Topic Put a Twi$t On It!
Speakers Liz White (Mason & Madison) and Lori Richardson (Score More Sales)
When Tuesday, August 23rd 2011, 6–8pm
Where Mason & Madison – 2 Central Street, Middleton, MA 01949 (map)
Tickets $25 each
About this Chat: Put a Twi$t On It!
Connect with some of the best and brightest Boston intelligentsia and enhance your network with fabulous new resources!
No matter what your business is—a bakery, a marketing firm, an online boutique—we bet that there’s a plethora of add-on sales you could be doing right now to increase your profits and make your customers happy. Use your imagination—what kind of package deals could you offer? What little twist could you put on your services? You already have a target market… what more can you offer them that you know they’ll buy?
About CRAVEchats
Do you CRAVE more opportunities to network with each other as well as spend more time with our entrepreness intelligentsia? After all, we are a community of intuitive, resourceful, passionate, business-savvy, adventuresome mavens! CRAVE hosts intimate, informal discussions which take place at a different coffee shop or casual venue each month, and will be initially focused on our monthly business topic; however we will boldly go wherever the conversation takes us.
About Our Speakers
Liz White, owner of Mason & Madison
Mason & Madison is Middleton’s newest gift shop, a home away from heaven that fulfills every wish on your list. This new boutique carries every item that you’ve ever coveted. Baby gifts, stylish handbags, one-of-a-kind locally designed jewelry, hip tees, hair accessories, custom invitations and unique accessories for home, bath and garden.
Liz White, owner and designer, worked as a mortgage broker for over 10 years before becoming an official gifting aficionado. Prior to working as a mortgage broker, she worked as a retail manager for small, specialty clothing boutiques for over 9 years. That is where she developed stellar sales, merchandising, marketing, and management skills. This brings us to her gifting business Mason & Madison, which she launched in 2003. The name comes from her two children, her inspiration for starting a lifelong career in entrepreneurship, an interesting story of how motherhood intersected with her professional journey.
masonandmadison.com
Twitter at @masonandmadison
facebook.com/masonandmadison
Lori Richardson, owner of Score More Sales
Lori Richardson is a sales detective. She works with entrepreneurs and small businesses to find ways to increase revenues through a smart sales approach and planning. Lori has a popular blog on sales at her company website. Her company does sales training, coaching and also has a prospecting division for those who would rather let someone else do the selling. She is the author of three books and workbooks on growing sales for small business owners and is a regular speaker around the country.
Lori’s background includes a long career in various businesses and non-profits. She grew up in a family-run women’s apparel business and got into technology sales at age 24, Her last corporate position was with a startup that was sold to Thomson Reuters, where she ran a corporate university here in Boston.
scoremoresales.com
Twitter at @scoremoresales
facebook.com/ScoreMoreSales
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