SendOutCards Convention 2019

I wasn't able to make it to the convention this year; something came up at the last moment. Fortunately, it was available as a live stream so I was able to watch all three days from the comfort of my own home! I wrote about the first two days, which were the Relationship Marketing Grand Summit, here and here. There's a lot of good information for any business owners and salespeople in those two posts...I highly recommend that you check them out.

Today's post is a combination of two events...on Thursday evening there was a session that introduced some new products for SendOutCards, as well as a bigger session on Saturday where awards and recognition were given.

We'll start with the new product announcements:

The big additions are the Card A Day subscription and the System Package.

SendOutCards simplified things by reducing the number of card types from three to two...heartfelt sends and system sends.

A heartfelt card is one card to one person, such as a birthday card or anniversary card, that's sent immediately. System sends are group sends, the same card to multiple people, such as Christmas cards; scheduled cards; or a multiple card drip campaign.

The $37 a month Card A Day plan filled in a big void between the $17 plan and the $97 plan. You can send 30 heartfelt cards a month (not including postage) and you get a 20% discount on gifts. Additional heartfelt cards and any system cards are $2,00 each. And the $97 plan now has discounted shipping in addition to its unlimited heartfelt cards (postage included), as well as a 30% discount on gifts.

The system package includes 300 system sends for $395, with any additional system sends at $1.31 no matter which subscription that you have (this is an add on...you must also have a subscription). Plus, unlimited access to the campaign store for a year!

There was also a system training demo on Thursday evening. I'll be putting on a system training this Saturday.

The main event took place on Saturday, with recognition and awards!

Rookie of the Year - Susan Day

There were two Rising Stars...April Brumm and Victor Mabu

Executive of the Year was Darla DiGrandi-Aguilera

Jay McHugh was the winner of the One Thing award

The Runner-up Affiliate of the Year was Callie Teegardin

And the Affiliates of the Year were Gayle and Steve Zientek

Congratulations to all of the winners!

Interesting days

Today - Poet’s Day, Spumoni Day and Senior Citizens Day

Tomorrow - Burger Day, Eat A Peach Day, Take Your Cat to the Vet Day, Pecan Torte Day and Be An Angel Day

Next Wednesday - Bow Tie Day, Race Your Mouse Around The Icons Day, Radio Commercials Day, Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day, Crackers Over The Keyboard Day and Cherry Turnover Day

September 21 - World Gratitude Day, Pecan Cookie Day, Eat An Apple Day, Miniature Golf Day, Coastal Cleanup Day, International Day of Peace, Gymnastics Day, World Alzheimer’s Day and Escapology Day

Month long celebrations:

September 15 - October 15: Hispanic Heritage Month