Corporate Christmas cards are an asset to businesses across the globe! In essence, they’re a unique marketing tactic that puts you on the mantelpiece of your top clientele. A bespoke Christmas card allows you to show off the style and ethos of your brand, it also shows customers you’re big on effort.
Whether you opt for raised gloss and foil embossings or velvety soft-touch card stock, there is a style and design to suit all. When considering what card to send out, consider your clients and your brand. This will help you create a fitting design that recipients will be proud to showcase in their homes.
To inspire you, we’ve listed a handful of top designs. Read on to learn more.
Why Send Christmas Business Cards?
Firstly, why should you send business Christmas cards this year? Sending unique cards to your employees and business contacts is an easy and effective way to show appreciation for their hard work and custom. A simple, heartfelt, personal message will allow you to acknowledge their hard work, humanize your relationship, and strengthen the bond between staff and customers.
With this in mind, it is little wonder sending corporate greeting cards has been a long-standing tradition in the working world.
Listed below are some of the most popular designs:
1. Glittering Business Cards
Greeting cards embossed with foil and embellished with glitter are one way to bring holiday cheer. These bright, bold cards will ensure you’re memorable and are the ideal option to send to customers, clients, and friends – thanking them for their business and hard work and wishing them a happy holiday season.
Inside, you can add your unique personalized message onto the velvet soft-touch, heavyweight paper stock. The icing on the cake? These cards come with complementary gold foil-lined envelopes.
2. Photo Business Holiday Cards
Whether a photo from your last team day out or one you take every year before the Christmas card rollout, a team photo Christmas card is a great way to show your clients your team. These foil-stamped photo greeting cards even boast added snowflake embellishments for an extra touch. While the velvet soft, heavyweight paper stock offers the perfect space to write a genuine message.
3. Handmade Cards
If you only have a handful of clients, handmade greetings fashioned out of colorful craft paper, glue, and various hued pens, are an effective and personalized way to show appreciation for those who have supported you this year. They’re also a fun project to tackle as a team.
4. Folk Art Cards
Add a unique edge to your greeting cards with folk art that showcases your company culture. Folk art cards are both minimalistic and boast a practical use. Why? Folk and traditional arts are defined as characteristics of specific religious, ethnic, linguistic, regional, or occupational groups.
5. Content Christmas Cards
If your brand colors and design are sleek in style, you’ll want to emphasize this in your greeting card designs. Classic monochromatic cards with personalized messages are a great option for sophisticated advertising agencies, law firms, and spas. When writing messages on these cards, always mention the recipient’s name.
6. Cards With Incentives
Cards that boast unique discount codes or gift vouchers are an easy and effective way to announce new services, collections or business offers to clientele. From free shipping on your next order in the New Year or 15% off a consultation, along with your message, this is a great way to send Christmas cheer and encourage repeat visits.
7. Typographical Christmas cards
Another option for you if you wish to keep things simple. For best results, choose a typeface and color palette your brand already embodies, this way recipients will relate the card to you. Typographical cards can be elegant and quirky, the design you choose is all down to your company’s tone of voice.
A good brand voice targeted to the right clients can help you speak directly to them in a way relevant to your product or service. It makes communicating with clientele more authentic and helps you stand out.
Add a contemporary twist by opting for block typefaces and combine these with different shapes and angles.
8. Image and Text Overlay Cards
If you are running short on time, image and text overlay cards are a great option. They’re easy to execute, yet still look impressive as long as you choose a quality picture. This could be anything from an image of your team at the last staff day out or a picture that embodies your brand.
Once an image has been selected, you can pick a message for the textual overlay. The result? A simple, effective, and personal greeting card.
9. Doodle Xmas Cards
This is an ideal option for art, advertising, and design studios. Ask staff to create a unique doodle and merge it into a Christmas card that embodies the true spirit of your brand and everyone who works for it.
Once all sketches are finalized, digitize them, send them to a printer, choose your stick, and voila!
The Bottom Line
As well as wishing your friends and family season greetings, use this period to show appreciation to your employees and partners. Why? All of them will have played a part in helping your company grow and thrive. With this in mind, don’t shy away from personalized messages and designs.
From group photos to designs created by yours truly, a personalized business card will help you foster the seasonal spirit – both restoring enthusiasm and celebrating with your team members.
