18th Annual Create a Greeting Card Scholarship Contest – Round 5 Finalists Announced!

Congratulations to our Round 5 Finalists!

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Business Cards are a Must

A business card is a little paper card that represents your business and gives all of the necessary information that you want your customer to have. In most cases, a business card will have the name of the business/company, the services that the business/company provides, the address, the telephone number, the fax number, email address or social media/ web site that the business may have.

On Gallery Collection, you get to create your own business card. The Website allows you to customize your business card, choose the quantity of the cards, pick out the card size, and choose which paper type you want the business card to be printed on. It gives you the preference of either Matte Card stock, or Glossy Card stock. My preference is the Glossy Card Stock! The Glossy card stock is the way to go! Having a glossy business card will not only make your business card look more professional, but it will make it ‘pop out,’ and draw customers and passersby’s  to pick it up! If you want your company or business to look sheik, clean and cool I advise you to get the glossy business cards!

Easy Does It – Presentation Folders

Presentation folders from the Gallery Collection are making it easy for you to impress your customers.  These high quality, customizable folders have two 4 inch pockets that can hold up to 25 sheets of standard sized paper in each pocket and have a universal business card slot on the right pocket making them perfect for presenting sales information, handing out important forms and marketing materials and for use internally for employee information. 

The Gallery Collection pocket folders are available in black, blue, green, burgundy, cream, white and matte white with embossing available in gold, gold prismatic, silver or silver prismatic. You can actually have your logo and other information right there on the front cover.  You can also have customization done on the inside and back cover depending on the details.  One plus is that you can get a digital proof of your folder before the printing process begins to ensure the quality of your logo.  The Gallery Collection also offers you the ability to order a physical sample of your folder at an additional charge.

These professional Presentation Folders are useful products that can be foil stamped with your custom logo and imprint.  All this and they are made in the United States.  There are not many products that can say that nowadays. 

Presentation folders are the way to go to impress your clients and customers.

5 Ways to Promote Your Business

Whether you are a new company just starting out, at the peak of your business or struggling to make a successful go of it, you should be putting in an effort to promote your business.  Get your name out there as much as you can.  You want to be the first business that comes to mind in the heads of your potential customers to fill their needs.

  1. Set up your company on as many search engines as possible.  These include such sites as Google, Bing and Yahoo.
  2. Use social media.  Set up accounts with LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc.  Be sure to write a good description of your company and services offered.  Participate in conversations to get your user name out there.  This is a great way to network with other businesses in your field and potential clients.
  3. Sending postcards or mailings that showcase your specialty is a great way to spread the word to local customers and other business about yourself.
  4. Another great way to promote your business is to offer free consultations and or samples depending on what your business offers.
  5. Lastly, I suggest you go the old fashion route and break out the phone book.  Directly reach out to local customers with a phone call introducing yourself.  The personal touch really goes a long way to build up business.

Don’t just sit there!  Get your name out there by promoting your business!

18th Annual Create a Greeting Card Scholarship Contest – Round 4 Finalists Announced!

Congratulations to our Round 4 Finalists!

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The Magic Of Sending Holiday Cards

Amid the holiday hustle, it’s easy to get swept up in shopping, decorating, and baking. Yet, in all the flurry, let’s remember the simple joy of sending and receiving Holiday cards.

These festive greetings are more than just pieces of paper; they’re tokens of warmth, carriers of good tidings, and little bundles of holiday cheer. A Holiday card brings a personal touch that a text message or email simply can’t replicate. It shows you took a moment to think of someone special, choosing a card that fits them and adding a meaningful message.

Whether it’s a funny anecdote, a cherished memory, or a simple expression of gratitude, the words you write in a Holiday card can brighten someone’s day and strengthen your bond. So, this season, spread a little cheer by sending Holiday cards to those you care about. A small gesture, but one that means so much.

18th Annual Create a Greeting Card Scholarship Contest – Round 3 Finalists Announced!

Congratulations to our Round 3 Finalists!

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It’s a Digital World But Personalized Holiday Cards Still Matter

It’s simple to send out a “Happy Holidays” text or email to all your family, friends, or business colleagues, but in a world of instant digital gratification, the personalized holiday card still wins out. The holiday card shows you actually care enough to take the time, put pen to paper, and connect on a more personal level.

Think about this for a moment. How many times have you received anything handwritten in the mail in the last decade? A personalized holiday card is a tangible item reminding us that someone was thinking of you. It’s keepsake to cherish and display – unlike the text or email buried in your inboxes.

So what makes these personalized holiday cards special? I’d break it down to 3 things. First, it’s the effort of dedicating time to write the message and show you actually value the recipient. Second, the personalization factor by being able to share a memory or joke and express gratitude with a meaningful personal message. Lastly, uniqueness in the sense that a tangible holiday card is such a change of pace compared to all the digital messages we are bombarded with today that become simply noise.

My suggestion would be for this holiday season to ditch the mass digital messages and connect with colleagues, clients, and loved ones on a more personal level by sending them a personalized holiday card. A small gesture that I promise will make a large impact. It will also remind them of how they are valued and appreciated.

Season’s Greetings or Happy Holidays: Which Greeting Should I Choose?

 “This is just an exercise in semantics.”  Most of us have heard this sentence uttered disparagingly in the effort to discount an argument over the meaning of a given word or term.  This sentence could certainly be applied to a scenario in which one was attempting to decide whether it is preferable to proclaim Season’s Greetings or wish Happy Holidays on their Christmas cards.  An easy initial reaction would be to surmise that these two phrases are essentially one in the same, and picking one or the other simply would not have any noticeable or tangible impact on the meaning of a business Christmas card.  While it is tempting to adhere to this narrow line of thinking, these two phrases do actually differ in a meaningful way as they are more than synonymous methods of offering a festive greeting that avoids preferential treatment for the Christian religion.  A closer look at both of these phrases is evidently warranted.  The future sentiment of this year’s Christmas cards could potentially hang precipitously in the balance.

Season’s Greetings and Happy Holidays are two distinct phrases that imply two distinct, different meanings.  Season’s Greetings is used to convey a festive, jovial mood that is hopefully universally felt in the time period from the end of November through the end of December.  This phrase is best utilized when simply wishing individuals a state of joy and fulfillment.  Happy Holidays is used to wish multiple individuals of disparate faiths and traditions an enjoyable holiday.  This phrase is best utilized to ensure that whether your recipients celebrate Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, or Christmas, they will feel included and appreciated.  If you were a doubter as to the semantic distinctions of these two seasonal phrases before, hopefully you are now open to the possibility that word choices matter.  If not, let me wish you Season’s Greetings….or Happy Holidays.

Building Lasting Connections: The Impact of Construction Holiday Cards

When people think of construction. they think of rugged individuals, usually wearing a hard hat, sweating and working hard at manual labor. A construction company can portray such an appearance on the outside by the nature of their business. How can you leave a more lighthearted impression that represents the compassionate and caring side of your business – that which relates to your customers as people? 

You can do that with friendly and awe-inspiring construction Holiday Cards. Animals represent the playful side of hearts, seeing a penguin dressed up in a hard hat really transmits the sincerity of the work you do for your clients.

In addition, add your message of thanks softened by using a snowman in hard hats holiday card. Seeing a snowman holding a 2×4 piece of wood in one hand and in the other a hacksaw really can ease the roughness of your business. In fact, seeing a snowman brings us back to our childhood days of building them, bring out the child in your clients by wishing them a Merry Christmas from Yours Truly.

Deer remind of us Santa’s promise to deliver all the presents to everyone. Invoke that desire by our hard-hatted reindeer C-wrenched abled deer’s. Let their red and black noses shine as they greet your clients and show your business in a new light.

Construction is not usually seen as something done by the work of animals, but that is soft touch is exactly what is needed during Christmas time. Let your clients know that you care and that you care deeply with our cute and Holiday cards.