How To Get Your Holiday Cards to Avoid the Trash

Here a couple of tips when sending your holiday cards.
1. Be Creative. Stand out from the other cards. With cards people will want to show, share and save. Add photos, be personal, be funny. Add QR codes to custom cards with videos of the family or just you saying hi to your customers and how much you appreciate them. Wish them a wondeful holiday. Do not solicit a sale.

2. Send your cards early. Don’t wait until the last minute!
What happens during the Holidays? Holiday parties! If your Christmas card is first, and it is fun and interesting, it will definitely go on display. When people come over for the Holiday party many more of them will see your card and have an opportunity to pick it up. If you send your card late there may not be any room left on the shelf for your card. Not only that, but your card may arrive after the Holiday parties are all done. By procrastinating and sending your cards late you may have missed an opportunity for free referrals.
Personally I send my Holiday cards around Thanksgiving so they arrive at the end of November or beginning of December. I want my clients to receive my card first. I want them to know I put extra special thought an attention in this. I don’t want them think I waited until the last minute. My clients “feel” like I care about them, because I do!

3. Send yourself a test card NOW.
Since we’re talking about custom card designs it is important to send yourself a test card now. Don’t wait until the last minute. That way you have an opportunity to proof it and make changes before you send it to your clients. There is nothing worse than sending out 300 cards to clients only to realize you had an obvious misspelling or that your photo was too close to the edge of the card and didn’t print correctly. You can also find problems that weren’t obvious when you designed the card. You may find that your photos were too dark or that the photos you used were too small and didn’t enlarge well. This gives you an opportunity to correct those mistakes before you send them out.

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Did you like these Holiday Card tips? I’ve got 3 more tips to share with you over the coming weeks!
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Thanksgiving Day Wishes

Tomorrow is the day we Americans Celebrate Family, Friends and Traditions. I wish you the best this Thanksgiving. It reminds me of a story.

A man was walking a road that had bumps, rocky and was unstable. This walk was a reflection of where his life was going- he lost his job, his mother fell ill, and very little can be spent on gifts for the Holiday Season this year.

He came upon two roads. The road on the left was labeled "Misery". The road on the right was labeled "Appreciation".

Before selecting a road, he thinks to himself, "Why are things happening all at once? This is overwhelming", he thought. He lost the sense of control. "Ok, I think I could of handled the loss of my job, but my mom and the holidays are approaching." He kept dwelling on the things not happening in his life as he looks to the left. But then he looked to the right.

He looks down the road on the right and sees clearings, light, a sense of peace. He thinks of his children, his wife, the life he could have when opening his mind to opportunities, laughter and love.

Now, he has a choice. Does he want to stay on the bumpy road and continue with his misery and uncertainty and wallow in self pity? Or follow a road that will lead him to love, light and peace?

He chose the one on the Right. We don't have control over many things in our life. Yet, we can control and be thankful for the things we feel and think.

In the beginning of the story, you heard of his sadness, loss of hope. Yet, when you heard his story when he looked to his right, you felt him smile- he loves his kids, he loves his wife and life. Life is full of unexpected  things and they always come at the wrong time. Without our stories of pain, sorrow and conflict- we can not appreciate and challenge ourselves to move up and be around the ones who fill us with love, laughter and compassion.

We all have a choice like that man did. The holidays are not about gifts or a huge dinner. It is about celebrating what we are Thankful for not for what is causing pain.

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