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Sure we’re still in the midst of summer, but with Fall & Winter approaching it’s a great idea to plan ahead by ordering your holiday products nice and early.
As a great incentive, we have a special offer on Holiday products for the month of August where you can get up to 30% more cards FREE on any of our Holiday, Thanksgiving, or Halloween cards. Click here for more details.
This year the holiday spirit must have kicked in early at Sharper™ because our selection of new business holiday cards is larger than ever. You can now find pet care premium holiday cards featuring exquisite varieties of foil and embossed treatments to show true appreciation for your pet owners. These come with foil-lined envelopes to add that extra touch of elegance.
We also have our standard veterinary holiday cards in every style imaginable. Whether you’re looking for modern, sophisticated, fun or cute we have the holiday card perfect for your practice or business.
What about thanking those pet owners who walk in to your office? Check out our new Halloween and Holiday veterinary toothbrushes that are a fun and functional giveaway for the upcoming Fall and Winter seasons.
Halloween is one of the favorite all-time events on every kid’s calendar come October. What a perfect time to remind parents of the importance of good oral health, especially when there will be more sweets consumed on that day than throughout the entire year!
Minimize the anxiety of visits during Halloween week by decorating your office in a vampire theme. Vampires are really popular this season. Don’t we all love the Twilight series? Young kids and teens will enjoy the spooky atmosphere in your office.
Check out the Halloween selection in Sharper’s new Holiday and Calendar Store, and if you order early you can take advantage of some really great savings on our Holiday Card Collection!
Mailing out Halloween folding cards, recall postcards, and sending home reuseable dental Halloween tote bags will put everyone in the mood. Stuff them full of patient giveaways.
I really like the Halloween toothbrushes. They are so colorful and so much fun – love the black bristles!
Educate your young patients about the importance of maintaining healthy gums with proper brushing and flossing.
Include one of our free Halloween logos
(H26-L) on your personalized dental floss and Design your own tote bag. Adding a logo to your message is a great way to liven up the overall look of your products and brand your practice or business. At Sharper™ we make personalization easy with our vast library of FREE logos, many available in three languages — English, Spanish and French.For those of you that are on our mailing list, you probably already know that we generally come out with a new Dental catalog every month or so.
Contemporary Health catalogers are usually every 2 months. Pet Care and Vision & Hearing are usually every 3 months or so.
With that in mind, our catalogs that come out in August or early fall always have a lot to look at! It may seem very early for some but all of our holiday products are in those catalogs and they are incredible this year! Also, we have a few new recall/reminder cards!
If you haven’t received the catalog yet…no worries, all of our designs are available through our website www.e-sharper.com.
These are my favorite picks for…
Dental Recall Cards:
Pet Care Holiday Cards:
Contemporary Health Holiday Cards (Chiropractic, Massage, Podiatry, Spa’s, Physiotherapy, etc…):
Audiology & Hearing Holiday Cards:
What do you do when you have an appointment to remember? Most people will mark it on their calendar to remind themselves. Why not make it easier for your patients to remember their appointments? Provide them with one of Sharper’s peel and stick appointment cards when they book their appointment!
Plain paper appointment printouts are easily discarded or forgotten. Sharper’s bright, colorful and most importantly memorable peel and stick appointment cards are convenient for your patients and can help reduce missed appointments. They come in a wide variety of beautiful designs, many matching our appointment reminder postcards and reusable tote bags so you can create a consistant image for your office with all your patient communication. And right now you can get an extra 15% more cards for free with a minimum purchase, so this is a great time to try them out for yourself!
When our calendars come out every year I am so excited to see the variety and creativity that our Art Department has been able to create for all of the practices and businesses that use our products.
If you are not familiar with our calendars we have several different formats to suit all of your needs.
Personalized Wall Calendars are the traditional format but for 2011 we have 19 beautiful designs to choose from!
We also have Personalized Tri-Fold Calendars that come with envelopes. They are a great substitution to the traditional Holiday Greeting Card, and your patients will put it on their wall or desk to remind them of how thoughtful you were! Also, we can personalize the envelopes for a $25 flat fee, regardless of quantity!
We have designs suitable for any practice or business. Please click on the link associated with each practice to see the designs. Dental, Contemporary Health (Chiropractors, Massage Therapists, Podiatrists, Chiropodists, Naturopathic, Homeopathic, Holistic, Oriental, Spa’s, Salons & Physio/Physical Therapists), Veterinary & Pet Care, Vision & Hearing, Financial & Insurance and General Businesses.
The next type of Calendar is our Personalized Promotional Calendars. They fit nicely into any business sized envelope and are a great addition to a statement or other pamphlet you are mailing anyway. Just as a reminder, have your envelopes printed for a $25 flat fee regardless of quantity!
We have designs suitable for any practice or business. Please click on the link associated with each practice to see the designs. Dental, Contemporary Health (Chiropractors, Massage Therapists, Podiatrists, Chiropodists, Naturopathic, Homeopathic, Holistic, Oriental, Spa’s, Salons & Physio/Physical Therapists), Veterinary & Pet Care, Vision & Hearing, Financial & Insurance and General Businesses.
The next type is my favorite… Personalized Magnet Calendars.
We have designs suitable for any practice or business. Please click on the link associated with each practice to see the designs. Dental, Contemporary Health (Chiropractors, Massage Therapists, Podiatrists, Chiropodists, Naturopathic, Homeopathic, Holistic, Oriental, Spa’s, Salons & Physio/Physical Therapists), Veterinary & Pet Care, Vision & Hearing, Financial & Insurance and General Businesses.
We also have Personalized Bookmark Calendars.
We have designs suitable for any practice or business. Please click on the link associated with each practice to see the designs. Dental, Contemporary Health (Chiropractors, Massage Therapists, Podiatrists, Chiropodists, Naturopathic, Homeopathic, Holistic, Oriental, Spa’s, Salons & Physio/Physical Therapists), Veterinary & Pet Care, Vision & Hearing, Financial & Insurance and General Businesses.
The last type is our Personalized Postcard Calendars.
These are fantastic as an alternative to your standard recall or reminder postcards!
Your patients would definitely appreciate a calendar to hang on their fridge and they are the same price as the rest of our postcards.
We have designs suitable for any practice or business. Please click on the link associated with each practice to see the designs. Dental, Contemporary Health (Chiropractors, Massage Therapists, Podiatrists, Chiropodists, Naturopathic, Homeopathic, Holistic, Oriental, Spa’s, Salons & Physio/Physical Therapists), Veterinary & Pet Care, Vision & Hearing, Financial & Insurance and General Businesses.
The first half of 2010 is already and it’s time to start thinking about 2011!
Sharper™ offers Personalized Wall Calendars , they make great giveaways for the holiday season. There is a wide range of calendar designs, perfect for those who are animal lovers, car enthusiasts, travelers, fishermen and hunters, and those who love to cook, golf, etc.
My favorite wall calendar is the Planet Earth calendar. I just love the amazing pictures of animals and landscapes. It is really hard to pick a favorite picture! In the July picture, the jellyfish surrounded by fish is just beautiful. Underwater pictures always fascinate me and jellyfish are mysterious beauties that captivate me every time. The tree frog with the water drops on the front cover is another great photo. His red eyes are stunning and in contrast with the green leaves and the frog’s green face the color of his eyes looks even more intense. The monkey in the hot spring (February) is another great snapshot.
As a Call Center representative I get asked a lot, “What’s the difference between a
standard and a laser postcard?” Well, it mostly depends on if you use a computer program to print your postcards yourself or
the standard version if you prefer to have us print them for you. They are the same cost either way. A lot of offices prefer to print them themselves so they can print the mailing label information at at the same time. 
Most of our Laser cards come 4-up, which is 4 postcards (divided by a perforation) on a standard 8.5″ x 11″ sheet printed on premium stock (Paper – 105 lb. Fortune Matte Reply. Finishing – Aqueous Gloss Coat. Perforated).
We also carry 3-up versions, 
if your computer program or printer requires it. Please see our website or ask one of our very friendly representatives if you have any questions at all.
The great thing about these Laser cards is that they are not only available for Dental recall cards but also Massage Therapy postcards, Financial postcards, Veterinary reminder cards, business moving announcement cards and many others! 
My favorite thing about our laser cards is that they come in assortments with 4 different images on each sheet instead of having to choose one design for all 4 cards. We have approximately 25 different assortments to choose from. May favorite is our National Geographic Assortments (Items numbers LA-122 or LA-118).
I don’t know about you, but I have to say that I really like pens! I like them so much that I rarely buy them because I have a collection of pens from hotels I’ve been to and companies I have done business with. Did you know that the average pen will switch hands amongst 5 different people? What could be a nicer and more effective touch to build loyalty with your clients and maximize your advertising than to offer them a personalized pen? Sharper™ offers 4 different pens by BIC to suit your style.
Not only is BIC one of the most well-known brands of pen manufacturers in the world, but one of the nicest things about these pens when you order through Sharper™, is that you can customize the barrel color, trim color, ink color and print color! These options allow you to choose either your favorite colors, or for greater effect, choose the colors which are reflected in your company logo. Just ask us and we will gladly print your logo or website right on the pen for added advertising!
Consider these pens not only as a giveaway item, but also as part of your office supplies. In the age of the electronic message, a handwritten message and signature on Sharper™ Orthodontic birthday cards, Cat and Dog sympathy cards, Congratulations cards, Veterinary and Financial Holiday cards is never out of style. You can also use these BIC pens for writing down dates on Eye Care Appointment Cards.
BIC pens are so versatile. They fit easily into purses, wallets, and pockets.
Quick fact: Have you ever wondered what the name BIC stands for?
Answer: It is a shortened version of the founder’s name, Marcel Bich.
BIC pens at Sharper™. Share one today!
One of the most exciting products Sharper has brought on, in my opinion, is lip balm. Why? Because they are made of all natural, high quality ingredients and are PETROLEUM-FREE. Our manufacturer is certified to manufacture USDA organic products and I think Sharper made a smart choice in choosing them. It means that you can be assured that you are getting a quality product.
So what kind of ingredients can be found in Sharper Lip Balm? Well, how about stuff that someone like me can actually pronounce AND make sense of what it is – organic palm oil, beeswax, organic extra virgin olive oil, organic hemp seed oil, vitamin E and rosemary. You can also order some lip balm with or without sunscreen ingredients (octinoxate, oxybenzone; or octocrylene and octisalate) AND there are 12 flavors to choose from – what’s not to love?
Personalizing your lip balm is as easy as 1-2-3-4, known as “Design Your Own Sharper Lip Balm™”.
- Select your lip balm type (Tin or Tube)
- Select Your Font (*not all fonts are appropriate for lip balm due to sizing)
- Select Your FREE Sharper Logo
- Select Your Colors: one free background color, then choose either 1-color personalization or; 2-color personalization (one for your personalization and one for the logo).
Or maybe you’re looking for something with a little more pizazz. We can customize a full-color design just for you (design fees may apply).
Sharper has also selected some popular designs ranging from Dental Postcards, Chiropractic Postcards and Massage Therapy Postcards and made them into lip balm to help you further co-ordinate your image (available in tubes only).
**Psst, there are some new Holiday designs coming down the line but you didn’t hear that from me 
Whatever you choose, your patients or clients will remember you as the one who gave them fantastic feeling lips.
There are a lot of great veterinary promotional items out there to help market your practice. These patient giveaways can help attract new clients, and remind your existing ones of the importance of their pet’s ongoing health care. Dog owners will appreciate being given a useful product like Sharper’s personalized leashes. They can increase client loyalty, and more importantly help increase focus on an important part of canine health- daily exercise.
It’s important for dogs to get enough exercise, and taking them for daily walks will help benefit their physical and mental well being. Here are some useful dog walking tips to share;
- Walk your dog, don’t let your dog walk you. Train them to walk beside you with the leash hanging slack.
- Active breeds need longer walks than less active ones.
- Bring everything you may need. Don’t forget water for both of you and baggies.
- Plan your route ahead of time and take rest breaks when needed.
Help encourage your clients to optimize their pet’s health. Personalized leashes are a great giveaway for veterinarians, groomers, trainers, and pet sitters/boarders.
Financial greeting cards are an effective tool whether it be to attract new clients, enhance your existing business relationships or to thank your clients for being committed to you and your company.
As we currently bring ourselves and the economy out of the recession it is an important time to think about finances. It is also a great time to thank your clients for being loyal to your business.
A great way of letting them know how thankful you are and how much you appreciate their business is by sending out financial greeting cards. Sharper™ carries many designs of financial greeting cards sure to suit any specific event you want to let your clients know about. Whether you want to thank them, wish them a Happy Birthday or just invite them back to review their portfolio, we have plenty of designs available.
Little Suzie went to the dentist
She received some treasures that were all so precious
She opened the bag and was ooh so surprised
A beautiful sparkly toothbrush laid nicely inside
She said mommy mommy what does this say
“ A gift from your dentist use me everyday”
Happy she was for such a wonderful gift she almost forgot to look inside her Dental Tote Bag for the rest of it
Suzie pulled out her hand and came with it a little box
“For a beautiful princess here is some Dental floss”
Two prized possession Suzie now has
She was ooh so thankful yes she was glad
She closed her eyes and made a wish for this was
her most anticipated gift
She reached inside and what did she see?
A pixie perfect award for being cavity free!
Sharper™ has many dental patient acquisition items that can be found both in our catalog and website. Not only do we have dental practice marketing tools for children but we also carry personalized toothbrushes, brushing timers and toothpaste squeezers for the rest of the family!
So why not make a name for your office and try our dental promotional items.
If little Suzie is so excited about her little gifts what makes you think your patients won’t be?
You’re moving to a new office and wondering how you’re going to let everybody know where the new location is?
With business moving announcement cards from Sharper of course!
Sending out moving postcards is a time saving, effective way to let all your patients or clients, suppliers and colleges know that you are moving.
As with all our cards, our moving postcards are available in a new large size format. At 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches this new larger card will certainly get you noticed. Not only will the size get you noticed but we can also include a map of your new location and/or use color or yellow highlighting to emphasize important information.
So let Sharper help you in your quest to advise all your patients, clients, friends and family of your new location. And don’t forget to update all your business cards and appointment cards with your new address as well!
The beginning of the golf season is a perfect opportunity to promote chiropractic care. More and more golfers are teeing up than ever, no longer just a “gentleman’s” game, women are enjoying a round of golf as well.
A common problem with golfers is chronic low back pain, with 75% of professional golfers receiving regular chiropractic care while on tour each year, an all-natural way to improve mobility, and the success of their game.
Send chiropractic cards and direct mail recall postcards to existing patients, or for patient acquisition in your community, reminding them that good chiropractic care will keep them on par.
Choose from our great selection of chiropractic cards that are golf specific, humorous or simply promote overall health benefits. We have cards to suit all of your patient communication needs including chiropractic birthday cards, chiropractic holiday cards and many more.
Licensed artists are a great addition to the mix:
Or promote overall good health through chiropractic care.
Personalized Gift Certificates are a wonderful tool for all practices or businesses!
The reason for this statement is that they are 100% customizable and all designs come with die-cuts. This is the magical marketing part! Within those die-cuts you can place many different items such as Business Cards, Personalized Magnets, Peel & Stick Appointment Cards, Standard Appointment Cards, or our brand new Folding Appointment Cards! The great thing is that on most of these products you can include important information about your office/practice such as business moving announcements including a customized map, logo, company hour changes, services or service changes or a coupon or promotional item. Again these items can be printed directly onto the Gift Certificates or on the item you place into the die-cuts.
If you have any creative ideas or design suggestions we will work with you directly to make your Gift Certificates original and very unique!
Sharper’s business moving announcement cards are an efficient tool to promote patient and client loyalty by letting them
know about your new address and to advertise the advantages of the new facility. It is also possible to provide the clientele with a map on the back of the card and to highlight other important changes like new business hours, additional products and services, public transit information, website address, special pricing to celebrate the move, etc. Another option to make changes more noticeable is a second ink color. Choosing our larger postcard format (8.5 x 5.5 compared to the standard size of 5.75 x 4) is another option to enhance visibility and to advertise the move to a new location. Some of Sharper’s moving postcards also come as laser cards and offer the perfect solution for customers, who prefer doing the printing on their office printers.
The evolution of social networking has made it faster and easier than ever to get in touch with everyone you know with a click of a button. But are we too quick to dismiss the power of a simple thank you card? I mean an actual card, not an e-card.
Not that there’s anything wrong with an e-card – I think they’re fun – but there’s something about holding something in your hand that seems to give it greater meaning. I personally feel more inclined to spend the time to actually read the message and appreciate everything about the card – from the design to the paper stock.
Thank you cards can go along way to calming “buyers remorse” and help you encourage more referrals. It shows you are giving personal attention to this individual and have taken time out of your day to let this person know that you are thinking of them.
When should you send Business Thank You Cards?
When you didn’t get the customer. So you’ve put in all this time and effort to get this person’s business and they’ve decided to go elsewhere. Now I’m telling you to send them a thank you card?!? It couldn’t hurt, could it? Thank them for their time and consideration and it’s a bonus if they tell you why they went elsewhere. If it has to do with the types of services offered then at least you can write “We’re sorry we could not provide you with the services you currently require but we hope you consider us for any other future needs.” At least this card will make you stand out from the rest and maybe they will think of you in the future.
When you did get the customer. You’ve worked your magic and you have a new patient or client. That’s it you’re done, right? Have you ever felt a little apprehensive when you’re about to experience something new? Take this opportunity to reduce this feeling in your patient or client and they won’t second guess their decision. There’s always that small window where people still look even after they have “made their decision”. This simple thank you card could be just the thing to have them stop looking elsewhere and help build a foundation for a long-term relationship.
When you want to recognize a loyal customer. Maybe you’ve had a client or patient come to you for years and you share quite a history together. So much so that they might as well be family. Let them know that you appreciate their loyalty and hope to continue the relationship for many more years to come.
When you get a referral. This is the opportune time say “thanks”. Getting a referral means you’re doing something right and your patient or client has recognized that by bringing in their friend. Not only has this person just marketed your business, they’ve just saved you time and money from having to market yourself. Who knows? The referral could come from that customer you didn’t get in the first point – you may not 
have had the services for that individual but that doesn’t mean you don’t have them for their friend.
Make your patients or clients feel special by sending a personalized thank you card and your bottom line might just thank you in return.
Check out the selection of dental, contemporary health or general business thank you cards on Sharper’s website.
Many people enjoy beverages like tea and coffee every day, but it’s easy to feel wasteful when that cup of java arrives in a paper or Styrofoam cup at the local store. These days, the footprint we leave on the environment is paramount, and with Americans alone disposing 25 billion Styrofoam cups and 18 billion paper cups each year, the power that one little travel cup can have is endless. Not to mention that a lot of establishments will offer discounts to the consumer for using their own personal cup.
Sharper™ has the perfect solution with our 16 oz. insulated travel cups. These cups are perfect for hot or cold beverages. Summer has arrived and these travel cups are so handy for that summer picnic, camping, a round of golf or a day at the beach. They’ll keep your hot beverages hot and your cold beverages cold on those road trips to your favorite vacation spot. And one of the best features about them is that they can all be personalized with your company name! We have numerous designs to choose from! These cups are constantly doing your advertising for you even when they are not in use and are simply sitting on the counter or are being carried about in public.
Are you wanting to promote your practice at an exhibition or trade fair? Everyone loves freebies and these cups really last. You can also pair a travel cup with business greeting cards, financial greeting cards or dental welcome postcards to show clients that you appreciate their business.
Sharper™ Travel Cups…making a lasting impact one little cup at a time.
And… you don’t have to win a championship to get your name on one!
It’s amazing to see people stand behind their respective countries in unity during the FIFA World Cup Soccer right now. The common connection that brings people together can best be symbolized by the flag of that country. The official World Cup song is quite simply themed around freedom and a Wavin’ Flag.
With U.S. Independence Day and Canada Day fast approaching, why not celebrate your patriotism with reusable tote bags? These totes are full color, made of environmentally friendly polyethylene, are reusable and can be personalized with your company name absolutely FREE! Check out our wide selection of reusable tote bags.
All of our totes are perfect for sending your clients home with supplies such as eyeglasses, lens cloths, and contact lenses. For maximizing your company’s visibility, check out our personalized dental floss, personalized toothbrushes, lens cloth with carrying case, personalized magnets, and BIC Pens! These can all be personalized and handily placed inside the reusable tote bags!
So go for it! Carry around that Wavin’ Flag!
