From John SanPietro: I'm often asked what is the biggest marketing mistake business owners make? Is it that they're marketing to the wrong audience… or is it that they're marketing the wrong part of their business? Is it that they're saying the wrong thing in their marketing pieces… or they're not putting out the most effective marketing piece they can? While all of the above are valid and widespread problems… Read More »
Hi Stampers I am normally not very talkative but I can't believe I am going to post my 1,000 post in about 10 days! I will have some special blog candy on that day so stay tune! In the meantime, I've been playing with My Digital Studio again and I love the way this card came out. Love the countryside feel of the Chateau Bella Stamp Brush Set –… Read More »
A couple of you asked me where I had ordered the graphics I had on my car. Here's the link: http://www.vinyldisorder.com/ ~~Rachel
Hello everyone! From Our Hearts, is an organization which collects and sends hand-made Greeting Cards cards to deployed military personnel. They in turn, use the cards to keep in touch with their family and loved ones back home. Over the past couple of years, this organization has grown from sending out a few boxes of cards each year to sending shipments every 4-6 weeks to more than 40 chaplains in Iraq and… Read More »
Hi Stampers Today's card features the Fabulous Florets Stamp Sets. You can create vibrant, lovely floralscapes with this gorgeous six-piece set. I have so many new floral stamp sets but I wanted to use this one again. I just love the way you can watercolor with it. I stamped the images on Crumb Cake Card Stock with Chocolate Chip Craft Ink, added Clear Stampin' Embossing Powder and set it with the Heat Gun. … Read More »
Ladies: I took this a couple of years ago and it help me get started and now I'll be taking it again as a refresher course. I highly recommend it! ~~Rachel I'm happy to announce Early Bird Registration has opened for the 2011 Marketing and Advertising Boot Camp! The Boot Camp will take place on four consecutive Tuesdays, beginning August 9th, at 10 p.m. (if you can't make the live… Read More »
Imagine an ad that reads like this: Wanted – someone who wants to make their own hours, determine their own income, and work around their family and other activities while working with great people and having fun helping them to create their own handmade cards and scrapbooks (and sometimes while enjoying snacks!). This candidate will receive all the free training and support that they need, including lots of creative inspiration.… Read More »
Hi Stampers I've received the ribbon for the ribbon share – I'll try and get it out by Wednesday because it will take me a while to cut up all the ribbon. You got to see the ribbon (especially the ruffled ribbon), it is so gorgeous I hate to cut it up! Sunday, 24 July 2011 was our local demonstrator's meeting. We are a group of SU demonstrators (Northwest Arkansas… Read More »
It's never been a better time to join Stampin' Up! – as a business or a hobby! While you may not have joined Stampin' Up! with the intention of building a business, others you come in contact with may be looking for a business opportunity. Whether they'd like to make enough money to supplement their family income or more, Stampin' Up! may be just the opportunity they're looking for. Especially… Read More »
By Lyssa Zwolanek I get asked all the time for ideas to kick start a dying business or get a brand new one off the ground. It's a very common direct-sales place to be–either just starting out and already discouraged, or several years in and beginning to lag. We hit a dead period where no one wants to book (like the holidays, or right when school is starting) and things… Read More »
