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I wanted to share that I have received approval from Arbonne Compliance and have our first Arbonne Approved Custom Card in our system.

We use these as thank you's or special notes to our Arbonne distributors, customers and potential customers. I'm not going to go into great detail here but if you would like me to mail you a sample of what we are doing I would be happy to do that. All you need to do is click on my profile and send me a email with your name and complete address and I will mail a sample right out to you.

Just reference Arbonne so I know that you want me to send you a sample of the Arbonne Thank You Card.



Edited by: rburzanko

Question Roger, I assume this is one that you designed then sent into SOC to upload? That would mean it isn't part of the SOC catalog but your personal catalog? So then if someone wanted to use it they'd have to be one of your customers or distributors & not in some other line, correct?


Congrats on getting approval! smileys/smiley1.gif

Is this another thing for SOC? I don't want to sound negative but I would like to know. Thanks.

Soonergirl:

That is correct. These are in my personal catalog and I share with my customers. Pretty easy process to design you own cards and great feature to compliment what we do with Arbonne. Can't wait for the new product introduction at NTC as we will then use a photo of those products on a card we will send out right after NTC to introduce all our customers and consultants who didn't make it to NTC to the new products.



Question Roger, I assume this is one that you designed then sent into SOC to upload? That would mean it isn't part of the SOC catalog but your personal catalog? So then if someone wanted to use it they'd have to be one of your customers or distributors & not in some other line, correct?


Congrats on getting approval! smileys/smiley1.gif

Cindi:

Just curious about why you would be negative about my post. Yes this is info on a custom card we use with our Arbonne team. Want to see it? Just drop me a private message with your address and I will be happy to send you a sample card.

By the way drop me a private message and let me know why your so negative about my post.

Ideas to help grow your Arbonne biz. Hum negative post??? We are at Area Manager on our way to RVP so I guess we must be doing something right.

Take care and good luck.



Is this another thing for SOC? I don't want to sound negative but I would like to know. Thanks.Edited by: rburzanko

Having a duh moment...what is SOC?

Hi Roger~


I wasn't being negative about your post. Sorry if it came off that way. I just stated that I didn't "want it to sound negative." Best of luck in your businesses.


Teresa~ SOC is Send out Cards. It is another business that Roger does.

Hi Teresa,


Send Out Cards is an online greeting card store. It allows you to send cards from your computer for less that way you would pay for in the store. Roger has gotten a custom card create specifically for Arbonne.


Hope that helps!


Many Blessings,


Natalie

Just so your clear we use SOC to build our primary focus which is Arbonne! Also I have had several requests for samples of the custom Arbonne card. These are real cards that are mailed so I need your name and address. Just send me a private message with this info and I will send a sample right out.

Thanks



Hi Roger~


I wasn't being negative about your post. Sorry if it came off that way. I just stated that I didn't "want it to sound negative." Best of luck in your businesses.


Teresa~ SOC is Send out Cards. It is another business that Roger does.

Just letting all of those who requested a sample of the new custom Arbonne card that we have mailed those and you should have them in the next 3-5 days depending on where you live.

Look forward to your comments on the card. Hope you have a great night!

Roger, I'm sure the cards are easy to design I just haven't done one. I like the cards SOC already offers so far. And I didn't really feel like dealing with the compliance issues, lol. (I don't have the patience!) I'm sure your card looks fabulous!!I did use the feature to upload my handwriting as a font though & like that I can sign my name with my signature.


Teresa, as they said it's an online greeting store. When you sign up you have the option of being a customer or a distributor. Obviously as a distributor you can sign up others for either option & make some extra money. Since Roger is offering the services I believe he is a distributor which would mean you'd either sign up as a customer or distributor under him, even though that isn't his main business at this time.


If you sign up as a customer be sure you are comfortable with the person you are signing up under because even though you aren't a consultant it's not very easy to switch. (I know you have issues with stuff like that. smileys/smiley2.gif) I signed up as a customer a long time ago under one of their original consultants when the company was first starting out. He has sold his business to another girl & she has never contacted anyone or done anything with the business. The only reason I found out it had switched is b/c I contacted him about talking to one of my friends who was interested in the business.


My friend went ahead & signed up as a distributor under a wonderful lady I met in their folder on WAHM. Obviously, since I have no loyalty to this woman who bought his co & since she has such awful customer service skills I want to switch to my friend. As a customer that should be my perogative. (It's not like how ours is set up for wholesale consultants, I'm not a consultant with them at all....just a customer)It doesn't look like the transfer is going to happen b/c the lady will not return any phone calls to give permission for my release. SoI am going to have to re-sign under my friend. Of course she's offered to pay my re-signing fees etc. But the whole thing has been rather irritating.


And to be clear all that has nothing to do with what I think of the service or quality of SOC as a whole. (or Roger either as I don't know him yet) I think they are fantastic, obviously, or else I wouldn't have turned my friend onto them. I could see myself signing up for the wholesale account so I can help other people with the system eventually, though I believe it would go against policy for me to offer it to my downline in our company.


It really is a great tool to use for personal life & to support a business. It works for anyone.The only reason I brought up my issue is so you know that going inas acustomer means you are linked to that person you signed up under unless you are willing to re-do everything or they give permission for your transfer to another distributor. And I am not saying whether that is right or wrong, it just is what it is. smileys/smiley1.gif





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Jennifer:

Great points you bring up and as with any business I think you need to make sure you are comfortable with who you signing up to do business with. I can't tell you how many times I have seen this in the industry where someone just jumps on board without knowing who they are signing up with.

I like to suggest to anyone looking at any business in mlm or not to actually turn the table and interview the person who is wanting you to join them. Who are they, what have they done & what are they going to do to help you or what team support do they have in place.

Also to your point about switching sponsors - it doesn't matter what company your in, you will have a hastle with this. I see this also all the time and it is so difficult to do with just about every company. I can understand most of the companies position on this because if you let people switch sponsors it would become a nightmare.

You would have people wanting to switch all the time. I personally think most of these people need to take a look in the mirror and quit pointing the finger the other way. They make every excuse in the world of why their business is suffering yet never take a hard look at what they are doing.

Let's use Arbonne as an example. Say you were sponsored by a person who didn't offer up the support you wanted. Can you honestly lay blame on that person. You could if you wanted but with all the training offered by the company the only excuse you have for failing is to look yourself in the mirror.

Take care and your point is so valid. Know who you are signing up for and if you have big expectations of your upline then lay them out from the get go and if that person doesn't want to give you a commitment to help then find the person you want as a sponsor and sign up with them.

Roger, very good post. I agree that the interview process should go both ways.


As far as switching lines, I agree that any company is going to have issues with that b/c you can't let it be a free for all or else things would end up being a nightmare. So there should be very strict guidelines when it comes to IC's wanting to switch lines. Not to say there aren't certain circumstances where is should be done but they should be rare. And I agree that this should even be the case for those IC's who aren't doing the business & are personal consultants. But do you think that this should be the case for retail customers of ours?


I'm neither a wholesale buyer or business builder with SOC. I'm a customer. As such I should be able to shop at anyone's store I choose. This lady didn't introduce me to SOC, she's never bothered to do anything, not even say hi, to me. She bought me. As a customer I shouldn't be forced to shop with her. That would be like us forcing someone who pays retail with us to only shop with the first IC that they met who sold them some cleansing cream. That is ridiculous, imho.


So to me there is a big difference. And I don't think that most people would assume that when they become a customer of a company that would be the case which is why I pointed it out. DOn't want others making assumptions like I did & then finding out differently!

Jennifer:

Totally agree and just being a retail customer would share the same view that you can shop at retail with anyone you wish. I guess if we made the rules we would agree here! lol

Have a good one!

Perhaps we should just rule the world & be done with it! smileys/smiley2.gif

No thanks Jennifer. Could you imagine all the people that we would have to listen to that would be complaining. I will stay in my own little world and continue to have fun and let the Presidents run the show. I wouldn't want to be in those big shoes for the life of me.

Hope you have a great Easter!

Perhaps we should just rule the world & be done with it! smileys/smiley2.gif

Sorry for the delay in sending out the sample Arbonne card to those who put in the requests this weekend. Had a awesome Holiday weekend and took care of all the weekend requests today.

Can't wait to hear what is new after NTC. Hope everyone has a very productive week.