It seems like the holidays come around a little sooner each year, but you don’t have to let them sneak up on you this year! Prepare for the holidays ahead of time by doing a little advanced planning. Make room in your corporate budget to be able to have some Christmas cards printed especially for your company. What better way to show business associates and clients how much they are appreciated than to send them a Christmas card?

Greeting cards are more affordable than most of the other items used to extend a friendly gesture this time of the year, such as gift baskets. Affordability is especially important for the new business owner. You can make an excellent impression and build goodwill at the same time with the use of business Christmas cards.

However, you do not want to run down to your local greeting card shop and pick out the number of pre-printed Christmas cards you are going to need. Nor would you attempt to print them yourself on your office or home printer. Retail cards can be expensive, and printing your own cards would call for card stock, lots of printer ink, and a good bit of your valuable time. So, what should you do to accomplish your goal of sending out business Christmas cards?

The most logical and the least expensive solution is to have your greeting cards printed by a good online printing company. Online companies are usually the best option as far as the price for a greeting card printing job and the quality of the finished product. When you use an online printing company, you are able to choose what the cards look like as well as the exact message they convey to others. You can’t do this with retail cards, and a reputable online printer can do it for you at a better price than what you would pay to print them yourself, saving you both money and time.

The best business Christmas cards of all are customised to suit your own specifications. You can place your business logo on the cards, your own photo, or a photo of some of your products. You can write a poem for the inside of the card, or use whatever you feel would be suitable for the card’s recipient.

What if you feel that you are not capable of coming up with good ideas that would make your business Christmas cards look professional, and also a good reflection of both you and your business? The online printer you choose can help you out if you choose them wisely. Look for a printing company that has a graphic design staff on board to help customers design their greeting cards. All you need is an idea of what you want to see on the card, and read inside the card. It’s possible that the design staff will ask you what your greeting card budget is, and with that information plus your thoughts about how you want the card to look, they can come up with a design for your approval. You definitely want your customised Christmas cards to be original, for it would not be too impressive if one of your clients received the same card from you as well as another business!

Nothing will be printed until you approve of both the design and the quoted price. Remember that your Christmas cards, like other greeting cards, will come with envelopes. You can choose plain white or a coloured envelope that will blend in with your card. Your choice of online printers can also do custom envelope printing for you.

Don’t choose "cookie cutter" Christmas cards for your business! Let a professional online printer help you design a greeting card that your customers and business associates will associate with your company, as well as one that they will long remember.