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PFI Newsletter: April 2002

It’s Time To Revisit www.awardlink.com

PFI’s online incentive program award system demo site has been redesigned. If you haven’t visited www.awardlink.com within the last few weeks you should. The reworked site is even more user friendly than ever. The updated site now allows you to view specific online catalogs and incorporates PFI’s online incentive program administration management capabilities, including online enrollment and participant award point entry. This used to require a separate log on.

To access the site, log on to www.awardlink.com. Enter myaward for "Customer Number" and 2001 for "Participant ID/Pin" (These access codes have NOT changed). This will take you to the home page featuring a welcome letter and the following links:

Award Catalogs
The new Award Catalogs link takes you to a page where you can select from one of 4 PFI online award catalogs: Deluxe Catalog, Deluxe Lite Catalog, Plateau Catalog or Canadian Catalog. Once you select the catalog, you are linked to the PFI online catalog and ordering system. Here you can:

    • View and shop the catalog

    • See an example of real-time participant point balance tracking

    • Check out how easy it is to order online

    • See how the system manages online order status information with direct links to USPS, UPS and Federal Express

    • See a sample online earnings statement

President’s Letter
The new "sample" president’s letter shows how you can effectively communicate management greetings, challenges and comments in support of your online incentive program.

Program Rules
Communicating the criteria for earning awards to online participants is a must to keep any incentive program on a course for success. You can customize the awardlink.com website with a link to a complete description of how the program works, how to succeed, and best of all, how to earn awards.

Admin Demo
This new link on awardlink.com takes you to an online demo site featuring online enrollment and participant point entry capabilities. The first screen you see provides an explanation of how to view this site and see the extent of online administrative capabilities awardlink.com has to offer.

Contact Us
Use this link to forward any questions or comments regarding www.awardlink.com or to contact us about setting up an all new online incentive awards program.

The link "Welcome Letter" takes you back to the awardlink.com home page that first appeared after the log-on screen.

It’s time to log back on to www.awardlink.com and see how easy it is to put your next incentive program online.

When The Award Selection Calls For Individual Travel, Call PFI

Use Award Points To Plan A Getaway Weekend Reward With VacationPoints

VacationPoints is your solution for including personal travel as an award option in your next incentive program. VacationPoints individual travel enables award winners to design their own vacation getaway using the individually priced travel options featured in the VacationPoints package. Airline tickets, hotel accommodations, Caribbean cruises and rental cars can all be purchased using program award points to redeem for VacationPoints individual travel selections.

VacationPoints presents both prepackaged vacations as well as A La Carte pricing. VacationPoints can be used for business, personal or family travel. Attainable point value levels put a travel getaway within nearly all participants’ reach. The freedom and flexibility that VacationPoints offers participants to plan a personal travel vacation makes this product a great choice for travel.

VacationPoints offers the brands participants trust and demand!

Deluxe Hotels

    • Marriott Hotels

    • Hyatt Hotel

Airlines

    • American

    • Delta

    • Your Choice

Car Rental

    • Hertz

    • Avis

VacationPoints Features Destinations Most Frequently Requested By Incentive Program Participants:

    • Hawaii

    • Las Vegas

    • Caribbean Cruise

VacationMakers is Your Packaged Individual Travel Award Solution

Vacation Makers is a premier collection of weekend reward packages featuring hundreds of leading luxury hotels in major cities throughout the United States. From the shore to the store, award winners can choose to enjoy the calming effects of a seaside resort or the bustle of America’s best-shopped cities when a VacationMakers reward is included in the incentive package. VacationMakers weekend getaways are divided into three award value levels. Gold, Silver and Bronze packages provide your clients the ability to offer personalized weekend travel and stay within budgetary requirements.

Gold Collection

This is the premier level featuring over 80 of the finest, world-renowned hotels. The Gold Collection includes breakfast for two each day and your choice of three of the featured amenities.

Silver Collection

The Silver Collection offers over 90 leading hotel properties and includes breakfast for two each day and your choice of any two of the featured amenities.

Bronze Collection

The Bronze level includes over 150 fine hotels in every major U.S. city. In addition to breakfast for two, this collection offers a choice of any one of the featured amenities.

Featured Amenities

  • Shopping Spree

  • One Day Car Rental

  • Select Spa Service

  • Wine & Cheese Gift Basket

  • Travel Garment Steamer

  • Expandable Samsonite Bag

  • 1-Day Theme Park Entrance

  • Full Day Ski Lift

  • Romance Gift Basket

  • Bay/Harbor/River Cruise

  • Lunch For Two

  • Half-Day City Tour

  • Weekend Pet Boarding

  • Destination Video & Book

VacationMakers offers complete unrestricted access to exciting destinations and top hotels across America. If you need to include individual travel with your list of capabilities, include VacationMakers.

Contact PFI To Include Individual Travel With Merchandise Incentive Award Selections

For more information or to receive a copy of the 2002 VacationPoints or VacationMakers brochure, contact sales at sales@spihq.com or call 800-292-7371 and ask for sales.

The PFI Incentive Planning Manual

The planning manual is a comprehensive 59 page primer on how to build effective, results-drive incentive and motivation programs. The manual clearly describes the differences between an incentive and recognition and between sales and employee incentives. You will find descriptions of a wide variety of programs and program applications. You will also see useful descriptions of the many types of incentive awards including their strengths and weaknesses.

Probably the most valuable aspect of the planning manual is the section that gives you a step-by-step guide to building an incentive program, budgeting an incentive program and writing a proposal to sell the program.

The Incentive Planning Manual also includes a helpful section that provides rationale for the use of merchandise incentives and the most frequently and successfully used arguments against cash incentives.

Contact PFI for Assistance

The PFI Incentive Planning Manual is available upon request by calling 1-800-292-7371 (ask for sales) or e-mail: sales@spihq.com. The planning manual is a great place to start, but please let us know how we can be of further assistance. PFI’s sales and marketing support staff has years of experience in designing incentive programs for companies throughout the United States and Canada. We will assist you in developing, budgeting and implementing an incentive program to meet any type of sales , marketing or recognition objective.

 

 

 



 

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