Report out on January 2010: It's already February!

Time is flying by and there are a lot of things going on, it's almost difficult to keep it all organized and together. To see that today is February 1st is overwhelming. As I reflect back on January, we made some significant accomplishments I wanted to highlight.

1) Bravo! Awards: Went off with great success and feedback. We had over 300 viewings of the video and every day, its still being viewed. In addition to giving these valuable contributors to GBA awards, another amazing facet of this program was the number of "non-members" that I received feedback from - "I had no idea how strong this association was...count me in!" and "I heard GBA was just a online directory, I didn't know that it had so much to it." Membership is up 4% over December.

2) Media attention is on the rise. I had 6 interviews in January and two media's have already been posted/accepted. MORE Magazine and Ullmen and Associations have both posted articles related to the industry. Many others to come.

3) Gateway has kicked off strong with our instructors, contributors and mentors/coaches. We had our first meeting to discuss how Gateway will work for our contributors and we already have 6 "learnings" to post. Our IT partner is almost done with the payment process. Once thats done, we'll be adding the learnings that we have on file. We're hoping to test and launch by February 20th.

4) GBA Talk! Live has launched. This is a simple monthly conference call. You can sign up here: http://giftbasketassociation.com/gbatalklive.html. We do limit the number of people on the call so sign up fast. We do still have seats available.

While we had several others accomplishments, these are the highlights for January. In February, we'll have two focuses:

1) Trends & Tips Magazine March 2010 issue
2) Gateway official launch
3) Forming a team to develop a FindYourGiftBasket.com commercial

Thanks to all of you who have been supporting GBA!