You made it through all of your thank yous, and you still have a stack of monogrammed stationary celebrating your new shared last name and your new partner. It might seem like you overbought on those initialed note cards, but there are so many great ways to use the monogrammed stationary in your new life together after the wedding. Finding ways to use the stationary together is just another way that you can enjoy your new marriage and the myriad of things you will share as a couple.

One great use for monogrammed stationary is for thank yous beyond wedding gifts. If a friend invites you two over for a dinner party or you attend a progressive dinner, a note from the couple is a great way to thank the host and hostess. As you are starting out, you might be financially pinched and have to rely on help from friends and family to make ends meet. Or you might have a friend volunteer to feed your dog or water your plants while you two take a long weekend in the country. All of these kind gestures would benefit from a thank you note. When you can send it as a couple using your new monogram, it can not only be kind but also exciting for you as a couple.

Most aspects of your life that were once separate will now be linked. Creating monogrammed stationary that can be used for correspondence is a nice and elegant touch. If you two share property or a bank account, stationary with your initials on it would be a great way to send official documents or letters. If you need to send a letter to your landlord, what better way to make it more official than through your letterhead containing your monogram?

One couple with a plethora of monogrammed notecards left over after their wedding came up with a unique way to use it all up. They divided the stack equally – 50 leftover cards for her, 50 for him – and vowed to use them all up on each other over the next year. The wife would open her briefcase and find a monogrammed note tucked inside thanking her for the lovely breakfast. The husband would find a letter tucked under his pillow before he went to sleep. They spent the year thanking each other several times a week for all the small things that they did for each other without even realizing it. When the year was up, the cards were out and they had a beautiful way of building a strong bond. Sure enough, as soon as the last cards were used up, they ordered an entire new set just to use on each other.

When you are in the business of sales and you want to make the biggest, most long-lasting impression possible, what might be some steps to take?

When a client’s campaign has expired, it is a very good idea to take your professional relationship down a level of a personal relationship. You don’t want your client to remember your business just as the best, most cut-throat in the industry.

You also want them to remember your company fondly, as a company that knows how to get things done, yet is also personal and employs people with good heads on their shoulders.

Many business professionals are shocked to hear that personalized stationary is the best way to keep your company’s name in the mind of former clients and encourage them to recommend you to friends and family.

Real estate agents know first-hand the power of a personal touch, like personalized stationary. Real estate agents are known for following every sale with a hand-written letter of appreciation of their former client’s business.

Quite often, the real estate agent also includes a gift of some sort that can be anything from a house warming gift, like a plant, to an expensive bottle of wine or a fruit basket.

Real estate agents know the power of leaving something behind for their former clients. It keeps their names fresh in their mind and makes them feel good about the transaction, so former clients are more likely to recommend their agents to friends and family.

From now on, when you complete a transaction or contract with a client, consider sending them a letter using your company’s personalized stationary. The company’s logo and name on top of the elegant and sophisticated card will be well received.

It speaks class and confidence of your company and the follow-up encourages people to use your services in the future or to recommend your business to friends and family.

It doesn’t have to be a novel, but a short card of gratitude is all it takes. If you have to have your secretary write it and sign it for you, so be it. It is better than nothing. Just make sure that your client doesn’t know your signature well enough to spot the difference.

There are only 4 days left for our “Name Our Blog Contest.” So far, we’ve received over 130 entries from people across the country. We’ve got some very creative customers and fans out there!

Remember the person who submits the winning entry will win a $250 gift certificate for Giftsin24.com. We will continue to accept entries until September 15^th, 2009, at which time our marketing team will deliberate until the best name is chosen from entries received.  The submitter of that entry will receive a $250 Giftsin24.com gift certificate and worldwide acclaim on our blog!

To those of you who have already contributed, thank you for your creativity and enthusiasm. For those of you yet to participate, there’s still time! Simply comment on the Name Our Blog Contest blog and be sure to enter your email address in the appropriate field so we can contact you if you win.

Trendy Colors For 2009 On Giftsin24.com’s Newest Personalized Stationery Products

As I was perusing the web for inspiration, I came across the announcement of this year’s fashionable colors for fall. According to the Pantone Fashion Color Report for Fall 2009 , the hot colors trends of the season are:

• American Beauty – a wonderfully balanced, true, cranberry red
• Purple Heart – a sense of refinement and sensuality, adding an air of creativity and excitement
• Honey Yellow – golden tones, surprising flair
• Iron – the new black
• Burnt Sienna – a deepened, earthy shade of orange, reminiscent of an autumn sunset
• Nomad – bridging the gap between beige and light gray, a timeless neutral
• Rapture Rose – the vibrancy of fuchsia and the softness of pink
• Warm Olive – a rich yellow-green, adds a touch of elegance and sophistication to fall
• Majolica Blue – a deep, cool, mysterious, teal blue with more vibrancy than the usual navy
• Crème Brulee – a grayed-down beige

2009 Fall Fashion Color Palette

Looking at the swatches, I immediately began to think of our newest items here at Giftsin24.com that can easily help you incorporate the couleurs en vogue…When you browse our “Hot Items,” you’ll discover ways to integrate many of this fall’s hot color trends into your lifestyle with fashionable personalized accessories from Giftsin24.com… without spending a fortune!

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“Pixels vs. Paper” shows that electronic waste a much larger issue than paper recycling

In late June, International Paper released a brochure that puts the debate between renewable and nonrenewable resources in a whole new light.

The paper giant’s new brochure, “Pixels vs. Paper,” draws interesting comparisons between the paper recycling process and electronic waste recycling. Despite all of the advances in electronic communications, producing and using paper actually proves to be more of a renewable resource than the trend away from paper and toward electronics.

Trees – a renewable resource supported by the paper products industry

When people consider a paper company like International Paper, they might think of how many trees fall to produce all of that product. The truth is, according to the brochure, “Every day the paper and forest products  industry plants more than three times the number of trees than are harvested….”

It looks like paper is more of a sustainable, renewable resource than we thought.

Paper vs. Computers: Energy consumption

It might sound a little obvious, but using electronics consumes energy and using paper doesn’t. International Paper dug a little deeper Continue reading ‘International Paper Sees Paper as a Renewable Resource and Poor Electronic Waste Recycling Rates’ »