Stampy Wackers TOO Up!date November 2005

Hello,

The holidays are rapidly approaching.  Remember to slow down and enjoy your time with family and friends.  Don't let the hubbub of the holidays interfere with the spirit of the season.  Spend just 15 minutes a day maintaining your business to take you through to the excitement of Sell-a-bration at the beginning of the year.

***  Customer Selector on-line

***  Stampin' Up! specials

***  Stampin' Classes

***  Business Quick Tips

***  Stampin' Chat, Stampin' Time

***  Group News -  Stampin' Up! birthdays, Successful Sales


***   CUSTOMER SELECTOR  ***
The Mini Catalog Customer Selector is now online for the Sell-A-Bration 2006 Mini Catalog. You have until November 30, 2005, to select your customers and finalize your selections.  You can have Sell-a-bration Mini Catalogs mailed by Stampin' Up! to your customers.  There are no free Mini Catalogs earned for this Sell-a-bration catalog, but it is cheaper (and less work) for you to have Stampin' Up! mail them for you than it is for you to purchase them and put postage on them yourself.

***  STAMPIN' UP! SPECIALS  ***
Have you seen all the Specials Stampin' Up! is offering this month?  Craft Spots 25% off, Terrific Tags Punch Box Preview, Free merchandise for our hostesses with the Grab Bag Promotion, free stamp set of choice for new demonstrators and extra Great Rewards and cruise points for you with the Thanks to You Promotion, and additional income from downline sales during Overrides in Overdrive.  Review all these promotions on the Stampin' Up! website under Specials & Promotions.

***  STAMPIN' CLASSES  ***
All classes I offer to my customers are free for my downline.  Consider it training for you.  Check out the Fall Class Schedule on my webpage.  If any major supplies are required for the class, you can order them and bring to the class.  This way you receive credit for the sales, not me!

***  BUSINESS QUICK TIPS  ***

Over the years I have found my business to trail off this time of year, right before Thanksgiving and into December.  People purchase their stamps for crafting and they must start early when crafting for the holidays.  To boost your business during this holiday shopping season, look for creative ways to continue promoting your business:

1 - Pass out (and collect!) wish lists to all your customers, inform them that you will contact their husband, significant other, family, or anyone else they want you to contact so they receive just what they want for the holidays!!!  I offer free gift wrapping for any order placed by December 1.  This way I can place the order December 1 for December sales and have plenty of time for gift wrapping before the holidays.
2 - Offer a class during December that includes product in the registration fee (ex. 24 Quick Cards Class).  You will attract customers to these classes when they can use the projects for holiday gifts. 
3 - Host a table at a holiday gift fair.  Collect names of people interested in a free Stamping 101 Class.  Offer a Show Special (ex. Jumbo Wheel Package) to encourage orders.

Equally important is to fill your January calendar with workshops starting now.  If you wait until January to start setting these dates, you will lose the opportunity to book workshops the first few weeks of Sell-a-bration.  Make the most of Sell-a-bration, great deals for your customers and hostesses and free stamps for you too!

Remember to check my webpage for more training opportunities to grow your business.  Included are:  Business Builders (including Hostess Coaching, Customer Care Calls, Your Openning Statement, Goal Setting, Your 30 Second Commercial, Dressed for Success), New Demonstrator Dinner and Training, Stampin' Time, Stampin' Chat, and Manager's Share.  Check out these awesome Training Opportunities.

Also, you can go onto the SU! website under Communication and view all past Stampin' Success newsletters with all their wonderful samples and business tips.  Take a moment to peruse these valuable tools.


***  STAMPIN' CHAT, STAMPIN' TIME  ***
- Stampin' Chat -
The next on-line Stampin' Chat will be Monday,  December 19, 9p-10p.  Join our group of demonstrators for an on-line discussion.  I will open the chat at 8:45p so we can get the "hello/how ya doin'" out of the way and begin topic discussion at 9pm.  Topic discussion will run until 10pm then anyone can hang around and socialize in the chat room as long as you like.  Go to my webpage for directions to join the chat, Stampy Wackers TOO, On-Line Meeting.  For those of you on the other side of the world, if this time does not work for you but you would like to chat, let me know and we can set up another date/time.  The following chat, January 23, 9p-10p.

- Stampin' Time -
December's Stampin' Time will be Wednesday, December 7, 10a-11a - Business Builders, 11a-1p - Shoebox projects.  Even if you are long distance, you can still participate by sending swaps.  Ask if you need more details.  January Stampin' Time Saturday, January 21, 10a-1p.


***  GROUP NEWS  ***

***  Happy Stampin' Up! birthday to:
Kellie Andujar (FL) - 2 years

***  Successful Sales in October:
One of the wonderful aspects of having a Stampin' Up! business is that you can determine your own level of success.   Each of us has our own measure of success, depending on where we want to go with our business.  Let us celebrate each others Successful Sales in October:

Over $1000
Colleen    Bowen  (Germany)

Over $600
Peggy    Beahm (CA)

Over $300
Crystal    Knoth (CA)
Christin    Ross (England)
Stacie    Meredith (CA)
Amy    Corris (OR)

Over $150
Heather    Dixon (FL)
Jennifer    Greania (VA)
Stella    Yereance (FL)
Juanita    Thorsen (CA)
Margaret    Legg (CA)
Linda    Hoven (NE)
Kenda    Wood (CA)
Kellie    Andujar (FL)

Any questions, comments, concerns, please do not hesitate to call or e-me.  Check my webpage for ideas and inspiration.

Simply Stampin',
Carla Murphy
707/448-1539
carlam@mac.com

Webpage:
http://www.simplystampin.com
username - stampinup
password - demonstrator