“Monumental Opportunity” is the Business Connect™ contest for FY2009 that can earn qualified participants great prizes throughout the year. The contest coincides with our fiscal year quarters, and winners are selected at the end of each quarter.
Each quarter will focus on communicating different products and services. Quarter 1 FY 2009 runs from October 1, 2008, to December 31, 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 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 quarter 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 quarter (i.e., after December 31, 2008, and March 31, June 30, and September 30, 2009), 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 $5,000 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 $5,000 will have his/her name entered once in the drawing (for having completed the requirements); a qualified participant who makes one sale for $5,000 will have his/her name entered twice (once for having completed the requirements, and once for the $5,000 sale); and a qualified participant who makes one sale for $5,000 and one sale for $10,000 will have his/her name entered three times (once for having completed the requirements, once for the $5,000 sale, and once for the $10,000 sale).
Participants must complete five Business Connect activities discussing shipping services to promote domestic and international packages.
To be credited, participants must document their activities in the Business Connect Data Center by 11:59 p.m. CT on December 31, 2008.
To qualify, the five Business Connect activities must be documented by selecting from the following dropdown options:
A drawing will be conducted after each quarterly contest period to award one Grand Prize winner and 50 runner-up winners.
After Quarter 1, a qualified participant will have his/her name entered into a drawing for the Grand Prize — a trip for two to the National Postal Forum in Washington, DC, in May 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 “Monumental Opportunity” Business Connect contest, send an e-mail to BDT_HQ@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 business development team manager for manual activity forms. In order to qualify for the contest, manual offices must complete and submit manual forms to district offices for input into the Business Connect Data Center to meet the above contest deadlines.
For more information about the “Monumental Opportunity” Business Connect contest, see the article about the Business Connect Postmaster Kit starting on page 30 in this issue of the Postal Bulletin.
— Customer Development,
Business Customer Relations, 10-9-08
