At least we were up and running and I could add content. We had no banners designed for advertising, so had not advertised our products at all. Perhaps my goal had been a little unrealistic? So I really didn’t imagine we’d have much to update until we began our advertising campaign. BUT the Universe has it’s own mystique as I soon found out!

While we now have our own store of hug products , before opening we had several stores on Zazzle selling Hug bags and TShirts. We LOVE Zazzle but wanted to offer a larger selection of products and the advantage of Free Shipping. However after the launch and coming to terms with the fact that no advertsing means limited exposure and sales, imagine our surprise to find we were selling Hug Bags and T-Shirts on Zazzle on a consistent basis.

We’d always sold a few here and there but suddenly it was like a floodgate opened. We had not mentioned our Zazzle stores anywhere on or site. The reason was due to our offer of free shipping that we could not offer with our Zazzle products. But people found our hug products on Zazzle, paid shipping and started a little ripple over there. We can’t wait to experience the waterfall!

For the moment so as not to confuse our customers we’re not going to include the link to our zazzle stores (marketing suicide?), but all hug products purchased through Zazzle count towards our goal.

So we’re thrilled to announce that our 1st update on hugs sent stands at 187. We’ve got many members opening shops and creating their own products, our scrapbooking feature is a hit and we’ve received amazing emails. We’re on our way……………..We hope you stay for the ride…………

Thank You Thank You Thank You

From October 1st we will be setting aside part proceeds from every Hug store gift sold and we aim to send A Million!

We’re ready to send A Million Hugs to A Million People & A Million Dollars to Charity.
FREE Store owners keep all their profits and are under no obligation to contribute, we’ll still do so on your behalf!We’ve Grown! We’ve had a facelift, expanded our own online store with more products and choices and we’ve set ourselves a goal. Our members are about to become a part of something HUGE. We’ll officially be launching our goal on the 1st October and all our members benefit with FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE, just in time for Christmas! Now is the perfect time to get those Christmas Photo Books and gifts done. We’ll be launching in earnest and active Free store owners can benefit greatly.

PASS THE HUGS

From the 1st October our invoice will include a Pass the Hugs Verse. A unique way to let others know about our goal.
Market stall holders:: For our stall holders who purchase for resale, copy the verse and give freely with your products as a card or scroll. A novel idea that increases sales. If you have an online store, it’s a great advertising tool.

On the 31st October we’ll do our first update and then weekly thereafter. Please help us help others. Purchase a hug gift and reach out to someone special today. Don’t let the calendar be your reminder to get in touch with family and friends. You don’t need to wait for their next birthday or that commercial holiday to express your feelings. There is no better time than NOW. It is all we have.

Imagine A Million People sending and receiving Hugs in a global movement. That’s enough positive energy to shift our Universe. Please join us. Become a part of that shift and “Be The Pebble That Causes The Ripples” in your part of the world.

A MILLION HUGS

Please be patient as video loads, we think it’s worth the wait!

This video was made with the amazing services of Animoto.com.  We wish we could take the credit for it’s artistic structure, but the Animoto site manipulated the images into this end result.
All we did was upload the photo’s, add our text, place images in order, select the soundtrack and their software put it altogether, online as we waited.  It took around 20 minutes to render and was then available as a downloadable file. To say we were thrilled with the result is definitely an understatement.

Animoto.com have free and paid features on site. Practice as much as you like by creating unlimited,  free,  30 second videos before creating your feature  length.

PERFECT GIFT IDEA

We were so impressed with Animotos features that we created a video for our Mum from her Grandchildren’s favourite photo’s. We added dates, places and sentiment from the children and set it to her favourite soundtrack. We then burnt this to a DVD, created a nice cover image and presented it to her for her birthday in what else but a Grandma Hug Bag.

What a beautiful way to enhance your Hug Gift, by including a dvd of photos images and messages from the ones they love.   We can’t recommend this service enough.