Your wedding is fast approaching, you have faced major challenges and now is the time to manage the minor ones. Being a meticulous bride, you want everything to fall into places, even to the tiniest detail of your wedding. Aside from the wedding favors that you will most likely handling after the major ones are through, the bridesmaids gifts are perhaps at the bottom of your check list as well. Although they are not mandatory, but these little details can make a huge effect in your entire wedding.

It has been a tradition to give bridesmaids gifts. It is a way to show appreciation for the hard work of the bridesmaids, as well as acknowledging their presence at your wedding. Finding and purchasing bridesmaids gifts can be both fun and challenging. Since they are your closest friends, you will surely enjoy shopping gifts for them, but not just mere gifts of course. Be creative and thoughtful so that your gifts will never be forgotten by your friends.

Opting for unique presents for bridesmaids is a genuine idea. However, make sure that you are choosing the right kind that fits their personalities. If you think it is challenging, well you are wrong. There are several ways, tips and ideas on how to come up unique presents for bridesmaids. Read the following ideas below and consider them as your options.

Gift Certificates

Gift certificates can make unique presents for bridesmaids. If you have doubts or uncertain on what to give, gift certificates will never go wrong. This unique gift idea can send your bridesmaids to their favorite restaurant, bookstore, spa, movies, theater, sporting event or etc. This is also perfect as you can have them bonded with each other while enjoying your unique gift for them.

Handmade Gifts

One great way to come up with unique presents is to make your own. Handmade gifts for bridesmaids are becoming very popular these days, as many brides are into DIY’s. There are plenty of gift ideas that are actually pretty easy to make. All you need is to be creative and complete the materials to make your own bridesmaids gifts. Suggestions like handmade scented candles, soaps, bags of goodies, personalized Cd’s, scrapbooks and keepsake boxes are a few easy-to-make gift items you may consider making yourself. Handmade bridesmaids presents are also a way to get creative and letting your skills and talent to shine through.

Personalized Gifts

Personalized gifts can really make unique gifts for bridesmaids. Today, where almost everything can be personalized, you are sure that you can come up with unique bridesmaids gifts with your own personal touch. There are so many gift items these days that can be customized to meet the needs of consumers. For brides like you who wants to present something that can set their bridesmaids apart from the rest, engraved or embroidered gifts are the perfect option. A few personalized suggestions include embroidered handbags, engraved jewelry pieces, personalized picture frames, personalized keepsake boxes and other bridesmaids apparel that are available for personalization.

Unless you have done a good job selling value throughout the buying process, it is unlikely that even a great sales presentation will turn the tide. However, even if you have done a superb job selling value, a bad presentation at the end might be enough to lose a deal you could have won.

There are some basic techniques that can minimize that misfortune from occurring:

• Be ruthless about clarity. Sales presentations must be compelling, engaging, or memorable.
• Add emphasis to key points. Present targeted success stories and examples.
• Weigh the importance of each portion. Sometimes you need to triage on the fly.
• Customize the sales presentation. There are no generic customers hence there are no winning generic presentations.

But there is a fifth area where the game is often won and lost and it’s one we find account executives often spend less than sufficient planning time – getting the Q&A session right.

The Q&A session is a full-fledged part of any sales presentation. And, it requires the same attention to preparation as the rest of the presentation.

Some tips:

• Most questions can be anticipated. This means that salespeople can plan and rehearse answers. It is not only what you say, but also how you say and what you don’t say that makes the difference.
• If you don’t know the answer, don’t fake it. The best approach is some variation of “I don’t know but I’ll find out.” One of these pops up in almost every presentation.
• Focus on information that is fact-based vs. personal opinion. If it is a fact based point you need to make sure that the backup information is in a “hip pocket.”
• Don’t back away from a challenging or confrontational question. But – never argue. Rather, begin your response by asking a simple question that helps you to better understand the concern – like “Could you just tell me a little bit more about that?” It is often the case that you don’t quite understand the challenge or the reason behind it, hence without a more information it is difficult to come up with a compelling answer. Plus, this approach gives you a little more time to think.
• Follow the 6-second rule. Don’t panic if you don’t immediately get a question. Wait 6 seconds – it might seem like an eternity but it’s very like one will pop up. If you actually don’t get any, considering proposing a question yourself – “In similar situations we often find the client will ask about the onsite support that is an important question because…”

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