Every Good Gift Blog

Dear Christian Retailer,

Have we told you lately how much we appreciate you partnering with us to bring Anointing Oil for Prayer to the customers you serve? If not, please accept our gratitude and remember that we pray for you often. We ask the LORD to sustain, bless, and prosper you in Spirit, Soul and Body. You are AWESOME!

The new permanent Acrylic Display prepack has finally arrived and will be ready for shipping by March 31 as promised! We are thrilled by how well it is being accepted and we have already sold almost 200 units – and that’s before we have even introduced it. We are planning a mailing soon with a picture and what it contains and we encourage you to get your ASAP. Until then, click here for a preview – www.everygoodgift.com.

From the business side of things we did some interesting analysis of what your store can produce per square foot of selling area. Here is what we found out.

Do The Math…

According to CBA, the larger size Christian Bookstore produces $254 per square foot per year. Let’s see how Oil of Gladness compares:

Our new acrylic display is approximately 13 x 10 inches or 1 square foot. It contains at retail approximately $750 worth of product.

Here’s what you can earn:
3xTurn = $2,250
6xTurn = $4,4500
8xTurn = $6,000
12xTurn = $9,000

This can make the space you allot to Oil of Gladness Anointing Oil the single most profitable real estate in your store!

Because of our roots in retailing, we are constantly trying to think of ways to help you increase your sales and profitability. We are behind you all the way and think this new display can do wonderful things for your business. Don’t wait any longer to increase your sales and make it easier to keep your anointing oil neat.

God bless you!

Michelle & Marlin

Well here we are on the road again this time traveling from Houston to Nashville, Cincinnati and Oklahoma City to visit various customers. We love this part of our business. We actually get to take time to interact with the folks whom we usually only chat with by phone. We love people and this special opportunity.

Our route has taken us through New Orleans and we have seen first hand the devastation in this city. We were not prepared for the extent of the destruction we saw – it is horrible. May the LORD help these people to rebuild and many are doing just that. We saw many families tearing out old walls and putting in new and we applaud them.

The reason we are visiting some of our wholesale customers is to show them something new we are introducing. It is a new display unit which can be used on a counter top or slat wall and will solve the problem stores have in keeping the products neat and organized. If your store is having that problem please email us at info@EveryGoodGift.com and we will send you more photos & information about it. We also plan to have it available at the summer convention in Denver.

We praise God for you and pray He blesses you this New Year.

Michelle & Marlin

We would like you to meet Lourdes and her family. She is our incredible Production & Shipping Manager and has been with us for about 10 years. Originally from Mexico City, she has lived in the U.S. since she was 18 and is now an American citizen. She and Andres have Andrea, age 4 and an absolutely delightful child who loves Jesus. She actually has grown up right here with us as we made a special place for her in our business and speaks perfect English AND of course, perfect Spanish – an unbeatable combination. In addition, Lourdes manages many people who bottle our oils and put together the products for you our customers. All are her family members we might add!

Above is a picture of Lourdes & Andres on the Boardwalk in Kemah, Texas after we celebrated a good month of sales in September.

Andrea at her 4th Birthday Party.

On another subject, for our wholesalers, we have been busy developing a new display unit for you to keep your products attractive and neat. It should be available by the first of the year and we will keep you posted so you can get yours. It will attach to slatwall or sit on your counter and it’s beautiful! Remember to log into your account to view these displays.

Whew! Our heads are STILL spinning from the wonderful Christian Bookseller’s Convention in Denver last month. I guess what we enjoy the most is seeing all of you face-to-face and hearing all God is doing in your midst. You all are AWESOME and we appreciate you so much.

We made some new friends and would like you to meet Wendy & Yuen from China. They have a wonderful ministry to Christian Businesses and are planning to distribute Oil of Gladness Anointing Oil over there. God is really opening up that country to the Gospel and it is so exciting – and Wendy & Yuen are as well.

The new Roll-on bottles were certainly well received and we sold TONS – in fact their sales caused us to have one of the BEST conventions ever. Thanks everyone. If you have not ordered yours, call us right away at 800.292.5960.

Oh, we have a new sales rep for California – Gary Devercelly. You probably already know him. What a guy! Carol Lenning will still be calling many stores and please welcome Merrilee Valentine, a good friend of Carol’s. She will be calling stores as well.

Until next time – God bless you, your families and your businesses!

Michelle & Marlin

Welcome to our new BLOG! It is brand new for us and will take some getting used to, but we will keep trying until we get it right.

We have lots to share but will start with telling you how excited we are to be going to CBA in Denver this summer. We missed the winter convention in Nashville so it will be great to see you all again. In addition, Michelle’s brother and family live there so we are planning a fun time with them We will drive up from Houston a couple of days early and stay a couple of days longer.

We hope to see many of you there. Please come by and tell us what you think of our new blog.