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Party planning is a growth industry today. According to Entrepreneur magazine, party planning is in the top three "Best Home-based Businesses to Start". Americans spent $3.5 billion on disposable partyware in 1997! Two income families don't have a lot of time together these days. When they are together, they want to have fun - they want to celebrate. Those things that used to be commonplace are now celebrated - losing that first tooth, getting straight A’s, last day of school, promotions, reunions, graduations and more. Parties aren't just for birthdays anymore. Celebrations are great ways for families to spend time together. Party Planning was also listed in an 1999 issue of Home Business Magazine as being a home-based business with low startup costs and high profit potential.

Benefits Of Party Planning Online

1. Great way for someone with an established website to generate additional income. Especially if their website is geared towards parents.

2. Limitations of traditional party planning are eliminated. You can only be at one party at a time. It’s very time consuming to plan a party, purchase all the products, decorate and supervise a specific party. Why not create party plans for popular themes, make it easy for them to buy all the products online and then train your customers to decorate and supervise the party themselves?

3. Expands Market. You will no longer be limited to your local area. Your customers will now be all over the United States and even international. Customers who couldn’t afford a custom party before will now be able to purchase your products and throw great parties.

How To Offer Party Planning Online

1. Create party plans for popular party themes.

2. Put them on your website with links to products needed to complete party ideas.

3. Build database of birthdays and celebrations for your customers. Contact customers 4-6 weeks before their event with party ideas and products that would go with their event.

4. Join 1800Partyshop to get a online party supply catalog with over 100 themes. Also enables you to sell products online through a secure website without creating your own shopping cart. Customers can order online and have their party delivered directly to them. Allows you to sell over 9,000 items without carrying any inventory.

How To Market an Online Party Planning Service

1. Traditional methods to advertise: Print ads, internet ads, ezine ads, register with search engines, message boards, flyers, business cards, press releases, yellow pages, etc.

2. Create a party ideas ezine to send to customers with party ideas for upcoming holidays and celebrations. You always have material to send your subscribers because there’s always a holiday or celebration coming up.

3. Do you know anyone with a birthday? Of course you do! Referrals both online and offline are very powerful. Everyone knows someone who has a birthday or celebration coming up. If you provide great ideas, they would be more then happy to let their friends know about it.

Celebrations to Include Online and Offline

* Adult Birthday Parties
* Children Birthday Parties
* Corporate Special Events
* Baby and Bridal Showers
* Anniversaries
* Holidays
* Engagement Parties
* And On And On

See how we offer online party planning by visiting our website at http://www.CreativePartyStuff.com

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Cheryl and Patti
Creative Party Stuff
1800Partyshop Directors #3112
With our help, our customer will never throw another dull party again!