Promoting Our Products: Studio J

Thanks to Blog Reader (and CTMH Independent Consultant) Marilyn Hannam McLeod for suggesting a flyer to promote Studio J. This is the flyer that I've developed. It was approved today by CTMH's Corporate office. 

I'm planning on e-mailing this flyer to my customer base, and also printing it to use at vendor events in tandem with my laptop connected to WiFi, to demo Studio J. I also plan to put this flyer where there are busy moms:

- The YMCA or local gyms, fitness center
- Local churches
- The community center (Parks & Rec)
- Supermarket community board

Speaking of the supermarket -- where I was this afternoon, in preparation for yet another infernal winter storm -- I heard an overhead announcement promoting the store's kiddie daycare where kids stay while Mom shops. I'm going to ask if I can hold a Gathering there, or have an arts-n-crafts class for kids some upcoming Saturday. Have you tried this?  

Finally, if YOU have special requests or bright ideas that you'd like me to shine some creative light upon, please don't hesitate to drop me a line. 

About the Flyer:  I purchased the image of the speeding racecar as a royalty-free stock photograph, and have permission to distribute. The image of the laptop with the Studio J layout was taken from a free-distribution gallery picture from CTMH. The flyer also includes the approved-use both the Studio J and CTMH logos. I wrote most of the text, and also lifted some from a CTMH Studio J flyer.  The flyer's concept, content and use of copyrighted material has been approved by Close To My Heart, effective 2/4/2014 - JoNell.  

If you'd like to use this flyer: 

Visitors to "Bright Ideas" have my permission to use the concept only of the Studio J 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 to use the actual flyer (photos, with or without the text), please do leave a tip; a suggested amount is $5.00. I can customize the contact information (in the right hand side of the box), or send you a jpg file of a flyer with the contact info blank, for you to customize, for an additional tip. I truly do appreciate and need your tips to help defray the cost of the purchased stock photographs, computer programs, and creative/production time.  Your support helps keep this service going, and free!  

My e-mail address is cardmonkey@comcast.net.  Please put BRIGHT IDEAS: in the subject matter line if you have special requests.  My PayPal address is esjarvis@comcast.net, though the TipJar at left takes you directly there.  

Thank you for your interest in, and support of, Bright Ideas! 

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!