Retail
BUSINESS CONNECT
Race to Miami Starts March 1, 2007
Start your engines! The "Race to Miami" Business
ConnectTM Competition takes off March 1, 2007. If you're a
postmaster, station/branch manager, manager of Customer
Service, or supervisor, this is your chance to win great
prizes, including an all-expense-paid trip for two to Miami
and VIP passes to the final Motorsports Race held
November 17, 2007, in Homestead, Florida.
Practice Round — March 1 through March 31
• Rev up your motors with three Business Connect
activities, one of which is a USPS.com® event.
• Document your activities in the Business Connect
Data Center; select USPS.com (BC Contest) to
receive credit for your USPS.com event.
Race 1 — April 1 through May 31
• Put the pedal to the metal with a minimum of five customer meetings (group or individual) using your "Business Connect 2007 Rates Introduction" material.
• Target small businesses such as rotary clubs and civic organizations. During this race, internal training
with ten or more employees also counts as a group
event.
• Document activities in the Business Connect Data Center; under the "Individual" or "Group Activity" screen,
click on 2007 Rates Introduction (BC Contest).
Race 2 — June 1 through July 31
• Keep the rubber burning with two Business Connect
activities (group or individual) on Direct Mail and
three other Business Connect activities of your
choice.
• Consider this a good opportunity to use your Destination Door-to-Door Direct Mail Kit.
• Document the activities in the Business Connect Data
Center; under the "Individual" or "Group Activity"
screen, click on Direct Mail (BC Contest) to receive
credit for your Direct Mail activities.
Race 3 — August 1 through September 30
• Race to the finish line with two Business Connect activities (group or individual) on international shipping and
three other Business Connect activities of your choice.
• Document the activities in the Business Connect Data
Center; under the "Individual" or "Group Activity"
screen, click on International (BC Contest) to receive
credit for your international shipping activities.
What You'll Win
• Practice Round: Your name will be entered in a
drawing for a chance to win a gift booklet for a prize
selection of your choice.
• Races 1-3: After each race, your name will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win the grand prize
trip for two to Miami. Also, you may be one of 50 winners who will receive a gift booklet for a prize selection of your choice.
• BONUS (Races 1-3): For each sale of $10,000 or
more in estimated annualized revenue, your name
will be entered an additional time in the drawing for
the grand prize trip for two to Miami.
• District Recognition: After completion of all three
races, each of the top three districts with the highest
Business Connect activities to target and each of the
top three districts with the highest year-to-date (YTD)
sales will receive $1,000 toward a district celebration.
• Growth Award Bonus Points: After each race event,
all successful candidates who complete the criteria
will earn 20 bonus points towards the Chief Marketing Officer's Growth Award.
— Customer Development,
Product Development, 2-15-07
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