Weekly Highlights

What a fun week!  I LOVE the momentum that national convention stirs up on our team!  It has been an exciting week with lots going on as gals have gotten on the phone to fill their calendars for the rest of the summer.  You can have that same momentum as well!  We have 2 upcoming events to help you with your Usborne business.  On Tuesday night, July 17th, at 6 PM we are going to have a team meeting at Jim N' Nicks on Hwy 280 in Birmingham (near Greystone).  We want to spend some time connecting, sharing with all of you about convention, showing you some of the new titles that just came out, and do a little training.  :)  Please let me know if you will be able to join us!  Also, on Saturday, August 25, we will have our annual regional training in Atlanta.  I can't say enough how each of you needs to make it a priority to attend this!  I know that attending national convention in Tulsa is not an easy option for some of you.  But, we all can sacrifice one day to drive to Atlanta and take advantage of this great training!  I have emailed out the application and it is also available on our NEW team Facebook page!  :)  We would LOVE for you to take advantage of these 2 opportunities to learn how to grow your business!

Here are some highlights from this week...

•  Amanda Ledbetter (Sylacauga, AL) earned Success Kit 1 for having at least $750 net sales during her incentive period!

• Tara Maple (Opelika, AL) and Tawana Malone (Opelika, AL) have a booth this weekend at the Alabama Homeschool Expo in Montgomery!

• Krista Landenwich (Bay Minette, AL) had a GREAT sales week!

• Jessica Wood (Sheffield, AL) scheduled a home party and possibly a preschool RFTS!

• Mandy Golightly (Helena, AL) booked 2 (possibly 3) home parties, booked a preschool book fair, had two $100 orders, AND has a booth this weekend!

• Katie Meyerpeter (Chelsea, AL) booked a home party, scheduled a meeting with a preschool about a CFAC and a book fair, scheduled a meeting with a public library, and reserved a booth a Staples Teacher Appreciation Day!

• The July Hostess & Starter Kit Specials are up, and they are AWESOME!!!  To see what you have to offer in July, login to your consultants only site, click Business Information under Links, and then click Current Specials.  Until the new month begins, this is where you can find the next month's specials. Make sure ALL your customers know about these great opportunities for getting free books AND starting a business with Usborne Books & More!

Convention Update!!!

We returned from an exciting Usborne Books & More national convention yesterday!  Convention is one of the highlights of my year.  I LOVE the training, getting to see the all new titles before they are released, hearing the amazing speakers...but mostly, I love connecting with the absolutely AMAZING women on our team!!!  The ladies in the picture to my left are so wonderful!  Every year I come back more motivated than ever to be successful in my business AND to help you be successful in yours.  This business has been such a blessing to my family and I want every consultant on our team to be blessed as well!

Here are a few highlights from convention...

Katie Meyerpeter, Felicia Self, and I received our iPads!  Julianne Carney and Melinda Thompson also earned iPads and will be getting them in the mail very soon. I am so proud that we had 5 members of our team earn iPads this Spring!!!

Jessica Wood attended convention last year as a new consultant and made the goal to return to convention this year as a Team Leader.  She accompished her goal and was on the "wall of Team Leaders" at the Usborne Achievers dinner on Friday night!

Mandy Golightly and Felicia Self made the goal to promote to Team Leader October 1.  I am so proud of these 2 ladies for setting this awesome goal!

Katie Meyerpeter attended convention for the first time as a Team Leader...she promoted Express Success this Spring earning her a spot in the President's Club!  I am so proud of you Katie and so excited to have you on our team!

We got a sneak peak at all of our new titles...here are just a few.  Be looking for them to show up on your ecommerce sites very soon!

These pictures are great, but what they don't capture is the excitement that we have about our businesses right now!  If you want some of that excitement too, you will have an opportunity very soon!  On Saturday, August 25, we are having our yearly Southeast Regional Training in Atlanta.  We would LOVE for all of you to join us!  I emailed the application out several days ago.  Please let me know if you are interested!

Earning the Mediterranean Cruise!

We found out on Tuesday the requirements needed to earn the next trip.  And, I don't remember there being a trip that was so attainable! Here is how to do it...

The seven month contest runs June 1, 2012 – December 28, 2012

Here’s What you Need:
27,000 TRAVEL POINTS – to earn a Cruise for ONE
39,000 TOTAL TRAVEL POINTS – to earn a Cruise for TWO

And – YOU get to choose how you earn your Cruise!
Build your Travel Points the following ways:
• Start with Bonus Travel Points for May sales (announced last week)
• Personal net sales ($10,000 minimum) - $1 net = 1 Travel Point
• New Personal Recruit net sales - $1 net = 1 Travel Point
• New Personal Recruits attain Success Bound level – 250 additional Travel Points
• Attend Connect National Convention – 1000 Travel Points
• Mail in the Commitment Coupon – 300 Travel Points
• Promote to or promote out a Team Leader – 1000 Travel Points
• Promote to or promote out a Team Leader Express Success – additional 500 Travel Points
• Home Office Challenge II – 250 Travel Points per month achieved

For those of you who are new to Usborne, that may be VERY confusing.  Check out the Mediterranean Cruise Q & A Sheet that is available on the CIA site for clarifications.

At our team lake training in February, I shared 3 tips that I have found are key in earning trips:

1. Set the GOAL...share it and make it visible.
2. BELIEVE you can do it!
3. RECRUIT early in the contest.
4. Don't take time off and don't quit!

This trip is attainable for everyone...we all start out on a level playing field.  YOU CAN DO THIS!!!  :)

Weekly Highlights

What a week!  I finished up my 3rd week in a row of elementary book fairs today.  This week was just as eventful as last week...my computer crashed on Wednesday.  Not great timing, but I was reminded of how thankful I am for this business.  I was able to go that afternoon and purchase a new laptop without any worries thanks to my Usborne income.  It is such a blessing to be able to not stress about the little financial hiccups that life throws our way.  What a motivation to continue to grow my Usborne business for those little emergencies!  :)

Here are some highlights from this week...

• Tara Maple (Opelika, AL) had a new consultant join her team...welcome Tawana Malone (Opelika, AL)!

• Julianne Carney (Collierville, AL) had 2 consultants join her team...welcome Deanna Perkins (Loveland, CO) and Keri Smith (Lamar, MS)!

• Jessica Wood (Sheffield, AL) had an elementary book fair this week!

• Brandy Forsyth (Weaver, AL) had a big library order this week!

• Mandy Golightly (Helena, AL) and Mandy Posey (Maylene, AL) have a booth this weekend!

Home Office Challenges

I love having goals to work towards.   During your incentive period there are so many different levels you can work towards with the Write Your Own Success Story program.  You can earn Success Kits and even cash!  But, even after your incentive period ends there are always Home Office Challenges to work towards every month.  Earning Home Office Challenges 1 & 2 is a GREAT goal to have each month!  To find out what the challenges are login to your consultant site, look under Links, Downloads, Monthly Magazines & Flyers, and Biz Book...this is a newsletter that comes out each month that tells you about the HO Challenges, the hostess specials, customer specials, etc. for that month.  There are always such awesome prizes for earning the HO Challenges!  Here is a picture of what arrived at my door this past week for earning HO Challenges 1 & 2 in March...a new logo camping chair (great for outdoor booths), a camping  table, and an Usborne Books & More sun visor for the car (great for advertising)!  The cutie in the chair was already mine.  :)

Go check out the Biz Book for May and see the awesome things you can earn!

Weekly Highlights

What a week I have had!!!  I had my 2nd week of 3 elementary school book fairs in a row.  During the course of the week my youngest son got sick and had to miss 2 days of school and I threw out my back while playing on the floor with him Thursday night.  I realized even more this week how amazing it is to have a husband who is supportive of my business.  He worked from home 2 days while my son couldn't go to school and spent yesterday at my book fair with me because I literally couldn't bend over.  Did I mention that I had to break down my book fair yesterday and go set up another elementary book fair yesterday afternoon?  Yep...my husband is amazing!!!!  So, THAT is my weekly highlight!  :)  Here are some more highlights from our team this week...

• Julianne Carney (Collierville, TN) had a great elementary book fair this week AND was #4 in Team Leader sales for the month of April!
• Amanda Ledbetter (Sylacauga, AL) is having her kick-off party this weekend!
• Katie Meyerpeter (Chelsea, AL) promoted to Team Leader Express Success (which got her in the President's Club), earned her May dot to solidify earning her iPad, and got a call from Randall White congratulating her on promoting!!!!  What an awesome week!  :)

New Storytime App for the iPad

Are you guys as excited about this as I am?  I LOVE working for a company that keeps up with technology!  I am NOT worried that ebooks are going to replace books, but I love that we now have an ebook option to offer our customers!

What is it?

Storytime app is a FREE app only for the iPad at this point.  It is like a book shelf that our customers can download interactive books to enjoy.  Right now there are 5 Kane Miller books available through Storytime...more will be added soon.

How does it work?

Let your customers know to download the "Storytime" app from their app store and register with YOUR CONSULTANT ID!  This is very important because this allows them to download a FREE Kane Miller book...right now it's Hush Little Beachcomber.  Also, if they choose to buy any books now or in the future, you will get commission on those purchases!

Let your customers know about this NOW!  And, be sure they know to enter your consultant ID when they download the Storytime app.  You can go to your eCommerce site and click on the Storytime app icon on the right to learn even more information.