This month we're offering a limited-time holiday card offer, some illuminating tips for taking your marketing to the next level, and practical resources for wrapping up 2007 and planning for 2008.

Tomorrow, December 12th, is the last day to place your holiday card order to ensure your cards will be delivered to your recipients' mailboxes by December 24th with a first class mailing!

Relax. PrintingForLess.com offers an easy 1-2-3 ordering process that allows you to quickly choose a template, upload your logo and customize your message. Don't risk missing the deadline! Let us handle the mailing and we'll guarantee the delivery of your cards to clients and friends just in time for the holidays.

If you think that developing a strategic marketing plan for the upcoming year is something only big, fancy corporations need to do, think again. A yearly marketing plan aids you in understanding your business, customers, competition and strategies for success. Not sure where to start? StartupNation.com provides the answers you need to confidently roll into 2008, marketing plan in hand.

Advertising has slowly transformed over the decades. What started as "here's the product, now buy it" ads in the 1950s have turned into "here's a feeling, now feel it" ads, in which products appear as personalities, metaphors, and emotions. Psychological theory can help you tap into archetypes that appeal to people at these deeper levels.

The National Business Association offers a free, downloadable Operating Plan Forecast calculator for plugging in your projected operating numbers to analyze "what if," both to plan now and throughout the coming year. The handy Microsoft Excel template is designed so you can customize the plan for your own business.

The forecasting tool also allows you to benchmark your business against industry average. To find industry data, you can check with your trade associations or check out this site that provides stats, profitability and operating ratios on businesses of all sizes and industries.

All PrintingForLess.com employees have to do is look out the window to remind ourselves of just how lucky we have it. PFL is proudly located in Livingston, Montana, a charming town of 7,000, well-known for its four surrounding mountain ranges, smattering of fine art galleries and endless outdoor adventures. In fact, MSN recently named Livingston one of America's Best Outdoor Towns, highlighting its Hollywood appeal, Western charm and authentic connection to the outdoors.

Also, visit http://www.youcanlivehere.com for information on rewarding employment opportunities located in breathtaking Big Sky Country.