Holiday Campaigns

This is a quick 2 minute inspirational video about getting your holiday campaign going.  Last year I set up my campaign in October, it's too late to do that again this year, but I think I'm going to try harder next year.  Getting your list together, setting up a campaign, sending yourself a sample, and then sending out the cards is a process, but is not difficult!



If you need instruction on how to do this, watch the video in the training videos on your main menu.  If you need more help please don't hesitate to call 719-371-7125.

Please note : We will have a conference call Sunday, Dec 5th at 7pm MST, to answer all your questions on creating a campaign.  The dial-in number is (605) 477-2100 with a access code of 45804#.  Please join us for some inspiration!

Edit your Profile Photo.

In case you were not aware, in June 2010 Send Out Cards had a major upgrade of the system. At that time they set all distributors up with two personal pages. The "old" page (which actually looks nothing like the "old" page) is what you used to have and where you introduce new people to SOC. That is still at http://www.sendoutcards.com/Your_user_ID_or_Nickname. That was redesigned at that time and is now very simple with 3 steps and no distractions.

The new page everyone was given is at http://www.sSOCRetail.com/Your_user_ID_or_Nickname. This is the site where you can refer someone to send a card without a membership for $2.99. This site takes a little bit of setup, which you can do from your main menu, management tools, Personalize your profile. This is where you define your nickname (personalized URL). On this page you can add a blurb with your story, a small bit of information about your Send Out Cards Journey, or anything else you think might catch an eye (all clean please). This is where you set up how many point and expense a Gift Account get and how many gift accounts to allow (this number need to be check periodically BTW, as it goes down as gift accounts are given away). And this is where you add a Profile Photo.

Adding your profile photo is a little more tricky than you would think, and than it should be. The photo needs to be a certain dimension (300x300) and needs to be rotated at 4 degrees counter clockwise. To help you get the desired results I have posted a template to the Team Resources page of this blog. It is a template for photoshop (sorry for those that is not helpful for) and the instructions are included within. Let me know if that is helpful to you.

Michele's bi-weekly Interviews

Michele Reynolds (2 upline from me) is a powerhouse woman! Much like myself she is involved with many things, has a resume business, has a virtual assistance business, supports all sorts of organizations that support women in business. Oh and lets not forget Send Out Cards. She is on her way to Executive, which I think will happen very soon. She is a networking machine. Anyhow, in case you have not been following along, I wanted to raise your awareness to her bi-weekly interviews, every other Tuesday morning 8:30-9:30am.

Since Convention Michele has decided to interview as many power players in Send Out Cards as she can get to join her, with the goal of writing a book at the end of the series.. What a fabulous venture, and she is perfect for it.

I previously posted the interview with Kenton and Ricky Pass on this blog's team resources page, and today am posting the interview she did a few weeks ago with Dr. Phil and Pinky, and then yesterdays interview with Kathy Paauw. I only want to post resources that I think are actually helpful to you, so therefore I don't want to blindly post all the interviews, but all of Michele's interviews have been fabulous.

Dr. Phil and Pinky are current superstars in SOC. They showed up at the convention as one of the newest Executives after having been in the business only 4.5 months!! Incredible! AND they did it while he continued his two medical practices, continued his soccer coaching for his 3 boys, and worked out 1.5 hours per day. He did it because he could see the direction his medical practices were heading in this economy, and the stability to earn the income from those practices was becoming questionable. So no more excuses gang! Listen to his interview and practice what the leaders are doing!

The next interview, with Kathy Paauw, is the main reason I am writing this blog today. Kathy has been in Send Out Cards for a number of years now and is an Executive. She is an expert business coach and has put together a website of resources for her team - and for us too. The website is at http://eaglestraining.info and the password is eaglestraining. Specifically in the call she calls attention to Distributor Training item #6, managing your follow-up. This has been an area of particular challenge to me lately. I am pushing through it but could certainly use her advise. Here she has recorded webinars of two ways to manage the follow up.

She also talks about another site she maintains that is not Send Out Cards related, but a site dedicated to helping you get organized. That is at http://www.orgcoach.net. She has regular teleconference you might find helpful as well as recorded calls form the past. Crazy lot of information on the web, eh?

Another gem of the call was the campaign account that Kathy keeps to share with others. To get there got to http://www.sendoutcards.com. Sign in with the username "oprius1" password "12345". This will give you access to the campaigns that Kathy uses. Do not edit or use these campaigns on this site, but share them with your own account. There are some good ideas in there. Damarr also has an account he shares campaigns. His account "cardshare" password "cards". The other campaign sharing site (where you can add your campaigns) is username "allcampaigns" password "12345".

This is a great time to get familiar with campaigns, as it is the best way to do your Xmas cards. Chad's Tuesday night call is once a month on campaigns. Unfortunately that was last night, but lots of other options for that training. I'll blog about that soon.

If you want notice of Michele's Interview calls, just friend her on Facebook. That is Michele Reynolds. I'm stopping now, cause I'm sure you have brain overload!