Any time I find something that can help me save time, I’m thrilled. Any time I find something that can save me money, I’m really thrilled. Recently my assistant brought something to my attention that is helping me save both time and money. I don’t even know what word to use, thrilled is just not enough.
I have gone back to sending out cards via snail mail and have been doing so for awhile. I have found that they are much more personal and I think most people are just tired of being bombarded by emails now. I know I get over 100 a day. And who doesn’t like to get a card in the mail.
Well Beth, my assistant, had me buy a system called Send Out cards. It lets me send out cards from my computer. The cards cost me less than a buck each. I was paying $3.99 and more for most cards and spending the time to go pick em, sign em, stamp em and send em.
Now I just click a button, type a note in the little email like box and hit send. It takes me all of 2 minutes. The Send Out cards company mails them and they even put a first class stamp on them (they deduct the cost of the stamp from the money that I keep in my postage account). I can even add my own photos, handwriting and signature with the upgraded package.
They have different packages of course, but you can buy the system for a one time fee of $25.00 or for $99.00 you can use the one I do. I like adding my own photos to the cards.
One more thing, mass mail outs (for example, over the holidays) are now “stress free” for me.
The system has a database with date reminders (like someone’s birthday). Anyway, Beth uploaded our database of over 500 people in just a few minutes. So now, all I have to do is pick the card I want and the company (Send Out Cards) will send it to everyone in my database. 500 cards will be sent out and it only takes a couple of minutes. Thrilled.
Her website will tell you more about it or you can contact me if you wish. If you purchase the system, she will make a few bucks (there is a business side of the company, check it out on her site if that is of interest to you). She’ll be happy, I’m already happy and you’ll be happy. Can’t ask for more than that.