Cello In a Box® - About US

Lonna Weidemann Lonna Weidemann – Founder

Inspired by her passion for gift giving and helping others, Lonna Weidemann, founder of LW Promotionals started making gift baskets for friends and relatives at the young age of twelve. Throughout the many years of basket making and gift giving, her entrepreneurial drive kicked into full swing, resulting in a web site that offered gift basket items and supplies. To her surprise, items such as kits and groups of supplies were the items that the world was buying and she couldn't seem to keep cellophane bags in stock. “Customers crave creativity and crafting without spending a lot of money, and I am going to give it to them.” Lonna says.

She has authored many books that have resulted in rave reviews and are available in many bookstores and online major booksellers. She designed products, tested the market and took these products that simplify and add fun to everyone’s life to a national level. In 2003, she took one of her best selling items, Cello In a Box®, filed for registered trademark and started to market the wrap set world- wide. It won the 2003 N.M.O.A. Hottest Products Contest and soon accepted into the Brylane Home Wishes and Miles Kimball catalog. Due to the creativity and overwhelming response of product sales, Lonna was nominated as Best-Female Entrepreneur in the 2004 Stevie Awards.

She used her passion for creating products and helping others and developed a way for everyone to enjoy them. Those that buy her products gain self gratification by adding a splash of fun to their lives, while making extra money and offering products that are proven to cause smiles. “It gives me great satisfaction knowing that the customers I have had for years, want to share these great products with the world.” Hence….Cello In a Box® Representative and Cello In a Box® Co. came to be, offering products that not only you and I can use, but businesses, churches, schools and just about everyone. Our products help increase sales in the direct sales industry and what a fun way to make that extra dollar!

Ellen Levinas – Creative Marketing Assistant

A former owner of her own gift basket business, Ellen Levinas loves to create and help people with their gift-wrapping, and gift-giving needs and presentation. A graduate of the University of Phoenix earning a BS degree in business/e-business, Ellen ventured out into the online world to do what most people want to do, which is earn a living. Online for a number of years Ellen also decided to become an author and teach people how to make that living by publishing guides and e-books to do just that. However along came Cello in a Box ® and her former passion from her previous years ignited a flame from within.
Owing and operating her own Web Sites, Ellen has the experience and know-how to work with people, and loves to help them as much as possible if it is within her power to do so, she also loves her family very much and enjoys spending quality time with them.
As Creative Marketing Assistant, Ellen’s duties comprise of moderating Cello’s Yahoo group, which includes helping reps with ideas, answering questions, and the like. Creating the weekly Rep Friday Newsletter almost in its entirety,
Administering contests and rewards along with the owner, expanding on new ideas, tips, and products, creating new products with the owner to help reps with new ideas, concepts and ways in which to make more sales, which are cost efficient for everyone! Putting it mildly Ellen is here because she adores Cello in a Box ® Company, their products, their owner, and of course the idea of creating something beautiful with basic items that do make the most wonderful memories. Ellen’s motto is “Presentation makes the sale” and here at Cello in a Box® Company we all know that is 150% true.

Chip Weidemann Chip Weidemann – Internet Technician

The Internet capabilities of today’s world have given us many new opportunities in regards to how we conduct business. Chip Weidemann has been building websites since 1999 and his experience brings us up-to-date technology in this creative world. He has been an entrepreneur since 1996 and his personal drive is an asset to our company as he continues to develop ways to better business for all of us.