A little while back I was going through a tough time and I felt that I wanted to talk with Margo about the situation. Over the course of a few weeks we went back and forth and she really helped me get clarity on the situation without being judgmental. To me she is like a wise old granny that you can turn to for wisdom.

I wanted to send Margo a special card and so I went to Flickr and browsed around for a picture in the Creative Commons section. Although the rules are that you can use these images without attribution I always like to get the permission from the person who took the photo beforehand. I feel it just good manners.

I found this stunning  lotus flower image and contacted the owner Beverly, she was happy for me to create a card with it. Beverly has lots of other outstanding images on her Flickr Photostream if you are interested.

There are lot’s of shutterbugs that put their work on Flickr and if you ask them nicely, chances are they’ll be happy to share their work with you.

Thanks Beverly… Awesome!

I had a new patient visit my clinic a few weeks ago. I really liked this person straight away, she was; positive, thoughtful, and just a pleasure to treat.

Last week she brought me in 6 ducks eggs as a gift and so I wanted to say thanks.

Thank You Card Example – Thanks For The Duck Eggs & Being You!

To create this greeting card I used an image from Morgue File. I used my own handwriting font in this card. It’s amazing how easy it is to create a greeting card and tell someone that you appreciate them. It’s a good feeling for me and I’m sure the recipient will also feel good too.

Thank You Card Wording:

Hi Vanessa,

Today I had scrambled duck eggs for breakfast and they were delicious…thank you.

Also, I just wanted to say that I appreciate your positive and caring attitude in general, it’s a real pleasure treating you.

Sincerely,

Steve

Business Thank You Card Tip

There are people that are givers by nature and these are the people who appreciate reciprocation the most. You may have heard of Pareto’s Law or sometimes called the 80/20 Principle. In my experience I would say that 80% of my referrals come from 20% of my patients…these are the givers.

I simple card like this just to acknowledge these people goes a long, long way. All you have to do is take 5 minutes out of your day to show them that you appreciate them. Apart from the fact that it’s just good business, first and foremost, it’s just the right thing to do.

This occasion she listened to me very closely and helped me gain valuable perspective which allowed me to see the situation much more clearly without putting her opinions or judgment into the situation.

Custom Created Greeting Card With a Zen Symbol & a Zen Expression On The Inside Flap

Through this time we also talked about some very personal things that really deepened our relationship and I really appreciated that.

I decided to make a card with the image of Zen on the front because of the enlightened approach she dealt with the situation. I sent her a 3 panel greeting card with an image I got from iStock. On the inside flap of the card I put the Zen Probverb:

If you understand things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.

I really like that saying and I think it pretty much summed up the situation for me. It was great sending my sister this heart felt message of appreciation and the next time we spoke she mentioned how meaningful it was to receive that card.

I always find as well as saying thank you, a nice greeting card with a heart felt message goes a long way.

I contacted Sandra and although she has a consulting business called Tech Coaches For Coaches and charges for her time,  she kindly offered to meet up with me via telephone if the call was kept under 20 minutes.

At the time Sandra was busy moving house so she had quite a bit on the plate but she’s still took the time to arrange for us to meet and we had a really good chat and I found her advice really really helpful.

When we were chatting somehow the topic of eucalyptus trees come up, I think it was because Sandra had traveled to Australia and she told me how much she likes the smell of eucalyptus. It just so happens that my mum is a cleaning freak and uses eucalyptus oil for all sorts of things with her cleaning. I told Sandra that I would find out exactly how mum uses it and let her know.

I really appreciated Sandra’s time and I wanted to send her a nice thank you card with the eucalyptus oil cleaning tips on the inside. I also sent her a a package of coffee, a coffee mug, and some sweets to go with it.

I love creating my own cards so I found a picture at iStock.  In the end I created a 3 panel card so that I would have enough room to put all the cleaning tips on the inside.

Just in case you’re wondering how to use the eucalyptus oils for your own cleaning, here are the tips that I sent to Sandra.

Eucalyptus Oil Tip #1 – Washing Clothes

Put eucalyptus oil in a small squeeze bottle and then squeeze about a teaspoon of the eucalyptus oil on top of the washing powder. This helps the clothes become cleaner and also keeps your washing machine clean at the same time.

My mum also uses it as a stain remover and rubs it directly onto the stained clothing before putting it into the wash.

Eucalyptus Oil Tip #2 – Cleaning Windows and Mirrors

Get a spray bottle and fill it two thirds with water, add half a cup of methylated spirits, and add a tablespoon of eucalyptus oil.  Mum says that this cleans windows better than anything else that she’s ever used.

Eucalyptus Oil Tip #3 – Warding Off Rodents

It seems that mice and rats really can’t stand the smell of eucalyptus oil and so wiping out cupboards with water and eucalyptus oil and then putting a cotton balls dipped in eucalyptus oil in the corner of the cupboards  keeps mice away.

If you have any tips on using eucalyptus oil then we’d love to hear them.

Here is a card that I sent to a really good friend of mine, we box together 3 times a week usually. As it has been winter here in Australia and so things have been a bit slack but now the warm weather is coming, I am sure we will be back in the swing of things (no pun intended).

I made this card using my greeting card system. I took the photo about a year ago and thought I would save it for a rainy day.

Here is the message that I wrote:

Hey there Richo,
I thought I would send you a cool card for something different.

It has been a bit of a slow winter in regard to training but I am looking forward to turning up the heat now that the warm weather is coming. Up with the bags and on with the focus pads…time to work off our winter coats!

It has been great training with you over the last couple of years…lets hope we continue to bash each other up in good spirit for many more to come.

Rossie, thanks for inviting me to dinner the other night while Tal was away…it reminded of the old days when you used to look after me when I was a single guy .

See you in the ring Richo!

Lots of love,

Stevie and Tal

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Thank You Card Sample #1:

This is a thank you cad that I sent to a couple that joined my “Your Thank You Card Team” recently. I had been working with them for a number of months before they made the decision to work together with me. They are a wonderful couple and have hearts of gold. If you read their story, you will soon know what I mean.

This is a custom greeting card that I made using a photo that I took from the kitchen of the house my wife and I stayed in for our honeymoon. It is on the South East Coast of Australia in a little town called Mollymook. My Greeting Card System has a large selection of borders that you can easily add around any picture that you take…the possibilities for creating cool custom greeting cards are literally limited by your imagination. This card was well under a dollar to make and will be hand delivered within 3 days!  You can register for The Your Thank You Card weekly online Demonstration by clicking here…

Here is the text inside of this card:

Dear Ben and Jeannette,

I just wanted to say congratulations and welcome you to my Thank You Card Team!

It is an absolute thrill to have 2 great people such as you my team! One of the greatest things I love about this work is that we get to work with inspiring, gifted and optimistic people and I certainly place you both in that league.

I would like to say a heartfelt “Thank You” for choosing to do business with me.

We first spoke on July 24th and I remember our conversation well; Jeannette…your sharp mind and Ben…your deep, resonate and calming voice…it made quite an impression on me.

Since that time you have both worked steadily at understanding the business model Ann has put together and have now come to the well informed choice to do business together with us.

I look forward to a long and fruitful business relationship and friendship with you both.

Life is a journey and it really is a privileged to share some of the scenery that life offers with you both.

To Your Joy and Success,
Smile, you are helping someone!

Steve and Natalia Anderson

The Your Thank You Card Team – Australia

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Thank You Card Sample #2

Here is another thank you card that I sent to a couple that joined my team today. It was actually the husband that I first spoke to but when his wife saw our custom greeting card system…that was it, she saw the potential instantly.

This is a picture that my wife and I took in a garden a couple of years ago and as it is now turning to Autumn in the U.S I thought it would be a nice touch. I didn’t include our image on the inside of this card as I felt that having it on the front was good enough.

Here is the text on the inside of the greeting card:

Dear Stephanie and Sterling,

I just wanted to welcome you both to our “Your Thank You Card” Team!

Our Greeting Card System is a wonderful system for building relationship whether it be for personal or business reasons.

Stephanie, I am sure that this is going be really great in your business and I predict your sales figures are going to soar…I can’t wait to hear your success stories.

As I mentioned when we spoke, you also have access to Ann’s Team site with all of the training needed if you are wishing to build this business more actively.

I am always available to answer any questions you have and to help you along the way, all you need to do is give me a call or drop me an email.

I have also added the Success From Home Magazine which will give you a lot of great info. on our company.

Wishing you both the very best of success on all fronts!

Steve & Natalia Anderson

The Your Thank You Card Team – Australia

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Well all in all it has been a wonderful day for sending thank you and greeting cards. Everyday I love my work more and more! The Your Thank You Card Team is growing day by day and so now there is even more people “Spreading An Attitude of Gratitude” .

Although it was a free call, it was very valuable indeed. I learned many very helpful tips to improve my teleseminars.
As usual, I couldn’t help having a look at iStock to see if there were any pictures in the bargain bin that I could use. This one came up in less than a minute of searching.
These little creatures look incredibly alert which I thought was very apt as this is one of Alex’s strong points when it come to teleseminars. He really knows how to keep people alert and get them interacting.
The fact that these little fellows have such tiny ears made it really easy for me to come up with the slogan.
Many times through out the call I found myself smiling, I would love to see Alex’s face when he opens this card. A thank you card is cool, but when someone gets one with their own name on it and a slogan that is specific to them, the effect is 10 x more powerful.
Thank You Card # 2
This card was to a guy by the name of Joe Nunziata. He authored a book titled Spiritual Selling. Joe is one of these guys that continually gives things of high value away in his email. He is one of those marketers who doesn’t flog their list to death until you get so sick of being pitched to, that you just hit the unsubscribe button.

Even though I have never even spoken to Joe, it was nice to send him a card to let him know that I appreciate his style of marketing.

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This card is to a customer of mine. Claude purchased a product off me back in the middle of this year. Over this time I have stayed in touch with him and recently he purchased another one of my products. He lives in Canada, yet another person that I have a business relationship with and I have never even meet.

This card that I sent him of the train chugging up the hill I thought was appropriate as he is about to embark on the journey of building a website. It takes a lot of study, work, and patience to build a website that becomes a profitable online business venture. This card signifies that slow and steady progress to the top of the hill. Many people go for the quick fix but I don’t believe in them. The best way is to work hard over a period of time.

Claude’s purchase was evidence of his commitment to working hard, so this was a card to thank, encourage, and congratulate him all at the same time.

Thank You Card #2

This once again is a person that I respect in the Internet marketing world, his name is Allan Gardyne. He is a fellow Aussie that lives on the Gold Coast. He is a very successful affiliate marketer. When I first decided to go into e-commerce, Allan’s material was some of the first I studied.

I continue to get his newsletter and it always has value.

For this card I choose the picture from iStock photos. I am not sure why, but I was attracted to this picture of the gherkin. I don’t know Allan but I am sure he will think it is a bit of a laugh, Aussie humor I guess.

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With my Internet marketing business, the initial sale of a product is sometimes the very beginning of a process and there are other products and services that the customer most likely will be interested in. Offering your help to people will naturally lead to more satisfied customers and more sales for you.

Here is an example of a card that I send out to someone after they have purchased an info product that I sell:

Card Front

I just love this picture and it pretty much sums up the way people feel when the are entering into a new venture where they are faced with a lot of new information. This image is quite powerful; there are the waves in the background that are threatening to overwhelm and there is that star fish there willing to help the other one out (which is you of course).  Apart from the fact that this is a powerful image, it is just a fun picture.  This is a picture that I got from iStock and then simply made this card.

I write a personalised message offering my customer support and assistance and then on the inside of the card at the bottom there is all of my contact details, my image and the same picture slightly faded behind all of that. This makes a wonderful first impression.

Card Inside Flap

I absolutely love this card and so do my customers. Many of them just want to talk with me so they can find out how I made such a cool card.  You will also see that I am branding my self as being Australian and also associating myself with the author of the Info-product that I have sold.  This is a terrific first contact card that brings killer results and it took me about 15 minutes to make and costs me all of $1.34 US dollars to send this in an envelope with a first class stamp.  My customer will get this within 3-5 days of making their purchase.

I have a whole series of follow up cards that I send out which are all designed to have my customers coming to me and asking for more information. This way I am getting my marketing to bring the most qualified customers to me so that I can best leverage my time… which is a wonderful thing.

If you want to know how you can make this sort of card for your business you can

It is as easy as asking someone for their business card. Once you have their details, make a mental note of something funny or interesting that you talked about and send them a quick card telling them that it was nice to meet them.

Sometimes you may go to a Cafe or a restaurant and find that the service was really good, or a taxi driver that went out of his way to be helpful. Everyday when you are out and about on your travels, you will find someone that you can show your appreciation to.

Random acts of kindness has been popular for some time now, I like to practice random acts of sending thank you cards. Try sending one thank you card a week to a person you have meet on your travels and

I work in a marketing team that is scattered across the globe, literally.  I use greeting cards to thank people for their help; encourage people when they are feeling low;  recognize milestones in their career; or congratulate them on a birthday, anniversary, wedding or birth. There are so many reasons to send colleagues cards and then of course you can send one just because.

You will find if you make this a regular practice you will have better relations and get more done as a team. It is so simple to do, yet the good effects are quite profound.