Archive for September, 2009

 The NEW Keyword Search

There are more than 15,000 cards in the SendOutCards catalog, and in the past, finding the right card usually involved a hunting expedition through multiple categories and pages, sometimes taking a frustratingly long time.  This was particularly the case when trying to show the product to potential customers doing a Gift Account walk through.

Now that’s all a thing of the past!  A Keyword Search functionality was unveiled to an enthusiastic audience during the 2009 SendOutCards Annual Convention, making it possible to search the entire catalog using one or more keywords describing what card elements you are looking for. Read more…



 Carpe Diem – Seize the Day!

It was good advice when we heard it from Robin Williams in “Dead Poets Society”, just as it was over twenty centuries earlier when Roman poet Horace first wrote it. We get today – we’re here for the moment, and unless we use today to realize our goals and dreams, unless we take the day and reach out to those who we care about, and those who we love, there is no guarantee that we will have tomorrow. That’s what SendOutCards is all about – seizing the day!

This is all true, but in a another sense, we have a unique opportunity with SendOutCards to literally “seize the day” and make it our own. Pick a day – any day, and look at the monthly calendar. Unless it’s one of the few public holidays recognized in the US, chances are that the square you’ve chosen is blank. A plain white square with a number in it. What many people don’t realize is that every day, every week, every month, season, and year are specifically designated holidays or observances for something. Read more…