Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Greener Still Holiday Kickoff

I wrote about this event a couple of weeks ago and told you I would write an update when the agenda was made available...well, here it is (All times are Mountain time):

Saturday, November 13, 2021


9:00 – 9:30 a.m.


Opening remarks presented by Kody Bateman

Including:

– A major announcement

– Product launch from SendOutCards

9:30 – 10:30 a.m.


Workshop #1: Holiday Kickoff

– How to offer the new holiday packages and holiday gifts with Kody Bateman, Whitney Jensen, and Brooke Adams

– How to offer Stream VA as an option to holiday senders with Jordan Adler and Mitch Paquette

– How to mine your existing customer and affiliate base and assist them with the holidays with Cathie Peterson and Joy Klohonatz

– How to dramatically increase your commissions with holiday and year-end sales. Including relationship marketing tips using year-end campaigns for your customers with Callie Teegardin

10:30 – 11:30 a.m.


Workshop #2: Postcard Program with Jordan Adler and Shawn Barklow showcasing postcard examples

The great connector to people in the world. The great connector to the Greener Still compensation plan.

– Includes a creative postcard sending activity

– Postcard sender awards that include:
Top 5 postcard senders
Top 5 $97.00 Unlimited recruiters
Top 5 success unit recruiters
Top 5 Star 1 sponsors

11:30 – 12 p.m.


Compensation Overview #1: with Kody Bateman and Callie Teegardin

– Understanding the Success Unit method for driving your compensation

12 to 1 p.m.


Lunch Break

1 – 2 p.m.


Workshop #3: Promptings Education Initiative with Kody Bateman

Introducing new:

– Flagship Promptings Event Programs

– Platinum Promptings and Relationship Marketing Courses

– Enhancements to Prompting U

– Additional compensation opportunities with these exciting new programs

– Featuring a leader panel with Judy O’Higgins, Willie Diefenbach-Jones, and Jordan Adler

2 – 3 p.m.


Workshop #4: Stream VA, Stream Marketing, Blue 42 for Life with Mitch Paquette, Dave & Lori Smith, and Ken & Isabelle Droog

This workshop will help affiliates take full advantage of all streams allowing them to personally build more success units and duplicate throughout their team.

Learn how Stream VA, Stream Marketing, and Blue 42 for Life are a natural addition to:

– SendOutCards

– SendOutCards gifts, including both Blue 42 for Life and Bella Cadeaux

– New Promptings Education initiative

3 – 3:30 p.m.


Compensation Overview #2 with Kody Bateman and Callie Teegardin

– How to leverage the Greener Still multiple streams to build success units and create substantial commission opportunities from your own efforts and from team building efforts

3:30 – 4:15 p.m.


Workshop #5 Special Leadership Panel Discussion hosted by Kody Bateman featuring – April Brumm, Cathy Connors, Jordan Adler, Callie Teegardin, and Shawn Barklow

Panel discussion will include:

– Recapping what was learned throughout the day

– Summarizing ideas from the information presented and how to implement in your business

– Sharing challenges and goals to make this the best holiday season

4:15 – 5 p.m.


Closing Remarks presented by Kody Bateman

– Special recognition segment

– Motivational holiday message

As you can see, there's a lot going on that day, and it's aimed mostly at affiliates, but there will be lots of announcements and training throughout the day!

You can register here and you can read the previous blog post here.

And if you're not an affiliate, you can become one for free by clicking here.

Interesting days


Tomorrow - Ask A Stupid Question DayThunderbirds DayRumi DayHot Mulled Cider DayExtra Virgin Olive Oil DayInternational Translation Day and Mud Pack Day

Month long celebrations:
Sep 15 - Oct 15: Hispanic Heritage Month
Next Wednesday - Canadian Beer DayRandom Acts of Poetry DayMad Hatter DayWorld Cerebral Palsy DayPhysician Assistant DayNoodle Day and Badger Day

Month long celebrations:
Sep 15 - Oct 15: Hispanic Heritage Month
October 29 - Bandana DayInternet Day and Cat Day


Thursday, September 16, 2021

Develop strong friends, relationships to prosper #TBT

Today's blog post was originally published last year:

Today's blog post is from a column by Harvey Mackay:

A newlywed young man was sitting on the porch on a humid day, sipping iced tea with his father. As he talked about adult life, marriage, responsibilities and obligations, the father thoughtfully stirred the ice cubes in his glass and cast a clear, sober look at his son.

“Never forget your friends,” he advised. “They will become more important as you get older. Regardless of how much you love your family, you will always need friends. Remember to go out with them occasionally or keep in contact with them somehow.”

What strange advice, thought the young man. I just entered the married world. I am an adult and surely my wife and the family that we will start will be everything I need to make sense of my life.

Yet, he followed his father’s advice, kept in touch with his old friends and made new friends along the way. Over the years, he became aware that his father knew what he was talking about. Even as time and nature affect a person, friends are the bulwarks of our life.

Children grow up. When they become independent, they begin their own families. Grandchildren are a blessing, but we can’t expect them to be at our beck and call. And besides, your family will love you regardless of who you are or what you do.

Jobs/careers come and go. People can't do what they did physically when they were young. Parents pass on, but you persevere. Colleagues forget the favors you did. The race to achieve slows.

But true friends are always there, no matter how long or how many miles away they are. A friend is never more distant than the reach of a need, intervening in your favor, waiting for you with open arms or in some way blessing your life. Love your parents, take care of your family, but keep a group of good friends.

My good friend Dale Brown, former LSU basketball coach, sent me this story, and it reminded me of a fascinating study by Harvard University that tracked the physical and emotional health of 700 people. They followed these people and tested them (e.g., blood samples, brain scans) for 75 years.

Here’s the primary conclusion: “The clearest message that we get from this 75-year study is this: Good relationships keep us happier and healthier. Period,” said Robert Waldinger, director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development.

The analysis showed a 50 percent increased likelihood of survival for participants with stronger social relationships. Put simply, if you have healthy relationships, your chances of survival increase by 50 percent.

“Social relationships, or the relative lack thereof, constitute a major risk factor for health – rivaling the effect of well-established health risk factors such as cigarette smoking, blood pressure, blood lipids, obesity and physical activity,” stated the three authors of the study.

Good relationships will help you deal with life’s minor annoyances and your most challenging problems. Without good relationships, you’ll have a hard time finding customers, making a sale, securing a job, hiring the right employee and having great friends.

As I like to say, you must “Dig Your Well Before You’re Thirsty,” which coincidentally is the title of a networking book I wrote. Here is the most important line in that entire book: If I had to name the single characteristic shared by all the truly successful people I’ve met over a lifetime, I’d say it is the ability to create and nurture a network of relationships.

You can take all my money! You can take all my factories! You can take all my land! But leave me my network of relationships, and I’ll be back to where I was today in three to five short years.

I am so convinced of that fact that I’ve worked constantly to build relationships. It has served me every day of my life in ways I could never have imagined. And I am honored to be my friends’ go-to guy when they need a favor, a reference or someone to lean on.

If you want one year of prosperity, you grow grain. If you want 10 years of prosperity, you grow trees. But if you want 100 years of prosperity, you grow relationships. With the coronavirus tipping the world upside down, one thing will remain constant – the relationships we develop over a lifetime.

Relationships matter.

Mackay’s Moral: In my entire career, I have never once heard a successful person say he or she regretted putting time and energy into working on their relationships.
Harvey is one of the master networkers in the world, so it's probably a good idea to at least think about what he has to say.

I have a handful of really close friends, mostly from growing up in Oakland. We're all friends on Facebook, but it takes more than that. Go to your high school reunions, call them on their birthday (I just got off the phone with my friend Joe Johnson, who has been my best friend since second grade, to wish him a happy birthday). I've been to the funerals of both of Jon Argyropoulos' parents, who were part of the core of the neighborhood where we grew up. Jon was the first kid I met when I transferred to a new school in the middle of first grade.

I've stopped by a few times to say hi to our old neighbors, the Taylors, another core part of the Maxwell Park neighborhood. I'm Facebook friends with Mrs. Taylor and it's good to be able to see what's going on in their lives (happy 63rd wedding anniversary the day before yesterday!), but it's good to be in their familiar living room and talking to them

And of course, I have newer friends that I like to do things with, or I used to do things with, but we'll be able to hang out again soon.

So, like their posts, comment on them, send them private messages, text, call or write but keep your relationships with your friends strong!

And if you've lost touch with your friends, tomorrow is Locate An Old Friend Day,  which is easier with Facebook and other online tools. So, think of a friend you've lost touch with and see if you can reconnect with them!

Interesting days



        Sep 15 - Oct 15: Hispanic Heritage Month

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Greener Still Business Building Event

Today's blog post ties in with the How much does it cost to become a Greener Still affiliate? post from last week.

The event is going to be an all-day online event on Saturday, November 13th. The tickets aren't available yet but they'll be going on sale at 9:00 AM MDT today.

The tickets will be $35 and will give you access to the online mini-convention, where not only will you learn basics on how to build your business but there will also be recognition, workshops, and a big SendOutCards announcement.

The timing of this event is perfect since the holidays are right around the corner and are the best time to build your Greener Still business.

If you have an existing SendOutCards or Greener Still account, you can go to your account page and click the green button in the upper left corner to sign up for a free 12 month affiliate account and then purchase your ticket for the event. If you're not already a part of SOC or GS, then you can click here to join for free.

As more details become available I'll be sure to keep you updated.

Interesting days



Week long celebrations:

Sep 12 -  Sep 18: Housekeepers Week

Month long celebrations:

Sep 15 - Oct 15: Hispanic Heritage Month

Next Wednesday - Business Women’s DayWorld Car Free DayDoodle DayWhite Chocolate DayHobbit DayIce Cream Cone DayDear Diary DayElephant Appreciation DayWorld Rhino Day and Chainmail Day

Week long celebrations:
Sep 20 - Sep 24: International Week of Happiness at Work
Month long celebrations:
Sep 15 - Oct 15: Hispanic Heritage Month

October 15 - Boss’ DayWorld Students’ DayChicken Cacciatore DayConflict Resolution DayWhite Cane Safety Day and Global Handwashing Day

Month long celebrations:
Sep 15 - Oct 15: Hispanic Heritage Month

Monday, September 13, 2021

No blog post today

 I wasn’t feeling good last night, so I went to bed early and got some extra rest. 

Sunday, September 12, 2021

Your weekend guide to interesting days - September 11. 2021

This week



Monday - Mouthguard DayCoffee Ice Cream Day Read a Book Day and Fight Procrastination Day

Tuesday - Another Look Unlimited Day, Duchenne Awareness DayBeer Lover’s DaySuperhuman DayBuy a Book DaySalami Day and Acorn Squash Day

Wednesday - Quiet DayStar Trek DayPardon DayIguana Awareness DayActors’ DayWorld Physical Therapy Day and Literacy Day


Yesterday - Swap Ideas DayAlpaca DayWorld Suicide Prevention Day and TV Dinner Day

Today - Drive Your Studebaker Day Make Your Bed DayNo News is Good News DayPatriot Day and Hot Cross Bun Day

Next week





Next month

October 5 - World Teachers DayChic Spy™ DayCountry Inn Bed & Breakfast Day and Balloons Around the World Day

October 6 - Canadian Beer DayRandom Acts of Poetry DayMad Hatter DayWorld Cerebral Palsy DayPhysician Assistant DayNoodle Day and Badger Day

October 7 - Bring Your Bible to School DayBathtub DayFrappe Day and Team Margot Stem Cell and Bone Marrow Awareness Day

October 8 - Vet Nurse DayEgg DayWorld Octopus DayInternational Podiatry DayPierogi Day and American Touch Tag Day

October 9 - Scrubs DayBeer and Pizza DayCurious Events DayFire Prevention DayMoldy Cheese DayWorld Post Day and I Love Yarn Day

October 10 - SHIFT10 DayWorld Mental Health DayHandbag DayWorld Homeless DayWorld Porridge DayCake Decorating Day and Hug A Drummer Day

October 11 - Coming Out DaySausage Pizza Day, Native American Day Columbus Day Canadian Thanksgiving and International Day of the Girl Child

Month long celebrations:
September 15 - October 15: Hispanic Heritage Month

Friday, September 10, 2021

The week in review - September 10, 2021

Monday - "Warren Buffett's 4 Rules For Success" From Harvey Mackay. "one reason is that the 500 most common English words have 14,000 different meanings"

Tuesday - "Being a Man in the Lousy Modern World" From The Art of Manliness (obviously). "We begin our conversation discussing how the modern world infantilizes men so they’re easier to control"

Wednesday - "How much does it cost to become a Greener Still affiliate?" Inquiring minds want to know. "Well, with taxes, shipping, handling and dealer prep charges the total amount comes to exactly zero dollars (and zero cents) for a period of 12 months!"

Thursday - "Wow! #TBT" From the opening day of last year's Relationship Marketing Grand Summit. "Everything works out in the end. If it doesn't work out, it's not the end"

Interesting days


Tomorrow - Drive Your Studebaker Day Make Your Bed DayNo News is Good News DayPatriot Day and Hot Cross Bun Day

Next Friday - International Country Music DayGet Ready DayTable Shuffleboard DayLocate An Old Friend DayMonte Cristo Sandwich DayApple Dumpling Day and Constitution Day

Week long celebrations:

Sep 12 -  Sep 18: Housekeepers Week

Month long celebrations:

Sep 15 - Oct 15: Hispanic Heritage Month

October 10 - SHIFT10 DayWorld Mental Health DayHandbag DayWorld Homeless DayWorld Porridge DayCake Decorating Day and Hug A Drummer Day

Month long celebrations:
Sep 15 - Oct 15: Hispanic Heritage Month

 

 

Thursday, September 9, 2021

Wow! #TBT

Today's blog post was originally published last year:

The first day of the Relationship Marketing Grand Summit ended a little while ago and if you weren't there, you really missed our!

There were a total of 13 speakers, besides Kody Bateman...the founder of SendOutCards.

And tomorrow will be about the same. And it's not too late to signup...the replay will be available for 72 hours, so you'll have a chance to watch the whole thing over the weekend.

There's too much to go over but I'll give you a few highlights:

There was a problem with the sound for the first speaker, Bruce Marshall, but they say it should be fixed in the replay.

The second speaker was Bernadette McClelland and her topic was "Finding Your Brave" and the thing I found most memorable was something her 14 year old son said to her "Everything works out in the end. If it doesn't work out, it's not the end". Very profound words from such a young man.

Next up was the first workshop presenter of the day, Callie Teegardin. Callie's workshop was on how to get your next 100...that is, how to get more people in your funnel. There was a lot of information in her presentation. I'm going to try to get her to present this at an upcoming meeting of "A Leg Up" Lunch and Learn. She did talk about 3 steps to help you build your list:

  1. Be unique
  2. Give more than you take
  3. Act on your promptings
Larry Levine talked about Selling From The Heart, the title of his book. Larry was a speaker at last year's RMGS. An interesting comment that I didn't originally pick up was "Business is personal". Kody picked up on it and said that it used to be "It's not personal, it's just business". Now it's "It's not just business, it's personal:.

Another interesting idea was from Jerome Gafford..."We're all in the transportation business. We find out where our clients are and where they want to be. Then we provide them with the vehicle to get them there".

There were a few other speakers in there and I'll talk about them next week.

The last speaker of the day was Kody's best friend for the last 45 years, Super Dave Smith. Super Dave talked about a subsidiary of SendOutCards called Sendogo. Dave is the general manager of that company. Sendogo allows people who use a standalone CRM, such as Salesforce, to be able to use SendOutCards. And Dave and Kody hinted at some of the products that will be announced in January. You may have seen my Facebook post with a picture of MacGyver that said "Super Dave MacGyver". Kody called Super Dave MacGyver, so that's where that post came from.

Like I said, it's not too late to sign up. Day 2 will start at 9:00 AM MDT, and replays for both days will be available for 72 hours.

I haven't heard anything about a RMGS being scheduled for this year...maybe next year.

Interesting days





Week long celebrations:
Sep 12 -  Sep 18: Housekeepers Week
Month long celebrations:
Sep 15 - Oct 15: Hispanic Heritage Month

October 9 - Scrubs DayBeer and Pizza DayCurious Events DayFire Prevention DayMoldy Cheese DayWorld Post Day and I Love Yarn Day

Month long celebrations:

September 15 - October 15: Hispanic Heritage Month

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

How much does it cost to become a Greener Still affiliate?

Well, with taxes, shipping, handling and dealer prep charges the total amount comes to exactly zero dollars (and zero cents) for a period of 12 months!

This offer was announced Monday night and it is available to all new and existing customers beginning tomorrow at 6:00 PM MDT.

This free affiliate program is somewhat limited in the tools available, for instance it doesn't include the GS Pro app which is an app that makes it easier to share Greener Still with your friends and family, but it does come with the 7 Greener Still websites such as the main Greener Still site. You can see a list of all the tools under the Affiliate Tools tab at the top of the page.

If you want the full range of affiliate tools, you can upgrade to a Pro affiliate for $14 per month...there is no commitment, you can downgrade or quit at any time.

While you're on the website above, check out the compensation plan videos on the left under the Affiliate Tools tab and the Affiliate Promotions at the far right of the same tab to learn more on the ways you can make some extra money, especially now that we're entering the holiday season...which is our most lucrative time of the year.

I'm sure I'll share more about this next week but to find out more, check out this Live presentation coming up tomorrow at 7:00 PM MDT. There is no need to pre-register but it will ask you for your name and email address. If you can't make that one, there is another one on Friday at noon MDT...use this link for Friday's presentation.

Interesting days





Week long celebrations:
Sep 12 -  Sep 18: Housekeepers Week
Month long celebrations:
Sep 15 - Oct 15: Hispanic Heritage Month

October 8 - Vet Nurse DayEgg DayWorld Octopus DayInternational Podiatry DayPierogi Day and American Touch Tag Day

Month long celebrations:

Sep 15 - Oct 15: Hispanic Heritage Month

 

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Being a Man in the Lousy Modern World

Today's blog post is based on a podcast from The Art of Manliness:

Emerson famously said “society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members.”

My guest today says things have gotten a lot worse since Emerson uttered those words over a century and a half ago. His name is Robert Twigger. We last had him on the show to discuss his book Micromastery. Today we discuss a book he wrote 20 years ago called Being a Man in the Lousy Modern World. We begin our conversation discussing how the modern world infantilizes men so they’re easier to control, and whether Robert thinks things have changed since he initially published the book. We then dig into the four factors Robert says need to be in place for a man to feel like a man, and why experiencing these qualities has become harder to do in the present age. We then discuss what Robert did to counter the currents of modern malaise like hiking the Pyrenees mountains and learning a martial art, and whether doing those things actually made him feel manlier. We end our conversation with what men can do to start fighting back against the conspiracy against their manhood.

Here are the highlights from the program:

  • The impetus for this book when Robert wrote it 20 years ago 
  • What is it about the modern world that makes manliness feel obsolete?
  • How the modern world keeps us perpetually children 
  • The 4 factors to be in place for a man to really be a man 
  • Watered down modern rituals 
  • Is courage truly rare? How do we test ourselves?
  • What is it about handiness that makes you feel manly?
  • Violence and manliness 
  • Passivity vs. action 
  • Society’s disservice to boys and men 
  • How to find courage, rites of passage, and adventure in our world 
  • Do these self-made rites of passage make a difference in your psyche? 
  • What Robert’s kids thought about the book 
  • What can men do today to start feeling more masculine?

Interesting days



Tomorrow - Quiet DayStar Trek DayPardon DayIguana Awareness DayActors’ DayWorld Physical Therapy Day and Literacy Day


Week long celebrations:
Sep 12 -  Sep 18: Housekeepers Week

October 7 - Bring Your Bible to School DayBathtub DayFrappe Day and Team Margot Stem Cell and Bone Marrow Awareness Day

Month long celebrations:
September 15 - October 15: Hispanic Heritage Month

 

Monday, September 6, 2021

Warren Buffett's 4 Rules For Success

Today's blog post is based on a column by Harvey Mackay

I love to study creative and successful people. And who better than Warren Buffet, the Omaha multi-billionaire and chairman of Berkshire, Hathaway, Inc.

He recently listed the four common-sense principles that contributed to his mega success, and here’s my take on his formula for prosperity. Unfortunately, they are not commonly practiced.
  1. Choose your friends wisely. 
  2. Continuous learning.
  3. Improve your communication skills. 
  4. The ability to say no. 
Mackay’s Moral: One more Buffett gem: “You only have to do a few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.”

I'm sure that you've heard that you're the sum of the five people you spend the most time with. Here's a blog post on the subject.

Prompting U can help you with numbers 2 & 3.

I thought I had written a post about saying no, but I can't find it. But "Just say no"!

As for the quote from Warren Buffett, check out this blog post.

Be sure to read the entire column and you'll find out things such as why communication can be so difficult (one reason is that the 500 most common English words have 14,000 different meanings...an average of 28 meanings for each word!).

Interesting days



Tomorrow - Another Look Unlimited Day, Duchenne Awareness DayBeer Lover’s DaySuperhuman DayBuy a Book DaySalami Day and Acorn Squash Day


Week long celebrations:
Sep 12 -  Sep 18: Housekeepers Week

October 6 - Canadian Beer DayRandom Acts of Poetry DayMad Hatter DayWorld Cerebral Palsy DayPhysician Assistant DayNoodle Day and Badger Day

Month long celebrations:
September 15 - October 15: Hispanic Heritage Month

 

Saturday, September 4, 2021

Your weekend guide to interesting days - September 4, 2021

This week



Monday - Toasted Marshmallow DayInternational Whale Shark DayHolistic Pet DaySlinky DayAmagwinya DayGrief Awareness Day and Frankenstein Day

Tuesday - Trail Mix DayOverdose Awareness DayWe Love Memoirs Day and Love Litigating Lawyers Day

September will be Sepsis Awareness MonthFriendship MonthSourdough SeptemberChiari Awareness MonthRead A New Book MonthOvarian Cancer Awareness MonthPulmonary Fibrosis Awareness MonthSuicide Prevention MonthShake MonthSewing MonthChildhood Cancer Awareness MonthHunger Action MonthHappy Cat MonthHoney MonthChicken MonthPiano MonthPreparedness MonthLibrary Card Sign-up Month and Mushroom Month

Wednesday - Global Talent Acquisition DayBuilding and Code Staff Appreciation DayTofu DayGinger Cat Appreciation DayLetter Writing DayEmma M Nutt Day and Cherry Popover Day

Thursday - Calendar Adjustment DayV-J Day and Blueberry Popsicle Day


Today - Wildlife DayMacadamia Nut DayTurkey Vulture Day and Beard Day

Next week



Monday - Mouthguard DayCoffee Ice Cream Day Read a Book Day and Fight Procrastination Day

Tuesday - Another Look Unlimited Day, Duchenne Awareness DayBeer Lover’s DaySuperhuman DayBuy a Book DaySalami Day and Acorn Squash Day

Wednesday - Quiet DayStar Trek DayPardon DayIguana Awareness DayActors’ DayWorld Physical Therapy Day,  and Literacy Day


Friday - Swap Ideas DayAlpaca DayWorld Suicide Prevention Day and TV Dinner Day

Saturday - Drive Your Studebaker Day Make Your Bed DayNo News is Good News DayPatriot Day and Hot Cross Bun Day

Next month


September 29 - World Heart Day and Biscotti Day


Month long celebrations:
September 15 - October 15: Hispanic Heritage Month