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| Merry Christmas Christmas is a time when people take a well earned break from the daily grind in order to spend some much needed time with family and friends and here at the Christmas Network we realise that and aim to take the strain as much as possible. We are specialists in what is a very competitive industry, Christmas Cards. Our unique system allows you to design your own very personal cards online using a very simple process and provide your friends, family and business associates with a Yuletide message that comes straight from the heart. Sending a greeting using your own design really says something about you as a person or reflects upon your company ethos and here at Christmas Network we aim to make this as hassle free as possible. Although Christmas is a time when people can take a well deserved rest from their usual nine to five activities, there are still things to be done. Buying presents, decorating the house and food shopping are just a few of the essential things that need to be done prior to the big day and these activities can prove almost if not more stressful than your regular vocation! The process involved in designing your own cards with Christmas Network is simplicity itself and you can rest easy that it is one less stressful task for you to accomplish. We pride ourselves not only on the ease of designing your own cards but also on the premier customer care that we provide, we are certain that you will not find any worthy competitors that rival us in that particular area! As we all know, Christmas and it associated traditions are deeply steeped both in religious history but also fantasy. No one is entirely certain as to the origins of gift giving and receiving but it is generally understood to stem from the three wise men and their gifts of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh to the infant Jesus. If you are not in a position to obtain these three gifts perhaps the Christmas Network can offer some worthy alternatives! |
| Charity Christmas Cards It is a deeply held, if not religious, ideology that it is better to give than receive, whether the majority of people would agree with this statement is open to argument but there are ways you can give without breaking the bank. Due to an easing of charity related tax laws it is possible to contribute to charity at the same time you send your Christmas cards. The Christmas Network can donate 10p (ex VAT) for every card you send to one of a number of charities, this will in effect cost you nothing and is a good and easy opportunity to contribute to people who are, due to a variety of circumstances, less fortunate than yourself. Aside from the charitable side of things, everyone likes to receive a greetings card, be it for Christmas or Birthday and if the card is personalised to a certain extent it makes it all the more appreciated. Believe it or not in these days of automated everything people still appreciate that personal touch. The majority of people know how frustrating it can be to call a technical helpline or some such service and be greeted with a series of automated response options, not only is this very frustrating but paying a premium rate for the call really does add insult to injury. In a nutshell, the personal touch is still very much appreciated. The variety of cards available today is quite astounding, traditional cards generally feature some kind of Christmas religious scene whereas the newer more secular style of card feature anything from winter scenes to cartoons of Santa Claus hurtling through the winter skies on his magic sleigh. More popular styles of greetings cards are the joke style cards and the homemade cards which feature heavily in homes inhabited by young children. To sum up, everyone aside from Ebeneezer Scrooge appreciates a greetings card and a design with the personal is even more gratefully received. Take your time to browse our website and acquaint yourself with the design process, we are sure you will not want to go anywhere else. |
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Yuletide Greetings Cards – where did it originate? The origins of the humble festive greetings card is hard to ascertain but in regard to the UK they are believed to have been introduced by a Victorian Gentleman named Sir Henry Cole who in 1843 hired an artist named Mr John Calcott Horsley to design a holiday card which he could send to friends and acquaintances, if only Sir Henry could see the industry now! In all probability the artist in question is probably no longer with us but due to the technological advances available at the Christmas Network we have no need for his services anyway. Joking aside, it is hard to believe how far technology has advanced in the past ten years, never mind the last one hundred and fifty years. To think how easy it is to design and order your own customised greetings card now really is mind boggling and would have been deemed the creation of Arthur C Clarke had this been suggested not so long ago. The greetings card phenomenon as we know it didn’t really ingrain itself in tradition until around the mid to late 19th Century. As printing processes were streamlined and improved and a regular postal service implemented it suddenly become quite widespread and by the early 1900’s it was a seasonal fixture of middle class Britain. Back to the present day and the tradition that is amongst the biggest in the Western World, some of the greeting cards companies are household names and listed on stock exchanges around the globe, of course the industry is not just limited to the Christmas period, birthday cards for example are a 365 day a year business and combined with Easter, Valentines and various other dates make for a very profitable industry. It has been said that certain occasions have allegedly been invented by the card companies in order to increase revenue, whether this is true or just conjecture is hard to ascertain. Related Sites: Greeting Card Guide |
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Personalised Christmas Cards As previously mentioned, a card with the personal touch is appreciated a lot more than a generic off the shelf card as is a card that has been personally signed. This is in contrast to a card that comes straight from a print run and looks like the same card has been sent to a number of people. At Christmas Network we realise the value of a personal card and are very meticulous in providing a range of templates which incorporate a certain fusion between the modern and the traditional aspects. We believe we have something for everyone and if we do not advertise the style that you are looking for please feel free to contact us with any suggestions you may have, we always welcome customer feedback as this helps us grow as a business and appeal to a wider client base. If you have any comments either positive or negative regarding our product or our service in general please take the time to contact us either by e-mail or telephone. We take customer feedback very seriously and incorporate the comments into new ways of working wherever possible, everyone from the Managing Director downwards is only too aware that a company is only as good as its last customer and we are committed to improving our service in every department. In our opinion the only way to sustain a business in such a competitive industry is to retain customers’ year on year and the only way to attain this status is to impress them with the product and the service provided, there are no short cuts to building a successful business and we put customer care before anything else and make it the cornerstone of our whole business ethos. Pound for pound the Christmas Network represents the best value for money in regard to the online design and production of personalised greetings cards, although the price of our product is amongst the most competitive, we stand alone in terms of customer service. |
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Picking the Right Card for the Right People You’ve got your budget finalised and your client list in order so how do you go about selecting the right genre for the right people? Any successful business will know or should know what makes their client base tick, after all you tailor the rest of your products or services to their needs and you should have a reasonable idea about what would be most suitable. Don’t make a decision in five minutes flat, take your time to browse the available designs and pick several different ones initially if that’s what it takes. Take the time to get feedback from your colleagues’ on what they think would be the most suitable for a particular client or a particular group of clients, for example some people might not like to receive reference to the humorous side of Christmas as it is essentially a religious festival, conversely a client or firm you know to have an particular sense of humour may appreciate a tongue in cheek card, it really is important to choose wisely. It is not unknown for certain people to take offence at things we ourselves find inoffensive and if it is a valued client the last thing you would want to do is upset them. If you are not entirely sure what would best suit a particular clients’ taste it is probably wise a select a card and greeting with neutral content, for example a winter scene or something similar. This will ensure that the gesture you intended will be received as it should be. To reiterate, we have a range of designs available to suit you or your clients’ specific tastes, although a wrong choice of card would in all probability not break your business relationship it is always wise to err on the side of caution. An example of this type of scenario could be for instance at a dinner party where you are not fully acquainted with all of the guests and telling a risqué joke – research and preparation is everything, even in something as innocuous as a greetings card. |
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Christmas Cards To conclude and to reiterate once again, if considering greetings cards of a personalised nature it really is essential to consult the professionals. Christmas Network have all the processes in place to ensure that at least the greetings card side of your festive preparations go without a hitch. We are amongst the top companies in our particular field and we are convinced we can do a job for you or your clients on time and within budget. The majority of our current client base are repeat customers and the only way we retain their custom is to provide a premier service time after time. Each customer is treated with the utmost professionalism and we will take the time to listen to all of your requests and only proceed when you are sure exactly what you want. It is this attention to detail which we believe separates us from our competition and ensures we retain our current customers for years to come. We are currently in the process of updating our website and intend to implement certain elements which will make our site even more user friendly and further streamline the design process. Although you may not be ready to begin the process immediately we strongly urge you to add this page to your favourites, when the time does come you will not be disappointed. Greetings cards are our speciality so you can be assured that the advice you receive will be correct. Our dedicated team have many years combined experience within the industry so if the person you speak to isn’t sure about a particular aspect or issue appertaining to the process you can be assured another one of the team will; we certainly have all bases covered in regard to our customer service. Finally, we are the experts, the cream of the crop so to speak, so please do not hesitate to contact us with any queries, feedback or suggestions of how we can improve our service, your finished product is our job satisfaction. Related Sites: How to Make a Christmas Card Wreath The History of the Christmas Card |