Happy Valentines Day to all of you! We hope it was a nice weekend, wether you are with a sweetie, relaxing alone at home or out on the town.
New accessories
from Elizabeth Marshall and some new Butler tables have arrived! New Foliage and Uttermost lamps and mirrors will be here next week. Stop in and take a look.
Marketing and selling during difficult times
This is the main focus of our efforts this spring. Regardless of how big your business is, it is more important than ever to hone your sales and marketing skills and to increase your effort in these areas. We all need to focus on finding the business that is out there, and to close more sales once we have the opportunity to be in front of a client.
At CDT, we are looking for new ideas as to how we can help you improve business, AND how we can improve OUR business. As always, if there is anything you would like to suggest to us, constructive criticisms, product ideas etc, we always welcome your feedback.
Marketing tip for the week
Many of you have commented on our new newsletter/e-mail format. This is provided for us by Constant Contact. They charge a reasonable fee for you to use their templates, and they mail the letters out from their site. This makes it secure, the forwarding and unsubscribe features are better than we would have on our own, and most importantly for us, it allows us to send huge numbers of e-mails with a single click. If you have a large mailing list, you might want to look into it. Andrea can give you the details.
A newsletter is a great way to keep your name in front of your clients. It takes minimal time, can be as simple or as elaborate as you like and if you do it all yourself and send it electronically - it's free.
Right now, there are great deals available from Thomas Lawrence, Hunter Douglas and Century. Have you notified your clients? Take advantage of these sales...it gives you a reason to contact them. Don't have their e-mail addresses?? EXCELLENT!!! This gives you a reason to call them!!! While you have them on the phone, see if they -- or someone they know-- is in need of your services.
We challenge you to start a newsletter, either e-mail or snail-mail TODAY!!!
Calendar of Events
March 25 10:00 am Hunter Douglas Beginner Class
April 1 10:00 am Hunter Douglas Intermediate/Advanced Class
April 10-12 CLOSED FOR EASTER
May 22-25 CLOSED FOR MEMORIAL DAY
July 3-5 CLOSED FOR 4TH OF JULY
Sept 4-7 CLOSED FOR LABOR DAY
Nov 25-29 CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING
Dec 24-27 CLOSED FOR CHRISTMAS
Dec. 31-Jan. 3 CLOSED FOR NEW YEAR'S
Other dates will be added as events are planned. WATCH THIS SPACE!
Please RSVP to any events to help us plan our seating and refereshments.
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