Promotional idea: Get your customers scrapbooking!

I admit it: I'm not a scrapbooker. 

My love for paper centers around cards, mostly because I have a very short attention span. 

Until recently, my somewhat addled brain could not wrap itself around the notion of working on an album over days ... or years!

But then I realized that all of my precious memories are stored in computers large and small -- hard drives, thumb drives, iPhone and iPad. Where I used to be able to take a dog-eared wallet-sized photo from my purse, today I reach for my iPhone and flip through hundreds of stored photos that I've taken with its camera.

And what if I lost that iPhone, and failed to back up or post to a social media site?  All those images would be lost!  The loss of those images is more frightening to me than even the (insured!) loss of the phone itself.  I need to start scrapbooking, in one form or another.

Like many of your potential customers, I cite my busy schedule because I think that scrapbooking means shoeboxes full of unfiled pictures and trying to organize and think about layouts -- too much to do. But now I realize there are products like My Crush TM books (Z1855 Modville and 1856 Bluebird, each $12.95) and Picture My Life TM (Z1942-1949, $24.95 each) that will speed up the process while preserving my memories -- perfect!  

There are many people like me who have been resistant to scrapbooking ... yet are wanting to preserve their memories for the future. Have you thought about teaching them how to use CTMH's Studio J TM digital scrapbooking techniques?  How about quick and easy scrapping, with Picture My Life?  

Canon Selphy CP900 - weighs 4.1 pounds!

For me, I've invested in a Canon Selphy CP900 portable photo printer -- trust me, it's SMALL (fits in large pocketbook, prints 4x6" pictures, and costs under $100 on Amazon.com) to get my pictures off my iPad/iPhone and printed and into my Picture My Life collections.  

I plan to do demos with it at crops and the local community center. I'm sure it will sell quick scrapbooking! 

I developed this flyer to introduce scrapbooking to primarily female grocery shoppers -- yep, maybe even guilt-trip them into scrapbooking. I plan to hang this flyer on the community bulletin boards at my local supermarkets, after I've attached some little tear-offs to the bottom of the flyer (which will list my name, Close to My Heart Independent Consultant, and phone number).  

About the Flyer:  I purchased the image of the "Mom and Kids" as a royalty-free stock photograph, and have permission to distribute. The flyer also includes the approved-use CTMH logo. I wrote the text. The flyer's concept, content and use of copyrighted material has been approved by Close To My Heart, effective 1/23/2014 - Makenzie.  

If you'd like to use this flyer: 

Visitors to "Bright Ideas" have my permission to use the concept only of the Mom and Kids Flyer under a Creative Commons agreement known as "CC BY". This symbol (at left) is shown to allow you to share and modify my work as long as you give credit to me as the original creator.  Please change the image and modify the text to make the flyer your own. If you like it enough to share, modify or use it, please consider leaving me a tip in the "Tip Jar" at left.  

If you would like the right to use this "Mom and Kids" concept and art with text as shown, it is available for suggested tip of $5.00 to my "Tip Jar" (in the side bar, at left). You may "lift" this file directly from this blog, or drop me a note on your PayPal donation asking that the file be sent to your e-mail.  This file does not have my contact information listed, so that you can type your own information in the space provided.  If you would like me to change the contact to your own, that can be done for an additional donation (suggested $2.50, or a total of $7.50) deposited to the "Tip Jar."  Please allow 7-10 days for customization, though I can usually get it done more quickly. If you would like additional customization (photos, text), please contact me for rates, questions or special requests. 

I am also more than happy to work with you to develop your own Bright Idea! 

My e-mail address is cardmonkey@comcast.net.  Please put BRIGHT IDEAS: in the subject matter line. My PayPal address is esjarvis@comcast.net.

Thank you for your interest in Bright Ideas!