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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your post has made it to the top 10.  I deleted 23 post and you made it.  Since there are only 10 articles in the carnival it would not be hard to get notice.  I recommend that you stumbleupon the carnival post to bring some traffic and increase your chance of getting traffic from my post to yours.</p>
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		<description>[...] more ideas on making Christmas Cards stand out see Martin Russell&#8217;s 5 Tips For Your Christmas Card Marketing posted at Comments for Word of Mouth [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Business Opportunities And Ideas Carnival #3 &#124; Business Opportunities And Ideas</title>
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		<title>By: Martin Russell</title>
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		<description>Absolutely Liz. Anything you can do to give your card a lifespan beyond the recycle dump in January is excellent. Best of all is a picture of the person themselves, eg from a seminar group shot.
With the cookie recipe just be careful that some people will throw that one out as they get started on their New Year&#039;s Resolutions :-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Absolutely Liz. Anything you can do to give your card a lifespan beyond the recycle dump in January is excellent. Best of all is a picture of the person themselves, eg from a seminar group shot.<br />
With the cookie recipe just be careful that some people will throw that one out as they get started on their New Year&#8217;s Resolutions <img src='http://www.wordofmouthmagic.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Liz</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2007 12:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Martin 
Thanks for the thoughtful response (and the mention of the Top 100 Business Blogs!!) - I think I get your point now - in the crowded world of Christmas Card marketing, which so many businesses do, how do you stand out as unique?  

From that perspective, I really like your ideas to make yourself memorable. 

My suggestion - How about including your &quot;all time favorite cookie recipe&quot; printed in the card? If they&#039;re like me, it&#039;s easier just to hold onto the card than copy it over onto a recipe card - and they&#039;re more likely to hold onto it and keep pulling it out (along with your contact info) even after Christmas is over.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Martin<br />
Thanks for the thoughtful response (and the mention of the Top 100 Business Blogs!!) &#8211; I think I get your point now &#8211; in the crowded world of Christmas Card marketing, which so many businesses do, how do you stand out as unique?  </p>
<p>From that perspective, I really like your ideas to make yourself memorable. </p>
<p>My suggestion &#8211; How about including your &#8220;all time favorite cookie recipe&#8221; printed in the card? If they&#8217;re like me, it&#8217;s easier just to hold onto the card than copy it over onto a recipe card &#8211; and they&#8217;re more likely to hold onto it and keep pulling it out (along with your contact info) even after Christmas is over.</p>
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		<title>By: Martin Russell</title>
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		<description>Excellent comment Liz. 

It certainly is not suitable to assume that everyone has the same significance for this time of year.

I use the word Christmas rather loosely to include anything for the end of year holiday season, from Thanksgiving and New Year, to Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Santa Claus, Jesus&#039; birthday, and any others.

You can send a card with your own seasonal point of view if this is part of your positioning in your market. Otherwise I suggest keeping cards very generic.

I believe Christmas cards are really the hardest cards to succeed with, for the very reason that everyone else is doing it. That&#039;s why this tips list and my &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ChristmasCardsMarketing.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&quot;Christmas Cards Marketing&quot;&lt;/a&gt; product. 

It&#039;s easier to stand out with Thanksgiving, mid-January cards or Groundhog Day cards.

Okay everyone. Liz has given the suggestion. Any takers? Thanksgiving is soon so you don&#039;t have long to get ready!

BTW Liz, congrats on getting into John Crickett&#039;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.businessopportunitiesandideas.co.uk/454/the-top-100-business-blogs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Top 100 Business Blogs&lt;/a&gt; Nice work!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Excellent comment Liz. </p>
<p>It certainly is not suitable to assume that everyone has the same significance for this time of year.</p>
<p>I use the word Christmas rather loosely to include anything for the end of year holiday season, from Thanksgiving and New Year, to Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Santa Claus, Jesus&#8217; birthday, and any others.</p>
<p>You can send a card with your own seasonal point of view if this is part of your positioning in your market. Otherwise I suggest keeping cards very generic.</p>
<p>I believe Christmas cards are really the hardest cards to succeed with, for the very reason that everyone else is doing it. That&#8217;s why this tips list and my <a href="http://www.ChristmasCardsMarketing.com" rel="nofollow">&#8220;Christmas Cards Marketing&#8221;</a> product. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s easier to stand out with Thanksgiving, mid-January cards or Groundhog Day cards.</p>
<p>Okay everyone. Liz has given the suggestion. Any takers? Thanksgiving is soon so you don&#8217;t have long to get ready!</p>
<p>BTW Liz, congrats on getting into John Crickett&#8217;s <a href="http://www.businessopportunitiesandideas.co.uk/454/the-top-100-business-blogs" rel="nofollow">Top 100 Business Blogs</a> Nice work!</p>
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		<title>By: Liz</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 23:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>While I like the idea of sending cards - is it really appropriate to assume that everyone celebrates Christmas? I know a salesperson who sends out cards at Thanksgiving - it&#039;s not tied to a specific religion and it stands out because so few other people are doing it. 

By the way I found you on the Carnival of Working at Home on the Internet 
http://workingathomeinternet.com/WP/2007/11/02/working-at-home-blog-carnival-fifty-seventh-edition/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While I like the idea of sending cards &#8211; is it really appropriate to assume that everyone celebrates Christmas? I know a salesperson who sends out cards at Thanksgiving &#8211; it&#8217;s not tied to a specific religion and it stands out because so few other people are doing it. </p>
<p>By the way I found you on the Carnival of Working at Home on the Internet<br />
<a href="http://workingathomeinternet.com/WP/2007/11/02/working-at-home-blog-carnival-fifty-seventh-edition/" rel="nofollow">http://workingathomeinternet.com/WP/2007/11/02/working-at-home-blog-carnival-fifty-seventh-edition/</a></p>
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