Here’s the best tip for writing and sending greeting cards – just do it. Often we are prompted to express our feelings and by sending a card we can really make our recipients day.

Greeting cards sent with heartfelt messages are often kept unlike emails or even postcards which are discarded after reading. It’s therefore important that our message truly depicts our feeling at the time.

Here are some handy tips for writing and sending cards for all occasions to ensure they are kept.

• Be an organised writer. Make sure you have all your contact’s details in a diary, calendar or personal organiser. Add birthdays, anniversaries and other significant dates to this organiser.
• Be prepared. Have a box of cards handy. Cards which are blank on the inside are best so you can personalise the message.
• You’ll need stamps. Keep a book of stamps handy.
• Date your cards. When you start writing your card include today’s date. That way people can look back and remember when the card was received.
• Better late than never. Sometimes we miss important dates to send a card. But it’s better to send the card late than to never send one at all. Your recipient will still appreciate receiving your heartfelt message even if it is a few days late.
• Starting your message traditionally is with the word ‘Dear’. However with somebody you are more familiar with try ‘To My Valentine’ or To My Best Friend’ or ‘To The Best Mate Ever’ and so on.
• Finishing a card can be done in numerous ways. You can simply sign your name but if the recipient is less know to you, you may be a little more formal with ‘Best Regards’, Yours sincerely’, ‘With Thanks’ or ‘With Season’s Greetings’
• For those who you know well be less formal and sign off with ‘All the very best’, ‘Congratulations once again’, ‘With deepest sympathy’, ‘All my love’ or ‘Looking forward to catching up soon’

Using these tips will help you write and send more cards. Being organised will speed up the process for you.

If you are sending lots of cards, let say at Christmas time, then good organisation is critical.

Manually organising the sending of cards for most people is one of the biggest failures for not sending a card at all. However there are services out there today that use technology to help you send hundreds of physical greeting cards with just the push of one button from your computer.

If you are prolific card sender or use greeting cards within your business to stay in contact with your customers then perhaps you should look into how technology can save you both time and money.

No matter which approach you adopt, use the tips above to just send out more cards. Your recipients will love you for it.