Is Your Stamping Business Making Money? Five Areas You Should Examine By John Sanpietro, Certified Business Coach If your stamping business IS a business, then it should be making you money.  The great thing about Stampin' Up is, there are multiple potential revenue streams.  Here are five ways your stamping business should be making you money: 1.      Classes – Unless you're doing large, retreat-type seminars, classes should be your most… Read More »

STAMPING IS MY BUSINESS! TIP OF THE WEEK – NEW DEDUCTIONS AT TAX TIME  In the past, any new or used business equipment you purchased had to be depreciated on your taxes over several years.  A time-consuming and often tedious process.   However, the new Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 means entrepreneurs can realize some great new savings at tax time!  Now, if you choose, you can… Read More »

Hi Stampers  The cutesy images in the Greeting Cards Kids Stamp Set seem to jump right off the pages of vintage storybooks.  This little girl was named Victoria by my granddaughter Rachel.  Remember I said that Rachel namedthe Halloween little girl (from the same set) Sophie.  She loves these little girls and has names for all of them.  I stamped them in black on scraps of card stock for her to color in. … Read More »

John SanpietroCertified Professional Development Coach Stamping Is My Business! Recently, one of my clients e-mailed me in some distress. She told me she had read that SU! was a company with “a compensation system that rewards recruitment more than actual sales of products to persons outside the network of participants. So significant income is unlikely without recruitment of a large downline.” She asked me if it was true. I replied… Read More »

Do’s and Don’t’s of working these events…  DO greet people with casual conversation. Start with a sincere non-sales comment like “your baby is darling, how old is he?” –or- “that is a great sweater!” –or- “you look like your having a fun day!”. Make an observation, followed by a sincere comment as a conversation starter to break the ice and THEN ask if they are familiar with your company. That way, you are… Read More »

I make cards every month for my online customers.  The cards are fairly simple because I need to make at least 15 every month. It's a way to thank them for ordering through my SU website.  The below is an excerpt from my latest post.  I include a card and envelop with a post it note telling them the card is for them to pass on to somone else. Christmas is… Read More »

  – By John Sanpietro In any highly competitive business environment, its important that you set yourself apart from your competition. In the online environment, its absolutely mandatory. More and more, Demos are realizing that, in this internet-driven world, geographic boundaries mean a lot less than they did before. In their recent elaboration on the Continual Discounting Policy, SU basically acknowledged that, saying since all Demos are now online, what… Read More »