How the StrongCard System Works

  How THE STRONGCARD™ SYSTEM Works

The STRONGCARD™ SYSTEM integrates hardware and proprietary software to deliver the best marketing tools available today, including custom branded Retail card programs (Gift/Prepaid/Loyalty/Rewards all on a single customized card) With the STRONGCARD™ SYSTEM you have access to:

·         Email marketing

·          Internet advertising

·         Customer CRM (Customer Relationship and Management)

·         Targeted Mail

·         TXT Messaging (Mobile SMS)

·         All easily accessible from our web portal MDC (Merchant Data Center).

The Retail card program is used as the “tool in the field” to collect customer information, build customer databases and to deliver a customized loyalty solution unique to your business.

Why your data base, LIST, is important.  In Real Estate the key to success is Location, Location, Location.  In Marketing it is Prospects, Customers, Sales—these all come from you LIST!

The online Merchant Data Center allows you to:

·         effectively communicate with your customer,

·         view customer activity

·          Launch customized marketing and promotion campaigns.

 (c) Eric Strong and StrongCardInternational, 2009-2012

From 1992-1994, the Homewood-Brushton community of Pittsburgh Pa was siege by an epidemic of gang violence resulting in a loss twenty-two businesses in the community and an erosion of the residential base of 11,000 residence to 7,500.  The business losses became overwhelming.  Determined to keep the business open, Eric developed a marketing program – The Freedom Plan.  The Plan, a prepay value added program, breathed new life into the business that was on the verge of collapsing.  Today, Eric’s model has evolved into a Universal Prepay StrongCard™ Value Added Program for Merchants and Consumers.

The StrongCard International Team

ABOUT US

As part of the gift and loyalty card industry, the company provides a loyalty card program, gift card program, and a unique and innovative value added card program. 

The Team

The StrongCard™ organization consists of 4 committed business owners who specialize in business growth.

These growth leaders have over 200 combined years of experience in business growth. Each and every team member’s background varies from expertise in Internet Marketing, Retail Marketing, Branding, Business Growth, Pricing, and Cost Analysis.

Our Values

We value each and every consumer and business we interact with. We want to see the economy grow and are willing to work with anyone who shares the same vision of growth through each other. We want to revitalize the Small Business Economy with a New Marketing and Loyalty Plan.

Eric C. Strong

 Eric C. Strong is the Founder & CEO of StrongCard International.  As a seasoned business owner -25 years- of a family owned dry cleaning and laundry business, established in 1930, we offered to our customers a prepaid program – The Freedom Plan - with savings from 10% to 50% on all our goods and services.  One of the many benefits:  it affords us an alternative way to finance our business’ needs.   Following years of research and development this program has become the building block for THE STRONGCARD™ SYSTEM.  As an efficiency expert, we designed a balanced system; a system benefiting the whole.

Joanne Quinn-Smith

Joanne Quinn-Smith (Techno Granny) is the owner of Dreamweaver Marketing Associates. She is a 30 year entrepreneur. She is a Branding Expert and is a talk cast host. Most recently, she won the National SBA Journalist of the Year award. She is also an Award Winning Platform Builder, and was an American Business Awards Finalist Best Web Site or Blog for Positively Pittsburgh Live!

Jo Ann R Forrester

JoAnn R. Forrester is a partner in SI Business Associates and Price it Perfect™. She is an award winning business consultant with over 30 years in consulting experience in cost analysis and growth. She has facilitated over 40 million dollars in growth funds for small business.

James W Martin

James W. Martin is a Pricing Specialist. He is a 4th generation family business owner and is a Co-Developer of Price It Perfect™ Cost Control Solution. He has over 30 years in business consulting experience and was a former United States Army Tank Commander.