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[6/17/2008 SteppersUSA News]
Steppers Service Conundrum
By Markie Bee

Monday was a contest steppers news day as the two largest contest's put new information out about their respective contest's.
The Majestic Gents have released their Semi-Finals schedule for the 2008 World's Largest Steppers Contest. You can view the schedule at WLSContest.Com.
The Steppin' Across America website has added a Chicago location to their list of Local Competitions and is listed like this, "Chicago, IL - Soul 106.3 FM (not affiliated with Radio One)" I couldn't find anything on the Soul 106.3 website.
The Club D'Elegance contest is trying to gain traction. The first two prelims had a total of two couples. It's not unprecedented. Last years contest first two prelims yielded four, but the third day blew up with around 10 or so. Thursday is the next preliminary. For more information www.ClubDElegance.Com.
The Customer Service Conundrum
Does anyone pay attention to the state of customer service in today's clubs and bars?  It's become a "get them in and out" world of "fast food" style service. The clubs complain about loosing money (or at least not making money like they used to) when they don't give service like they used to. The same is true when promoting events (see Steppers Shortcuts article). My son recently told me about a situation at a large retail store he used to work at... There was a seasoned employee (we will call her Anna), she had worked for the store for around 10 years. She was very popular with the customers. She had developed a "following", people would come to the store and expect to see her. They would exchange niceties and when when it came to getting help with anything in particular, Anna was like a bulldog, she wouldn't let go until her customer was satisfied. The management subscribed to the get them in and out" world of "fast food" style service mentioned before. Anna didn't fit in to that type of business model. The management forced her to resign. Since then, the sales numbers have dipped at that store. Real customer service isn't all about the numbers. Just like service in a club isn't all about the numbers. Just like emailing 20,000 pluggers doesn't guarantee a good turn out at an event. Sometimes personal interaction does trump the numbers. It's still a good thing to put the plugger in your hand.

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If you or anyone you know has any photos, footage or information about or from any Steppers contests for the History of Stepping Project, I'd love to add it to what we have. It's Your History! OR If you have a personal recollection concerning stepping or if you care to help with the  in any manner, please Send us an email.

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Timeline Updated
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Day 1 Club D'Elegance Steppers Contest
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The SteppersUSA Daily News and SteppersUSA.Com are both daily publications which update continually. We accept and publish Steppers classes and workshops, Daily events, weekly events, monthly events, special events, steppers news, requests for information which we can't answer but our visitors may have an answer to. All of this makes us the most complete listing of Steppers information available anywhere. Send your submissions and pluggers or flyers to us at webmaster@steppersusa.com TODAY!
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PayPal
For those of you who promote and submit events to SteppersUSA you may have noticed we've added some new features. Some are for security purposes like the captcha coding. Other changes are to make the Events Submission Form a bit more uniform and hopefully a bit easier to use. An important addition is a three choice question where you choose... If you sell advance tickets, can they be ordered on line? The choices are a simple yes, no or Contact me about customers ordering tickets directly from SteppersUSA. This FREE service by SteppersUSA can help you increase your advance ticket sales all from one place. Think about it. Thousands come to this site every day looking at events and making plans. It's convenient for the customer and you make money! Don't have a FREE Pay Pal business account? Not a problem! Just click Here! Even if you already have a website it only makes sense to add a Pay Pal Button to SteppersUSA to increase the possibility of a sale. Customers can use any credit card including Visa, Master Card, Discover, American Express, or their Pay Pal account or directly debit their bank account. It's safe, secure, and easy. SteppersUSA will not ask for any personal or financial information or access to your Pay Pal account. We will only ask for information related to your button. As I said before SteppersUSA will not charge for this convenient service. Both you and your customers have everything to gain! Do you have suggestions to make SteppersUSA even better?  Please Send us an email.




 

Support the History of Stepping Project

Please copy the message below and send it on to as many steppers as you can please!

This is an open message to ALL steppers. Please share it with as many people as possible.

 As many of you may already know I started a new web site for the benefit of the greater steppers community. It's called The History of Stepping Project. I wish to encourage you to add your knowledge to the timeline. If you know anything about stepping, please share this with the public on this site. We are looking for all information related to stepping from it's beginnings to the present. The information literally includes everything from clubs and bars which held steppers sets and parties to contests and the participants and results, to when different steppers organizations and classes started, who the instructors were and are; Musical bands, and artists, DJ's, radio and television personalities, Movies, videos, and photos… literally everything stepping.
Creating an accurate historic timeline will go a long way toward helping the community take the next step in its logical progression as it continues to grow nationwide and will become a valuable resource for all in the future.
Your input, your knowledge and your effort have made the dance what it is today. Don't you feel your place (and your organization's) in the timeline is well deserved? I do!
Please send an email to your members or readers inviting them to participate. Place a link on your web site also please. All support is appreciated!

The effort requires more than just posting the information. The need for fact checkers, people willing to do some research exists in this important ongoing project. Just a few minutes a week can make a difference.

Thank You for your time!

Markie Bee
The History of Stepping Project
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