“Just this side of heaven is a place called the Rainbow Bridge.”

Helping pet owners make end-of-life decisions for their pets is a crucial component of the services you provide.  When pet owners lose their pets, it’s important to assist them in their grieving process.  Your relationship with pet owners doesn’t end with the lost of their pets.

This is the time to build stronger relationships with pet owners.  Offering your guidance, comfort and hope during these hard times will not only show how much you care, but will also help you increase pet owner loyalty.  Helping pet owners accept and deal with the loss of their beloved friend will benefit you as well.  Pet owners will remember and appreciate your kindness and compassion and when they do bring a new pet into the family, they will return to your business or practice to care for their new friend.

Help ease the passing of a best friend with our Rainbow Bridge insert postcard.  When tucked into a sympathy card, it can give pet owners much-needed comfort during their time of sorrow.

Right now, if you purchase 100 or more sympathy cards, we will send you 50 Rainbow Bridge standard postcards for FREE.  Hurry, this special offer expires March 31, 2011.  Quote promo code RB10C when placing your order.

There are only a few days left to get 100 Referral Postcards for FREE!  Referral Postcards make growing your practice or business easy and affordable!

Referral programs are an effective marketing strategy that is low cost and very simple to initiate.  Practices and businesses can utilize a referral program to attain sustainable growth.  Referral programs can vary depending on the objective that you want to achieve, but the main criterion is to grow your patient or client base with the help of your existing patients or clients.  And, the best part is that the referring cycle doesn’t just stop at a referred patient or client – the newly referred patient or client might also become a referrer.

Here are some key benefits of having a patient or client referral program:

• Referred patients or clients are potentially better leads.
• The quality of your service is being marketed for you at very little cost to you.
• Referred patients or clients have a tendency to be less price sensitive because they’ve already got the information ahead of time from their referrer.
• Referral programs can double or even triple your business, if done correctly.
• Word of mouth advertising at its finest!

Give our Customer Service Center a call today at 1-800-561-6677 to find our how our referral products can help you start your new referral program or enhance your existing one.

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Referral programs.  Easy and affordable.  Give it a try!

The new 2011 catalog has arrived and it’s packed with over 200 new products.  This year we want to make it easy and affordable.  We’ve introduced new products that are effective tools for any practice.

Referral Cards

Referrals are the backbone of every practice.  We have introduced a line of cards that help encourage your patients to refer their friends and family.  Simply mail these cards to your loyal patient-base or hand them out as they leave your office.  Word-of-mouth advertising has never been easier!

Reusable and Biodegradable Tote Bags

Set an example of environmental responsibility.  Our reusable tote bags are made out of a recyclable non-woven material that makes a perfect functional giveaway.  Your practice information will be carried across town as your patients use it over and over.  Our biodegradable totes are a sustainable alternative to standard plastic totes and are sure to get your patients talking. Both are available at great low prices that can’t be beat (if you find one that can, we’ll match it!).

Save 15% on your first purchase of reusable or biodegradable bags by quoting promo code TOTE02.  Offer expires May 31, 2011.

Laser Cards

We are pleased to announce that all of our vision postcards are available as 4-UP laser cards!

Happy shopping!

Designed to help you grow your practice or business, our new Winter/Spring 2011 Contemporary Health Catalog marks the beginning of a new year.  In creating our new book, we took careful consideration in choosing the type of products that will help contemporary health professionals succeed in building stronger relationships with their patients or clients.  We’ve brought on a wide selection of new and unique communication and promotional products to help you successfully market your practice or business.

Here are a few of my favorite new products that you will see in our new catalog:

Referral Cards

These new cards make it easy for satisfied patients or clients to pass on your information to friends and family.  Referral cards are available in postcard or folding card format.  In addition, you may also add a referral message to a folding appointment card to add extra mileage to your referral program.

Environmental Tote Bags

Thinking of becoming a bit more “green” this year? Well, we’ve got the answer for you!  Our new Reusable and Biodegradable Tote Bags are the ultimate “green power” marketing tool!  Our Reusable Tote Bags are available in 5 different colors and it has a fabric like feel that works to repel water and resist against tearing.  Biodegradable Tote Bags come in to 2 different styles – each with 2 size options.  These sturdy reusable bags are completely biodegradable and will break down into particles of water, carbon dioxide, mineral salt and biomass when placed in a landfill.

To help your practice or business start on the right path to “going green”, we would like to extend an offer of 15% OFF your first purchase of Environmental Tote Bags.  Quote promo code TOTE02, but you’ve got to hurry, this special offer expires on May 31, 2011.

If you would like to have our new Winter/Spring 2011 Contemporary Health Catalog mailed to you, please click here to order or call 1-800-561-6677 to request a copy.

If you’ve ever had a chance to look through our catalogs, you’ll notice that in every book we have chosen a few special card designs to help you achieve success in your marketing strategies.

Here is a quick glance at a few of our Top Pick to help contemporary health professionals grow their practice or business:

Perfect for patient or client referrals:

Ideal for patient acquisition:

Ideal for increasing patient or client loyalty:

Great for patient or client retention:

Perfect for patient or client reminders:

Looking for more ideas to build your practice or business? Request a copy of our latest Contemporary Health catalog today.  Simply click here or give our customer service center a call at 1-800-561-6677 and one of our product consultants will be happy to assist you.

The addition of a pet usually takes on a whole new meaning of the word family.  It’s funny to see how quickly pets adapt to the routine and culture of its surroundings.  I’m always reminded of my childhood dog,  a Shih Tzu named Tulip, who somehow was the one who trained my dad to get up every night at 3:00 AM to be let outside.  Not that my dad minded it, he often was a restless sleeper who would have got up anyway.  My relationship with Tulip was as a friend who was always around to play – whether she liked it or not.  After the first time I dressed her up in my doll’s clothes, she would recognize the box where I stored the clothes, and then immediately retreat to another area of the house…inevitably changing the game to hide and seek.

Yes, no matter the reasons for getting a pet - whether it is for companionship, working purpose, etc - they become involved in all aspects of a person or family’s life.  Next time you know someone who takes on the responsibility of a new pet, be sure to congratulate them on their new arrival!

For veterinarians and pet care professionals, a congratulations card is a great opportunity to inform those who are new pet parents about the importance of preventive care such as vaccinations and regular checkups.

Double the impact with full color business cards and matching magnets!

If you are currently using one of our beautiful full color business cards, why not offer a matching magnet.  That way, if the business card gets lost, your patients or clients will have the magnet on their fridge with your phone number and any other important information you would like.

A very handy and fantastic marketing tool!!

In our catalogs, the business cards will have the matching magnet item number underneath the picture if there is one available.

On our website, when you click on the image you like, on the bottom right hand corner of the page it will list all of the products we have with the matching design.  If you are having a hard time locating this feature, please don’t hesitate to call our call center at 1-800-561-6677 and we can help you with anything you need!

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Undoubtedly, many people would rank eyesight as one of the top most valuable human body mechanisms.  However, many of us forget the importance of getting a regular eye exam or even value the health of our eyes.  I’ve got friends who’ve neglected going for an eye exam because it’s the one body function that they don’t seem to think or care about on a daily basis.  The odd thing is, how can someone not think about their eyes when it’s one of the most important bodily functions in their lives?  In my opinion, I think it’s the lack of education on being proactive about keeping your eyes healthy – and this is where optometry practices can benefit.

A lot of people I know don’t have a regular optometrist that they visit, and they don’t know what’s the first step to maintaining healthy eyes.  People don’t realize the importance of preventing eye problems until it develops – especially vision problems.  Like most health related issues, education is the key to prevention.  Optometry practices can take advantage of this opportunity to educate potential and current patients by sending brochures and cards to promote eye health.  Preventive care postcards are a great way to remind patients to appointments  for regular eye exams and educating them on daily eye health maintenance.

Here are some of my favorite eye health preventive care postcards:

Click here to see our complete selection of vision care personalized postcards.

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After a month of holiday celebrations in December, I thought that January was going to be a nice and quite month to catch up on some much needed relaxation time.  Unfortunately, that hasn’t been the case.  January is coming to an end and for most people (including myself) there seems to be a never ending list of events and parties to attend – especially birthdays.

Don’t get me wrong, birthdays are always nice to celebrate – in my opinion, everyone deserves a celebration on their special day.  It’s the one day that most people enjoy getting together to celebrate and have some fun.  In the office, we always like to acknowledge someone’s birthday by giving them a birthday card that’s signed by fellow colleagues.  Giving someone a birthday card is a simple gesture that can go a long way.  It’s something that most people don’t think about, but for me, I like to keep all of my birthday cards to help remind me all the good times that I have spent with friends, family and colleagues on my DOB.

Businesses and practices should also take advantage of this occasion to help them build relations and lifetime loyalty with their patients or clients.  Sending a birthday card will bring a smile to your patient or client on their special day, and show them you care by personalizing a custom message inside the card.

Here are 3 ways you can add extra impact to your patients’ or clients’ birthday cards:

1) Coordinate the personalization color to complement the birthday card and to help set your practice or business apart.

2) Use the birthday card as a gift certificate!  Print a special offer in addition to the greeting.

3) Digitize your signature, along with team members’, to save time and add a personalized touch.

Do you like receiving birthday cards on your special day?  Share some of your most memorable birthday moments with us by leaving a comment below this post.

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Referrals!

We have recently introduced a few new designs to our very popular referral postcards!

January is a great time to send these cards to remind your patients of how important their referrals are!

Most people don’t realize the importance, but with our free personalization (on the back of the postcards) you can tell them exactly how your offices’ referrals work and its benefits.

Another option is to use one of our existing designs and change the wording on the front to mention referrals.  This service is an additional $60.00.  Please call our Call Center at 1-800-561-6677 and give the Product Consultant the item number and we will make sure it is a design we can alter.

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We’re putting our best smile forward with our new January Dental catalog.  Proudly serving the Dental Care professionals for over 26 years, our new catalog is packed with thousands of innovative practice building ideas.

Starting the new year off fresh, we have redesigned the look and feel of the Dental catalog to enhance your shopping experience.  We are dedicated to providing you with the best marketing products for your practice, so that’s why we’ve personally hand-picked over 500 new dental products for your shopping pleasure.

Here is a peak at some of the new products.

Artistic License Designs

Our professional artists make it easy for you to put a smile on your patient’s face.  Uniquely different, each artists combines humor and artistic talent to create memorable designs to help you grow your practice.

Patient Giveaways

Here is something your young patients will love!  New Sqwiggly Toothbrushes are sure to put a smile on anyone’s face.  Children will especially love using them to maintain their dental health.  Moreover, each toothbrush is personalized with your practice information – making it easily accessible for parents.

Appointment Card Designs

We understand that filling up your appointment book for the new year is important to sustaining a healthy practice.  So, this year we’ve introduced some new Peel & Stick and regular Appointment Cards to help your patients keep track of their booked appointments.  Also, did you know that you can add extra information to any appointment card by ordering them in our folding format?  This is great if you want to add a referral message to the back of your appointment card to stimulate new referrals to your practice.

There are many more new products in the catalog including referral cards, birthday cards and benefit reminders.   For a complete selection of new dental products, click here.

Let us help you start your practice on the right track this year.  Request a January Dental catalog today – click here to order online or simply give our call center a call at 1-800-561-6677 and one of our professional sales consultant will be happy to assist you.

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Generate referrals and grow your practice with personalized communications and promotional products designed to enhance your marketing efforts and build patient/client relations.

We’re excited to bring you the following NEW products!

Laser Cards

We’re pleased to announce that ALL our postcards designs are now available in laser format.  Now all of your favorite postcards can be conveniently printed in laser format, and if you don’t see a postcard design that you like in a laser format, please let us know and we will create it for you.  Laser cards are designed to give you freedom to print on demand and tailor messages to individual patients/clients.  For a complete selection of all our laser card designs, please click here.

Environmental Sharper Tote Bags

Reusable Tote Bags

Set an example of environmental responsibility while giving your practice/business name advertising exposure.  These water resistant bags feel like fabric and make the perfect functional and reusable giveaway.  Your practice/business information will be noticed on these bright bags when used over and over by your patients/clients.

Biodegradable Tote Bags

The ultimate “green power” marketing tool!  These sturdy, reusable bags are completely biodegradable and will break down into particles of water, carbon dioxide, mineral salt and biomass when placed in a landfill.  Tell your patients/clients about them when you hand them our so they’re aware of how important the environment is to you and your practice/business.

Referral Cards

Designed to help keep your schedule full, referral cards make it easy for satisfied patients/clients to pass on your information to friends and family.  Now, growing your patient/client base is easy and affordable.  Nothing beats word-of-mouth advertising!  For a complete selection of all our referral cards, please click here.

Give us a call today at 1-800-561-6677 or easily shop only at www.e-sharper.com.  We guarantee that you will enjoy using these new products to promote your practice/business.

Please share your opinion with us.  Let us know what you think about these new products by leaving a comment below this post.

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That’s right – we’re starting the new year off with a bang!  That means it’s time for you to stock up on your appointment cards.  So, for the whole month of January 2011, we’re offering 250 additional appointment cards for FREE when purchase 500, and 500 additional appointment cards for FREE when you purchase  1000.  However, all good things do come to an end as this amazing promotion will expire January 31, 2011 – so you’ve got to hurry!  Quote promo code P111 when placing your order.

Appointment cards are great for reducing no-shows and to remind your patients/clients of their upcoming appointment with you.  Moreover, all of our colorful appointment cards come in business card size and many designs have matching reminder postcards to coordinate your image to send out to your patients/clients prior to their upcoming appointment.  Appointment card designs are also available in a folding format.  For a complete selection of all our appointment card designs, please click here.

For easy ordering, please visit our website at www.e-sharper.com or call 1-800-561-6677 and one of our professional sales consultant will be happy to assist you.  You may also fax us your order, 24 hours a day at 1-888-251-4454.

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Personally I have been looking forward to this New Year for a very long time.  2011 has great potential for bringing much happiness and joy!  Not necessarily more than other years,  but it’s always nice to have something positive to look forward to.

Why not the entire year!

If you didn’t get around to sending Holiday cards to your patients/clients, New Year’s cards are a different and interesting spin on the Holidays.

When I receive a “Happy New Year” folding card in the mail, it automatically puts a smile on my face.  A little reminder that it will be a great year to come!

How about this…

Is your office having an Open House for the New Year?

Are you offering a limited time promotion that you would like your patients/clients to know about?

Remember also that you are able to customize the back of any of our postcards or the inside of any of our folding cards at no charge, to express exactly how you are feeling about 2011.

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The year is quickly coming to an end and what a better way to show your patients or clients your appreciation for their loyalty throughout the year than by sending them a Thank You card.  Personalized Thank You cards are great for building patient or client relations and create a great lasting impression for your business.

I always enjoy receiving fun Thank You cards from my dentist, veterinarian and massage therapist.  It shows me that they do value my business – and that to me is what customer service should be all about.  Sending a Thank You card will demonstrate to your patients or clients that your practice or business takes great pride in providing excellent customer service and that it shouldn’t just take place in the office or clinic.  A great practice or business should maintain contact with it’s patients or clients throughout the year to help build loyalty and to demonstrate great customer service.

For a limited time only, Sharper™ is offering 100 Thank You postcards/laser cards or 50 Thank You folding cards for FREE!  Click here to find out how you can save and build loyalty and generate referrals at the same time.

Here’s a look at some of our Top Pick Thank You cards:

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This year try something a little different during the holiday season.  Encourage your patients or clients to keep their resolutions by sending personalized New Year’s greetings in one of Sharper™‘s beautifully designed New Year’s cards.

To ensure that your New Year’s card is successfully delivered, put them in the mail a little later to avoid them being lost in the Christmas clutter.  Use them to advertise special introductory offers, new staff, referral programs or just to tell them how much you have enjoyed having them as a patient or client in 2010.  Remind them to take care of their health during the upcoming year and to book their appointments early.

And another idea that is great to strengthen patient or client loyalty and stay visible all year round is to insert a 2011 Magnet Calendar into a large folding card. I know I always love to get a calendar magnet that I can put on my fridge.  It makes it so much handier when I need to make a call.

Sharper™ has an abundance of beautiful magnet designs this year that are real attention grabbers and will surely keep your name top-of-mind in 2011.

Happy New Year! Keep your communication open with patients and clients in 2011.  It’s the best way to build your brand and guaranteed to keep your appointment book full.

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At this time of year it’s hard to think of anything other than the upcoming holidays and the stresses we may be dealing with.

Something to think about though, is possibly re-vamping your office with a new business card design!  If you are currently using a design that matches your office colors and logo then you could always spice things up with our colorful peel & stick appointment cards.

If you are thinking of changing your business cards or starting to order them for the first time, here are some ideas of our beautiful designs…

Please visit our website at www.e-sharper.com for a complete list of all of our designs.

If there is anything that you may want to change about the designs you see, please call our Call Center at 1-800-561-6677 and our Custom Creations representative would be happy to assist you.

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Building patient and client loyalty and encouraging referrals are the two most important cornerstone for your business or practice success.  At Sharper™, we understand that every business or practice is unique.  Which is why we are offer a wide selection of personalized patient communication and promotional products.

Currently, from now until the end of December, 2010, we are extending the holiday spirit of giving by offering all our customers 100 Postcards or 50 Folding Cards for FREE! Postcards and Folding cards can be customized with your business or practice information and you can choose a design that will suit your market.

For more information on how you can receive your FREE Postcards or Folding cards today, please give our customer center a call at 1-800-561-6677 and one of our professional sales consultants will be happy to assist you.

Did you know there are other ways you can make an order with us?  For your convenience, you may:

• Shop online at www.e-sharper.com.  Log on anytime to view our complete selection of products and promotions.
• Fax us 24 hours a day at 1-888-251-4454
• Mail in the Order form from our printed catalogs.  To request a copy of our catalog, click here.

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Today’s the last day to get your Holiday savings. Sharper™‘s got two great offers that are expiring today!

Don’t miss out on these special offers!

15% more Holiday cards & Rush Shipping, FREE!
Quote promo code: P120

20% OFF Holiday Lip Balms
Quote promo code: SANTALIPBALM

When placing your order, please remember to quote the promo codes above.  Again, these special offers will expire by the end of today, so you’ve got to hurry!  Ordering can be done online at www.e-sharper.com or you may give our sales center a call at 1-800-561-6677 and one of our sales consultant will be happy to assist you.

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Every year we take our favorite card designs and display them on our Christmas Tree. This is an inexpensive alternative to traditional glass balls and really creates a unique look. Best of all, we enjoy sharing positive messages for the holiday season and the New Year with everyone who looks at them!

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