To test drive the system she refers to, click here for a 5 minute video walkthrough to send a real card to someone (just do what the little man says and don't click ahead of him).
Got questions? Email me at barbcorsa@sbcglobal.net.
Sing along with me....(to the tune of These Are My Favorite Things)
Long nights of staring at piles of cards laying
Brain strain from wondering what to be saying
Cartridges empying at a fast clip.....
These are some things that you won't really miss
Scrawling your signature at a hard table
Sticking on stamps and peeling off labels
Blurry eyes straining to finish in time.....
These are some things that you won't really miss
When you're busy, when you're stressed out, when you're feeling low.
Just call The Card Lady, she'll show you for free...
the answer to card sending woes!
That was fun (for me at least LOL!) Ok - seriously folks, did you recognize yourself in any of that? If you did, and you're wondering if there is an easier way to send cards in your own handwriting, with your own signature to everybody in your database this Holiday season, there is!!
With SendOutCards, you can make the cards up WAY ahead of time, set them up to go out BEFORE December 15th to everybody on your list, even add gift cards and gifts. With secure database uploads, mail merge for names and the ability to make Groups in the Contact Manager, you could be done with Holiday cards in 15 minutes. But if I don't show, you won't know, and the only way to get use of the system is through a Distributor.
This year, enjoy the Holidays with family and friends more..without the hand cramps! I
Email me at barbcorsa@sbcglobal.net and I'll send you a link to test drive the system by actually sending a real card without leaving your computer, or you can join at www.sendoutcards.com using Distributor #32451. I give a one hour free training session after signup.
Barb Corsa (aka The Card Lady) System Trainer & Ind. Distributor 32451
My mother, a widow with 4 kids and a full time job, used to "go out for a ride" on a weekly basis at night after we got old enough to look after the younger ones. As kids, we thought this was really weird. Was she meeting someone? No.
As an adult, I finally got up the courage to ask her what she used to do on those rides. Her reply? "I sang, screamed or cried in the car depending on what kind of week I had".
She said that in the dark, with little to no traffic to see her, she could just drive around the back roads and get out her frustrations and emotions and come back to us a better mother. She said it didn't help anyone to see her very very mad or very very sad, and it was unhealthy for her to keep all that bottled up inside. It was her stress reliever!
When she was happy, she'd sing at the top of her lungs. When the week had been particularily mean, she'd scream the same way because no one could hear. Sometimes she'd just sit on the side of the road and cry because she didn't want us to see and get upset.
She'd come home calm and ready for some time with her kids.
Too many people these days are so stressed with life and work in general that they often don't think of how their moods can affect their families and their own health. They keep their emotions bottled up until they explode.
Did we ever see her mad or sad? Of course. We gave her plenty of reasons. But our memories of her are sweet, and the lessons she taught have stayed with us.
So if you see a woman in a burgundy van on the expressway at night singing at the top of her lungs to Phantom of the Opera, it's me...and it's been a great day!
I suggest you try this stress buster, because it sure works.
PS: Caution: never cry and drive at the same time.
I am so very pleased to announce that SendOutCards has made the Top Ten Websites list in this month's Inc. 500 magazine. They also ranked #158 out of the top 500 companies!
If you have not seen this totally web based system for sending out greeting cards, gifts and gift cards in the mailwithout leaving your computer, you are missing out on the competitive edge that could keep your business relationships warm, your personal relationships warmer and help you save time, money, and frustration.
Getting and keeping loyal clients who can help you build a referral based business is priceless! Visit www.sendoutcards.com today to see WHY it earned a spot as a Top Ten website. Look around the site
Starting to stress out over all those Christmas cards you have to send out this year?
Contact me at cardladybarbc@yahoo.com and I'll show you how to make them fast and easy (in your own handwriting without the hand cramps) so you can spend more time with your family and friends enjoying the season.
I recently stumble-bumbled my way into a very helpful website called Butterscotch.com. I was surfing the free software downloads at Tucows.com (another great place), and saw a link to Butterscotch.
Now, being that butterscotch pudding was always my favorite as a kid, I decided to see what it was.
Lo and behold, it's a site filled with great tutorials about tons of stuff you might need to learn about - like how to learn to use your Blackberry (video!), your iphone, how to blog, use eBay, the finer points of Facebook, LinkedIn & Twitter, learning Firefox, gmail, Hotmail and just too many others to list.
No butterscotch pudding or candy - just butterscotch color and tons of things to learn about. Go to Butterscotch.com and scroll dow the page to get a taste!
Ok, so you're probably tired of hearing about it by now, but I think there is an important issue to be addressed here. With the major weeping and wailing and nashing of teeth going on all over the world for this music icon, we seem to be missing a big piece of the puzzle regarding human beings in general.
What is it? The fact that everyone has a need to feel loved and appreciated by others. Regardless of how you feel about Michael Jackson, let me ask you a few questions to mull over:
Do you think Michael felt he was loved and appreciated to the degree that is being shown now? How much better do you think he would he have felt if just a tiny fraction of those people reached out in a note or a letter to let him know he had touched their lives with his music? Was he reclusive or just very alone in his own mind?
His father stated he wished Michael had known all these people loved him. Would it have altered Michael's path in life, his view of himself and made him stronger? I believe it would have.
Oh yeah, you know what's coming now....
How much better would YOU feel if those around you reached out to you and told you they loved you, that you did a great job for them, that they would be lost without you? That would feel incedible, wouldn't it? It would make a big difference in the way you view yourself...and them.
So I would challenge each of you today to look around and see where the gaps in your own life might be so you can begin to fill them -
The people who need to hear the words "I love you".
The ones that need to know you're grateful for their help on a daily basis.
The ones you put on the back burner because they should just understand how busy you are when you forget to call or visit them.
The ones that should be told you're proud of them for doing something great.
How empty life can be when someone doesn't fill your cup. After you're gone, or they're gone, it will be much too late to do the most important things in life. Most of the time people don't realize you need this vital "life lift" too.
Reach out - they're waiting. I'll remember the sadness in Michael Jackson's father's eyes when he looked into the camera and said "I wish he had known".
Because it's not what you do, it's not what you say - it's how you make them feel that counts.
Sometimes we want to duplicate what successful people are doing. Sometimes we even HAVE the people who are successful telling us EXACTLY how they became that way.
BUT THEN
instead of "mirroring" success, we try to learn every subtle nuance, every little twist and turn, every trick of the trade and go off course into LEARNING way too much and actually DOING way too little!
Instead of READY, SET, GO, should we be doing READY, GO? Is it fear of failure or fear of success that stops us in our tracks at SET?
When I look back over the last year and notice how much time I spent getting ready and getting set, I see that I complicated a very simple thing. I had the locomotive, the train was on the tracks, all the right fuel to make the train go, but the part that became the hardest was the "almost starting" - pulling that switch that would make my train go down the tracks. I was sitting there letting my engine idle while other trains that came in after me chugged on down the tracks to success.
So, I recently decided to GO! Duplication comes from duplication, not from complication. It's such a simple concept!
This was on the Montel Williams Show today (1/14/09), and if you've ever had any identity theft in your family, you know how awful it can be and how time consuming. Over 10 million people per year have had identitiy theft happen to them, myself included after using a debit card at a drive thru pizza place instead of going to the ATM since I had hungry teenagers partying at home, and it was late.
An attorney on the show that experienced identity theft herself has written a book, complete with the forms and letters you may need someday. Everyone needs a copy just in case.
Book: From Victim To Victor by Mary Frank, Esq.
Some tips from the show (some you may know about but not really do):
ALWAYS shred papers with personal info before tossing them into your trash - preferably with a cross cut shredder - to prevent "dumpster divers".
Don't put outgoing bill payments in your mailbox and put the flag up - it alerts theives to come and get it.
Make sure people standing behind you at an ATM stand 3 ft behind you. That cell phone they're using may be recording your card and where your fingers go.
Don't leave your registration and insurance card in the glove box for thieves to find easily - stash it or carry it.
Always look for the gold lock on the websites you enter personal info into to make sure it's a secured site.
Never give your security card number over the phone, or in response to an email even if it looks authentic.
Never leave your purse or wallet in the car, even during church. Some people have easy pickings with this one!
Now, here's a shocker....one lady had a group of people that moved an old blue mailbox from neighborhood to neighborhood, and people just dropped things in it for her!!! She said the best way to be safe is to take your mail INSIDE the post office to mail it.
Ok, so there's some information you may have needed to safeguard yourselves a little more, but please, please, please don't leave delivered mail in your mailbox for long either. Guess what was in mine today?
Three pre-approved credit card offers, and a mailing from the bank where I got my home equity loan - it looked like junk mail, but when you opened it up....there were three REAL checks, complete with all my bank info, ready to be written out by me to access my line of credit....or for whoever wanted to swipe it from my mailbox.
Be very aware - with this economy and the airing of this show, many unscrupulous people just got some great ideas on how to get money from you. One person showed how easy it was to copy down your check information at their job, go to Office Max and get software and check paper they needed to print your checks on their computer so they could drain your account. Scary stuff happening out there folks - BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY!
Ok, somebody had to bring up the fact that tomorrow is the last day of 2008 and that April 15th is right around the corner. Happy New Year!
Do you need a last minute deduction for the year? Go to http://www.sendoutcards.com/32451 and send a free card on me just to sample the SendOutCards system using the audio prompts, then look around the site and sign up for a Wholesale or Entrepreneur account if you like it.
The company gives you a receipt after you join SendOutCards that you can add to the 2008 stack for your accountant. It could be a really great tool for your 2009 marketing toolbox. You'll never know if you don't send a free card to someone (no obligation to join at all and your name doesn't go on any lists).
If you take deductions for an in-home business, here's a few to remember:
P.S. Get the advice from your local accountant to get correct information related to your country, state, etc.
By operating a home-based business, you dramatically reduce the amount of personal taxes you pay.
You can write off expenses for:
- computer, printer, and internet access - cell phone and long distance charges - office supplies - office furniture - a digital camera - credit card fees and interest - marketing - attending networking/social events - having your taxes professionally done - meals with business prospects and clients - books and magazines - attending seminars and conferences - educational material and training
And write off a portion of your expenses for:
- electricity/water/natural gas - mortgage interest - property taxes - snow plowing/yard maintenance - house cleaning - laundry expenses (when out of town) - automotive fuel, leasing costs, maintenance and repair, interest on car loan, depreciation - telephone
And a portion or all of:
- cruises and trips when you conduct business remotely
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This was on the Montel Williams Show today (1/14/09), and if you've ever had any identity theft in your family, you know how awful it can be and how time consuming. Over 10 million people per year have had identitiy theft happen to them, myself included after using a debit card at a drive thru pizza place instead of going to the ATM since I had hungry teenagers partying at home, and it was late.
Ok, so there's some information you may have needed to safeguard yourselves a little more, but please, please, please don't leave delivered mail in your mailbox for long either. Guess what was in mine today?
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