For associations and member organizations

Holiday ecards for associations

One card to every member says thank you for the year, and it can end with a link to renew or register for your next event. These holiday ecards for associations are short animated cards with your logo, colors and words, sent by email to members, sponsors, exhibitors, volunteers and staff, and you see the finished card before you pay.

Make this yours Watch the card

No account until you pay. Your board approves it by link. One price for your whole member list.

Since 2003

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Made for an association

A holiday card that looks like your association

Type your association's website address and the card takes your brand colors and finds your logo. Or drop in a logo file and the colors are read from it. Then every line of text is yours: the greeting, the year-end message, and whether it comes from the president, the executive director, the board or the whole staff.

The result is an association holiday ecard that plays like a short film, with your logo, your colors, your words and music, full screen on a phone. On a Photo & Text design you can add your own photos from the annual meeting or the conference floor. It plays on its own web page, and the email that carries it to your members is designed for you, with an animated or still graphic of the card. The demo on this page was set up for an association; press Make this yours and the studio opens it, ready for your own logo.

Your association's brand

Type your association's website and the card takes your colors and finds your logo.

Approved by the board

A watermarked approval link your executive director or board chair watches on a phone, with no account and nothing to download.

From your president

Every word is yours, signed from the president, the executive director, the board or the whole staff.

Your member list stays yours

Send it yourself from your own email platform, and your member list never leaves your system.

Ends with renew or register

Your renewal page, your next conference or your events calendar, shown when the card finishes.

See who watched

The card's page shows how many people actually watched it, and sets no cookies on your members.

Three steps

How it works

1

Brand it

Pick a design and type your association's website. Your logo and colors come in.

2

Approve it

Change the words, watch the finished card play, and send your board the approval link.

3

Send it

Pick your list size and buy. We send it, or you send it from your own email platform.

The catalog

Holiday ecard designs for your association

The demo above is one of 51 holiday designs, and every one of them takes your association's logo, colors and words. Press Change Colors to see a design in your colors, Preview to watch it, or Customize to open it in the studio.

Winter Forest: Illustrated corporate holiday ecard design

Winter Forest

Illustrated Ecard

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Cheerful Times: Photo & Text corporate holiday ecard design

Cheerful Times

Photo & Text Ecard

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Touch of Class: Illustrated corporate holiday ecard design

Touch of Class

Illustrated Ecard

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Boxes of Joy: Illustrated corporate holiday ecard design

Boxes of Joy

Illustrated Ecard

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Winter Dreams: Photo & Text corporate holiday ecard design

Winter Dreams

Photo & Text Ecard

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After Hours: Photo & Text corporate holiday ecard design

After Hours

Photo & Text Ecard

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Snowy Street Lights: Illustrated corporate holiday ecard design

Snowy Street Lights

Illustrated Ecard

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Winter Stars: Photo & Text corporate holiday ecard design

Winter Stars

Photo & Text Ecard

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Sunny Morning: Photo & Text corporate holiday ecard design

Sunny Morning

Photo & Text Ecard

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Holiday Chalkboard: Illustrated corporate holiday ecard design

Holiday Chalkboard

Illustrated Ecard

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Sparkling Mosaics: Photo & Text corporate holiday ecard design

Sparkling Mosaics

Photo & Text Ecard

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Royal Holiday: Photo & Text corporate holiday ecard design

Royal Holiday

Photo & Text Ecard

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What to write in a holiday message to members

Members read a lot of email from their association. The holiday message to members that stands out is the one that asks for nothing in its words: thanks for the year, a wish for the season, and who it is from. Let the ending links do the asking. Start from one of these and change any word.

To members

"Season's greetings from everyone at [association name]. Thank you for a great year together."

"Thank you for everything you gave to our community this year."

To sponsors and exhibitors

"To our members and sponsors: happy holidays and best wishes for the new year."

"Thank you for supporting our members, our programs and our events this year. Season's greetings from [association name]."

From the president

"On behalf of the board and staff of [association name], warm wishes for the holidays and a good new year."

"It has been an honor to serve as your president this year. Happy holidays, and thank you."

To volunteers and staff

"Thank you for every committee meeting, every event and every member you helped this year. Rest well over the holidays."

Need more ideas for season's greetings to members? Fifty more messages are in our holiday card messages for business.

Ecard or printed card for your members?

A printed association holiday card still suits the board and a few major sponsors. A holiday ecard for members reaches the whole membership, wherever members work, at one price.

At a glance
Printed card
Holiday ecard
Best for
The board and a short list of major sponsors
Members, sponsors, exhibitors, volunteers and staff
Reaches
The mailing address in the member record, if it is current
Every inbox, at the office or at home
Cost
Printing, postage and envelopes for each card
One price for the whole list
Next step
None; the card ends on the mantel
Links to renew, register or visit your website
Afterwards
No way to know who saw it
See how many people watched
A speaker addressing a full lecture hall at a conference

Who should get your association's holiday card

  • Members, from this year's new members to those who have belonged for decades.
  • Sponsors and exhibitors: the companies behind your conference and your programs.
  • Board and committee volunteers, past and present.
  • Your staff, and the partner organizations you work beside.

A card holds one message, so many associations make two holiday ecards for members and supporters: one from the president to the whole membership, one to sponsors and exhibitors. Copy the first card, change the words, and both live in the same account.

Choosing an inclusive greeting

Members come from every faith and none, and a national or international association has members in many places, so the greeting is usually Season's Greetings, Happy Holidays or best wishes for the new year. Every word on the card is yours to type, so the same design carries whichever greeting your association uses. Some associations send a thank-you at Thanksgiving as well, before the renewal season starts.

Hands laying out name badges on lanyards at a registration desk

End the card with a link to renew or register

When the card finishes, it shows a row of links you choose. For an association, the first one is usually the renewal page or the registration page for your next conference, so a member who just watched your card is one click from the next step. Add your website, your events calendar and your social accounts beside it.

The card itself stays a thank-you; the links are there for the members who want them. You can also put the card on your own website, so members who missed the email can watch it there.

A board meeting around a long table, one member holding a clipboard

Approved by your board before you pay

A card that goes to the whole membership usually needs a yes from the executive director, the president or the board chair, and often from a communications or membership committee. Press Send for approval and pass on the link. It shows the real, finished card with a watermark, has nothing to download, and needs no account, so volunteer board members can watch it on a phone wherever they are.

When the card is approved, answer one question at checkout and the clean card is made in about one to two minutes. Nothing is bought until you say yes.

Colleagues raising glasses at a holiday party

Your member list stays in your hands

There are two ways to send, at the same price.

  • Send it yourself. We design the email; you send it from Mailchimp, Constant Contact, Outlook or another provider. Your member list never leaves your own system.
  • We send it. Import your list and every address is checked before the send. Unsubscribes are handled for you, permanently, and a big send goes out carefully. You get a report afterward.

Either way, the email is designed and tested to render as widely as possible, and the card's own page sets no cookies on your members and is kept out of search engines. One price covers the list size you choose, and if your list grows, move up a size in one click and pay only the difference. How each way works · Privacy.

When to send an association holiday ecard

Early December is the usual window: after Thanksgiving, and before offices close for the holidays. Send it midweek, in working hours, when it lands in an inbox rather than a long weekend. If we send it, you can schedule it ahead of time.

How many people will this card reach?

People you send to Price (USD)
0 to 500 people $99
501 to 1,000 people $249
1,001 to 2,500 people $399
2,501 to 5,000 people $599
5,001 to 10,000 people $899
10,001 to 20,000 people $1,499
20,001 to 30,000 people $2,099
30,001 to 40,000 people $2,699
40,001 to 50,000 people $3,299
50,000+ people Get a quote

Prices in US dollars. One purchase per card. There is no subscription and nothing to renew.

Start your card, pay when it's finished

Included at every size

  • Your card, finished and watermark-free
  • Its own web page, live for 60 days
  • The video, to download
  • An email designed to carry it
  • Sending by us, or a ready-made email for your own provider
  • Delivery reports when we send it

Questions associations ask

Yes. Add it as your extra link at the end of the card's page.
One price by list size from the pricing table; sizes above the largest band are by quote.
Two or three sentences: thanks for the year, a wish for the season, and who it is from. Sample lines for members, sponsors, the president and volunteers are on this page.
Yes. Send the preview link; they watch the real card, watermarked, with no account.
Yes. The words are yours: sign it from the president, the executive director, the board or the whole staff.
Yes, on a Photo & Text design: add your own photos to the card.
Members, sponsors and exhibitors, board and committee volunteers, and your staff. Many associations make a second card for sponsors and exhibitors.
Early December, after Thanksgiving and before offices close for the holidays, midweek and in working hours.
If you send it yourself, yes: we design the email and you send it from your own provider, so the list never leaves your system. If we send it, you import the list and every address is checked before the send.
Your choice: we send it to your list, or you send it from your own email platform with a ready-made email.
Yes. When the card finishes, it shows a row of links you choose: your website, other pages of yours, and your social accounts.
60 days from the later of your purchase and your last send, and another send extends it.

All questions

Your association's holiday card, approved before you pay

Start from the demo, or pick any design.

Make this yours Start your association's card

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