www.hhbacker.com/

Date: October 3-5

Gem, Jewelry & Lapidary Trade Show

Embassy Suites, Detroit, MI.

Telephone: 601-879-8832

Website: http://www.glwshows.com/

Date: October 3-5

Great American Gem Show

Denver Merchandise Mart, Denver, CO.

Telephone: 301-294-1640

Website: http://www.intergem.net/

October 3-5

International Vision Expo West,

The Sand Expo & Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV.

Telephone: 800-840-5628, 203-840-5628

Website: http://www.visionexpowest.com/

October 3-6

Kansas City Gift Show

Kansas City Gift Mart

Overland Park, KS

Telephone: 913-491-6688

Website: http://www.kcgiftmart.com/

October 4-6

International Esthetics Cosmetics & Spa Conference

Orange County Convention center, Orlando, FL.

Telephone: 800-624-3248, 805-995-2989

Website: http://www.magda.com/

October 4-7

National Bridal Market

Chicago Apparel Center- Merchandise mart, 2nd Floor

Chicago, IL.

Telephone: 800-677-6278, 312-527-4141

Website: http://www.merchandisemart.com/

October 5-7

L.A. Market Week

California Market Center

Los Angeles, CA.

Telephone: 800-225-6278, 213-630-3737

Website: http://www.californiamarketcenter.com/

October 5-7

Minneapolis Mart Home & Gift Show

Minneapolis Mart

Minneapolis, MN.

Telephone: 800-626-1298

Website: http://www.mplsmart.com/

October 5-7

western food Industry Expo

Mandalay bay Resort & Casino

Las Vegas, NV.

Telephone: 916-448-3545

Website: http://www.foodexpowest.com/

October 6-8

Great American Gem Show- Intergem

Pontchartrain Center

New Orleans, LA.

Telephone: 301-294-1640

Website: http://www.intergem.net/

October 10-13

Denver Apparel and Accessory Market

Denver Merchandise Mart Complex

Denver, CO.

Telephone: 303-293-6278 ext. 5225

Website: http://www.denvermart.com/

October 11-14

Atlanta Women & Children's Market

Atlanta Apparel Mart

Atlanta, GA

Tepephone: 404-588-9490

Website: http://www.americasmart.com/

October 13-15

Great American Gem Show- Intergem

Connecticut Expo Center

Hartford, CT.

Telephone: 301-294-1640

Website: http://www.intergem.net/

As with all trade shows you will have to provide your business information to obtain your credentials to get into the shows. Be prepaired to fax, show or email any of the following pieces of information; business card, sales tax license, Federal Employer Identification Number (F.E.I.N). Be prepaired to buy as all of the reps will be prepaired to write orders.

Have a great time at the trade shows, and if you think about it post back to let us know how successful you were at the shows.

Scott Nash

http://www.kaboodlegifts.com/

What is Product Merchandising? - Kaboodle Gifts

noreply@blogger.com (Kaboodle Gifts) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:53:00 +0000

Product merchandising is a segment of marketing and sales that drives interest to an additional product that a company is selling. that company might be fast food chain restaurants,campgrounds, movie companies just to name a few. Let's break these examples that I have mentioned down a bit to further see the relationship between the product merchandise and the product that it supports.

Fast Food Chain Restaurants :

The biggest of the fast food chain restaurants is McDonalds. They are the Mac Daddy! ( Who said I can't be witty?!) McDonalds is in the business of selling burgers, fries, salads etc. That is what they sell now but it wasn't always that way in the earlier years. The specific time persiod I'm talking about is the 1970's. Remember those early Happy Meals? Yeah you know what I'm talking about, the burger, fries and a drink all in a box. Along with all the fun food to eat you also got a prize in the package. Usually it was a little play toy in the form of one of the mascots like the Hamburglar, Ronald McDonald, or Mayor Mc Cheese. These characters represented McDonald's brand and is what made their name recognizable. When little Timmy saw a commercial with these characters he related them to McDonald's, then in turn, got him hungry and lastly ended up making a trip with mom to McDonalds to get a happy meal and a prize in the package. Was this a successfull campain? Well... Ray Crock's widow was receiving 37 million dollars per month in residual income before her death....you tell me.

Campgrounds:

Campgrounds, specifically private membership campgrounds use product merchandising to bring you to thier campground and take a tour of it, hoping that you will buy into their campground and become a paying member. Some examples of this use of product merchandising might be eighteen holes of golf, free weekend use of a water front condo, a pair of binoculars, or a booklet of coupons to eat at five star restaurants. What happens is that your name is purchased from a targeted mailing list. Then you are invited usually via a post card in the mail to take a tour of the campground and all of its amenities, and for doing that you are offered a free gift for taking the time from your schedule to take their tour. You never get the gift without taking the tour, that's usually in the small print. Once you have completed your required tour the game begins, the sales person is a seasoned veteran and goes hard for the sale. Not taking a "no" for an answer the sales person usually wins out.

Movie Companies:

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Star Wars, you guessed right. Then again if you had to guess then you need to rent the whole set of movies all six of them. Star Wars is the brain child of George Lucas. He started out as an independant film producer that didn't like dealing with the big movie companies, he didn't like having the control over his movie taken away by a suit somewhere in an office. That's the short version. All of those little figurines of Princess Leah, Hans Solo, and Luke Skywalker sold millions of dollars after the movie came out. The movie did so well that it held the record for gross ticket sales for decades until the movie Titanic came out and beat it. George Lucas couldn't afford to pay his actors a wage so he offered them a percentage of the merchandising rights to the movie instead. Do you think he made a good decision? Better yet, do you think the three actors made the right decision? Well... the product merchandise sold so well that it made each of the three actors millionairs basically overnight.

These three examples of product merchandising have described how you use one product ot promote another. In essance you could also call it upselling.

Scott Nash

Our Personalized Children's Room Signs

Personalized " Fly-Boy" Children's Room Sign- Kaboodle Gifts

noreply@blogger.com (Kaboodle Gifts) — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:39:00 +0000

We have added a new category to our website located here. The new category is called Personalized Children's Room Signs. We think that it is going to be a huge hit for Kaboodle gifts.

There are several different Personalized Room signs to choose from including:

Our Personalized Princess Children's Room Sign

Our Personalized Dinosaur Children's Room Sign

Our Personalized Girl or Boy Blocks Room Sign

and many more.

Our Personalized Children's room signs are normally priced at $ 40.99. Currently we are offering them at $33.95. that is a 17% discount off the list price. In addition, if you choose to use Google checkout you will receive an additional 10% discount on your total purchase with Kaboodle Gifts. So you can see the potential for great savings!

Each sign's dimensions are 9" x 12" with a black border trim that really sets each of these signs off. Along with the black borders each sign has its own vibrant colors that make them a show stopper for both the children and their parents.

Currently we offer two types of payment methods; Paypal and Google Checkout. We offer a coupon code for an additional 10% savings if you choose to use Google Checkout.

A New Candidate for President Of The United States- Kaboodle Gifts

noreply@blogger.com (Kaboodle Gifts) — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:26:00 +0000

It's not often, more like never that I reveal my thoughts on whom to vote for for the Office of President of The United States. My feelings are personal as I am sure that they are with the rest of you.

With all of the "firsts" going on this within this Presidential cycle, I felt compelled to to bring this video to your attention.

Kaboodle Gifts Owner Runs For Office

In the meantime make Kaboodle Gifts your online stop for your personalized products!

Have a safe and fun Holiday weekend!

Scott Nash

10% Off Total Order With Google Checkout- Kaboodle Gifts

noreply@blogger.com (Kaboodle Gifts) — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:39:00 +0000

Throughout the summer months we have been offering a 10% discount on the total purchase of any of our products at Kaboodle Gifts when you use Google Checkout as your payment method. When we announced this discount it was originally intended to be for the summer months only.

Our discount has been more successfull than we anticipated and therefore we will keep offering this discount at our website only.

Although this is a great offer it will not last so take advantage of this offer soon because it will dissapear without notice. So use this code; kg10 to get your discount when you checkout.

We would like to take this time to wish everyone a safe and pleasant holiday weekend.

Scott Nash

2009 Tradeshow Calendar- Kaboodle Gifts

noreply@blogger.com (Kaboodle Gifts) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:17:00 +0000

Here is this weeks listings of trade shows for the 2009 Calendar Year:

March 6-9 TransWorld's International Halloween, Costume & Party Show. This show is in Las Vegas, NV at the Sands Expo & Convention Center.

March 11-13 Amusement Showcase International. This show will be held in Las Vegas, NV. at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

September 9-11 AMOA International Expo. This show will be held in Las Vegas, NV at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

If there is a trade show category that you are looking for that you can't find or I haven't listed get in touch with me and I'll see if I have it in my lists.

I know that this is short and sweet this week, due to my schedule this week this will more than likely be the only post.

Scott Nash
website:http://www.kaboodlegifts.com