To: Martin E. Frankel who wrote (28128 ) 5/14/1999 11:53:00 PM From: JRSwails Read Replies (6) | Respond to of 44908
TO ALL TSIGers ** A MUST READ ** KUDOS TO MARY AND CONRAD Everyone from Rob Gordon to Rob Newton as well as all investors of TSIG should be proud of Conrad and Mary Accola of CD's Direct, operating out of Vesper Wisconsin, for a job well done. Conrad and Mary just closed a 21,000 Customized MusicCard deal with The Wisconsin State Firefighters Memorial. The WSFM honors fallen Wisconsin Firefighters and need to raise $1 - 1.5m by the end of the year. Conrad and Mary have been working very hard over the last few months to seal this deal. The chairman of the memorial told them that if this fund drive was successful they would consider a 42,000 card deal in the fall. The WSFM also want a website. Conrad is currently working with TSIG to build it for them. We'll also have a banner linking them to our MusicCard site. The Conrads have become a full service distributor. Conrad and Mary need to be applauded for their efforts considering they don't even work for TSIG at this point in time. They, like myself and a few others, have been waiting in the wings since the end of 1998 for TSIG to work out a contractual agreement to bring active ex-CCI Distributors on board. I think with these kind of potential deals by distributors, TSIG would want to expedite their distributor programs. The Accola's have never given up ship. They, like myself, have seen the possibilities that TSIG has to offer. We have stayed in constant contact with all pertinent TSIG principals since the end of 1998. We have also actively submitted helpful information concerning the realities of the MusicCard distributorships. It should be noted that we do not have a contract with TSIG to date and are anxiously awaiting the final draft. While this may all seem self serving, The accola's, myself and several others are large investors in TSIG stock. Mary and Conrad decided on their own to go after business without a contract with the support of Rob Gordon, Rob Newton and Richard Olson. They are, however; very concerned about customer service, due to the lack thereof from CCI. Customer service in this business will make you or break you. We all know that, so our concerns are real. You know the old saying "Screw me once, shame on you. Screw me twice, shame on me." Let me say this one more time. "CUSTOMER SERVICE IS A MAKE OR BREAK SCENARIO" TSIG has to perform in this area...period. I see the making of a great PR here. "TSIG announces Customized MusicCard deal with Wisconsin State Firefighters Memorial which honors fallen Wisconsin Firefighters. The fund drive will be organized and run by CD's Direct, one of TSIG's MusicCard distributors. Phase one of the fund drive will be 21,000 custom cards and phase two, in the fall of 1999, to be an additional 42,000 cards. CD's Direct is one of many (want to be) TSIG distributors in the United States generating fund drives in support of the Products and Services Division." Well, you get my drift. I'm not a PR guy, but the picture is clear. So, every one here should applaud the Accola's for doing their part to help make TSIG successful. It should also show everyone that distributors can make a big difference. Mary and Conrad aren't aware I'm printing this, but I think everyone should know. They do read SI so any congratulations mentioned will be seen by them. I tried to make this as short as possible. There are many other card deals being discussed and worked on by the Accola's and others. Best regards, Jerry.com