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Hello one and all,

Happy New Year! This is a great time to set your goals, look at the things in your business you'd like to change, and actually change them! It's also a great time of year to raise your prices to make sure you're getting paid what you should be getting paid.

And as you go through your new catalogs and put together your wish lists...remember...buy like a business owner!

Warmest regards,

John

John Sanpietro

Personal & Professional Development Coach

In this issue

	Four Ways to Start the Fiscal Year Off Strong Should I Give the Catalog Away? Coming In August... 2006 Is Full! Now Booking Live Presentations for 2007! Sample of the Month Book of the Month

Four Ways to

Start the Fiscal Year Off Strong!

Want to hit the ground running? Did you struggle to make your goals this year? Here are four things you can do to come out swinging!

1. Give out those catalogs

See the sidebar for more info.

2. Call all of your customers

The new catalog is out! Make sure everyone knows about it. Don't depend on e-mail to do the job. Get on the phone!

3. Talk about the business!

There's a lot of good buzz this time of year. Capitalize on it by letting people know they can have their own stamping business, too. Remember, they're not going to come to you!

4. Start scrapbooking!

Scrapbooking has never been more popular. Incorporating it into your business (through classes and workshops) will allow you to reach an audience that might not be as interested in stamping cards.

Coming In August...

Just to let you know, two exciting things will be happening in August:

A new, monthly Study Group
The next free call in the SIMB Teleconference Series - the topic will be time management.

Watch your e-mail over the next couple of weeks for more information about both of these events.

2006 Is Full!

Now booking Live Presentations for 2007!

We're happy to report that there are no more available weekends for Live Presentations in 2006.

We are now taking bookings for all of 2007!

Available presentations include:

The Five Steps to a Successful, Home-Based Stamping Business
Marketing & Recruiting Workshop
Spouses' Sitdown
Get On The Phone!

All SIMB presentations are designed to inform, motivate and inspire your downline or group to define their goals and build their business.

Unlike many other speakers, however, SIMB presentations are designed exclusively for stamping professionals - not the entire direct sales industry. John understands the unique challenges stamping business owners face, and is able to address them specifically.

We also understand the financial difficulties stamping business owners face and have priced these presentations accordingly.

John will share concrete steps everyone can take to make their business a success - whether they just want a self-supporting hobby, or a full-fledged stamping business!

For more information about booking John for an appearance in front of your group, send us an e-mail, or select here for more information.

Sample of the Month

Submitted by:

Celeste Bell

Sets: Kanji, Bamboo,

Oriental Brushstrokes

C/S: More Mustard,

Glorious Green, Rose Red

Ink & Marker: Versamark,

Basic Black

Accessories: Vellum Paper, Blender Pens, Vintage Brads

Congratulations to Celeste, who wins a $10 SIMB Gift Certificate!

WE NOW HAVE OVER 300 SAMPLES and are adding more and more to the Samples Section of our website every day.

If you would like to submit a sample to be considered for Sample of the Month and the Samples Section, just send me a scan via e-mail, or mail your sample to: John Sanpietro, Stamping Is My Business!, 36 Fir Street, Jay, NY 12941.

Please include your name, e-mail address, phone number and all materials used to make your sample.

Book of the Month

Organizing Your Craft Space

by Jo Packham

One of the biggest problems my clients have is organization. Where do I put this? Should I even keep that?

This book offers several ideas for organizing your craft space based on the craft you do. There are sections in the book for both rubber stamping and scrapbooking.

You probably won't copy the ideas outright, but you be able to incorporate some of the ideas into your existing space.

Select here for more information from Amazon.com.

Stamping Business Q&A

Should I Give Away the Catalog?

Many of you are charging your customers full price for your catalog, or making them book a workshop or buy a minimum amount of product before you hand one over. I believe this is totally counter- productive to doing business.

As consumers, we have been trained to expect catalogs for free. Think about it... how many catalogs did YOU receive in the mail this month? How many catalogs have YOU paid for recently? How many of your customers are not buying from you simply because they don't have a catalog and refuse to pay for it?

Very simply, sales is a numbers game, and the more people who have your product line in their hands, the more people will buy your products.

If you give a catalog to each of your customers, tell them you're going to follow up with them by phone in the next few days, and then do it, not only will you make more sales, but, even with the cost of the catalogs factored in, you'll make more profit, as well.

The catalogs are simply a cost of doing business, and not an expense you should pass on to your customers.

(If there's a question you'd like answered, or a topic you'd like me to cover, feel free to

send me an e-mail)

Testimonials...

You are the Dr. Phil of stamping. He totally makes sense and what he says seems so obvious and yet it still manages to smack you upside the head like, "Why didn't I think of that??!!" And you do that for me with my stamping business. Everything you talk about makes total sense and it is such solid business.

- MI, Illinois

Since I saw your live presentation, my sales have doubled!

- CF, Alabama

I used the Referral Program from the 'How to Sell $400/month' CD and it worked! I plan to use this referral system at every workshop I do and have my customers bring me new customers. Thanks, John, for your advice.

- GM, Missouri

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