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Old 11-20-2007, 05:01 PM   #1
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Where Do You Get Your Christmas Cards?


Where do you get your printed Christmas cards? I've been ordering mine from Cordial Greetings or getting them printed locally. The Cordial Greetings ones are nice, but they are getting pretty expensive. I need our company name printed on them in the very least and better yet along with out logo if possible.

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Old 11-20-2007, 05:30 PM   #2
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i don't know

but I'd crack up if I saw a bunch of construction workers standing around on the jobsite talking about where they get Christmas Cards
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i don't know

but I'd crack up if I saw a bunch of construction workers standing around on the jobsite talking about where they get Christmas Cards
At least they are not talking about their "holiday cards".

Mike, I generally by them at Staples and have someone with nice handwritting do they up for me. I personal message looks nicer than some of the ones that we get from business'. Be sure to send them early so you are the first one that they get before the rush.
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My wife buys them at sams club and hand writes them I just give her a list of names and addresses.
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I get mine the day before Christmas
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Ocean State Job Lot !!

Although not pre-printed.

(DAMN, that reminds me, I gotta get down there quick, before Dougchips beats me to the only good box )
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Old 11-21-2007, 07:21 AM   #7
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Vistaprint.com
You can have them personalized, they have a nice variety. You can also export your company logo. They are reasonable, and they ship fast.
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Old 11-21-2007, 09:13 AM   #8
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We've gotten ours from either NEBS or Oxman Publishing:

http://www.nebs.com

(You'll have to click on "Holiday Greeting Cards & Calendars" and work your way down as NEBS does all sorts of printed materials.

http://www.pauloxmanpublishing.com
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Thanks for the tips, I enede up using vistaprint, very nice and quick. They came out to be about $1 each.
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I just ordered from WWF. They have a nice tiger card.

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vistaprint or nebs have used both over the years
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Dont forget our sponsors: http://www.cardscheaper.com/sw%20home.html
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I use an online system. It works great. It's called SPAM.com
For instance I sent all my cards this year by uploading my contacts to the system and picking which cards I wanted to send. Wrote a personal note in the card (in my own handwriting and signature) and the company prints, stuffs, stamps and mails them. The personal handwriting font was the clincher for me. I also can take pictures and upload them to create my own custom card which works pretty well.
Best part is they cost me 62 cents + postage. Hard to beat.

I heard about it from a guy I met a few months ago. You can actually try one or two cards out by going to SPAM.com/SPAMacard

Probably too late for Christmas, but I plan on sending cards year round now that it's this easy. I can have my assistant do it in my handwriting too. Anyway, hope that helps.

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Like Hammy, I use sendoutcards.com They literally have dozens of holiday cards to choose from. And I use the service year round too. They have over 12,000 cards to choose from for practically any occasion you can think of. I use them to thank people for referrals, for keeping in touch with past clients, birthday cards for clients, vendors, etc. And you can customize almost every card, and as Hammy said, you can even create your own handwriting font. You can import an outlook or excel data file into your contact folder and save retyping tons of contact info. It makes it nice because to send a card all I have to do is click on a contacts name, hit SEND CARD, choose a card, add or change a message if I want, and hit send and I'm done.

I sent out about 30 or so Christmas cards to past clients in less than an hour a couple nights ago, and personalized each one with the clients name(s) too. Don't have to worry about buying cards, buying stamps, taking a trip to the mailbox or post office, or having the right card for the occasion.

They are a great timesaver, very inexpensive, and quick. Create a card, and it goes out by the next day, if not the same day. You can also send gift certificates, various gifts, and more, but I have never used that feature yet.

The service I use is www.sendoutcards.com/snap The lady that runs it is very nice, and will help you get going if you have any questions. Like Hammy also said, there is a link to send a free card to try it out. I rarely recommend a particular service, but this is definetly a timesaver, and excellent marketing tool.
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