Learn How To Turn Cargo Into Cash In 60 Days
A Guided Comprehensive Course For Importing Success
Event Professionals Marketplace Presents
Global Import Accelerator
✨🛳️ NEW Flexible Extended Payment Options Available!
What Is The Global Import Accelerator?
GIA is an interactive online program geared to help you launch your importing business within the first 60 days of the course start date.
Whether you have an existing company that you want to add another department to or you’re completely new to business,
this program is designed to equip both seasoned business owners and new ones with the knowledge and action steps to profit from international importing.
Delivered by Lorna Dennis Parker; Event Industry Educator, Designer, Venue Owner, Event Rental Business Owner and, of course, EXPERIENCED IMPORTER.
This Course Is Meant To Be ACTIONABLE
This is NOT meant to be another online course gathering dust on your digital bookshelf!
I’m laying out the step-by-step process I take to import inventory for my own businesses!
In this program you will get the guidance you need from an experienced expert AND the community support to keep your head in the game!
Your Instructor
Lorna Dennis Parker
EVENT DESIGNER, VENUE & RENTAL COMPANY OWNER, CELEBRATION SPECIALIST
Lorna is a boutique venue owner, rental company owner with years of importing experience, certified event designer and a trained floral designer who curates bespoke experiences for her clients that are customized from invitation to entertainment.
She is the owner and principal designer with L D Parker Event Designs which is a boutique event design firm located in Charlotte NC. Lorna is a Preston Bailey Protégé and was nominated for Intrigue Floral Awards in 2019, 2021 and 2022. Her work has been featured in Munaluchi Bride, The B Collective, Event Therapy Magazine and on Party Slate.
Lorna is the founder of the Event Professionals Marketplace; a social media platform that has a membership of over 20 thousand event professionals from every facet of the industry. She recently launched the Event Professionals Marketplace Academy which specializes in hands on and virtual education on every aspect of event design from branding and tablescaping to beginning floral design. Her goal is to teach burgeoning event professionals to find their “voice” in their design style.
More recently, in response to an overwhelming need for business education which was repeatedly requested by the members of EPM, Lorna developed the EPM Blueprint- how to begin, boost and bankroll your business. The online course focuses on assisting newer business owners in making the backend of their businesses as beautiful as the events they design.
Lorna is a co-author of the anthology “Bling-The Purpose, Power and Pursuit of women with Blind Faith” and the founder of Event Professionals Marketplace Project Rise through which event pros support their colleagues who need a helping hand to regain their business footing in the face of economic adversity.
✨🛳️ NEW Flexible Extended Payment Options Available!
What’s Inside The Program?
The comprehensive video based lessons, PDF resources, and expert instruction are just the beginning.
You will be able to access a supportive community of business owners just like you, who are pursuing their goal of developing a successful, profitable importing aspect to their business.
- Detailed Step-By-Step Video Lessons
- Community Support with Fellow Business Owners
- Live Sessions With Lorna AND Guest Experts In The Process
Did we mention you get LIFETIME ACCESS to the course materials?
a Message From Lorna
What’s this program all about?
THE CURRICULUM
What Can Expect To Learn?
Exactly what you need to know and nothing you don’t.
Gain a detailed understanding of the process to launch your importing business with confidence!
MODULE 1
Introduction To Global Importing
Gain an understanding of the global importing industry and the fantastic opportunities available to you.
MODULE 2
Your Role In Global Trade
Learn who’s who in the eco-system and how your business fits in.
MODULE 3
Finding Reliable Suppliers
Find the right suppliers for your business and learn the art of negotiation.
MODULE 4
Determining What Products To Import
Critical steps and strategies for profitable product selection.
MODULE 5
The Required Documentation
The important documentation and costs you must keep in mind.
MODULE 6
Logistics and Shipping
Learn the fine details of how you will get your inventory from A to B.
MODULE 7
The Order Process and Costs
The finer points you need to know about the ordering process.
MODULE 8
Sharing A Container
Options and advantages to sharing a container.
MODULE 9
Customs Clearance and Duties
Prepare for the customs process and duties without suprises.
MODULE 10
Warehousing and Distribution
What you need to know about inventory storage and delivery options.
BONUS MODULE🌟
Launching An Event Furniture Rental Business or Resell System
As owner and operator of The Curated Collection, Lorna Dennis-Parker knows what it takes to launch and maintain a luxury event furniture rental business!
In this very special bonus module, Lorna will be sharing her business insights in rentals and reselling to plan your startup properly.
If you’re planning to launch these offers in your business, you DO NOT want to miss this!
FREE GIFT WITH ENROLMENT 🎁
The Small Business Tax Prep Bundle
(A $97 Value – FREE with enrolment!)
Introducing the EPM Tax Prep Bundle: Your Ultimate Business Expense Tracker!
Get your business financials under control well ahead of tax time with our user-friendly comprehensive expense tracking tool.
Track every business expense with ease, from office supplies to marketing costs.
The Tax Bundle ensures nothing slips through the cracks.
QUESTIONS?
The first cohort of The Global Import Accelerator will start in Quarter 1 of 2024. 🪩
4 Live Zoom Q and A sessions with me (Lorna)
Checklists for finding an agent, properly setting up your business for importing, vetting suppliers to ensure quality products, and more!
Additional sessions are available as upgrades to take your course experience to a “done with you” level to provide extra support as you manage your first container order.
Each live Zoom Q and A session will include a review of the modules released that week and cover any questions the students have at that point regarding that part of the importing process.
2 course modules will be published per week.
NOTE: You will continue to have access to the course material after the live cohort, so don’t worry if you can’t get through it all “live”. We do strongly encourage everyone to try and keep up with the group so you can take advantage of the importing schedule that we will be sharing to have your first container on order in Q1 🛫
It is absolutely still worth taking!
The steps to importing are mostly the same with regards to getting the imported items to the USA and through customs. This is all logistics.
However, there may be additional regulations that will need to be addressed depending on what the student wants to import.
No experience is necessary.
We will walk through every step of the import process and ensure each student understands how to navigate the process.
By the end of our course, the student should be able to confidently bring a container into the USA. They will also learn how importing for hotels and other businesses can be a lucrative revenue stream.
Kick Off The New Year With A New Initiative!
This course delivers the knowledge and tools you need to get importing FAST.
The first student group of the Global Import Accelerator will be on track to make their first order in the very first quarter of the year.
WILL YOU BE JOINING US?
Register Now To Be A Part Of Our First Cohort
✨🛳️ NEW Flexible Extended Payment Options Available!
Event Professionals Marketplace