Shirley George Frazier, author of Globe Pequot's How to Start a Home-Based Gift Basket Business and The Gift Basket Design Book, is a solo business owner and marketing expert who conducts seminars and workshops on small-business marketing and development across the country(www.GiftBasketBusiness.com; www.solobusinessmarketing.com). She has written for and been quoted extensively in newspapers and magazines across the country and has appeared on CNBC, the Food Network, Discovery Channel, and other television stations.