GETTING READY FOR THE HOLIDAYS!!! NEED HELP WITH ORGINIZING YOUR CARDS AND GIFTS??

 

 

This is entirely from the send out card web site. Copied for your convince.

It’s that time of year again when preparations need to be made for holiday cards and gifts. As you prepare for a great season of giving with SendOutCards, we encourage you to use this helpful checklist.

1. Schedule cards and gifts to go out BEFORE December 16th

USPS strongly recommends sending all mail no later than December 16th so that it arrives in your recipients' mailboxes by December 25th.
For international shipping deadlines, please check the USPS site for recommended mailing dates.

2. Place SOC Photo Store Orders Early

During the holiday season we recommend placing your order on or before the following dates to ensure delivery in time for December 25th:

Shipments to USA and Puerto Rico
Ground, Priority Mail, First Class - Wednesday, December 12th
2nd Day - Sunday, December 16th
Next Day - Tuesday, December 18th

Shipments to Canada
Priority, 1st Class Mail - Friday, November 30th
UPS Standard - Friday, December 7th
UPS Express - Friday, December 14th

All other International Countries
Friday, November 30th
*Rush orders can be placed for $25 per order in the SOC Photo Store order and are guaranteed to go out next business day if placed before 12 p.m. (MST).

3. Bulk Cards from SOC Photo Store

If you prefer to have your holiday cards mailed to your house so that you can address them yourself, then bulk cards from the SOC Photo Store are for you. Bulk Holiday cards can be purchased from the SOC Photo Store in packs of 25. Pre-made templates are available or you can create your own custom design using your personal photos from your SendOutCards account.
*The final order dates for bulk cards are listed above.

4. Mail In Your Personalized Handwriting Font Form BEFORE December 7th

Your handwriting/signatures need to be submitted no later than December 7th if you would like to use them in your holiday card sending. This will allow sufficient time for your handwriting/signatures to be uploaded to your account before December 16th (the recommended mail date for all holiday cards and gifts).
Personalized handwriting fonts and signatures can be purchased from Purchase Products. After completing your purchase, download either the Handwriting Font Forms with Instructions or Handwriting Font Form (Signatures Only). Follow all of the instructions on the form, send it in before December 7th, and you will add an extra element of personalization to your cards.

5. Update Your Contact Manager

The holidays are about letting everyone know you care! Check your contact manager to ensure those you care about are listed. It's also a great idea to import groups of contacts you have from other applications.
Importing can be tricky at times, so we've included a tutorial to help you out:

• How to Import Contacts Into Your Contact Manager

6. Update Your Contact Information

Make sure that your most up to date return address appears on all of your special holiday cards this year by following the instructions below:
Log in to your SendOutCards account and click the Edit button on the left-hand side of your Main Menu under Default Return Address. Click ‘Save’ and your updated information will be used.
Distributors, you also have the ability to change your information from the Revolution Office. To update your contact information in the Revolution Office, locate the Distributor Tab on your SendOutCards main menu, click Revolution Office then My Profile located on the left side, click Edit My Profile. Once you have updated your information don’t forget to click save.

7. Create the Perfect Holiday Card

Your cards will stand out this holiday season with our incredible greeting card system. With PicturePlus 2.0, you can use holiday borders, templates, clip art and more with your pictures to build personalized, custom cards.
Check out this tutorial to learn how:

• PicturePlus 2.0 Tutorial

8. Edit Your Cards Before Clicking Send Card

The month of December is our busiest time of the year. So that we can make sure your cards are sent out on time, our production team will be printing cards at a much faster pace. Starting on December 1st you DO NOT have until midnight to edit your cards like normal. Instead, we encourage you to edit your cards as soon as possible because your card can be sent to print as soon as you click Send Card.

9. Add Points and Expense to Your Account

Without points and expense for postage, your cards won't make it to the printers and into the mailboxes of your family and friends. Make sure you have enough for the holiday season beforehand so you can beat the holiday rush.
For help with purchasing points and adding to your expense, please see the following:

• How to Purchase Points and Expense

10. Send Your Holiday Cards Campaign-Style

If you haven't created a card campaign before, now is the perfect time to find out how it's done! After you have the perfect card, plenty of points, and all your holiday contact information is updated into your SendOutCards account, you are ready to send a campaign with a few clicks of the mouse.
For help creating a holiday card campaign, use the following link:

• Creating and Sending a Campaign Tutorial

IMPORTANT:
Due to the high volume of traffic on the SendOutCards website during the holiday season, you may experience slight delays in the speed of the website. This is why creating and sending your holiday cards early is ideal.
SendOutCards Customer Support Team is excited to help you during this busy holiday season. The final holiday support schedule will be announced soon.
Please contact our Customer Support Team by phone (801-463-3800), by email support@sendoutcards.com, or by live chat (link found at the bottom of the SendOutCards website). Response times may be delayed during the holiday season.
Share this holiday checklist along with your holiday cheer, cards and gifts with your friends, family and fellow SendOutCards users. Make this special season worry-free by scheduling your cards and gifts early - we will do the rest!

Sophia McKenna
Send out Card Independent Distributor
www.sendoutcards.com/sophiamckenna
sophiamckenna@gmail.com

Some Questions you may have about Send Out Cards

     First I want to apologize for not being on for a few days, I have been trying to complete my school work for my bachelors degree. I love my viewers and am grateful for you following me.

I know this has been a topic, but here is the exact quote from Send Out Cards web site a long with many other questions that people may have about Send Out Cards. All of these are quotes you can also find in send out cards web site.... Hope this helps.
Sophia McKenna
Independent Send Out Card Distributor
www.sendoutcards.com/sophiamckenna
sophiamckenna@gmail.com

• "How do I send a campaign?

  To send a campaign, please follow these steps:
  1. From your Main Menu click the "Contacts" link at the top of the page.
  2. To send a campaign to a group, select the group at the bottom of the page and click the "Find Contact" button. If you only wish to send the campaign to one individual, just search for that one person using one of the fields under Find a Contact and then clicking on the "Find Contact" button.
  3. Once you have group (or individual) listed, un-check anyone you don't want to send the campaign to. The campaign will only be sent to people that are checked in this list.
  4. At the top left will click on Select Campaign drop-down menu and pick the campaign you want to be sent.
  5. Click on the "Send Campaign to Checked" button.
  6. A confirmation of how much the campaign is going to cost in points and postage will appear. If you have enough points and postage you can either continue by clicking the "Yes" button or cancel by pressing the "No" button.
  7. If you do not have enough points and postage you will be prompted to purchase more. This will open a new tab or window and take you to the Purchase Products page. Once you are finished you can return to sending the campaign.
  Updated 2/2/2012"
  
  

  • "How do I import my contacts?

    Before you can import your contacts you will need to have your contacts in an Excel readable format. If they are not currently in Excel you should be able to export them from your current contact management tool (Outlook, ACT, etc) into Excel.
    1. Open your contacts in Excel.
    2. Be sure that you have a column heading in row 1 of each column. It should contain the following column headers with the appropriate information below each column (*required field): *First Name, *Last Name, Company Name, Email Address, *Address 1, Address 2, *City, *State, *Zip, Country (required if outside the US), Work Phone, Home Phone, Fax Number, Cell Number, Pager Number, Birthday, Anniversary, Spouse's Name, Spouse's Birthday, **Group **If you are importing your contacts into a group you will also need to create a group in SendOutCards under the "Contacts" and then "Groups" link. In Excel you should have a column heading called Group and in all the cells below the name of the group you will be importing into. The group name is case sensitive! Be sure the group name is listed the same in SendOutCards and on your Excel spreadsheet.
    3. Once the document is formatted go to File and Save As.
    4. The File Type should be changed to Text (tab delimited).
    5. Give the file a new name and save the file somewhere you will be able to easily locate, for example on the desktop.
    6. Once the document has been saved, go to the SendOutCards Main Menu and click on the "Contacts" link.
    7. Now click on the "Import Contacts" link found on the bottom of the page.
    8. Click the "Choose File" button and find the Text (tab delimited) file you saved, and then click the "Upload File" button.
    9. Click on the drop-down arrows that read "Not In File" to view your column headings.
    10. Match your column headings to the areas on the left.
    11. Enter a name for the upload under "Profile Name."
    12. Click "Update Profile." A sample of your upload will appear, verify that this information is correct.
    13. Click on "Import Entire File."
    14. You will be taken to the Main Menu and receive a message that says, "Your contacts have been imported successfully." Your contacts are now in the Contact Manager.
    Updated 2/2/2012"
    
    

    • "What is a monthly subscription?

      A monthly subscription is a reoccurring charge you can set up so that points are automatically added to your account. Monthly subscription options allow you to buy points at lower prices. 
If you purchase a monthly subscription of $31 (100 bonus points), you will receive preferred pricing on all your points, which is $0.31 each. 
If you purchase a monthly subscription of $9.80 (20 bonus points), you will receive retail pricing on all your points, which is $0.49 each. 
For Distributors, it is recommended that you have a monthly subscription of at least $31. This will help you meet the requirements to receive commissions and bonuses. 

      Updated 11/8/2012"
      
      

      "How do I send cards to the military?

      The USPS has compiled information regarding sending mail to our troops on this webpage
      https://www.usps.com/ship/apo-fpo-guidelines.htm"

    • "What size is a BIG Card?

      8.2 x 11.5 inches
      2/2/12"
      
      

      • "What is a Card Campaign?

        The SendOutCards system allows you to send a card to a single recipient or multiple recipients. The Card Campaign feature gives us an advanced way to send one card or multiple cards to multiple recipients on multiple dates.
        So how is the Card Campaign feature different from the "Multiple Recipients" feature found in the "Choose The Recipients" step of creating a card? The "Multiple Recipients" feature allows you to send a card to as many people as you would like, but the card is not saved so you can not reuse it at a different time.
        Updated 7/11/12"
        
        

        • "How do I create a PicturePlus 2.0 card?

          In the Card Catalog there is an icon located in the upper left corner. By clicking the "Create a Custom PicturePLUS 2.0 Card" button you may select a layout. This will then take you to the card editing process where you may customize and personalize your card as stated above.
          To make the card a permanent card, click the "Make PicturePlus 2.0" button at the top. The card will now be in your Card Catalog under My Cards and then PicturePlus 2.0 Cards.
          Watch the "How to Send a Card" tutorial 2/2/12"
          
          

          • "I am a customer. How do I edit/cancel my subscription?

            From your Main Menu click the "Customer Account Manager" link found at the top of the page. Next, click the link "My Subscription" and then "View/Edit subscription profile." You can modify your subscription by changing the date it runs, the amount of points you buy, or your payment information. If you would like to cancel the subscription, click the "Cancel Profile" at the bottom of the page located below the subscription information, then confirming the cancelation of the subscription by clicking "Yes." You can also cancel your subscription by filling out the following form and faxing or mailing it back to us: https://www.sendoutcards.com/images/pdf/cancellation_form.pdf 2/2/12"
            

            • "How do I create a card?

              To create a card, select "Cards" then "Create A Card" in the red bar. This will take you to our Card Catalog where you can select from thousands of pre-designed cards or make your own custom card using PicturePlus 2.0. Follow these simple steps:
              1) Choose Your Card. Once you've made your card selection, you'll choose the type of card you'd like to send. You can choose a postcard, 2-panel card, 3-panel card, or Big Card.
              2) Personalize It. Your card will appear in the Card Editor. From here you can add a heartfelt message, include photos, elements, etc.
              3) Choose The Recipients. Here you will enter your return address information and the mailing name/address for your recipient.
              4) Add A Gift. This is where you have the option to choose from various gift items to send with your card.
              5) Confirm. The last step of sending your card is to verify that the information you've provided is correct. You will also be shown the total amount of points and expense that will be deducted from your account. 2/2/12"
              
              
              
              
            
            
          
          
        
        
    
    
  
  

Christmas is approaching QUICKLY!! Cards Anyone???

Good Morning and Happy Thursday Everyone!!

I just started a facebook page for sending love through the mail and in less than 24 hours we are already at 43 likes on the page. Please like my page and follow me on the blog so you don't miss anything exciting. Once Facebook page reaches 500 I want to do something special like a raffle or something, I am not clear on the details yet, but I defiantly want to do something special. So stay tuned for updates on that.

Now down to business. I know I will probably be talking about Christmas cards more than once in the next 6 weeks. People love getting Christmas cards, and until I got Send Out Cards, I hated sitting for several hours, writing the same card over and over, stuffing the envelopes and putting on the stamps. Don't get me wrong the first 10 or so were great, but in my big family and then friends I was sending probably close to 200!! Any one know where I am coming from?!?!
Well whether you have 10 cards to send to loved ones or 500 cards to send to loved ones, clients, and any one else you may want to drop a little joy, it is easy as one, two, three!!

First you would create that wonderful campaign that I showed you this week, and then if you would like to add a family photo or note to it, just follow these simple steps.

Step one: after you have your Christmas card picked out, you will be able to edit it. On the left side of your screen there is a task bar, you can click there and view all sorts of template, that you could use for your card or you can click on add blank text item and it will ad another box for you to put a picture or words in. 
Step two: once you have the lay out or text box you can either write a beautiful Christmas letter, or you can simply click on Pictures on the left hand side and all your pictures will pull up that you have uploaded, if you don't have any yet,  that is okay, just click on upload more pictures, and a screen will come up where you can upload photos from your computer to add into your card. Once you upload them, simply go to the picture you want click on the picture, and HOLD the mouse button down so you can drag it to where ever you wanted it in the card.
Step three: If your card is done you can simply click continue at the bottom right hand corner, or you can continue to play with your card and create some amazing and beautiful Christmas cards, by repeating steps one and two, to be able to add as many photos, quotes, or letters your card can manage to hold! :-)
Step four: once you are complete with you card you will go to your contact manager and add everyone you would like to receive your Christmas card and pick the Campaign (you may have named it Christmas cards 2012)  and it will be sent on its way!!
NOTE: If you would like each and ever persons own name in the card... that is possible as well, please visit my campaign post to go over how to create a campaign! and find out how to insert a name in to your card with out having to do each card individually!

I hope this helps all of you and you can relate to me... On a quick note I just wanted to close out with a few post from close friends of mine!!
"I was looking at Christmas cards in Walmart tonight. Everyone of them made me think of how much more fun & personal it would be to send them through SOC!!! I can't wait to Create!!!" Martee Burke Mary Kay and Send Out Card Customer
"I am certainly doing my Christmas cards on Send out Cards....how easy and fun to create and I can ad a family photo if I want, no ordering or mess or fuss! Send Out Cards is a MUST in my busy life!"
Chris Lopez Pampered Chef and Send Out Card Customer 

Sophia McKenna
Independent Send Out Card Distributor
sophiamckenna@gmail.com
www.sendoutcards.com/sophiamckenna 

Campaigns, Simple Steps!

Good morning!
Today we are doing to talk about Send Out Card Campaigns, they are a wonderful way to be able to get in touch with clients, customers, invitations, thank you cards and all sorts mass card send out.
The great thing about Campaigns is you make one card and your done!!

Step one: put your mouse over cards on the main bar
Step two: click on Campaigns
Step three: Click create new Campaign (on left)
Step four: Name your Campaign
Step five: Make sure your return address is correct
Step six:Scroll down and Click on Create Card for this Campaign.
Step seven: Pick your card, fill out out, and click continue to save card.
Step eight: If you would like a gift to go to every one you send the Campaign to click on a gift. and then click continue, other wise if you dont Click contiue without gift.
Step nine: When you are done, you will go to your contact manager and click on everyone you would like to receive your card.
Step Ten: Send your card!!!

HINT!!! While you are in step seven and you are writing in your card, you can put your mouse over INSERT down at the bottom of where are card is, and you can insert, FIRST NAME, LAST NAME, or BUSINESS NAME,  this will then be inserted where ever your cursor is and it will be underlined. When you do this, either the first name last name or business will be inserted WHEN IT IS MAILED... NOTE!!! you will only see the underlined of what you inserted, you will not see the actual name until it is mailed.
HINT!! You can also prepare a second card in the same campaign to go out 3,6,12 months after the first card goes out so you can make sure you follow up with important people automatically!! 

I hope this helps, please contact me for any information.
Sophia McKenna
Independent Send Out Card Distributor
sophiamckenna@gmail.com
www.sendoutcards.com/sophiamckenna

Personalizing Your Card...

Happy Monday Everyone!!

Today we are talking about how to create a card online using Send Out Cards with your own hand writing.... yep that's right, it will look as if you took the time to write it with a pen.

If you have a Send Out Card account you will put your mouse over Help, then CLICK on Downloads, and then CLICK on Handwriting Font Form with Instructions. From here you will print the form and simpley follow the instructions.

Could you imagine someone opening their mail box, having a beautiful glossed card as a surprise,  then they realize that it is your own handwriting and it is followed by your signature. They will wonder how you made this amazing card!!

Here is an example:

I am including the link as well for simplicity.....

https://www.sendoutcards.com/media/pdf/SOC_Font_Form.pdf

I hope you enjoy and found this helpful.

Take care and have a beautiful week every one... stay tuned for more updates!!

Sophia McKenna

Independent Send Out Card Distributor

sophiamckenna@gmail.com

www.sendoutcards.com/sophiamckenna

Getting back to the basics

     Happy Sunday EVERYONE!!

     Sending Cards and Letters through the mail used to be an everyday event; and now we send text messages and e-cards to our loved ones for holidays, birthdays, and special events.

    Imagine how you would feel opening up your mail box, and seeing a thoughtful gift with a card from someone who just wanted to say they were thinking of you. How would that make you feel? Warm, Cozy, Special, Grateful there was something other than bills in the mail box? LOL! I know how I felt when I received my first card in many years. It was a shock at first and then it was pure delight knowing some one has thought of me!

     I personally have had an amazing journey coming back to basics, sending and receiving cards through the mail when I joined Send Out Cards. It has truly changed my life and those around me. I am able to remember birthdays because of their notification system and send cards to my valued customers.

    Throughout my blog I plan on sharing different reactions I have had from people I have sent cards to, pictures of cards, and how I am doing campaigns to help my business along with other peoples business, as well as give you clues on how to make your card personal, and add photos.
Send Out Cards has helped me personalize a card including having my own hand writting.
I am sharing this with all of you because I want you to gain the knowlege and feel comfortable in making your send out card something someone will remember and keep for a life time.

Paying it forward is my way of life!
I hope you enjoy!!
Have a beautiful Sunday Everyone!

Sophia McKenna
Independent Send Out Card Distributor
sophiamckenna@gmail.com
www.sendoutcards.com/sophiamckenna