– 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 »

When I have a mini stamp camp coming up and I want to get the word out, I just send an e-mail to my customers who then forwarded an e-mail on to their friends/family and so on and so on. 99.9% of my customers are online and the one person, who isn’t, my godmother, is someone I talk to a few times a week so she’s always in the know.… Read More »

Hi Stampers In celebration of my newest recruit who signed up today, I thought I would give away Stampin' Up! $5.00 gift certificates (redeemable only through me).  To receive one, all you have to do is e-mail me with a question about becoming a demonstrator.  Easy Peasy! This has been a whirlwind week – my daughter and grandchildren are leaving for California today so things should be getting back to normal… Read More »

  By John Sanpietro Certified Professional Development Coach There was a recent thread on SUDSOL about Constant Contact and other newsletter broadcasting services, and their cost. I pointed out that cost should be the least influential factor in deciding how to send out your newsletter, since you should be making more money from your newsletter than it costs to send. A large number of Demonstrators are sending out newsletters to… Read More »

Hi Stampers Today I thought I'd share a card one of my customers (Martha G) made for one of her good friends. Just yesterday I finished a card for a good friend who is retiring soon.  I struggled for many days to come up with a design that reflected his successful career and his strong faith in God.  He graduated from Oklahoma Univ so I started with his school colors of… Read More »

Written by Debbie McNeill Edited by Glenda Trexler Newsletters are an excellent communication tool for any business owner, but especially for a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator. They help communicate your image, connect with customers and prospects on a different level, provide value to readers, and communicate any promotions and product offerings – keeping customers up to date. My mentor, Ali Brown, once said “It’s not your customers responsibility to keep up… Read More »

Hi Stampers   The Flower Fancy Stamp Set remains one of my favorite sets.  I decided to go simple on this card with the pearls as the only embellishment.  The colors used are Concord Grape and Very Vanilla.  The images were colored using Concord Grape and Old Olive Stampin' Write Markers.  The background (Very Vanilla) was fed through the big shot using the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder.  I added pearls… Read More »