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This year Main Street Software, Inc. staff attended the US Seminar in Dallas and enjoyed meeting new customers, catching up with those who have been with us for awhile, and making new friends. What an energetic group you are! Thank you for the laughs, the love, and the loyalty!
As is usual, we could hardly beat the heat in Dallas and attendees were happy to shop, sit a spell with us, and enjoy a demonstration of Boulevard. Customer Service Manager, Kennedy, attended in Dallas along with long-time customer, Betty, and Customer Service Representatives Christy, Tami, Tricia, and Mindy. Boulevard 2011 was on display as we showed how to personalize your profiles with a picture, use the new memorized expense feature, add a family name for mailing labels, and add explanations and expiration dates to the Edit Physical Count dialog.
Attendees who stopped by took away a goodie bag complete with every woman’s best friend – chocolate! Many of you also took advantage of our cash & carry postcard special offer. Don’t worry – if you missed out on yours, you can still order our exclusive and highly professional designs in sets of 10 from the web. Your best deal is our Prepaid Postcard Service, however. Let us mail them for you! You will see easily why LuAnn recommends using our postcards as they epitomize professionalism and will definitely stand out in the recipient’s mailbox.
Of course those who stopped by also got to put a face to the voice they hear over the phone plus pick up a few tips to boost business when returning home. As always, we are so excited to be able to attend these events and bring the customer service you know us for. Until we meet again, we wish you continued success and inspiration in your businesses. Happy New Year!
We’re taught that setting a goal is the first step toward achievement. Follow-through is key, though. In your business, this means tracking.
Weekly Accomplishment Sheet & Personal Sales Tracking
Unit or Area recognition is often based on retail product sold during the seminar year. From Preferences inside Boulevard software, click on the Weekly Accomplishment tab and ensure Base YTD totals on Seminar Year is checked. The New Year-to-Date Sales Total on the Weekly Accomplishment Sheet will now reflect your seminar year sales.
To view your sales, from under the Utility menu select Weekly Accomplishment (or by selecting the dollar sign symbol from the main toolbar). Then File and Print Preview.
When retrieving weekly accomplishment information, if a message appears that tells you the seminar year is undefined, return to Preferences and select the Seminar tab this time.
In order to retrieve information for seminar year-to-date, the seminar year selected must be entered. For our customers on the premium Product Update Service, the summer CD will update this information for the upcoming year.
Queen’s Court of Sales Tracking
Unlike the Weekly Accomplishment Sheet, the Queen’s Court dialog shows the retail credit you have earned from Mary Kay® based on product orders placed throughout the seminar year. This is an excellent tool for tracking Queen’s Court of Personal Sales. It shows a list of all product order totals in the current or previous seminar year as well as the total retail value of all orders and the Queen’s Court qualifying amount. To view personal production entered into your Boulevard software, click on the Product menu, then Order. In the Maintain Orders dialog select the Queen’s Court button.
Additional information can be found in the Help by hitting the F1 key at any time in either of these areas of Boulevard.
We’d love to hear if you met your seminar goals and about your walk across stage in July! You can do it – and we’re here to help.
To add automatic renewal for your upgrade, you can access and update your information by logging into our website using the email address and password we have on file for you. Not sure what your password is? Your password can be emailed to you by clicking on the link on our site. If you’re not sure what email address we have on file for you, feel free to contact us directly.
We release an upgrade to your Boulevard software once a year in June. Automatic renewal is the best way to go. You not only save money, but stay up-to-date with minimal effort. This year the upgrade renewal will process on Wednesday, June 2nd. Don’t miss out – you could save up to 45%!
As the year draws to a close and a new year begins, our thoughts turn to taxes. When you are ready to close your business year in Boulevard and capture year-end data, all you need to do is run a few reports.
“Which reports do I print?” is a common question our customer service department hears. Your Boulevard software provides easy to access directions to help you through these annual steps. From the Help menu inside Boulevard, click on Contents, then Taxes & Year End. Click on the link, Closing my business year in Boulevard. Follow these instructions and you’ll be done!
Of course, if you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact our Customer Service Department. Keep in mind, your tax consultant or accountant is a great resource, too. For specific questions regarding what categories offer the best write-offs or legalities, they’ll be the best place to call.
If you have not kept up on your paperwork and Boulevard entries throughout the year, we can help! Based on feedback from our Virtual Assistant customers, for the first time ever we’ve decided to offer a Seasonal Virtual Assistant solution!
Are you drowning in customer profiles?
Swimming in a sea of sales tickets?
We can enter them for you! Call today for a complimentary consultation and quote. Don’t forget, we are here for you. Main Street Software employs a full staff ready for your every customer service need. Don’t hesitate to give us a call or send an email and we’ll get your questions answered and keep you on track with your business and with Boulevard.
Giving the gift of Boulevard software is powerful. You know how organized you’ve become with the use of Boulevard, so why not share that with a sister consultant? Put a smile on her face today and help her increase productivity by getting organized. Remember, Boulevard is fully backed and supported by Main Street Software, Inc. and its staff, with a host of resources to help the Mary Kay community succeed in their endeavors. Don’t wait. Give the gift of Boulevard software today.
The linking feature in Boulevard software’s Loan/Borrow section allows you greater flexibility. For instance, if the product gets purchased instead of returned, you can convert the transaction to an invoice if you have linked it to someone within your program.
This product will then appear in that person’s purchase history. Linking ensures you have access to all features in loan/borrow plus reduces the number of steps for some actions.
For more information on using the Loaned and Borrowed Products dialog box, in your Boulevard Help, search topic: Loaned and Borrowed Products. (To locate this help topic, copy and paste the title into the Search selection of Help.) Visit our website to learn more about Boulevard software’s inventory features.
Boulevard® at Seminar!
To view your sales, from under the Utility menu select Weekly Accomplishment (or by selecting the dollar sign symbol from the main toolbar). Then File and Print Preview.
Giving the gift of Boulevard software is powerful. You know how organized you’ve become with the use of Boulevard, so why not share that with a sister consultant? Put a smile on her face today and help her increase productivity by getting organized. Remember, Boulevard is fully backed and supported by Main Street Software, Inc. and its staff, with a host of resources to help the Mary Kay community succeed in their endeavors. Don’t wait. 
The linking feature in Boulevard software’s Loan/Borrow section allows you greater flexibility. For instance, if the product gets purchased instead of returned, you can convert the transaction to an invoice if you have linked it to someone within your program.
