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Jan
Seattle, Washington - USA
Female
Birthday: Mar 30, 1949
Single without children
Languages I speak:
English
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I represent: Send Out Cards
I Market: Greeting Cards
It's not personal, It's just business

I market a greeting card system that makes the business of staying in touch with your customers and clients entirely personal. I hope the tongue-in-cheek intent of this section's title is loud and clear.

"It's not personal, it's just business," said Tony Soprano as he blew somebody away. And it's an all too common attitude in corporate America. It's de rigueur to buy someone out in a ruthless deal and then give them a slap on the back and take them out for drinks.

Well, call me naive, but I don't think it has to be that way. I think you should treat your customers the way you want to be treated (yeah, that old golden rule). That a little honest communication goes a really long way.

I think if you remember your clients, they'll remember you.

When I found SendOutCards and researched it, I realized it met all my qualifications for a company I could endorse.

It's a greeting card system designed for business people to stay in touch with their clients. These are NOT ecards; they're REAL, high quality greeting cards that are sent through the U.S. mail with a REAL stamp (not metered mail). You can upload pictures, use your own handwriting and signatures, and create campaigns to go out at whatever intervals you choose (like an offline autoresponder on steroids).

But beyond all the bells and whistles of the system, SendOutCards' philosophy sets them apart. They teach that sending cards is about giving rather than receiving, that building relationships with your customers will have more long term benefits than traditional forms of marketing. Relationship marketing, in this context, means that you send a message to your customer because you genuinely appreciate their business. In most cases, no
offers, no promotions - just a simple thank you because you want to say thank you.

I'd be happy to give you a free trial account. Just ask.

No cardboard box for me

I'm 58 years old, and I've been a massage therapist for 25 years.  I'm starting to worry about what's going to happen when I can't do this work any longer.

 I know lots of other therapists who have had to end their careers because of injuries, and, frankly, that scares me to death, because I don't have enough saved to live on if that were to happen.

I started this business to help myself and others like me who are getting older and are afraid of not having enough to live on (even to the extent of being homeless, hence the cardboard box analogy in the title).

My Words

Cultural Affinities
American

Descriptors
Abundance, Alternative, Aspiring, Cat lover, Creative, Environmentally-Conscious, Funny, Good listener, Impatient, Inclusive, Laughter, Listening, Therapeutic

Hobbies and Interests
Acting, Alternative Medicine, Aromatherapy, Blues, Chinese Medicine, Complimentary Medicine, Computers, Dance, Directing, Drama, Eastern Health, Education, Essential Oils, Health, Internet, Internet, Nutrition, Politics, Reading, Romance novels, Yoga

Professional Background
Certified Personal Trainer, Corporate job, Massage Therapist, Software-Computer

Religious and Spiritual Descriptors
Eastern Philosophy, Meditation, Yoga

Any other procrastinators out there...
I'm a huge procrastinator. I've always known I should send birthday cards, thank you cards, and welcome cards to my massage clients. I even went so far as to go to the dollar store and buy a pretty nice batch of cards. They're still sitting on my bedroom floor 'cause I would have had to write a message, stuff them in envelopes, find stamps, go to the post office, etc. etc. Woulda coulda shoulda.

So I watched this massage marketing webinar that turned out to be about this system where you could go online and create a real greeting card using your own handwriting that goes out in an envelope with a handwriting font and a real .41 cent stamp (not metered mail).

I'm thinking, hmmm gotta check this out. I did.
 
I started using it, and found that it's so easy to use that even a major procrastinator like me can stay on top of contacting clients and friends. I'm even going to send out holiday cards this year for the first time ever.
 
I realized that if even someone like me can successfully use this system, then maybe it could help other businesses, like Realtors, mortgage brokers, insurance agents, network marketers, and others with their customer service and client retention issues.