subject: Your Event, Your Type of Card [print this page] Your Event, Your Type of Card Your Event, Your Type of Card
Whatever event you are planning, you are likely not going to be the only one in attendance, so how do you notify the other participants? Word of mouth is great, but if your event is scheduled and pretty much unmovable, you may want to send out invitations of some sort so they have a reminder of where they should be and when. These days there are two options if you want to send an actual invitation and both of them allow for personalized card making. The tangible invite and the internet invite or e-vite serves exactly the same purpose in different venues.
While a tangible card offers the plus of being something you can feel and place in a spot you are certain to see it in every day until the function, they also lend a more personal feel than most e-vites can manage. This is why a person or company that deals with formal card making especially with wedding invitations does not really have anything to worry about from the e-card industry if weddings are their bread and butter. Those that are smart however have gotten in or will be getting in on the e-card industry even if only in a lesser capacity. Why? Because choosing a wedding invitation is something the consumer makes time for, a lot of the get well and congratulations cards are done when time allows a few minutes to do so. A person quickly jots down a note or signs their name and that is the extent of their card making.
With an e-vite the sender and receivers however many there may be do not have to leave their desks or adjust their schedules. A couple of seconds on a computer, laptop, netbook or cell phone and the customized e-vite with all the necessary information is on its way. It is a quick painless efficient card making experience that notifies everyone exactly when the sender wants and people can see it on their cell phones or any other electronic as they are on the go. Even for those sending out wedding invitations in more traditional methods, the bridal shower, and bachelor and bachelorette party invites can be done as e-vites rather than being sent in the package or envelope with the wedding invitations. The truth is that they each convey a different sublimal sort of message. A handwritten or personally delivered card carries a different emotional feel to it that an e-card just cannot manage.
