The Business Connect™ Quarterly Contest for Quarter 1, Fiscal Year (FY) 2010, runs from October 1, 2009, to December 31, 2009, and is focused on Priority Mail® service. The objective is to conduct a minimum of five Business Connect activities — all of which must promote using Priority Mail service, focusing on flat-rate boxes.
Qualified participants include postmasters, station managers, managers of customer service, branch managers, and supervisors. Sales team members and Customer Relations coordinators 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 at http://blue.usps.gov/marketing/businessconnect/welcome.htm; in the right side box, click Go to Business Connect Data Center/Reports. (An activity can be an individual meeting, group presentation, or lobby event.)
After the quarter (i.e., after December 31, 2009), the names of all qualified participants (i.e., those who have met the minimum activity requirements) will be entered into a random 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 Priority Mail activities, which all must focus on domestic Priority Mail Service. To receive credit, participants must document their activities in the Business Connect Data Center by 11:59 p.m. CT on December 31, 2009. Select “Priority Mail (BC Contest)” as your activity.
A random drawing will be conducted after each quarter to award the Grand Prize and the 50 runner-up prizes. 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, April 11–14, 2010. Also, 50 runner-up winners will be selected to receive a gift certificate for a prize selection of their choice ($50 value). To qualify, a winner must be a career employee of the U.S. Postal Service® through May 2010 to accept the Grand Prize.
If you have questions about The Business Connect Quarterly Contest, e-mail Businessconnect@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 manager of Shipping and Mailing Solutions (district) 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.
— Sales Operations and Planning,
Sales, 9-24-09
