They’re environmentally friendly, no doubt but do they just show a lack of respect. What do you think? And if they’re acceptable to send these days, where can I get a design?
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They’re definitely acceptable in my view for business use, less so for personal use. Our company gets fewer and fewer paper cards and we always wonder where to put them! Lots of the charities offer them; I have to admit to preferring a “non-controversial” charity to avoid any offence. Cancer Research UK have a good offering at http://www.sendandgive.org/
They’re not really that environmentally friendly though. The UK Internet Services industry alone is among some the biggest carbon producers in the UK.
Not as environmentally friendly as just a plain text email – or a merry christmas blog post or status update. Do we really *still* need greetings cards?
I am biased, have always thought them pointless.
But yes – in corporate setting, email beats paper.
I like the physical card, nyself. I enjoy opening the envelope, I enjoy seeing the different designs that people choose, and I enjoy the thought of the pleasure that the kids at my friend’s school will have when they cut them up for collages and pictures in the new year.
And what about all the people who can’t or prefer not to use email?
Post lots of cards, that’s what I say!
We are doing both this year – making a few bespoke cards for the clients and contacts we work very closely with but there are hundreds of others, so we are going to donate the money we would have spent on cards for them to a local charity and send them an emailer.
Being a creative agency we are also doing a combination of card and emailers for our clients. If you want an emailer designed, drop me an email with some details and I will let you know the prices.
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