So I’ve recently stumbled across Send Out Cards, shortly after reading Jordan Adler’s Beach Money.  Initially the appeal was finding out how to build up a residual income – who wouldn’t want one?

But it’s since occurred to me the value of having online the opportunity to send out cards as you think to do so.  People often have the thought but lack the follow through.  Having a system set up online to be able to send out cards to a person or persons as you’re thinking of it is definitely the way to go.

But how does this relate to horses?  A lot of equine businesses send out cards to their clients for Christmas and New Years.  If they really get into it, they may even make sure the card has a horsey feel or even a photo of one of their own stallions, performance horses, a foal or the property.

Send Out Cards allows this, meaning that business owners can truly personalise cards in a cost effective manner (less than $1.50 USD to create, print and post the card) and set up databases that result in cards being sent by the click of a mouse.  Think of the possibilities:

• Sending horsey Christmas/New Years cards to clients
• Sending out a postcard with a photo of a client’s newborn foal to congratulate them on the safe arrival of their filly or colt
• Sending out a card with a photo to mare owners of your stallion who has won at a recent show – add to the card a message reminding them about the upcoming breeding season
• Send a gorgeous horse related card to a friend that you’re thinking of who also loves equines

There are many possibilities and of course the cards aren’t limited to equine enthusiasts.  It is no surprise however that this is where my mind goes.  Perhaps you’d like to take a closer look and even send a few cards for free to test it out…  Further information on Send Out Cards and it’s use can be found in an article I’ve written.

“You know you’re a horse person when… your mother, who has no grandchildren, gets cards addressed to Grandma, signed by the horses and dogs.”

Tag: equine Christmas cards, horse businesses, residual income, Send Out Cards

So it’s been quite awhile since I’ve posted – sorry about that! I have a heap of ideas for upcoming posts but they require a bit of research and I’ve been spending lots of time on study, assignments, exams, work, my garden and horse! Whew, that’s a mouthful!

On a side note, I got an invite to join in on Faith Barista’s ‘Unexpected Encouragement’ and thought this would be a perfect opportunity to share and hopefully encourage those of you out there reading this blog and trying to pursue dreams that have been placed on your heart.

I have a few favourite verses in the bible that I keep going back to:

– Proverbs 29:18 – “Where there is no vision, the people perish…”
Do you have a vision in life, something that’s been placed on your heart to achieve?  Can I encourage you, that desire isn’t there as an impossibility or an idea that someone can stamp all over.  It’s there for a reason!  It may not be the season to see it come to pass, but there’s always time to dream bigger and plan how you’re going to achieve your goal!  Consider what your vision is and work out the many steps you may need to take to get there.

– Jeremiah 29:11 – “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
God has these plans for ALL of us.  So perhaps the challenge should be once we’ve found our vision and are striving toward the goal; to help others to determine their vision and encourage them in it?  After all, we all need a vision or dream in life and all deserve to achieve it.  Perhaps the person you help today will play an instrumental part in you achieving your goal down the track.

– Psalm 62:5 – “My soul wait silently for God alone, for my expectation is from Him…”
Fitting in with your vision, now may not be the right time, but if you have a dream or desire in life that seems impossible – great!  Go for it!  There’s a line in the movie Amazing Grace where William Wilberforce is talking with his close friend Billy, talking of being so young and trying to get into parliament.  His friend’s response is, “we are too young to realise that some things are impossible, so we will do them anyway.”

Perhaps something is only impossible because no one has ever done it before, not because it isn’t achievable.  I challenge you today to be encouraged by your dream, not disheartened.  Go for it!

“A horse is the projection of peoples’ dreams about themselves – strong, powerful, beautiful – and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence.” – Pam Brown