Greetings!
October already! Can you believe it? I have to admit that Fall is not at the top of my list of favorite seasons, but I'm a planner, and Fall is a great time to slow down, enjoy the changing of the seasons and to reflect on what you still need to accomplish this year.
For me, almost my entire family has a birthday coming up between now and the end of the year. Ouch! That really puts a pinch on my purse, not to mention Christmas gifts. But this year, I am going to take advantage of a one-stop shop for many of my birthday and holiday gifts. As a matter of fact, I just stopped working on this ezine and jumped online to send a card and a delicious birthday treat to my best friend. Now how easy does that sound? I didn't even have to put my shoes on!
If you would like to let your fingers do the shopping, check out the article below on Gift Shopping in your PJs.
Also, in this issue I'm excited to introduce my first Virtual Product to help with those stacks of business cards you have been accumulating from tradeshows and networking events. (See Fast, Prospect Follow-up)
As always, thank you so much for taking a minute of your busy day to read my monthly ezine. I hope you find something useful in every issue and I would so appreciate you forwarding it on to others that might find it helpful.
Virtually yours,
 Terri
As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms
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Gift Shopping in your PJs.
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I'm all about easy. What about you? I look for easy tips, easy dinners and easy solutions to make my life....easier!
About a year ago, a very sweet lady approached me about a new card program that she was involved in and well, I quickly became interested because it looked professional, fun and easy. And I thought that I could share it with my friends, family and clients.
Now almost a year later, I have found Send Out Cards to be so much more than a card program. I uploaded a photo of my hubby, myself and our dog and created our Christmas cards last year within 20 minutes. We hadn't done a photo Christmas card since our children were little (and that was a while ago). So I was pretty excited. Then I starting seeing other ways to utilize the program to stay in touch with people and to also help my church. We had a golf tournament and I took photos of each team, uploaded them, and mailed a thank you card from the church to each team in the tournament. Of course, that is going to be a card they hold on to because it has their team photo on the front.
These examples are just a few of the many ways to show appreciation, thoughtfulness or just to say Hi.
But wait...there's more. Send Out Cards has an ever-growing basket of goodies that you can attach to your cards. There are gift cards from Wal-Mart, Starbucks, Home Depot, as well as others, or you can select from brownies,  cookies, coffees, chocolates (my personal favorite) and nuts. They even have categories for babies, pets, home, kids, and holidays.  You can find a gift for any occasion and it's as simple as clicking your mouse to attach it to your card.
I can't say enough about Send Out Cards. It has made my life simpler and what a savings to my budget.
Looking for a way to save this holiday season? I'd like to give you a free account so you can take a look around and see just how easy it is to let your fingers to the shopping. Call me at 865-332-0521 to get started before the holiday rush!
And for those in the local area, please join me on Thursday evening, October 9th at 6:45 at Exodus Chiropractic for a Send Out Card Holiday Workshop. You will get to see the program in action and see, touch and taste some of the delightful gifts that you can send with your card. Please contact me quickly as I only have 3 seats available!
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Fast, Prospect Follow-up
Turning those new business prospects into paying clients
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 Don't you love going to networking events and Tradeshows? You walk in the door of a Tradeshow and pick up your nice plastic bag to collect all your "stuff" and begin the marathon of collecting as much information and business cards as you possibly can. Or you go to a chamber event or other networking opportunity and walk away with a stack of business cards about four inches thick.
You get back to your office and dump that nice plastic bag under your desk or toss the four inch stack of cards in your top drawer and think, I'll follow-up with these people tomorrow. I've got to take care of these critical projects first.. Sound familiar? Well you are not alone. This is one of the most common acts of procrastination for business professionals. Those valuable business cards will sit around until it's too late to follow-up effectively and you have missed out on an opportunity to turn that business card into a new client or paying customer.
What if you could have a nice follow-up package available to you to take care of contacting these new business prospects? What would it be worth to not worry about remembering to follow-up? $50, $100, $500? One prospect who is cultivated effectively could result in thousands of dollars to your business.
A Virtual Business Solution is proud to announce Fast Prospect Follow-up. We will take your prospect's business card and,
- Scan each card into a working database
- Design a real Follow-up card with your logo or business card imprinted on the inside flap
- Mail the card to the new prospect
- Make one telephone call to the new prospect to set appointment
- Mail cards back to you for future reference
All of this for around the price of a nice cup of coffee.
Look in your top desk drawer, and underneath your desk. Do you see that stack of business cards? Do you see the potential revenue never coming through your door? Are you ready to take charge of your business? Contact A Virtual Business Solution at info@avirtualbiz.com or call at 865-332-0521.
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Terri is the owner and Chief Virtual Officer of A Virtual Business Solution. She offers more than 35 years of administrative, management and marketing experience to busy entrepreneurs, small business owners and home-based business owners. Terri is certified as an Internet Marketing Specialist and as a Real Estate Professional Assistant. She is a member of VAnetworking and International Virtual Assistants Association. She has won the Business Entrepreneur Award and Blog of the Week award from VAnetworking. A Virtual Business Solution will ease the burden of running your business. |
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Have you ever had to raise money for your child's baseball team or for your church? Are you involved with a non-profit organization that is close to your heart? Then you know how hard it is to locate volunteers, board members and those precious dollars that will fund your organization's projects.
Sandy Rees, CFRE is a Certified Fundraising Expert and an Association of Fundraising Professional Master Trainer. Sandy takes practical ideas and turns them into steps for fundraising success.
She is the author of
Fundraising Buffet, A Heaping Helping of 101 Practical Ideas to Increase Donations and Deepen Donor Satisfaction. Her book is available by clicking Here.
Sandy has several training seminars and speaking engagements coming up so visit her website at www.getfullyfunded.com to learn more about Sandy and her services and products.
Also check out her blog at www.getfullyfundedblog.com
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Check out past issues of GIFTS
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Remember a great tip or suggestion from a past issue of GIFTS, but can't find your copy?
Now you can access all past issues Click the Gift Box above. |
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