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Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators- Get ready for taxes: Part 2 of 6

Today we'll be continuing the steps to organize your finances and get ready for tax time with your stampin up business. Congrats to all of you who completed Part 1!!

This weeks goals are more information gathering:

Step 1: Gather all the information about income you earned through classes, sale of finished products, retired products or any other income NOT processed through Stampin' Up and sort it by month into your file folders.

It can be as simple as a piece of paper that says:
CLASSES IN January 2010. Birthday Card class; $35 per person; 10 participants Total $350. Don't worry about how much this class cost you, what treats you bought or other costs. You're just gathering income information right now. Create a separate piece of paper for every type of income (classes, catalogues, sales of finished product, miscellaneous) you made and make sure the total is clear.

Step 2: Are you ready?

Open your January Folder and open Stamper Profit Pal to the INCOME tab (NOTE: if you want to change the year in Stampers Profit Pal, open the Summary Tab and change it there. It'll change the year everywhere).
Take a look at your Activity Statement Summary. See the number under the Personal Commisionable Sales for January? Enter that number into the Personal Sales field (D6) in stamper profit pal.
If you earned a volume rebate, enter than number next (D8).
Then enter the Downline Sales & Downline Commissions (D19-28) if you have any.
If you earned a bonus payout, enter that one too (D11).
DBWS Shared pool income or other things can go into the miscellaneous income field

STEP 3: Now enter your other sources of income in the appropriate fields in Stampers Profit pal:

Classes (TIP: If you have several things to total up, type =1.11+2.22+3.33 and then hit enter ),
Catalogs
Sale of Finished Products
Miscellaneous
There are two blank lines that you can customize for types of income that are important for you to track.

Staple all the January Income Receipts together and put them back in your folder.

Step 4: Repeat for February – December. You'll see, it's gets faster & faster to do them as you go!

That's it! Next week we'll tackle expenses!

Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators- Get ready for taxes Part 1 of 6

For the new six Thursdays I'm going to share with you how easy it is to get your Stampin' Up! business organized! I know it's still a few months away, but if you work with me, you'll be all done your paperwork for 2010 with NO STRESS!!! Can you image?!
Tax time will be a breeze!

Step 1: Gather twelve file folders (you can get these at the dollar store) and label them Jan-Dec.

Step 2: Login to Stampin' Up and under My Business>My Reports> Activity Statement, print out the statement summary for each month (Jan – Dec). Tuck them in the file folders.

Step 3: Check out Stampers Profit Pal and see how easy it is to use for keeping track. This Excel based tool will allow you to gather all your income and expenses in one place and generate a summary of everything for you. My downline (Tania Kronberg) and I worked on this tool specifically for the purpose of helping demonstrators with their finances. For a one-time fee of $19.95, you'll be able to use Stampers Profit Pal year after year!

See you next Thursday with more….

Unique & Personalized Gift Idea: My Digital Studio Journal

About this time of year, we all start looking for unique gifts for those on our gift giving list.

My Digital Studio offers a great and efficient way for you to create gifts from the heart including cards, photo books, scrapbooks, calendars…and now journals.

Last month Stampin' Up announced they are offering a journal option where you can design the front and back covers of a 6.25 x 8.25 journal! How cool is that? Here's a sample of a monogrammed journal. Who wouldn't want to receive one of these?

Best of all, you can make it completely personalized to the person receiving the gift. The only limit is your imagination. There's also a really cute template in My Digital Studio which you can easily customize:

My Digital Studio is affordably priced, and offers you limitless possibilities. From now until November 30^th, you can get My Digital Studio as part of the Digital Starter Kit at 50% off. It's an amazing deal you don't want to miss!

Still not sure what My Digital Studio is? Here's a video that will answer just that!

Normally the Digital program is $106.95. (Includes just the software with over 2000 images, photo editing capabilities, templates for cards, scrapbooking, calendars, DIY blank pages.)

BUT for $1 more, you'll get the MY DIGITAL STUDIO SOFTWARE plus ALL these items:

Any $32.95 or lower stamp set
Any $22.95 or lower stamp set (recommended to get clear mount)
Any $11.95 or lower stamp set
Clear Block $8.95 or less (pg. 192)
Assorted Colour Smooth Card Stock (8 1/2×11) (pg. 165)
Designer Buttons (pg. 186)
Ribbon $6.75 or less (pg. 191)
4 Classic stamp pads (pg. 166-169)
2 Stampin' Write Marker (pg. 166-169)
Snail Adhesive (pg. 197)
Stampin' Mist (pg. 198)
Decor Elements item $9.95 or less
PLUS tons of business supplies

That's 16+ more items for only $1 more than just purchasing My Digital Studio alone. AND best of all, you don't have to pay any shipping on the kit…so that's even more savings!

~~~ Use this worksheet to customize your kit

Check out all these benefits…

So…WHY JOIN MY INKY DIVAS GROUP NOW?

50% OFF the kit-either Standard or Digital…WOW (First time EVER this cheap!!!!)
You can customize your own stamp sets, ink pads, ribbon, papers and more!!!
Earn additional income while sharing creativity.
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Staring Dec. 1st, you'll get to pre-order products from the upcoming Occasions and Sale-A-Bration Mini…you'll get the products FIRST and get a discount!
Enjoy exclusive access to thousands of creative ideas and samples.
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There is no commitment to have parties and no penalty for stopping- you can just take advantage of a great deal and leave it at that.
If you choose to stay, you only need to place $400 in orders by the end of March 2011 and then each quarter after that. Your personal orders will count too !
A 20%+ discount that you can use for the next 6 months or longer!
30% off your first order within your first 60 days! WOW (min. $200)
Free catalogues every time they come out.
The chance to order products before anyone else!
By joining with me, you'll be joining one of the top groups in Canada, the INKredible Canadian Divas. We are a group of over 650 ladies all across Canada who share their passion for stamping and love to share ideas!

Got questions? Email me or give me a call….I support over 650 demonstrators all across Canada and am happy to help!
Email: josee@stampingjo.com
Phone: local 204-417-9501 toll free: 1-888-91STAMP

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JOIN ONLINE (Nov. 15-30) www.stampingjo.com/join password: stampingjo

OR send me your cheat sheet and I'll help you sign up! ONLY 11 MORE DAYS TILL THIS SPECIAL ENDS!

SIX months till tax time…

Friends, do you know where your money is? Have you made a profit this year? Where are you spending your money? Tax time is six months away, but if you start keep track of things now, imagine how easy it will be in the Spring!

My amazing downline Tania Kronberg and I designed a simple excel based tracking system for you to record your income and expenses on a monthy basis. It takes just a few minutes to update each month!

What are you waiting for? Check out www.stampersprofitpal.com for more info and to purchase your personalized copy for only $19.95CA

This is the program I've used for years and it has helped me know exactly what my business is doing for me!

This is what Stampers Profit Pal users have to say:

"I Love the Profit Pal!! It has made doing my taxes so much easier!" Melissa R.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you! This spreadsheet is AMAZING! I started entering numbers as soon as I downloaded the file and already I've lost that feeling of dread when someone mentions income taxes. I am definitely going to recommend this program to everyone on my team!"
Donna H.

"Thank you for the fast turn around…I have already started inputting my information…very easy to use." Holly M.

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Happy Canada Day & Happy Stampin Up! New Year

Happy Canada Day! July 1st is an exciting day for Canadian stampers – the Canada Day holiday & the first day of the new Idea Book & Catalogue which means a brand NEW YEAR in Stampin' Up! world! Of course, this is a holiday just to read your catalogue, lol!

If you're looking to receive a new catalogue and don't have a demonstrator yet, email me and I'd be happy to hook you up!

The catalogue will go live online TODAY around 2pm, so check out my store this afternoon: www.stampingjo.com/store for all the wonderful NEW products!

You can also view the PDF version here

I was SO happy to see the Canada Day stamp set (W119889/C120042) in the Summer Mini when it came out. It's a great set for cards or invitations and scrapbooking like the page above. The fireworks are super versatile, and the single firecracker can quickly become a candle. I really like when you can look at a stamp set and see multiple ways to make it work for you.

To honour the new catalogue and our great nation, I paired up some new colours – Cherry Cobbler with Crumb Cake and a splash of Marina Mist! I am loving these new colours, they are so fresh and fun and really are helping to keep me inspired. Two other new products are featured here – the new 2 3/8 Scallop Circle Punch (118874) and Marina Mist 1/8 Taffeta Ribbon (119527). So many new goodies, and these are just the ones I could pre-order as a Stampin' Up demonstrator – just wait until I get my first shipment.

Speaking of being a demonstrator, there's a brand new starter kit in the catalogue – only $215 and lots of stamps, ink, paper and more! I'd love to have you join my team of INKredible Canadian Divas – which are hobby and business demonstrators – who all love to stamp.

The kit is a great deal regardless if you want to save or make money! AND best of all….with the new HST means that there is NO TAX OR SHIPPING ON THE KIT!!! At least there's one benefit to the new HST.

Click here for more info on the super starter kits!!