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Thank You Cards: What Do I Say?
Author: Karen Miller  | Posted: 28-03-2008 | Comments: 0 | Views: 431 | Rating: (161)  (?) 
Sending a thank you card is a great way to build and maintain a business or personal relationship. It can be simple and to the point, yet still pack a punch with the receiver in demonstrating that you are a sharing and caring person. In our impersonal world, the simple act of saying "thank you" is very powerful.
When is a Thank You card appropriate to send?
Certainly after any business meeting where you have been introduced to ore met someone for the first time is very appropriate. If someone has gone out of there way to give you a "random act of kindness" this certainly warrants a Thank You card as well.
More importantly, there are many people in our lives that we take for granted that never hear the word "thank you" from anyone. Who do you come in contact with that deserves a heartfelt "thank you". Could it be a teacher, family member who lives far away, a retired coach, a bank teller, or hairdresser?
Thank You cards are appropriate for anytime you want to let someone know they are special and you appreciate the contribution they make to your life.
When should Thank You cards be sent?
A Thank You card should be sent out no later than 24 hours after a business meeting. Especially if you are going for an interview, follow-up with a card the minute you return home.
In a random act of kindness, Thank You cards can be sent out at anytime. In fact, Thank You cards can be a way for you to start focusing on the positive things in your life and turn your attention away from yourself and start thinking of others.
For example, if you have had a bad day, take a moment to write down five people who are always there for you and send them a Thank You card. Let them know how important they are to you and that it doesn't have to be a holiday to get a card from you.
What do you say in a Thank You card?
Since Thank You cards are usually only about 3-4 sentences, you have to get to the point quickly. If you are like me, the first sentence is the most difficult to write, so I developed a formula for writing Thank You cards that works. Here is my formula for writing Thank You cards after a business meeting or interview.
1. Start all Thank You cards with this phrase:
"It was a pleasure to meet and visit with you today."
2. Remind them what your meeting was about:
" Thank you for taking time to tell me more about the XYZ company."
3. Give them some feedback on your experience:
"I enjoyed meeting the team members and getting a sense of what XYZ is all about.
4. Close with:
"Thank you, Mr. Jones. I look forward to hearing from you soon." Sincerely, Jack Smith
So let's look at the final Thank You letter:
Dear Mr. Jones,
It was a pleasure to meet and visit with you today. Thank you for taking time to tell me more about the XYZ company.I enjoyed meeting the team members and getting a sense of what XYZ is all about. Thank you, Mr. Jones. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Sincerely,
Jack Smith
What about e-cards Thank You notes??
My advice is to always send a REAL card. An e-Card is very impersonal and may get lost in the spam filter. Stand out in the crowd. Your potential employer deserves a real card. Now, if you were asked to provide additional information via email, go ahead and send it but send a real Thank You card too.
Now let's examine a sample for a simple random act of kindness Thank You card:
Dear Sue,
Thank you for taking the time to visit with me today. Your words of encouragment lifted my spirits and I have a much better perspective on "the big picture". I really appreciate your thoughtfulness.
Thank you,
Valerie
The Thank You card may be a simple little card, but it can open doors to new business opportunities or mend a friendship. Make it a habit to send out cards on a daily basis to friends and business associates to build and grow relationships. I hope this article was useful and that you will print and save it for future
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By: YoungEntrepreneur | 02-10-2008
I was with my girlfriend for 3 & 1/2 yrs and we broke up a month ago. I sent her flowers twice since then and she just told me to stop sending flowers because it was making everything harder for her. She lives in a house with 4 other girls that are all single and they are all in college, and I think she is just trying to be part of the group and trying to experience life being single again. I started dating her when she was a senior in high school, and I was already a junior in college, she lied about her age when I first met her and when we started dating, she finally told me the truth. I was already in love with her at this point and disregarded the advice from my friends and continued the relationship. She is now a junior in college, she went to the same one I did so that we could be together, and when we broke up, she told me she needed her space and that she didn?t know who she was as an individual and needed to know what life was without me, and she also said there were things that she wanted to do at college that she couldn't do while being in a relationship. Pretty harsh since only a month before the break up, we were talking about moving in together the next year. But at the same time we were arguing a lot and actually spent a few days apart not as a couple, especially on her birthday. She told me on her birthday that she cried half way into the night because I wasn?t there, and we got back together for another month. During this month we were growing farther apart, and I felt it more on her end by listening to the constant complaints she had about me because I never complained about her. She was upset that I was not going right into the work force after college and she did not have faith in my plans for starting an online business. We used to have this little anniversary every month to just celebrate the day of the month we got together, but as time went on, we stopped celebrating our anniversaries like we used to. I used to write her alot of poems, almost one every month, but as our relationship went on, the poems slowed to a halt. At this time, I had already graduated school, was living back at home with my parents, and was in the middle of getting a start-up business going. I spent a lot of time on the business and my ex was still living at home because it was summer and she lives close to the school. As the summer was coming to an end, she was also getting ready to move into this house with her friends and I went on a small vacation with my friends, so we weren't spending as much time together. During the vacation she mentioned not being happy and sounded like she wanted to break up, and I was not giving her the attention she deserved while I was away on this trip which made the situation even worse. I was spending tons of time out on the lake and couldn?t bring my phone with me and I simply didn?t care thinking that there is no way she would ever break up with me because of all the things we have said and done for each other. So at the end of the summer when all her friends moved into their new house for the school year, she was definitely trying to break up. I took her out to dinner and I knew then that things weren't right, she had a look on her face like she knew that she was going to break up with me later that night, and she did, but she just said she needed her space and some time, she even mentioned a few months, and then told me she wasn't looking to "hook up" with other guys. The next day, she told me about not wanting to be in a relationship anymore. I tried calling her immediately but she would not pick up her phone and basically only wanted to text me the rest of what she had to say which was how she couldn?t give me what I was looking for. She said she couldn't promise me that she wouldn't try to "hook up" with other guys because she wouldn't know how else she would ever get over me. So I basically broke down at this point and begged for her back in so many ways, which I read later is one of the worst things you can do, I even sent flowers when she replied with one sentence answers of how they are pretty but to not send them. I even wrote her a poem which she didn't respond to at all.. So after sending her flowers the second time and getting a response to not send them anymore, I just replied to her via email, since she wont talk to me on the phone, and said this: this is all very hard for me... its obvious that you don't want me to be a part of your life anymore, I respect you and I'll respect your decision... and then I said goodbye once and for all. She didn't respond to me since then until 5 days ago when she saw me adding some new attractive friends to my facebook, she replied to me in a personal message on facebook saying: ?I like your new wh_re friend... I?m glad to see you are not sad anymore.? I think that was a jealous and spiteful thing to say. I have been reading some books on this topic and it said if you are trying to get your ex back, you have to always enforce positive thoughts to your ex and never negative ones. They also said that using jealousy as a tactic to get back your ex is not suggested because it only pushes them to believe that you are moving on and so should they or that maybe they cannot meet the new standards of your new friends. That is just the background of my story and I have only one question. It's been 5 days since I received the message on facebook from my ex. Some people I have asked, especially women tell me not to reply to that message at all, because she is playing games, and that she can think that she really is losing me now and that she will finally realize what she is losing once she thinks I'm truly gone. My guy friends, some of which have been in this very situation, tell me to reply to the message as soon as possible and lay down some boundaries. They want me to tell her this: Hey ... I'm sorry I haven't responded in a while, I've been really busy lately, I hope you know it wasn't my decision to do this, but I am going out and meeting new people, and hanging out with old friends I haven't seen in years too, just because I am adding new people to my facebook doesn?t mean I am hooking up with them. I would really like to sit down with you and talk about everything and see if we could work things out. Just give me a call. Is that a good enough response? What do you think I should do? Should I not respond? Should I respond with something else? I personally think I need to say something soon or she will really take this as a sign to just move on if I do not reply, and I don?t want that. I really do want her back so I need to know what the best thing to do here is.
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What is my ex doing ???
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Hi there i need some advice me and my ex split 3 months ago , he told me to leave him alone so i have !! i had 2 , but yesterday he called up and played 'our' song down the phone , i dont understand why ?? please help xx
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the background info...my husband of 10 years left me recently and quickly moved in with another woman. we have 3 children together and we see each other quite often because of this. he has been gone for about a month and a half and it has been very hard on me. he has tried to do right by me and the kids and is there whenever we need him. our marriage was always good, we seldom fought and we were best friends.
my husband and i have been trying to remain friends through all. as i said we were best friends and i enjoy having him as a friend. throughout all of this i can still tell that he loves and desires me. this past weekend he took the kids to my sister in laws house to watch the ballgame. they called me because they knew i was stuck at the house bored as always, and invited me to watch the game with them. my husband and i got along great and after a few hours and a few drinks we were joking and playing around. one thing led to another and we ended up having sex. everyone thinks he is having his cake and eating it too, but i am thinking this was better for me than it was for him. you see...i have no desire to find a new relationship. i am not the most social person and i can't bring men into and out of my children's lives. but i still have needs and it was nice to have that physical attention. i went into it knowing that it did not mean we were getting back together and i let him know that i just had a physical desire and that was all i wanted from him. as of today, things have gone back to the way they were.
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