It has been about two weeks since my last blog posting, but gee, we have been so unbelievably busy with printing and binding that there was hardly any time left for anything else.
That, of course, is a pretty good development for our Treasure-Book.com business.
Compared to just a year ago, the whole concept of what we do is getting known to more and more people. With every book or calendar project that we ship out, we know that the products are seen by a multitude of people and that is actually the very best advertising (word to mouth) that companies can get.
We have also found out that we are one of few companies that keep the files that people send us
on discs in an archive.
Very easy for us to reproduce the order the exact same way if customers wanted a few more copies at a later stage.
All we need is your name and order number. Even without order number we will be able to locate your file as long as we get an indication of an approximate date of the original order.
Our search engine inside our shopping cart will be able to locate all your orders in a matter of seconds.
It is now November 26th and there is still plenty of time to place orders for Christmas.
However, start your projects as soon as you can to avoid disappointments.
After all, we still need some time to print and finish the orders and then there is delivery by post, which, in December can be a bit challenging.
Order Deadline for Canadian Shipments to get on time delivery:
-Locations East of Manitoba: December 5th, 2009
-Locations in Saskatchewan and Manitoba: December 10th, 2009
-Locations East of Kamloops and all of Alberta: December 12th, 2009
-Locations in British Columbia, outside of the Lower Mainland: December 13th, 2009
-Lower Mainland of British Columbia: December 15th, 2009
-Pick-up orders: December 17th, 2009.
For USA shipments:
-East Coast: December 1st, 2009
-Central and Mid West: December 5th, 2009
-West Coast: December: 10th, 2009
For International Shipments:
December 1, 2009
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Busy as can be
After a relatively slow October, things are heating up at Treasure-Book.com
November has arrived with a Big Bang, a constant stream of orders finds its way into our server every day.
I know from my days in wholesale and distribution prior to starting this wonderful on-line company , that October is the weakest month in retail.
People are hardly in the mood to spend money on anything and photo books is no exception. Halloween is on people's mind, more than anything else.
However, as soon as November comes along, all those feelings of keeping a lid on the wallet seem to be forgotten.
No sooner had November arrived, or the trickle of orders that we registered in October changed in a steady stream. A deluge!
Amazing!
In the first full week of November we reached a milestone by registering order number 1,000 and we already know, that for us to reach number 2,000 will be done in probably just half the time or less than it took to get to the first 1K.
Finally, after so much hard work and effort, we start to realize that the phenomenal technology that we have on offer for our clients is being discovered by a much larger group of people.
Thanks to our television appearances on Global TV and CityTV we have had a start, followed by the strings of TV commercials that we aired between March and July of 2009 on CityTV and the OLN Network we saw increased visits to our website.
The problem with this business model is that one can't measure right away what the direct results are.
What we do know now, after all these months, that many people visited the web site, looked around and saved the web link in their "favorites" for later use.
That is what is happening now. And it is great!
November has arrived with a Big Bang, a constant stream of orders finds its way into our server every day.
I know from my days in wholesale and distribution prior to starting this wonderful on-line company , that October is the weakest month in retail.
People are hardly in the mood to spend money on anything and photo books is no exception. Halloween is on people's mind, more than anything else.
However, as soon as November comes along, all those feelings of keeping a lid on the wallet seem to be forgotten.
No sooner had November arrived, or the trickle of orders that we registered in October changed in a steady stream. A deluge!
Amazing!
In the first full week of November we reached a milestone by registering order number 1,000 and we already know, that for us to reach number 2,000 will be done in probably just half the time or less than it took to get to the first 1K.
Finally, after so much hard work and effort, we start to realize that the phenomenal technology that we have on offer for our clients is being discovered by a much larger group of people.
Thanks to our television appearances on Global TV and CityTV we have had a start, followed by the strings of TV commercials that we aired between March and July of 2009 on CityTV and the OLN Network we saw increased visits to our website.
The problem with this business model is that one can't measure right away what the direct results are.
What we do know now, after all these months, that many people visited the web site, looked around and saved the web link in their "favorites" for later use.
That is what is happening now. And it is great!
Friday, November 6, 2009
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Bad weather is...... good for us
This week the weather has become really November like.
We have rain and stormy winds howling around our building; my wife just phoned on her cell to
tell me that we are without power......That probably means no hockey game tonight.
Well this weather makes people do more computer work and that is good for us.
We have seen a dramatic increase in orders coming in since Sunday and we are preparing for non stop work between now and December 24th.
Why people always wait till the last weeks before Christmas to get started on a book or calendar is beyond me, but that is what it is.
To make things a bit easier on your wallet, we have a coupon going now for our blog readers: FallDC10
Type this code inside the coupon line at check-out in the shopping cart and save 10%.
Click SUBMIT after typing it in to activate it, very important, otherwise it won't work!
If you live in the US or Eastern Canada , we need your orders no later than December 10th to make a smooth Christmas delivery. International customers: December 5th.
Western Canada: December 15th would work, but in any case: the sooner you can submit your orders the better it is and delivery won't be an issue.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
The week after
It has been a week since we came back from the West Coast Women show.
For a while we thought: "why did we do this?"
The first few days after the show it was the big silence, it was almost deafening.
Sure, orders were there, but just a few trickled in, and these were not related to any show activity.
Happy to announce that it has all changed for the better.
Suddenly yesterday the phone started to ring at a more comfortable frequency.
We know now that a great many people have started a project. They are working on a book or calendar. Suddenly we see that our website traffic is going up day by day.
A lot of people have come to realize that Christmas is coming really fast once Halloween is behind us and so, now that the pumpkins are behind us, it is time to start thinking Christmas.
This post is a reminder for all of you to start working on that project without any further delay.
It will be extremely busy and everybody wants his or her order delivered before the biggest holiday season of the year.
Again, for those that did not pick up a West Coast Woman brochure with a coupon, you may use this coupon code: FallDC10
Enter this code at the first page of our shopping cart, scroll down to see the coupon space.
Enter the coupon code and click SUBMIT to activate it.
Ten percent will be taken off your bill.
With the 10% off, our prices are the best in the business, as our base rates are lower than anybody else
Check it all out at www.treasure-book.com
For a while we thought: "why did we do this?"
The first few days after the show it was the big silence, it was almost deafening.
Sure, orders were there, but just a few trickled in, and these were not related to any show activity.
Happy to announce that it has all changed for the better.
Suddenly yesterday the phone started to ring at a more comfortable frequency.
We know now that a great many people have started a project. They are working on a book or calendar. Suddenly we see that our website traffic is going up day by day.
A lot of people have come to realize that Christmas is coming really fast once Halloween is behind us and so, now that the pumpkins are behind us, it is time to start thinking Christmas.
This post is a reminder for all of you to start working on that project without any further delay.
It will be extremely busy and everybody wants his or her order delivered before the biggest holiday season of the year.
Again, for those that did not pick up a West Coast Woman brochure with a coupon, you may use this coupon code: FallDC10
Enter this code at the first page of our shopping cart, scroll down to see the coupon space.
Enter the coupon code and click SUBMIT to activate it.
Ten percent will be taken off your bill.
With the 10% off, our prices are the best in the business, as our base rates are lower than anybody else
Check it all out at www.treasure-book.com
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