{"id":31,"date":"2007-11-02T14:45:09","date_gmt":"2007-11-02T18:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/inspirational-greeting-card-tales\/when-sending-christmas-cards-failing-to-plan-planning-to-fail\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T20:13:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T01:13:03","slug":"when-sending-christmas-cards-failing-to-plan-planning-to-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/business-christmas-cards\/when-sending-christmas-cards-failing-to-plan-planning-to-fail\/","title":{"rendered":"When Sending Christmas Cards, Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes I really love this expression and other times I just hate it. I love it when it helps me to see the wisdom in sitting down, forgetting the daily grind for a moment and gazing out into the future in a productive way. I hate it when I realize after the fact that yes, I took the time to gaze out into the future but I didn\u2019t follow through and I didn\u2019t plan to make the vision happen. I hate that feeling of unknowingly planning to fail.<\/p>\n

So what in the world does this have to do with Corporate Christmas Cards<\/a><\/strong> and Business Holiday Cards? Well, actually it has a lot to do with them. To send a holiday card or a gift takes a little preparation and a little foresight. It takes a bit of planning and barring this planning, well\u2026in today\u2019s world you can still be successful is what we are unfortunately being trained to think. We can do everything and anything at the last minute it seems nowadays\u2026Or can we\u2026?<\/p>\n

Yes, actually, we can do a lot at the very last minute, but the effort suffers. The joy, thought, and emotion are diminished and worse yet we are training ourselves to flirt with failure. In fact leaving things to the last minute is planning to fail. We do often pull it off in the last minute, skirting failure, but it\u2019s simply just unhealthy and it\u2019s certainly no way to run a business.<\/p>\n

So, if we do pull it off and order our Holiday cards at the last minute are we worse for wear? Have we succeeded without flaw, impact, or damage to ourselves or our firm\u2019s reputation? Sadly, the answer is no. Real damage is done. Failing to plan ahead and purchase your Corporate Christmas cards and Business Holiday cards<\/a><\/strong> can result in real damage to you and your company.<\/p>\n

We order from our competitors every year. We see the problems with quality, shipping, timelines, and customer service. At The Gallery Collection by Prudent Publishing we don\u2019t operate that way. We produce all of our cards 100% in the United States. Our designs are all exclusive works completed by our artisans and available only from us. Our paper stocks are thick and rich, not flimsy and curling. And we fulfill our promise to do a good job imprinting your cards and sending them on time.<\/p>\n

Well shucks! I told myself I was going to try and write something that didn\u2019t sound like an advertisement. It\u2019s hard! Our product is so nice. We try so hard. We beg customers to order early so that they can be prepared so that they can plan to succeed and succeed as planned instead of flirting with last minute harried preparations and failure.<\/p>\n

I guess I should just wrap-up. Please plan ahead. Please don\u2019t plan to fail. Please order your Christmas cards<\/a><\/strong> soon. We want to do a quality job of imprinting and personalizing your cards with your company name. We want for you to take this opportunity to thank your customers with a simple, thoughtful, and low cost option. You really don\u2019t need to torture them with another inedible fruit cake or fatten\u2019em up with more chocolate and candy.<\/p>\n

Maybe I\u2019ll write a bit more later on some of the problems we have seen over the years with competitors, service, quality, and their high prices and fake discounts?<\/p>\n

Until then\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your company’s reputation is valuable. 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