Paperless Post: Classy emails for thank yous and invitations
In the year 2000, people sent about 12 million daily emails. In 2010, the number of emails per day is 247 billion — an increase of about 20,000%! If you want your email to be noticed in all that mess, you have to do something different.
Give Paperless Post a try. Sign up for an account and you get 25 free “stamps” that allow you to send a cool, attention-getting email as an invitation, announcement or thank you. Your recipient receives an elegant email with an envelope they click to open. The invitations themselves are fun to open, and they have tons of templates and realistic-looking textured papers that look as handsome as something you get in the mail.
Paperless Post is not free, and there are several things about the system and the pricing that have made me hesitate to recommend it for business use. First, it’s a clumsy way to manage contacts and responses. Second, all their little extras (like envelope liners and your logo) can really add up. But I just had a great response when I sent a promotion about my speaking services to my professional association contacts, so I thought I’d share.
Watch this quick video to see how it works:
Online Invitations, Stationery, Announcements, and Save the Dates by Paperless Post
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Help Avenue Z Find a New Look!
This month’s giveaway centers on my main business: Avenue Z Writing Solutions. I’m rebranding the company and updating the look.
Cool Text: Button and Logo Generator
Need a quick button for your site? I love this free tool. Cool Text creates simple logos and buttons in a few minutes. I’m more fond of the buttons than I am the logos, but they’re both worth a few minutes of experimentation.
Sample Logo:
Sample Button:
Cool Text: Logo and Graphics Generator.
