April 2007

In this issue...

OSSN Home

Destination: Scotland
by John Hawks

President's Message
by Gary Fee
How I did It
by Kimberly Kane
Prospecting for Prosperity
by Ken Hall
Your Travel Rights
by John Hawks
OSSN Cruise Fams
by Jeff Grieder
Selling Cruises
by John Hawkes
Managing Your Travel Business
by John Hawkes
Selling Travel 101
by John Hawkes
OSSN Sets Sail with Fam Cruises

CHAPTER CHATS

Atlanta
Memphis
New York
Richmond
Boulder



President's Message
Has this ever happened to you?

OSSN on Your Desktop!
By OSSN President & Founder Gary M. Fee

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Now, OSSN proudly brings you the solution: a direct link to OSSN Headquarters that sits right on your desktop!

We’ve teamed with a company called eMarketing Solutions Group -- the folks behind www.travelagentpromos.com - to launch a new program that brings travel industry news and the latest supplier deals straight to your computer screen. You don’t have to log in, remember passwords, sort through junk emails, or worry that you’re losing critical alerts and messages in your spam filter.

After a quick download, the “OSSN Passport to Profits” desktop icon literally sits on your computer screen (or in the icon tray in the lower right-hand corner of your screen). Whenever you’re ready throughout the day to check what’s happening in the world of travel, you can click on the icon -- and a display will open that shows you four to six to eight snippets of brand-new headlines, fam trip offers, supplier deals, and other information gathered by OSSN and eMarketing Solutions Group.

The best part? Once you’re finished, you can click out of the display, and the icon will sit quietly on your desktop until you call it up again. It’s not obtrusive, it doesn’t “pop up,” and it won’t bother you in any way. You can stay informed, without worrying about multiple log-ins and passwords and other online hassles.

At OSSN Headquarters, we know how busy home-based travel stay during the day. That’s why I’m so excited to tell you about this latest benefit for OSSN agents that can really save you lots of time and effort.

We’re proud to be the first home-based agent association to offer this service to its members! Right now, this downloadable program is available exclusively to OSSN agents.

Try it this week! Click here to download the software onto your desktop. Then, click on the icon once a day for the next four or five days, as we begin testing the service this spring. (We’ll start slow, and then ramp up the information flow in the coming weeks and months.)

And, if you have any suggestions about this service -- especially anything we can do to improve its usefulness for home-based agents -- please send us an email!

Thanks for supporting OSSN, as we experiment with new benefits like the “OSSN Passport to Profits” icon to help you close more sales and grow your home-based travel business!

(Photo/image credits: OSSN; eMarketing Solutions Group)


OSSN Home  |  Destination: Scotland  |  President's Message  |  How I did It
Prospecting for Prosperity  |  Your Travel Rights  |  OSSN Cruise Fams  |  Selling Cruises
Managing Your Travel Business |  Selling Travel 101  |  OSSN Sets Sail with Fam Cruises  |  Chapter Chats