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A
Time of Love
Don't forget to order a sales booklet to use in presentations to your
customers. Contact
Customer Service by phone or email
to order your copy.
You can check
the status of all your orders from anywhere 24/7. To establish
your password, contact Lori
at the lab.
Lisa
works along with Janice
to assist you with your orders. Call her or send her an email. Sales Tip The next few weeks will bring an increase in traffic through your studio. Be sure you and your employees get vital information on your clients while they are placing and picking up orders. Where Mom & Dad work, church and civic organizations they are active in, schools kids attend, family interests and hobbies, where grandparents live and whatever else you can think of to help get a handle on disposable income, and interests that might coincide with typical portrait opportunities. Call Jim Swoap for help or send him an email. |
Online University Courses for 2006 We are currently creating our course schedule for 2006. Some of the courses will be selling wall portraits, color management, studio workflow, marketing and sales, in addition to WorkStream software training. Complete details about Mid-South's new Online University are on our website. If you would like to suggest topics or express a preference of day and time, now is the time to do so. New
Online Order Status Feature New Services Coming in January In 2006, we plan to give special emphasis to helping you build your business and run your business more efficiently and profitably. We are not quite ready to announce our plans yet, but please stay tuned...... Access Online Proofing from Your Website If you have a website and use DigiProofs through
Mid-South to host yo Our last day to work before the Christmas holidays is Wednesday, December 21st. We will reopen on Monday, January 2nd. The complete schedule is online. You may view and then download. We will do all we can to accommodate your needs but request that you hold to this schedule. Online News Our goals are to keep you up-to-date on important lab issues and to provide tips and sales ideas. If you have suggestions for this monthly publication, please let us know. Thanks for your business. |
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Regardless
of your religious faith, Christmas is a special time of the year.
Yes, it is a time for giving and receiving gifts and spending time
with
family and loved ones. But, on a deeper level, it is a time of love and
good will. It is a time that brings out the very best that is
within us. For photographers and lab employees, it is the busiest
time of the year and it is sometimes very difficult for us to keep the
significance of this season in perspective. My Christmas wish
for all of us is that, in spite of the bustle of the season, we are
able to enjoy this special time by demonstrating that love and good will to all that we
meet now and throughout the new year. Merry Christmas! 
Photo
greeting cards are not just for Christmas any more. As an
additional source of revenue, promote your photographs year
round by adding special occasion cards to your sales. We offer
designs for almost every event. A special lower price
applies when cards are created in WorkStream. Click for more 
To
make it easier to keep track of your lab costs, we now include a summary
of orders shipped and the total of all invoices related to those orders
on our Online Order Status. (See sidebar article to sign
up). This total will appear at the end of each day, usually around
6:30 pm (Central Time) and will remain there for five days. This
summary is especially helpful if you use a credit or debit card each
day.
ur proofing, you can now add a link
so that your clients can enter their password right on your
website. It's a great opportunity to have clients visit your site more
often, expose prospective clients to your services and overall, look
more professional. To obtain instructions and the small amount of
code necessary,