Comments on: Greeting Card Service for Your Subscribers

By: Monday Marketing (yeah, I know, I’m late……)

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:28:25 +0000

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By: David

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:15:51 +0000

Hmmm… this is interesting. Gonna have to percolate on that!

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By: Jean

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:24:35 +0000

I already do this with my Send Out Cards account you can learn more about the system as how it is useful to artists at my site. http://jeanscoastalart.com/art-cards/ check it out and if you already know someone connected with the company call them! they are already 5×7 and archival quality. I send them as thank you’s for my Etsy clients.
Jean

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By: Olivia Alexander

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:46:18 +0000

Hi Alyson,
I managed to remove the Wufoo.com form before it got over 50 applications for the greeting card but I had about 240 people sign up for the newsletter before I could post a message on those websites.
I have just put it down to experience! and tried to turn it around for the best 🙂
I had some lovely messages from some people; one said ‘I would make someone’s day special’ when the recipient received the card.
I decided to send out 50 cards which cost me about $250. I chose ones that were for other people. Some sign ups wanted a card sent to themselves, but the whole idea behind it was ‘to give’.
I also personally contacted some people that left a kind message on my website admiring my art and thanking me for the offer.
I offered to extend the offer to them, as they had been thoughtful enough to leave me a comment.
I decided I just need to make the best of the situation.
Yes, I deleted the nasty guy. Us artists take things to heart!
It’s still a great idea, thanks for your reply, have a wonderful Christmas 🙂

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:05:51 +0000

In reply to Olivia Alexander.

Olivia: I’m sorry this happened to you and that I didn’t think of mentioning an expiration date in the original post. But there really shouldn’t be an expiration date on mailing list sign-ups.
Did all of these people sign up for your list?
I doubt there is any way to stop a site from publishing such an offer, which is too bad.
But let’s be creative so that you don’t have to let this one experience ruin everything. What if you added something to the page that said “This offer is void if it appears on any other websites without my permission” ?
What if the offer only applied in Australia?
As for the nasty guy, brush it off. I know that’s easy to say, but some people just have nothing better to do.

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By: Olivia Alexander

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:26:38 +0000

Just a follow up on this idea.
My offer was posted on about six ‘Freebie’ websites in one day, without my knowledge or approval. They had picked up on an old blog I had written that still had a live link in it. The offer had actually been removed but the sites didn’t check with me. It went viral and I received hundreds of requests for cards. tI was a nightmare! I had to trace all those websites and say the ‘offer had expired, stock exhausted’,
I have honoured 50 of these free greeting cards. It would have cost me about $1500 to print and mail all the cards from Australia overseas to the USA, where they were to be sent.
I sent out a email Newsletter to everyone, explaining the situation and apologizing. It made me feel terrible, like I had tricked these people into signing up for my NL
I received an abusive email from one guy, very upsetting.
I would recommend that if anyone puts this offer on their website that you put ‘limited to the first 50 applicants’ or something similar. Just to be on the safe side!

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:29:14 +0000

In reply to nancy curran.

Great idea, Nancy! As someone who has written many letters and send numerous care packages to soldiers, I love the possibilities here.

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By: nancy curran

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 05:10:48 +0000

a different twist to your idea would be to offer to write a letter to a soldier for each sign up
the wounded warrior website has–i believe- a form to sign up to write a letter–there are many soldiers on the list that would like to receive mail

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By: Hanna ten Doornkaat

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 09:12:47 +0000

Hi Alyson,
yes, I do agree with above comments and think this is a brilliant idea.
It’s such a shame that everything these days is done mostly via email and even ecards. Isn’t it just so exciting to receive something by snail mail. I am an artist as well and apart from my usual practice of making art for exhibitions I also make greeting cards , each one a bit different. I believe receiving something special like a handmade greeting card is great. Especially when they are too precious to end up in the bin or maybe even in a frame.

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 04:28:50 +0000

In reply to Olivia Alexander.

Olivia: I’m glad you like the idea.
Really, though? 4 times? Cover to cover?

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