Companies like Animoto, WeVideo and Kapwing provides samples and step-by-step instructions to enhance your videos. Some offer a free version, but their logo will appear on the finished version unless under five minutes.
If you’re uncomfortable in front of the camera, let someone else do the talking. Online services such as Cameo and Remember board offers personalized video messages from both famous and obscure actors, comedians, athletes, and YouTube stars. You provide the details and they create the greeting.
Mixing digital with traditional
A note can make an impression. Multiple tags and photos can make an impact. Boombox combines the physical elements of expressing gratitude with easy digital note creation. After the customer provides an email address to the participant, the company will send a request for a message and picture. Within four weeks, recipients will receive a box filled with cards and photos. This service would be ideal for a thank you group from family members to parents, or high school students thanking teachers before they graduate. They also offer a digital version with up to 50 digital cards they design for clients.
When crafting your message, don’t be afraid to get hurt. It’s a great way to connect sender and receiver. Nancy Davis Kho, author of The Thank You Project: Cultivating Gratitude One Letter At a Time. “Imagine the emotional strength that person will get from your thank you message.”
Also, pay attention to nitty-gritty. Insights are important when you’re trying to make a good impression or develop a relationship with a new client. “My name is Diane,” Gottsman said, “and even people I’ve known for a while send me a note and call me Diana. It’s a roadblock.”
Create scrapbook
After my nephew’s wedding 4 years ago, his new wife put together photos from the event and created hardcover commemorative books to thank her parents, his parents. and grandparents. And you don’t need graphic design skills to create a memorable scrapbook. Companies like Cobia, mix book, and Needle punch Simplify the process by providing photo layout templates. Groovebook offers a paperback book with up to 100 perforated 4 x 6 photos for photo sharing.
You can also create a digital memory book through 1stFlip and Memletz. Their services include templates, music, and backgrounds to help you compile and label your photos into an online album.
A thank you printed with many meanings
As Davis Kho embarked on her gratitude project, she typed each letter and hand-signed it. Then she printed it and bound it into a book. “You save copies of all the letters you write because in the end, you have a directory of all the people who have helped you,” she says. “When you feel low, you can look at them and realize that you are not who you are.”
Electronic cards have been popular for many years, but you can still use technology to send paper cards without leaving your home or office. Last summer, Hallmark Cards introduced Deposit service. Customers choose a card online, handwrite a message on a piece of paper, take a photo on their phone and upload it to the website. You provide the recipient address and Hallmark stamp and send the card at no additional cost.
There is no expiration date for gratitude
What do you do when you’ve waited too long to say thank you but still want to? “Just know you’re late,” says Gottsman. “Say, ‘I’m sorry I’m late, thank you, but the feelings are sincere.'”
Davis Kho agrees: “It’s never too late to do it right and express gratitude. You can deal with it very easily by saying, ‘I’m sorry it took so long and it doesn’t reflect the value of the gift.’ “People will remember that you thanked them, it’s not too late.
No matter how you thank someone, remember that it’s the thought and effort that matters. “It’s the simple things that have the most impact,” says Godkin. Fortunately, with so many choices available, it’s easy to share your gratitude with others. Best of all, unlike Jimmy Fallon’s thanks, there’s no need for a live audience.
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