Giving Thanks...
As we close out 2003, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have helped support jeffmeucci.com with your feedback and comments. And most of all, thank you for not telling me this site sucks...even if you are thinking it. It really helps my self esteem.
3 Things To Look Forward To In 2004:
1) Fidelity's Training Room
2) Staying In Touch...Automatically
3) Low-Carb French Fries? Please God!
I always strive to provide a fun and informative place to visit and this couldn't happen without you...OK, maybe it could...but I appreciate you stopping by anyway. I hope 2004 is the best for you.
Tuesday, December 30, 2003
Wednesday, December 03, 2003
Random Holiday Chatter
"Some businessmen are saying this could be the greatest Christmas
ever. I always thought that the first one was."
--Art Fettig
5...4...3...2...1...Ignition...
Well, well...the Christmas season is upon us. Every year I have this goal in the back of my mind that I will get all of my shopping done in October, so that I can truly enjoy the holidays.
The type of enjoyment that doesn't include:
1) Sitting in a traffic jam on 82nd Avenue.
2) Waiting in long lines at the local book store to buy stocking
stuffers (rhymes with Farnes & Moble).
3) Stressing about picking the right "gift-for-that-person-at-the-office-that-may-surprise-you-with-a-gift-and-you-want-to-be-prepared-just-in-case".
And an ironic twist: I spent the majority of my last evening driving
around shopping for gifts, wondering why all these people wait until the
last minute to do their Christmas shopping. Couldn't figure it
out...
On a side note, I was at the local grocery store and my provisions were
packed in a paper bag with a plastic bag on the outside...I think it's
called paper-in-plastic...in case you're keeping score. Merry
Christmas Jeff.
Hope your holiday season is the best!
"Some businessmen are saying this could be the greatest Christmas
ever. I always thought that the first one was."
--Art Fettig
5...4...3...2...1...Ignition...
Well, well...the Christmas season is upon us. Every year I have this goal in the back of my mind that I will get all of my shopping done in October, so that I can truly enjoy the holidays.
The type of enjoyment that doesn't include:
1) Sitting in a traffic jam on 82nd Avenue.
2) Waiting in long lines at the local book store to buy stocking
stuffers (rhymes with Farnes & Moble).
3) Stressing about picking the right "gift-for-that-person-at-the-office-that-may-surprise-you-with-a-gift-and-you-want-to-be-prepared-just-in-case".
And an ironic twist: I spent the majority of my last evening driving
around shopping for gifts, wondering why all these people wait until the
last minute to do their Christmas shopping. Couldn't figure it
out...
On a side note, I was at the local grocery store and my provisions were
packed in a paper bag with a plastic bag on the outside...I think it's
called paper-in-plastic...in case you're keeping score. Merry
Christmas Jeff.
Hope your holiday season is the best!
Thursday, October 02, 2003
Reeeeeach Out, Reach Out And Touch Someone.
Sing along everybody...OK, please don't.
Only 90 days until 2004. Ouch. "This year I will stay in touch with my past clients" Does that voice sound familiar? Most agents I meet with go into each year with great intentions to stay in better contact with their client base, but for whatever reason (usually lack of time) can't seem to get it done.
Imagine the following scenario:
December 26th, 2003: Get on your computer for about an hour.
December 26th, 2004: You have successfully contacted your client base 12 times this year.
Sound impossible? We have a program that can help you accomplish this lofty goal. We call it "Farming Made Easy". Let me break it down for you:
1. We have 12 months of Publisher Postcard templates with value added information for homeowners. Customize the backs with your contact information.
2. Expresscopy.com has a new service: Send over your 12 months of postcard files via email. Send the address data for your client base. Pre-schedule print dates for all of your postcards. Boom, your done. Only took an hour.
3. Your postcards are printed, addressed, gloss coated and delivered automatically. Your credit card is charged each time a mailing goes out. Cost: $40 per 100.
4. No brainer folks. Email me for the templates and a consultation if you like.
Sing along everybody...OK, please don't.
Only 90 days until 2004. Ouch. "This year I will stay in touch with my past clients" Does that voice sound familiar? Most agents I meet with go into each year with great intentions to stay in better contact with their client base, but for whatever reason (usually lack of time) can't seem to get it done.
Imagine the following scenario:
December 26th, 2003: Get on your computer for about an hour.
December 26th, 2004: You have successfully contacted your client base 12 times this year.
Sound impossible? We have a program that can help you accomplish this lofty goal. We call it "Farming Made Easy". Let me break it down for you:
1. We have 12 months of Publisher Postcard templates with value added information for homeowners. Customize the backs with your contact information.
2. Expresscopy.com has a new service: Send over your 12 months of postcard files via email. Send the address data for your client base. Pre-schedule print dates for all of your postcards. Boom, your done. Only took an hour.
3. Your postcards are printed, addressed, gloss coated and delivered automatically. Your credit card is charged each time a mailing goes out. Cost: $40 per 100.
4. No brainer folks. Email me for the templates and a consultation if you like.
Sunday, September 14, 2003
Paper or Plastic?
I was at Fred Meyer today, doing the monthly provision re-stock and had a revelation at the checkout...I hate plastic bags. Now don't get me wrong, I'm all for the recycleability and the conservation aspects of the bags, in fact, plastic bags are a good thing. There are several downsides, however, about the plastic bag phenomenon.
First of all, half of my groceries don't even qualify for bag status anymore...Milk, toilet paper, paper towels, cleaning products, soda pop. They just get put back in the basket all alone. I mean, if I didn't want my groceries packaged, I'd go to Costco. The other thing...Instead of putting my groceries into 3 or 4 nicely organized paper bags, I now get to bring home 18 bags with about 3 or 4 items in each bag. Fun. And what do you do with all of these bags? Recycle them? I try to reuse as many as possible, but there's only so much dog poo that I can pick up. At least the paper bags seemed valuable. Growing up, we always had a cabinet reserved, just for nicely folded paper grocery bags. Plastic bags don't fold right, you can't organize them.
The side problem with plastic bags is that the checkers never learn proper bagging technique anymore. They can just throw random stuff together, and never understanding the science behind bagging...Boxes and hard stuff on the bottom, eggs and chips on top.
And finally, have you noticed that they don't even ask if you want paper anymore? It's a "special request". I long for a world where paper bags are the default storage medium for groceries again. But I am just one man.
posted by Jeff @ 10:06 PM
I was at Fred Meyer today, doing the monthly provision re-stock and had a revelation at the checkout...I hate plastic bags. Now don't get me wrong, I'm all for the recycleability and the conservation aspects of the bags, in fact, plastic bags are a good thing. There are several downsides, however, about the plastic bag phenomenon.
First of all, half of my groceries don't even qualify for bag status anymore...Milk, toilet paper, paper towels, cleaning products, soda pop. They just get put back in the basket all alone. I mean, if I didn't want my groceries packaged, I'd go to Costco. The other thing...Instead of putting my groceries into 3 or 4 nicely organized paper bags, I now get to bring home 18 bags with about 3 or 4 items in each bag. Fun. And what do you do with all of these bags? Recycle them? I try to reuse as many as possible, but there's only so much dog poo that I can pick up. At least the paper bags seemed valuable. Growing up, we always had a cabinet reserved, just for nicely folded paper grocery bags. Plastic bags don't fold right, you can't organize them.
The side problem with plastic bags is that the checkers never learn proper bagging technique anymore. They can just throw random stuff together, and never understanding the science behind bagging...Boxes and hard stuff on the bottom, eggs and chips on top.
And finally, have you noticed that they don't even ask if you want paper anymore? It's a "special request". I long for a world where paper bags are the default storage medium for groceries again. But I am just one man.
posted by Jeff @ 10:06 PM
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