8 Steps To Making A Funny Greeting Card

When sending someone a greeting card it is important to ensure that the feelings and the message we intend to convey will get to them without any distortion whatsoever. It is also paramount to ensure that the message is easy to read and entertaining at the same time. There is no need to send some a dull or irrelevant greeting card since they will associate the same characteristics with you. If possible try to give a greeting card a personal touch by making one yourself or hiring a skilled artist to do it for you. A customized greeting card is bound to have a greater impact on the recipient than one that has been simply picked from a shelf. Outlined below is a simple guide on how to make your own funny greeting cards for any occasion and purpose.

How to Make a Funny Greeting Card

There are several ways of making an attractive and funny greeting card depending on the recipient and the software to be used. There are several suitable software packages to use for this task such as Pagemaker, InDesign, Photoshop among many others.

Step 1: Familiarize yourself with the basic operation of the software of your choice. This will ensure that you don’t waste time when making your card. It also gives time to choose the clip arts, frames and font for your task and download extra ones if necessary.

Step 2: Create in your mind an overall image of the final product the final product. This will save time since you will be able to choose quickly what you need from the software menu.

Step 3: Choose a suitable layout or frame for your greeting card. This is also the stage where you choose the background colour.

Step 4: This is where you choose the appropriate graphics to attach to your funny greeting card. Depending on the intended recipient choose the suitable clip art, decorations and lines. You can make it funny by adding cartoons and funny icons and images. Graphics are quite important since they give the first impression. Make sure that they are big enough to capture the recipient’s eye immediately they open the card. When choosing graphics ensure that they they match in terms of colour, style and theme.

Step 5: Try to make the graphics uniform in terms of size, colour and orientation. This means enlarging the ones that are smaller than the others and vice versa. At this stage you can also modify the colours to enhance conformity. Make sure that all your images lie at similar or complementary angles. As much as possible try to make all your images to lie horizontally, vertically or diagonally according to your taste.

Step 6: Select an appropriate font in terms of style, colour and size. For a funny greeting card make sure that the colours are brightened to create a corresponding mood. Match the font colour with at least one of the graphics but still ensure that it contrasts with the background to make an easy read. Avoid using more than two fonts on the same card. Align the graphics and the font in such a way that none of the two will appear to be dominating the other. Ensure that a bit of the background is still visible.

Step 7: After creating an impressive funny greeting card , it is okay to brag a bit. You can do this by signing off at the bottom of the back page. The signature should be small and simple. You may also include a name and contact number. If the cards are for sale however, make sure that the client agrees first.

Step 8: To avoid a waste of ink and photo paper, ensure that you proof your work before hitting the print button.

Why Create A Funny Greeting Card?

A greeting card with a funny message on it makes the recipient want to laugh. Laughter being the best medicine, such a recipient will remember you if they are a long lost friend, get well sooner if they are sick, feel encouraged if in low moods and many other pleasant effects.

Go ahead. Try making one for that special person in your life. Start here.

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Greeting Card Templates – 5 Things They Must Have

Greeting card templates allow you to design your own personalised greeting card. This custom approach gives you the edge over the off the rack type greeting cards bought from a card shop.

In today’s competitive world business owners are looking for ways to connect with customers and build strong relationships. While technology has replaced some old fashioned forms of communication, printable greeting cards are making a dramatic return especially if you are able to personalise the look and content of the card.

This is where greeting card templates come in handy but you need certain ingredients within your template to maximise the effect to the recipient.

Here are the 5 Must Have Ingredients:

1.Fully Customisable. You must be able to customise the look and feel of the template without restrictions. Templates that come with licences often restrict changes thereby making this fully customised effect constrained. The writer needs to be able to express him/herself specifically to the recipient.
2.Style Variety. One template fits all mentality won’t suit most messages. There needs to be a large variety of topics covered as well as various options within the styles.For example a real estate greeting card template would be inappropriate when sending a female happy birthday card and vice versa. The template must suit the occasion.
3.Fully Customised Content And Text. There must be a feature that allows you to write your personalised message in a variety of fonts, sizes and colours and be able to interchange within the same message if you are wanting to add greater effect. Also these days it’s important to be able to embrace technology and incorporate QR codes within your templates.
4.Add Photos. Pictures do really say a thousand words and it’s vital that your template allows for photos to be uploaded.
5.Campaign Friendly. In business we often need to send a generic campaign to thousands of recipients easily. To gain maximum effect it is essential that your message is personalised. By that I mean your message must be address the recipeints name within the body. This will make the reader feel that you have sent a personal message rather than a bulk blast. And when we get personal, relationships blossom and business follows.

The one fit all type of marketing no longer resinates with customers. They are demanding a more personal touch. They are screaming to be recognised.

Building relationships is what business is demanding and using greeting card templates goes a long way in helping you do that.

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Do You Know How To Turn Your Business Card Into A Lead Generating Machine?

Your business card is the most often overlooked form of lead generation. In fact, most business owners never even consider the possibility that their business card should be driving prospects to them in droves.

And yet, it can be one of your most versatile lead generation tools for your business’s product or service.

What you need to know…

The key is to create a business card that gets your prospects to take a specific action rather than simply provide boring contact information.

There’s a formula to follow that will help you create powerful business cards that compel your prospects to take a specific action. That formula states that you must Interrupt your prospects (usually done with an attention grabbing headline), Engage them (by promising a solution to the problem the headline presented), Educate them (by providing compelling information that highlights the value you offer) and making them an irresistible Offer (a specific call to action).

The front of the card will look like a fairly typical business card. It contains your logo if you have one, your business’s name, your name and title, and at the bottom is your address with city, state and zip code. However, the last line on the card should be in red type and say… “see opposite side for special offer.” Who can possibly resist turning that card over to find out what that special offer is?

And since most business cards were received from the individual themselves, there is already a certain rapport, relationship or trust level established that increases the likelihood that they will respond to your offer.

Why you need to know this…

Your prospects are literally bombarded with marketing messages today. They basically tune them all out. The business card just described adds a “unique” flavor to the business owner who uses them. The card with the “offer” in red effectively Interrupts them. Then when they turn it over, they see another headline that Engages them by promising to solve a major problem, frustration or concern they tend to experience when doing business with a company like yours.

Since the business card itself isn’t large enough to effectively Educate them on what you do, the Offer must do double duty by educating them about your product or service as well as compelling the prospect to take a specific action. Both of these can be easily accomplished by making the offer an informational offer such as a report, a CD, a DVD, a teleconference call or possibly a webinar.

But consider one additional suggestion. What if a prospect COULD become educated from your business card? With the popularity and easy access to YouTube, try this. Video yourself being “interviewed” about your area of expertise. Just a short two to three minute clip is fine.

On the front of your business card, just below your contact information, insert this wording… “Check out my expertise for yourself!” Then add the video URL for them to enter into their browser. This video should be someone interviewing you “Larry King” style and automatically positions you as an “industry expert.”

But don’t stop there. Create a second video of approximately the same length, and just below the previous wording, insert this phrase… “Here’s how I can help you now!” Add the video URL for this video, and it should be you looking directly into the camera and offering them a compelling reason to take a specific action.

The cost to you if you fail to act…

When your clients can receive compelling information about what you do in a non-threatening way, they are much more likely to respond to your offer and eventually become a client.

So are you using your business card to generate leads?

Do you know how to structure the message on the card so it generates results?

Are you aware that every marketing piece, including your business cards, should always contain what is referred to as “persuasion architecture?”

Do you have the knowledge and skills to effectively create all of this?

All of these suggestions can turn your business card into a lead generation machine.

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Christmas Cards – Facebook, Twitter Or Mail?

In a time when we use computers and smart phones to send birthday and anniversary greetings, many people still opt to use the good old-fashioned mail to wish their friends and families a Merry Christmas.

In fact, the Greeting Card Association and Cleveland’s American Greetings maintain that Christmas is the top card-sending holiday in the nation, with about 1.5 billion cards expected to be purchased this year, down slightly from a year ago.

And there are those like Chris Hulsey who take the whole thing a step further.

In the lower level of her Hudson home is an office with special tools she uses to create extraordinary greeting cards. It has become such a labor of love that some people are insulted if they receive a store-bought card from her rather than one of her creations, she said.

“I love to make Christmas cards more than any other seasonal card,” Hulsey said. “It’s the best time of the year to reach out and reflect.”

So competitive is her family that Hulsey and her sisters, who also make cards, secretly design each year’s greetings and keep them hidden from each other until a carrier slips them into their mailboxes.

But it sure is easier, and less expensive, to send a quick message on Facebook or Twitter. Those interested in sending unique e-cards or music videos can find many options on the Internet. For instance, you can visit JibJab (http://sendables.jibjab.com/holidays) and plop pictures of your relatives atop the cartoon-like bodies.

Even greeting card companies such as Hallmark and American Greetings have worked to make computer users happy by offering e-cards, holiday wishes that can be sent via the Internet.

Still, there are those who, like Hulsey, won’t give up sending greetings by mail.

“I think that e-cards are too impersonal for Christmas. Plus, you have to have your computer turned on in order to read them. It’s much easier to open a traditional Christmas card at the table and enjoy it. I like opening Christmas cards,” said Jane Koza of Cuyahoga Falls. “Call me old-fashioned but the Internet isn’t the answer to everything.”

Annette Bader of Bath Township isn’t fond of Internet greetings, either.

“I have only gotten one or two Christmas e-cards. I certainly hope that this doesn’t become a trend. To me it seems like a cheap substitute for the real thing,” Bader said. “And it reminds me of those mass e-mails sent to 100 people telling them how ‘special,’ ‘loved’ or ‘blessed’ they are to the sender.”

The ailing economy has caused some to scale back the number of cards they send, but they don’t want to give up the practice entirely.

“We used to send cards every year. However, with postage going up and not being in touch with people, now my husband methodically fills out a card to someone as soon as we receive their card. This way he has their current address,” said Nancy Lemmon of Stow. “If we do not get a card, then he does not send one out, figuring there will be no hurt feelings.”

Perhaps, as Juanita Weaver of Tallmadge suggests, those choosing to use the Internet should consider personalizing their e-cards.

“I think the key is to customize the greetings to the recipient … not sending a mass mailing to one’s e-mail address list and considering the task done,” Weaver said.

In many families, sending and receiving cards brings back fond memories. Jenna Waggoner of Wooster said her family used to receive hundreds of greetings when she was a kid. But things have changed.

“I have sons who definitely have not and will not send cards, even though they watched me do it all their formative years. I believe this is more a gendered activity — something women do, keeping in touch with old friends,” lamented Linda Williams of Munroe Falls. “Even so, I think the tradition may die out, sadly, with the [baby] boomers. Younger people will just post their wishes on Facebook or its equivalent.”

But as Williams said, “you can’t adorn your fireplace mantel with Facebook posts.”

Real Christmas cards are the only way to go. And with technology they are simple, fun and easy to send.

Greg Reed, Chief Card Officer at GetGreetingCards.com said that a colleague of his recently created a physically, printable card using his software and sent via the post 1021 cards in just 12 seconds! Amazing!

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Christmas Greeting Cards – Making Your Own Christmas Greeting Cards

Holiday season is approaching. As December starts, people usually think about the holidays. You probably think about how you would send your Christmas greetings to your family and friends especially to those who are miles away. Traditionally, people go to bookstores and shop for nice ready-made Christmas cards with pre-written holiday greetings and wishes. But don’t you think it’s time to create your own Christmas card greetings?

Creating your own greeting card will give you a chance to work out your skills when it comes to creativity. You will also be able to add your touch on your Christmas greetings. Don’t know how to start? Read on and learn from these tips on how to make your Christmas card:

Choose your greeting website. There are many greeting card websites online that offer wide range of free Christmas cards, such as GetGreetingCards.com. This kind of website will give you an option to send the card from your computer and send it via snail mail. You can choose from over 15,000 printable greeting cards.

Choose your holiday card. Once you come up with the right choice of Christmas card, next step is to select your card and personalize it the way you want it to be. Depending on whom you’re going to give the card to, you can choose from the categories like Christmas greetings for husband, for wife, for friend, for mother and so on.

Personalize your card. You have selected your card for your loved one, next move is personalization. Most greeting websites online allow their users to customize their chosen cards the way they want them to be. They can modify the themes, designs and Christmas messages of the card. One can even add their own photos, videos or music on it (using QR codes). You can also preview your artwork after you customize it to see if all are fit and ready. Once you’re satisfied with your card, you can either print it out or send it via email.

Additional tips: For those who want to use a paid greeting site, choose the one the offers free trial. That will give you a chance to try-out their services before investing money on it.

And there you have it! Gone are those days that you have to go out just to buy your holiday cards for a loved one. Exercise your creativity and add personal touch to your greetings with these custom Christmas cards.

Now, if you are looking for free Christmas cards and holiday greetings, you may want to visit GetGreetingCards.com. It is a free greeting website that allows user to browse and send a greeting card for free! It also provides printable Christmas greetings and Christmas Gifts.

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Personalised Christmas Cards With Love

When Christmas comes around it is so easy to get caught up in the festive buzz of buying Christmas gifts, decorating the house, attending office parties and children’s nativities that it is easy to forget those people dear to us who are far away from home for Christmas. Perhaps you have a relative in the armed forces, battling their Christmas away in an unsafe territory. The festive season is going to hit them hard as they will miss out on the family gatherings and joy that they know is going on at home.

Perhaps you know somebody who migrated to Australia? Being on the other side of the world can make visiting home a difficult task, not only financially but getting the time off work for a long visit too. Although they are probably living the dream in the land down under, come Christmas Day they will find themselves teary eyed and thinking of home. No matter where in the world, we always do our best to send gifts if we can, and of course cards to let them know we haven’t forgotten them and wish they were home.

Sometimes sending gifts far away or to war torn countries can be difficult and you may have your options reduced to only a Christmas card. Don’t be upset though as now with the world of personalised cards available online, you can make a selection of cards that will blow any Christmas gifts out of the water.

By searching online you will come across cards to suit every occasion and every recipient. Perhaps you have a football crazy brother serving in Afghanistan? Make him smile with a personalised football Christmas card. You can choose from a crowd of fans holding up a banner printed with his name and a greeting or have his name printed on the back of his favourite player’s jersey. If he likes a laugh you can even super impose his face on a football in flight! As he is far away and bound to be missing his loved ones, why not superimpose your families faces on some football supporters to remind him of home. There is absolutely no doubt that he will keep this card close to his heart until he eventually comes home safely.

For those on the other side of the world; they will be experiencing the heat of an Australian summer in December. Although they may be lounging on the beach you can be sure they are longing for a home cooked Christmas feast and mulled wine. Gather the family or friends up for a group photo all raising a glass to the recipient. All you need to do is upload this image online and hey presto! This is the front of your Christmas card! You can include text of your choice inside and outside the card so get browsing for ideas today.

The best thing about these cards is that they are incredibly easy to design. You simply supply your images and text and the website does all the work for you, showing you your finished product before your payment. These cards are also very cheap and you may find that you never buy one from the high street again. Personalised cards can mean more than any Christmas gifts out there if you are away from home, so send some joy their way and get personalising.

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