“The 4 Seasons of Success” is the Business Connect™ contest that can earn qualified participants great prizes throughout the year. “The 4 Seasons of Success” Business Connect contest coincides with our fiscal year quarters, and winners are selected at the end of each quarter.
Each quarterly season will focus on communicating different products and services. Quarter 4, for Summer FY 2008, runs from July 1, 2008, to September 30, 2008, and is focused on conducting five Business Connect activities discussing shipping services to promote domestic and international packages.
Qualified participants include postmasters, station managers, managers of customer service, branch managers, and supervisors. Customer relations coordinators, small business specialists, and business development team members are not eligible to enter, but they will be critical in the support and success of participants.
Activities throughout the competition will automatically count towards monthly program targets, but to qualify for the contest, activities listed as requirements for that quarterly season must be completed and documented in the Business Connect Data Center. (An activity can be an individual meeting, group presentation, or lobby event.)
After each quarterly season (i.e., after December 31, 2007, and March 31, June 30, and September 30, 2008), the names of all qualified participants (i.e., those who have met the minimum activity requirements) will be entered into a prize drawing for one Grand Prize winner and 50 runner-up winners.
Bonus Points: For every sale for at least $10,000 in estimated annualized revenue, the qualified participant will have his/her name entered an additional time into the drawing. For example, a qualified participant who doesn’t make a sale for $10,000 will have his/her name entered once in the drawing (for having completed the requirements); a qualified participant who makes one sale for $10,000 will have his/her name entered twice (once for having completed the requirements, and once for the $10,000 sale); and a qualified participant who makes one sale for $10,000 and one sale for $20,000 will have his/her name entered three times (once for having completed the requirements, once for the $10,000 sale, and once for the $20,000 sale). After each quarterly season, all successful candidates who complete the criteria regardless if selected as a Grand Prize winner or a runner-up winner will earn 20 bonus points towards the Chief Marketing Officer’s Growth Award.
Participants must complete five Business Connect activities in which two activities discuss international shipping services and three activities promote USPS.com® as a resource for customer information and education about our prices and services.
To be credited, participants must document their activities in the Business Connect Data Center by 11:59 p.m. CT on September 30, 2008.
To qualify, the five business connect activities must be documented by selecting from the following dropdown options:
District recognition: At the end of the fourth quarterly season, each of the top three districts with the highest percentage-to-activity target attainment and each of the top three districts with the highest percentage-to-revenue target attainment (based on the Business Connect Activity/Revenue Ranking Report) will receive $1,000 towards a district celebration.
Prizes: A drawing will be conducted after each quarterly contest period to award one Grand Prize winner and 50 runner-up winners.
After Quarter 4, a qualified participant will have his/her name entered into a drawing for the Grand Prize — a trip for two to a motor sports event in Daytona, Florida, in February 2009. Also, 50 runner-up winners will be selected to receive a gift certificate for a prize selection of their choice ($50 value).
For questions about “The 4 Seasons of Success” Business Connect contest, send an e-mail to Business Connect@usps.gov. In the subject line, include the word “Contest” and your district name (for example: “Contest — Houston District”). Manual offices that don’t have computers should contact their local district marketing manager for manual activity forms. In order to qualify for the contest, manual forms must be completed and submitted to district offices for input into the Business Connect Data Center to meet the above contest deadlines.
For more information about “The 4 Seasons of Success” Business Connect contest, see the article about the Business Connect Postmaster Kit starting on page 22 in this issue of the Postal Bulletin.
— Customer Development,
Business Customer Relations, 7-17-08
