Three-peat!!!!

Woo-Hoo! We did it again! Your favorite gourmet cookie delivery service  was recognized for the THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR for fielding the largest team in the Small Business Category at the Susan G Komen’s Triangle Race For The Cure! We had over 100 members at the race on Saturday and raised over $10,000 towards the fight against breast cancer!

 Thank you to all who participated!

Worst Father’s Day Gift Ever?

Don’t forget about the old man next Sunday. A Sweet Reminder ships cookies all over the globe or you can always swing by the bakery and pick up an order of the best-tasting cookies this side of Grandma’s!

Speaking of Father’s Day gifts, what’s the worst gift you ever given (or received)? Reply to this blog entry and the best response will get a dozen cookies and pound of our own coffee blend!

Chip

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A SWEET REMINDER LAUNCHES KOMEN RACE WEBSITE

 

Raleigh, N.C. – Gourmet cookie delivery service A Sweet Reminder recently launched a website for the company’s Komen NC Triangle Race For The Cure team, Cookies For the Cure. The site, www.Cookies4theCure.com, contains details on how to join this year’s team and pictures of past teams.

“The work our sponsors and team members do is incredible,” said Cindy Sheats, a breast cancer survivor who founded the company the gourmet cookie delivery company. “Thanks to them, we have we have had the largest team in the small business category the last two years” she added.

The NC Triangle Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation is dedicated to eradicating breast cancer through research, education, screening and treatment. The Race For The Cure will be held June 14^th 2008 at Meredith College in Raleigh. Sheats donates a portion of all proceeds from the sale of their pink boxes to the foundation.

A Sweet Reminder specializes in delivering a delicious variety of fresh-baked gourmet cookies, packed with a personalized note in a choice of colorful boxes or decorative tins, which can be customized with a company’s logo for employee or client appreciation.

For further information on A Sweet Reminder, please call 1-866-312-0002 or log onto www.ASweetReminder.com.

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Deliver cookies in style with some of our new tins!

Some new decorative tins have been added to our website! Our Elegance tin is uniquely designed and sure to impress. Our American Puppies tin will bring out the patriot in all.  Get the party started right with our new Festive Party tin. Capture the essence of North Carolina’s coast with our Lighthouses tin.

 Would you like to see a specific tin? E-mail us at sweet@asweetreminder.com

 

Five Questions Regarding Delivering Cookies

1) What’s the most popular kind of cookie you sell?

The round kind filled with a variety of flavors. We tried making cookies in
the shape of dodecahedrons filled with exotic fruits and meats but found the
material and engineering costs for creating the cookies and tins to be about
as expensive as producing a vintage Chrysler Cordoba complete with rich
Corinthian leather. So we’re sticking with round and flavorful!

2) Is it appropriate to give cookies as an anniversary gift?

Absolutely! Unlike diamonds and precious metals, which are torn from the
very Earth at the expense of human labor and lives, you never hear much talk
about the blood spilled to harvest chocolate chips or oatmeal and raisins.
So there are no ethical concerns when you give a tin of cookies, whereas a
two-karat diamond solitaire could consign your soul to Purgatory for most of
eternity. Cookies are also a better choice than flowers, which are notorious
for being carriers of life-threatening allergens and bees.

3) Do you really send out your cookies the same day an order is received?

We tried sending them out the day BEFORE we received the order but the
zoning commission denied our request for a nuclear-powered particle
accelerator Hadron collider on the premises that would make
time-traveling-cookie-order-fulfillment possible. Write your city
councilperson!

4) Do you include personalized notes from the sender with your cookie
orders?

Yes! We experimented with sending personalized notes from OTHER people but
found that the resulting confusion put our business, customers and many
relationships at risk from physical threats costly litigation. So now we
just include personalized notes from the people who actually send the
cookies to the people who actually receive them — and that’s working out
pretty well so far!

5) Do you use organic ingredients in your cookies?

Yes. To the best of our knowledge, all our ingredients originated on the
planet Earth. We have looked into creating cookies made from ingredients
found on Krypton, but can’t seem to get past what we call the Broken Jaw
With Every Bite Syndrome. But our cookies made from Earthly ingredients are
even more fantastically tasty AND chewable! Order today!

Ten reasons you need to send A Sweet Reminder cookies to your Mother:

 

Here are the ten reasons why our mascot Chip Cookie says you need to send A Sweet Reminder cookies to your Mother:

 

 

1) You ran with scissors that one time when you were told not.

 

2) Because your Father will never send her cookies.

 

3) You blew it last year with the overpriced buffet at the Holiday Inn where your Mom almost chocked on a chicken bone.

 

 4) You won’t to upstage your old sister who is knitting your mom ANOTHER piece of clothing.

 

5) You can’t make Sunday lunch because you are out of state and gas prices are too high.

 

6) Your Mom made you all those cookies growing up, now it’s time to return the favor.

 

7) You watched “Mommy Dearest” last night and you realized your Mom did not do such a bad job.

 

 8.) You have forgiven her the time she came to your high school to say “Hey!”

 

9) Keep her occupied so she won’t harass you with “Am I going to be a Grandma soon?”

 

10) She gave birth to you….’nuff said!.

 

 

 

 

 

Deliver cookies to your staff!

Administrative Professional’s Day is Wednesday April 23rd Looking for a better way to show your staff how much you appreciate them?

Just go online to www.asweetreminder.com   Use our simple online ordering system to choose from the day’s assortment of delicious cookie flavors, baked fresh that day.   Your cookie order will be sealed in foil, wrapped in plastic, and packed with a personal note.  You also won’t find a more cost-effective way to thank your employees.   Your order will then be shipped anywhere in another box filled with plastic peanuts to make sure every cookie arrives at the peak of freshness - all at a price that is very affordable to you and much lower than most of our direct competitors.   Enter the promotional code “admin” and receive 15% off your order!   For more details visit www.asweetreminder.com email us at customerservice@asweetreminder.com or call us toll-free at 1-866-312-0002   Nobody’s cooked up a sweeter way to thank your staff for all they do!   Sincerely, A Sweet Reminder

Sign Up For The 2008 Cookies For The Cure Team!

You may know that one in eight women will be stricken with breast cancer in her lifetime. What you may not know is that you can help these women and thousands of others in the fight against breast cancer.

Thank You for being part of Cookies for the Cure in the past. This year we will be larger and stronger in our fight. Please as you sign up this year, think of at least one other person to join with you. With your help we can easily double our team from last year.

On June 14, 2008, we will be participating in the 12th Annual Komen NC Triangle Race for the Cure in Raleigh with a great team of dedicated people.

Join the fight by registering as part of our team or by supporting our efforts with a pledge contribution. The money raised through the Race will fund vital education, screening and treatment programs for women in our own community and will also support the national search for a cure.

We need your support! Every step counts!

Please join Cookies for the Cure in our fight against breast cancer. If you have any questions, please call me at 919-854-0002, or email us at sweet@asweetreminder.com.

Thank You!

Click here to view the team page for Cookies for the Cure:

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Credibility Over Creativity

We hope you visit our news page,( http://www.asweetreminder.com/page.pressroom) to find out the latest news on your favorite cookie delivery company. Why would a gourmet cookie company have a news page?

In regards to marketing a business, being creative can be “cute”. But it begs the most important question-”Does it sell?”. Two of the most memorable advertising campaigns in the last ten years, “Got Milk?” and “Wassup” won many awards and were adored by the public. But were they truly successful? Milk did not become America’s favorite beverage (milk consumption has in fact declined) and Budweiser sales did not increase (eventually Bud Light became a better selling beer).

A strong public relations campaign is key to a marketing plan. The public is flooded with advertising messages everyday and people often are skeptical. A public relations piece from a company (a new hire, a new product, a new partnership. etc) is often seen as more credible. When the public sees a steady diet of positive news from a company, this not only creates a top-of-mind presence with a consumer, but also establishes a sense of trust.

So you may never see crumbs of gourmet cookies on a person’s upper lip on one of our advertisements, but you may hear about our partnership with the Komen Foundation or a new feature on our website. Cookie delivery does not have to be cute, just credible.

Chip

A SWEET REMINDER ADDS SALES MANAGER

Raleigh, N.C. – Cookie delivery service A Sweet Reminder announced the hiring of Gary Buer as sales manager. Buer will be responsible for servicing corporate accounts and new business development.

“Gary has been an incredible addition to our team,” said Cindy Sheats, owner and founder of the company that has delivered cookies since 2003. “His enthusiasm and experience have been most valuable,” she added.

Buer previously spent 31 yrs with IBM working finance, market intelligence, forecasting, marketing operations and supply/demand analysis.

A Sweet Reminder specializes in delivering a delicious variety of fresh-baked cookies, packed with a personalized note in a choice of colorful boxes or decorative tins, which can be customized with a company’s logo for employee or client appreciation.

For further information on A Sweet Reminder, please call 1-866-312-0002 or log onto www.ASweetReminder.com.

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