{"id":1575,"date":"2009-11-23T16:00:35","date_gmt":"2009-11-23T20:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/?p=1575"},"modified":"2025-11-24T22:13:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T03:13:12","slug":"business-christmas-cards-reach-out-to-customers-without-the-clutter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/business-christmas-cards\/business-christmas-cards-reach-out-to-customers-without-the-clutter\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Christmas Cards Reach Out to Customers without the Clutter"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe truth will set you free.\u201d So what, you ask, has this to do with business Christmas cards<\/strong><\/a>? The truth is, we are all so up to our eyeballs and eardrums in advertising everywhere we turn that we tend to simply tune it out and discount the lofty claims. Some ads do catch our attention \u2013 because they are so annoying and so often repeated! Personally, I do give these ads special attention, so I can be sure to avoid these products and businesses whenever possible. I don\u2019t want to reward them for annoying me and don\u2019t want to encourage them to give me more of the same.<\/p>\n

I often used to listen to the radio. Now I carry my own commercial-free music with me, room-to-room, house to car to office. I do this so I won\u2019t be harassed with advertising! I rarely watch television anymore, direct from the station\u2026too many commercials. Have you tried changing the channel during the commercial? You get more commercials, maybe even the same one on every channel. I now record shows, just so I can skip commercials. All of this, akin to computer spam, is avoided and filtered out.<\/p>\n

So, for goodness\u2019 sake, how do I reach out to my customers?! The truth? The old-fashion way. The nice way. The friendly, neighborly way. Once a year, I send beautiful, top-of-the-line business Christmas cards to everyone I know. Once a year, I also send beautiful top-of-the-line business Thanksgiving cards<\/strong><\/a> to my actual customers. During the year, I stay in touch using cards that say Happy Birthday, thinking of you cards, and when warranted get well or congratulations cards. Any reason, however random, will do, to keep myself and my business name in front of clients in a positive and cordial way. I think this habit also reflects our company ethic: to deliver the meat and not just the sizzle. I know it pays off in client loyalty and perhaps as a side effect of those neighborly greeting cards, in the mutually friendly and pleasant way we interact while conducting business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThe truth will set you free.\u201d So what, you ask, has this to do with business Christmas cards?…","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1292,1299,4],"tags":[909,911],"class_list":{"0":"post-1575","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-occasions-and-celebrations","7":"category-expressing-thanks","8":"category-business-christmas-cards","9":"tag-business-christmas-cards","10":"tag-business-thanksgiving-cards","11":"cs-entry"},"yoast_head":"\nBusiness Christmas Cards Reach Out to Customers without the Clutter - Gallery Connection<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/business-christmas-cards\/business-christmas-cards-reach-out-to-customers-without-the-clutter\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Business Christmas Cards Reach Out to Customers without the Clutter - Gallery Connection\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cThe truth will set you free.\u201d So what, you ask, has this to do with business Christmas cards?…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/business-christmas-cards\/business-christmas-cards-reach-out-to-customers-without-the-clutter\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gallery Connection\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-11-23T20:00:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-25T03:13:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Henry L.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Henry L.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/business-christmas-cards\/business-christmas-cards-reach-out-to-customers-without-the-clutter\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/business-christmas-cards\/business-christmas-cards-reach-out-to-customers-without-the-clutter\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Henry L.\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/354a198a194eb6492cbacff6edb7440b\"},\"headline\":\"Business Christmas Cards Reach Out to Customers without the Clutter\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-11-23T20:00:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-25T03:13:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/business-christmas-cards\/business-christmas-cards-reach-out-to-customers-without-the-clutter\/\"},\"wordCount\":358,\"commentCount\":0,\"keywords\":[\"Business Christmas Cards\",\"Business Thanksgiving Cards\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Occasions & Celebrations\",\"Expressing Thanks\",\"Business Christmas Cards\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/business-christmas-cards\/business-christmas-cards-reach-out-to-customers-without-the-clutter\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/business-christmas-cards\/business-christmas-cards-reach-out-to-customers-without-the-clutter\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/business-christmas-cards\/business-christmas-cards-reach-out-to-customers-without-the-clutter\/\",\"name\":\"Business Christmas Cards Reach Out to Customers without the Clutter - Gallery Connection\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-11-23T20:00:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-25T03:13:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/354a198a194eb6492cbacff6edb7440b\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/business-christmas-cards\/business-christmas-cards-reach-out-to-customers-without-the-clutter\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Gallery Connection\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/354a198a194eb6492cbacff6edb7440b\",\"name\":\"Henry L.\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d36563ef39f0e81ca59f4c1228c7d5472aa91c609af32dd9faf249a82d21dbce?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d36563ef39f0e81ca59f4c1228c7d5472aa91c609af32dd9faf249a82d21dbce?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Henry L.\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Business Christmas Cards Reach Out to Customers without the Clutter - Gallery Connection","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/business-christmas-cards\/business-christmas-cards-reach-out-to-customers-without-the-clutter\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Business Christmas Cards Reach Out to Customers without the Clutter - Gallery Connection","og_description":"\u201cThe truth will set you free.\u201d So what, you ask, has this to do with business Christmas cards?…","og_url":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/business-christmas-cards\/business-christmas-cards-reach-out-to-customers-without-the-clutter\/","og_site_name":"Gallery Connection","article_published_time":"2009-11-23T20:00:35+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-11-25T03:13:12+00:00","author":"Henry L.","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Henry L.","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/business-christmas-cards\/business-christmas-cards-reach-out-to-customers-without-the-clutter\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/business-christmas-cards\/business-christmas-cards-reach-out-to-customers-without-the-clutter\/"},"author":{"name":"Henry L.","@id":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/354a198a194eb6492cbacff6edb7440b"},"headline":"Business Christmas Cards Reach Out to Customers without the Clutter","datePublished":"2009-11-23T20:00:35+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-25T03:13:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/business-christmas-cards\/business-christmas-cards-reach-out-to-customers-without-the-clutter\/"},"wordCount":358,"commentCount":0,"keywords":["Business Christmas Cards","Business Thanksgiving Cards"],"articleSection":["Occasions & Celebrations","Expressing Thanks","Business Christmas Cards"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/business-christmas-cards\/business-christmas-cards-reach-out-to-customers-without-the-clutter\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/business-christmas-cards\/business-christmas-cards-reach-out-to-customers-without-the-clutter\/","url":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/business-christmas-cards\/business-christmas-cards-reach-out-to-customers-without-the-clutter\/","name":"Business Christmas Cards Reach Out to Customers without the Clutter - Gallery Connection","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2009-11-23T20:00:35+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-25T03:13:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/354a198a194eb6492cbacff6edb7440b"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/business-christmas-cards\/business-christmas-cards-reach-out-to-customers-without-the-clutter\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/","name":"Gallery Connection","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/354a198a194eb6492cbacff6edb7440b","name":"Henry L.","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d36563ef39f0e81ca59f4c1228c7d5472aa91c609af32dd9faf249a82d21dbce?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d36563ef39f0e81ca59f4c1228c7d5472aa91c609af32dd9faf249a82d21dbce?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Henry L."}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1575"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13321,"href":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1575\/revisions\/13321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}