Top 10 Do’s and Don’ts When Mailing Holiday Cards Do’s: 1)  Do send a quality card with a nice seasonal image This is not the time to send a naked Santa because you think it’s funny. 2)  Do hand write your cards and envelopes There is nothing like getting hand written cards in the mail, [...]

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For years I have been sending holiday cards.  I remember back in my corporate days signing hundreds of cards to clients and vendors.  The process then was to have a stack of 300 to 500 cards passed from one office to the next as we attempted to have all the employees sign the cards.  I [...]

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Yesterday I was thinking about all the different long holiday weekends from the past.  Often times I would dread going back to the office after a long holiday or I would have a hard time getting back into the habits of production.  Holidays are very different for me now!  Many people think I am always [...]

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Tomorrow will be a wonderful day spent with family and friends as those in the United States spend the day talking, eating, and celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday. For me this is a time of reflection.  Thinking about the things I am grateful for in my life, reflecting on the moments in time which have created [...]

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Last week I was asked to create a Top 10 blog list for blogs.com.  I thought for a brief moment on what segment of blogs I would include and decided to focus on Marketing Blogs (and a few distractions).  These are blog s that I read on a consistent weekly basis for many reasons…  Some [...]

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