Starting a Balloon Business – What you Need to Know!
Welcome! Hi there! I am so excited you are here! The fact that you are reading this means you are looking at starting or have just started your own balloon business and I want to congratulate you on taking the first steps on what will be the most amazing...
Social Media – Are You Putting All Your Eggs In One Basket?
With all the recent rumblings around Facebook and Google having to pay a tax to be commercially active in some countries and the overnight blackout in Australia it got me thinking about how fragile our relationship with social media really is! I did a LIVE...
Pricing For Profit In Your Balloon Business Video Series
Welcome to the Pricing for Profit Series! SIX FULL TRAINING VIDEOS TO GET YOUR PRICING SORTED One of the biggest difficulties for balloon business owners, both new and experienced, is pricing. Our industry is like no other in that items don't come with a recommended...
Big Announcement!
Hi there! I hope this finds you keeping well! I am so uber excited - I am about to burst! I have some fantastic news I can't wait to share with you! BAPIA - The Balloons and Party Industry Alliance have asked to support The Balloon Biz Academy! Oh my! I have had...
Heat sealing ~ Differentiate Your Business!
I love to use heat sealed balloons in my designs. They add such a wow factor and creative twist you can’t get on the high street. A lot of balloon business owners, though, tell me they struggle to get consistent results with heat sealing. In this blog, we will look at...
Cold Weather & Balloons: What you need to know!
Cold weather can be the bain of your life when you are a balloon business owner! In fact any extreme of temperature has its challenges. In this blog we are going to look at what effect the cold has on balloons and most importantly what you can do to minimise the...
Are You Ready For Valentines?
With a little over 4 weeks to go balloon businesses are gearing up for the season of Love! Valentine's day is certainly likely to be a bit different this year here in the UK as we are in a full national lockdown until mid-February! With restaurants, pubs, hotels, and...
Making Your Business Covid-secure: Providing Contactless Deliveries/Collections
Here in the UK we are now a few days into another month-long national lockdown in response to the rising threat of a second peak of Covid-19. It is entirely your decision if you choose to work or not work during lockdown. This blog post looks at the steps you need to...
Warning! These 9 Copyright Mistakes Could Ruin your Business!
A quick flick through Facebook looking for balloons and it is doesn't take long to stumble across countless acts of copyright theft! Yes, I did say theft... because ultimately when you use another person's work for your own commercial gain that's exactly what it is!...
The 5 Things I Wish I Had Known When I Started My Balloon Business
With so many new businesses entering the industry as the economy has been hit hard by COVID a lot of people have asked me "what do you need to know when starting your balloon business?" In this blog post, I am going to share with you the 5 things I wish I had known...
Thinking of Adding Sweets, and Drinks To Your Balloon Designs – Make Sure You Read This First!
Turning Balloons into gifts makes perfect sense right now... During lockdown celebrations are small and with Halloween, Christmas, and Easter beyond that approaching fast, adding confectionery and drink to your balloon designs would seem to make perfect business sense...
