Call for Vendors

W.I.N.G.S. Chapter

American Business Womens Association

Is looking for Vendors at this time for our 13th Annual Networking and Vendors Night

This is our best attended event of the year,  and are looking for vendors to fullfill our attendees evening shipping experience

November 10th 2012

Four Point Shearton -- I-10 and Beltway 8

5:30 to 8:30 pm  dinner included

contact me today for more information   CathyJELady@gmail.com 

Know the Code

If you haven't noticed QR (Quick Response) codes yet, keep your eyes open- you're going to start seeing them everywhere, including magazines, flyers and conference materials.

These little black and white markings are two-dimensional bar code images that, when scanned by a camera on a smartphone, open a link to a website, send an SMS or dial a phone number. QR codes are becoming widely used to supplement marketing efforts, and they're being used in ads in newspapers, magazines or even in the window of businesses. They can basically link everything in the physical world to electronic information immediately.

The cool thing is, you can create QR codes for free. Do a search on "QR Codes" and you'll find several website that will generate a code for a particular website address or piece of text, at no cost to you. The best format to get for print quality is a website that offers a tiffs option.


That means that the only cost associated is the printing, and if you're creating an ad or direct mail, you're likely printing anyway.


If you use QR codes, keep in mind that they and the apps that scan them are still foreign to most people. You will want to make a point to spell out how to scan the code and help instruct customers on where they can grab scanner apps.

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Annual Fall Festival

We are excited to announce our 3rd Annual HoustonWAHMs Fall Festival on Saturday; September 24th at Chick-fil-A at 5905 FM 2920 in Spring, TX.  We are still accepting vendor applications and you can obtain more information about the event online at:  www.houstonwahms.org/festival.

It's all about the Follow-up!!!!

The Money is in the Follow-up!

Below are sales statistics that are so worth sharing!!

Check out this little Pearl of Wisdom

*48% of sales people never follow up with a prospect

*25% make a second contact and stop

*12% only make 3 contacts and stop

*10% make more than 3 contacts

*2% of sales are made on the first contact

*3% on the second contact

*5% are made on the third contact

*10% on the fourth contact AND.....

*80% of sales are made on the 5th to the 12th contact...

How about that!!!