'Tis the Season with AG Interactive's Personalized and Time Saving Sentimental Seasonal Offerings
December 20 2004 - 6:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
'Tis the Season with AG Interactive's Personalized and Time Saving
Sentimental Seasonal Offerings New Create & Print personalized
Holiday Downloads, "Talking Heads" eCards, and an array of online
products expands consumer offerings on BlueMountain.com and
AmericanGreetings.com CLEVELAND, Dec. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- AG
Interactive, the new media subsidiary of American Greetings
Corporation, has launched a wide array of e-products that let
individuals, families and busy holiday consumers use their home
computers to design their own personalized seasonal messages and
greetings. Ornaments, holiday cards and gift tags can become
touching expressions of personalized sentiment using family photos
and familiar characters on Create & Print(TM). "Talking" eCards
can speak out loud to the recipient the exact words the sender
types. Users can also arrange to have their personalized paper card
communications printed and delivered via U.S. Mail by
"4YourSoul.com," through a new partnership with AG Interactive.
These are just some of the creative messaging options that are
available on AG Interactive websites BlueMountain.com and
AmericanGreetings.com. "Holidays represent a time to connect with
friends and loved ones," said Sally Babcock, SVP Product
Management. "Through new and innovative technologies,
AmericanGreetings.com and BlueMountain.com now provide consumers
the ability to customize a large array of holiday products with
photos, messages and beloved characters, giving the holidays a
special, personal touch." To introduce customers to all the Create
& Print(TM) product has to offer, BlueMountain.com and
AmericanGreetings.com both offer a special Holiday Download
promotion. With the Holiday Download, customers can download two
special seasonal packages for a one-time fee: (
http://www.americangreetings.com/cnp/packs/index.pd ): Holiday
Projects: Holiday projects such as ornaments, gift tags, package
decorations, letters to Santa, nativity scenes and tree-toppers,
can be personally designed online for $9.95. Holiday Greetings: A
variety of printable holiday greeting cards can be designed with
personal touches including cards, envelopes, labels, stationery and
more for $9.95. Holiday Combo Pack: Both the Holiday Projects and
Holiday Greetings products can be purchased together in one package
for $15.90 Talking Heads eCards: The sender types, the character
talks! -- Talking Heads utilizes Veepers(C), the dynamic
personalized virtual character technology from Pulse Entertainment,
allowing the sender to create a customized visual and vocal online
greeting by controlling what that character says to the email
recipient. The sender chooses from a gallery of virtual characters
including a serious-looking female news anchor, a bouncing baby and
a frazzled cat who can 'speak' in a variety of voices (a British
accent, valley girl, etc.). The sender types a personal message and
the character speaks those chosen words when the user opens the
eCard. A user can also upload any photo and use the same technology
to create a totally personalized talking character in less than a
minute. Personalized Paper Cards: Let "4YourSoul.com" send a card
to everyone on your list! -- With this new partnership, a card you
create can be designed, printed and mailed with the touch of a
button through AmericanGreetings.com and 4YourSoul. 4YourSoul has
taken a piece of the traditional, a twist of the modern, and a
pinch of your own creativity, and delivered a greeting card
solution fitting for this new era by fulfilling the printing and
mailing on your behalf, but leaving the creativity in your hands.
About AG Interactive AG Interactive, the new media subsidiary of
American Greetings, operates the network of sites including
AmericanGreetings.com, BlueMountain.com, BlueMountainCards.co.uk,
Egreetings.com, Beatgreets.com and MIDIRingTones.com. Together, the
AG Interactive sites offer over 20,000 high-quality greetings and
related social expression content, and comprise the number one
online greeting card destination, with over 2 million paying
subscribers and millions of unique visitors per month. AG
Interactive also includes business units: AGmobile (the wireless
division) and AG Ventures (the international and new product
division). AG Interactive is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. AG
Interactive is a subsidiary of American Greetings Corporation, one
of the world's leading manufacturers of social expression products.
About American Greetings AG Interactive is part of American
Greetings Corporation, one of the world's leading manufacturers of
printed greeting cards. American Greetings is headquartered in
Cleveland, Ohio, and has been in the greeting card industry for
more than 95 years. American Greetings companies also include
Carlton Cards(R), Learning Horizons(R), Balloon Zone(R) and
DesignWare(R) visit http://corporate.americangreetings.com/ . About
4YourSoul.com: 4YourSoul.com is a consumer-focused online paper
greeting card shop offering a vast selection of totally
customizable, personalized greeting cards. 4YourSoul.com is a
division of Arroweye Solutions. DATASOURCE: AG Interactive CONTACT:
Andrea Santangelo of AG Interactive, +1-216-889-5222, or ; or Sarah
Evans of CarryOn Communication, +1-323-988-4701, or Web site:
http://www.americangreetings.com/cnp/packs/index.pd
http://corporate.americangreetings.com/
http://americangreetings.com/ http://bluemountain.com/
http://4yoursoul.com/
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