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		<title>Attention Business Owners, Entrepreneurs, Sales &amp; Service Professionals&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sande Saimond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You could be wasting your marketing dollars if you don&#8217;t have an effective way to follow up and stay connected!  Download my free report and learn: The #1 reason customers stop doing business with you and the simple action that can turn that around and make them customers for life. How you can generate 30-45% [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="left">You could be wasting your marketing dollars if you don&#8217;t have an effective way to follow up and stay connected!  Download my free report and learn:</p>
<ul>
<li>The #1 reason customers stop doing business with you and the simple action that can turn that around and make them customers for life.</li>
<li>How you can generate 30-45% more sales over the next 12 months by implementing one simple change.</li>
<li> How to generate endless referrals from your current customers with zero advertising dollars and 80% better results!</li>
<li>How to avoid ever chasing a cold lead again.</li>
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<h2 style="margin-top: 0pt;"><strong>Are you looking for an easy way to&#8230;</strong></h2>
<ul style="margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<li> build customer loyalty?</li>
<li> attract new and repeat clients?</li>
<li> stay ahead of your competition?</li>
<li> thank others for gifts &amp; good deeds?</li>
<li> motivate and encourage employees?</li>
<li> remember birthdays &amp; anniversaries of those you care about?</li>
<li> share appreciation with customers, colleagues, volunteers, family and friends?</li>
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<p style="margin-top: 0pt;">Some people call this &#8220;appreciation marketing.&#8221; Another term for it would be &#8220;relationship-building.&#8221;  When people feel appreciated, they will remember you for a long time, if not forever! Think of how you respond to someone who makes you feel appreciated and valued. What would it be worth to you and your business if you were to make each of your customers and prospects feel the same way?</p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #aa4c79; font-size: medium;">&#8220;People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did,<br />
but people will never forget <em>how you made them feel</em>.&#8221;</span><span style="color: #aa4c79;"><br />
<em>-Maya Angelou </em></span></p>
<p>62% of the reasons customers fail to continue business with you is <em>perceived indifference</em>. <strong><br />
Simply saying thank you to your customer will increase your business by 17%.</strong><br />
I have many other ideas, but this one alone is golden!
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;">Now you can send a PAPER greeting card in the mail using your own personal handwriting font and signature for about a dollar (including postage) &#8230; without leaving the comfort of your desk!  Make customized cards with ease, using your own photos and graphics, like I have with the cards pictured on this page. You can even send the same personalized card (with the recipient&#8217;s name in the salutation) to hundreds of people with a single mouse click!</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"><strong></strong><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="color: #3c50a8;">Contact me today for your FREE gift account so </span></strong></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt;" align="center"><span style="color: #3c50a8; font-size: medium;"><strong>you can send a card and see how it works.</strong></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt;" align="center"><span style="color: #3c50a8; font-size: medium;"><strong>[contact-form 7 "Send Two Free"]<br />
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		<title>Jordan Adler, author of Beach Money, to Speak in New Jersey</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sande Saimond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jordan Adler, the author of best seller Beach Money, will be speaking this coming week in New Jersey. If you want to hear about his book and about how he made his money (and what company he&#8217;s currently with), please clear your calendar on October 8th from 7:00-8:30 p.m. Contact me for further details &#8211; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jordan Adler, the author of best seller Beach Money, will be speaking this coming week in New Jersey.</p>
<p>If you want to hear about his book and about how he made his money (and what company he&#8217;s currently with), please clear your calendar on October 8th from 7:00-8:30 p.m.</p>
<p>Contact me for further details &#8211; cost is $10 at the door.</p>
<p>[contact-form 5 "Jordan Adler Event - October 8th"]</p>
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		<title>Greeting Card Home Party Plan Newly Unveiled</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sande Saimond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just unveiled yesterday is a new party plan available from a well established company that offers relationship marketing &#38; appreciation marketing systems to small business owners &#38; families around the world. If you are interested in sending real greeting cards to your friends and family and don&#8217;t like taking the time to buy them in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just unveiled yesterday is a new party plan available from a well established company that offers relationship marketing &amp; appreciation marketing systems to small business owners &amp; families around the world.</p>
<p>If you are interested in sending real greeting cards to your friends and family and don&#8217;t like taking the time to buy them in a store &#8211; you now have an option.  Send them from the comfort of your own home &#8211; at midnight if you choose &#8211; after the kids are asleep in bed &#8211; in your jammies!</p>
<p>Choose from 15,000 cards ~OR~ upload your own pictures.</p>
<p>Our company just went to a whole new level!  This new greeting card system in a box is now available to you for under $50!!  This includes a bonus of 10 cards (with postage) to send right away.</p>
<p>Upgrade for $25 to make $340 (that&#8217;s YOUR profit) or more in 30 days having parties with their friends.</p>
<p>For more information, please contact me to start your own greeting card party business today!!</p>
<p>[contact-form 4 "Home Party Contact Form"]</p>
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		<title>Kangen Water &#8211; Introductory Card</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sande Saimond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine recently started a new business showing and selling a new alkaline water system (manufactured for hospitals in Japan).  I wanted to show him the power of sending a simple greeting card and so I created the following card for him.  Imagine the possibilities when you can use any royalty-free graphic to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A friend of mine recently started a new business showing and selling a new alkaline water system (manufactured for hospitals in Japan).  I wanted to show him the power of sending a simple greeting card and so I created the following card for him.  Imagine the possibilities when you can use any royalty-free graphic to create the perfect personalized greeting card just for your recipient!</p>
<p>Keep in mind that I am an advocate of sending heart-felt cards almost exclusively, however, this was probably the 8th or 9th card that I&#8217;d sent him and had already introduced him to the system and the concept &amp; power of a heart-felt card.  This was just to show how powerful and versetile the system was!</p>
<p>This was a 3-panel card.  The 1st graphic was the front/cover.  The 2nd graphic is the &#8220;flap.&#8221;  What you see when you lift the cover and before you open the flap to the 3-panel inside.  Then the 3rd graphic is the center and bottom portion of the card.  The upper portion was a personal note in my own handwriting.</p>
<p>Enjoy</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.simplykeepingintouch.com/images/kagen-4.jpg" alt="Card Front" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.simplykeepingintouch.com/images/why-1.jpg" alt="Card Flap" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.simplykeepingintouch.com/images/stats-2.jpg" alt="Inside Center &amp; Bottom" /></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Interested in a custom card for your business?  Please contact me &#8211; I&#8217;m happy to help!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">[contact-form 3 "Kagen Water Custom Card - More Info"]</p>
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		<title>Send Out Cards Hits #158 on INC. 500 Best Websites for 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sande Saimond</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hoping to bridge the gap between lick-the-seal Hallmarks and impersonal e-cards is SendOutCards.com allows users to create custom cards online, which are then printed and delivered to the recipient.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The 2009 Inc. 500: The Best of the Websites</p>
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<p>SendOutCards, Salt Lake City, No. 158</p>
<p>Hoping to bridge the gap between lick-the-seal Hallmarks and impersonal e-cards is SendOutCards.  SendOutCards.com allows users to create custom cards online in the customer&#8217;s own handwriting and signatures, which are then printed and delivered via postal mail to the recipient.  SendOutCards was founded on the fulfillment of a promise to always act on inclinations (or promptings)  toward general kindness, says CEO Kody Bateman. &#8220;The most important thing to running an online business is keeping it personal,&#8221; he says.</p>
<p>The smartest way to advertise your business is to send heartfelt cards to your customers in which you ask for nothing in return.  You simply want to make them smile and show them you care about them on a personal level.  You &#8220;Send Out To Give&#8221; instead of &#8220;Sending Out to Get.&#8221;  One of Kody Bateman&#8217;s favorite sayings is &#8220;Appreciation Wins Over Self-Promotion Every Time!&#8221;</p>
<p>SendOutCards also made Inc.&#8217;s Top 100 in Consumer Products and Services &#8230; it&#8217;s #13!</p>
<p>If you would like to check out this wonderful company and it&#8217;s services, please fill out the form below and I&#8217;ll set you up to send 2 free cards using the system &#8211; my treat!</p>
<p>[contact-form 2 "Greeting Cards Information Form"]</p>
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