In the 1980's I read a book called "Swim with the Sharks without Getting Eaten" by Harvey McKay. I was earning $14,000 per year at the time at my job in Customer Service with a major Airline. In Harvey's book, he implied that if you want to predict the size of someone's paycheck, look at the size of their rolodex (for those of you under 30 years old, a rolodex is the manual version of an electronic date book).

I started to collect business cards and meet people. I joined networking clubs and spent hours meeting new people and learning as much as I could about their businesses. I started to imagine that those business people that were "connected" could make a few phone calls and get just about anything done.

So over the years, I applied a few simple business practices that ultimately allowed me to enjoy a fairly comfortable lifestyle at a young age. I built a network of over 50,000 representatives in 7 countries. My residual income allowed me to retire in an old mining tourist town in the North Central Mountains of Arizona and travel the world in my early 30's.

I attribute my success to these simple business practices:

1). Meet people and collect business cards.

2). Ask questions and learn as much as possible about the people you meet.

3). Treat people well.

4). Show a genuine interest in others.

5). Be someone that others want to be around.

6). Send thank you cards (I learned this one from my mom when I was a small boy).

Over the years, I collected business cards, stayed in touch with people and sent out thank you cards.

But I had one big problem. I ended up with hundreds of business cards that got thrown into drawers and shoe boxes. I ran out of time to be organized and life just got in the way of continuing to send thank you cards to everyone. Many fell through the cracks-and some relationships were lost forever.

Robert Kiyosaki in his relatively new book "The Cashflow Quadrant" says, "The middle class work, but the rich build Networks." The fact is, building networks is the key to success in business. Problems can be solved through networks. Families can be saved through networks and companies are built through networks.

Networks are the backbone of business and civilized society. What percentage of business's fail because they didn't have a network to back them up, bring them money or create new business?

A customer referral network can feed a business with new customers for life.

When I saw SendOutCards, I saw a solution to one of the biggest problems in American Business today.

As a business person, I want to know:

1). How do I build my network?

2). How do I organize and communicate with the people in my network?

3). How do I differentiate myself in a marketplace flooded with competitors?

Answer these three questions and you have a formula for getting a consistent flow of new customers, retaining your existing customers and standing out from the pack. This is what every business wants!

I started sending cards to the people that had given me business cards over the years. Each time I sent a card, their contact info was entered into my Contact Manager. For the 1st time in my life, I had an organized way to build my network. I could now communicate with my network in a way that contributed to them, made them feel important and set me apart from everyone else in the marketplace.

SendOutCards will become a phenomenon because people want what we have. My Mortgage Broker in Michigan said, "For years, I've been wanting to send out more cards and thank my customers, but I just haven't had time." He's now a An Excited and Passionate user of the system and can now send the cards he has always wanted conveniently and economically!   Anyone that understands business and wants to grow will use this system without ever seeing the rewards plan. The bonus's and residuals are just a plus.

Here's a very important tip for building your network . . . In the TREAT 'EM RIGHT Seminar, Kody suggests sending one unexpected card every day. "You deserve exactly what you send out." If you send good things out, you get good things back. Your intention should be out of the contribution to others without expecting something in return.  If you send out cards to make someone's day or really contribute to them, good things will begin to pour into your life.