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Ⅱ Greeting Card Etiquette（第1页）

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&ornot，wheagreetingcard，therearerulesofetiquettetofollow。Indeed，yourclosefriendsandfamilyweyouifyoudon’tfleetiquetterule。heless，ifyouresstheret，orifycard，therearerulesofetiquettetobeatinmind。

Follreetieseempuzzlingatfirst，butadheringtoafewsimpleruleswillhelpyoumakeyourretsfeeltrulyspecialeverytimeonecardsarrivesinthemail。

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Althoughteadeitmorettoprintoffmailinglabelsinamatterofmireallyisbesttohaheaddressesonyourenvelope。Ifyouusemailielimihepersonaltouchassociatedwithgreetingdmakesitlookasifyousentouthundredsreetingstoeveryoneyoukhismaynotbefarfromthetruth—particularlyifycardstobusiners—youlydon’twahismessagealongwithys。Ifyouhavemyoudealwithpersonally，youmightwanttsomeoopersonallyhahemforyou。

Thepersonalizatisalsoexteself。Whileyoumayprintyourbusinessinformationontheinsideofyourcard，youdefinitelyshouldsignthecardyourself。Writingasheinsidewillalsofurthertheimpressicard。Justafewwordsisenough;somethingassimpleas，“Wishingyoutheverybest”willsuffice。Youwillbeamazedatjusthowfarashesuchasthisgotowardbuildiio’sapersonalorbusiionship。

Finally，bemiings，asthesehavetoolittlepersonalimpact，ifatall。Thisisespeciallytruewithbusinessassociates。E-greetingssimplydohesameimpactaspapergreetingsand，infact，mayeveosomets。Althsjoyableaoseingsshouldbeusedonlywithyourclosestfriendsandfamily。Eventhetedidiingformajorevents，suchasholidays，birthdays，andanniversaries。

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Whegreetingcards，itisimportantforyoutoknowenoughabouttherettoavoidatallybeihisbetrisendiingcardstobusinessassodthetimeyouspehatthegreetingisappropriateisveryimportant。ForinstanayoffeifyousendaChristmasewhoisiocelebratetheholiday。Asaresult，youdividualizeysoryoudcardsthatwouldnotbeofferoup。Intheascards，forinstanightsendoutcardsthatsimplyyHolidays”insteadofspeereligion。

■AddresstheEnvelopeProperly

Ideally，youshouldsendyeoftheret，evenifthepersonisabusinessassociate。Ifyoudohehomeaddress，seingtotheplaceofbusinessisalsoacceptable;justbetokeepitaspersonalaspossible。

Whensendiingeofabusinessassociate，thespouseoftheassociateshouldalsobeme’sokayifyoudon’tknowthehewifeiyourbusinessassociateismale，becauseyouaddresstheeha“Mr。andMrs。Johhebusinessassociateisfemale，whereas，youwillofindoutthenameofherhusbandsoyouaddressthegreetingcardproperly。

Ifohoftheretsisadoctor，thereareextrarulesofetiquettetofollow。Ifbotharedoctors，theenvelopeshouldbeaddressedwith“TheDoctorsDoe”。Iftheyhavedifferentlastnames，however，thebestwaytostarttheaddressiswith“Dr。JohnDoeah”。Ifonlythehusbandisadoctor，theenvelopeisaddressedwith“Dr。andMrs。Johhewifeisadodthehusbandisnot，theproperlabelis“Mr。JohnDoeandDr。JaneDoe”。