{"id":32369,"date":"2018-01-19T11:23:47","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T17:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creativememories.com/apps/thepages\/?p=32369"},"modified":"2025-10-07T14:03:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T19:03:27","slug":"creative-memories-scrapbooking-company-thriving-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creativememories.com/apps/thepages\/2018\/01\/19\/creative-memories-scrapbooking-company-thriving-in-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Memories Scrapbooking Company Thriving in 2018!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been three years since the <a href=\"http:\/\/directsellingnews.com\/index.php\/view\/news_in_brief_march_2015#.Wl0hv6inGHs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Direct Selling News first interviewed<\/a> Creative Memories\u2019 then-new owner, Caleb Hayhoe, about his decision to resurrect the <a href=\"http:\/\/creativememories.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Creative Memories brand and scrapbooking products<\/a> and create a never-before-seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.creativememories.com\/advisors.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">direct sales and social selling earnings plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It was a well-researched gamble based on years of feedback, but it was still a gamble. Would former Consultants, used to a traditional, tiered (and wildly complicated) compensation plan embrace the almost-crazy simplicity of the new plan?<\/p>\n<p>People in the scrapbooking industry were shocked and didn\u2019t believe a one-page plan with no minimum order requirements or titles could ever work. Until it did.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"32370\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/creativememories.com/apps/thepages\/2018\/01\/19\/creative-memories-scrapbooking-company-thriving-in-2018\/us-plan\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/creativememories.com/apps/thepages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/us-plan.png\" data-orig-size=\"975,552\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Creative Memories Advisor Plan\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Creative Memories Advisor Plan&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/creativememories.com/apps/thepages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/us-plan.png\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32370\" src=\"https:\/\/creativememories.com/apps/thepages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/us-plan.png\" alt=\"Creative-Memories-Advisor-Plan\" width=\"975\" height=\"552\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today, the new CM is doing business in the United States, Canada, Australia and Japan, and is more than 11,000 Advisors strong, debt-free and growing double-digits month over month. Most importantly, our Advisors are thriving.<\/p>\n<p>Turns out eliminating order minimums and their corresponding burden of inventory also removes pressure and stress.<\/p>\n<p>And happy, stress-free Advisors get to focus on their first love: helping others make albums with Creative Memories\u2019 beautiful, lasting products. But, best to hear from them in their own words:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wVQ-btycx4Y?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the Creative Memories Advisor opportunity, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.creativememories.com\/advisors.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">check out the plan and our current join offer<\/a> on our site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been three years since the Direct Selling News first interviewed Creative Memories\u2019 then-new owner, Caleb Hayhoe, about his decision to resurrect the Creative Memories brand and scrapbooking products and create a never-before-seen direct sales and social selling earnings plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95570245,"featured_media":32371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[405515165,179,723500986],"tags":[75049,56000,603278880,405517683,16940],"class_list":["post-32369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-about-cm","category-business","category-share","tag-business-opportunity","tag-creative-memories","tag-creative-memories-advisor","tag-creative-memories-opportunity","tag-scrapbooking"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NsZA-8q5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":115007,"url":"https:\/\/creativememories.com/apps/thepages\/2026\/06\/19\/the-truth-about-becoming-a-creative-memories-advisor\/","url_meta":{"origin":32369,"position":0},"title":"The Truth About Becoming a Creative Memories Advisor","author":"Creative Memories","date":"June 19, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"If you've ever thought about becoming a Creative Memories Advisor but weren't quite sure what it really involves, you're not alone. 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