"That's one nice thing about electronic greetings," said Mark Rinella, vice president of Blue Mountain (www.bluemountain.com).
American Greetings said that it is selling the business because it does not fit with its main greeting cards business.
He focused on Mr. Clinton and, beyond greetings, said little to Mrs. Clinton, people in the room said.
"There were a lot of sniff greetings," said Kirshenbaum, director of the Project on Energy Communication at the University of Texas.
"This particular card was created for, and addressed to, a loving husband — which the inside copy makes clear," American Greetings said in a statement.
Facebook's greeting says to a human, "I was told your name, and told it was your birthday, and I didn't do nothing".
"We took that decision because we need time to step back and re-charge, if only to come back the next day with big smiles and a warm greeting," says Clarke.
(His office voice-mail greeting said it was "likely I will not return your call, but go enjoy the sky").
Don't tell the Catholics I'm eating during Lent, will you?" And then, he wrapped up his brief conversation with a gustatory greeting, saying: "See y'all.
"A lot of times you can tell just by their greeting," said Charlie Medeiros, a team leader at Genuity's customer support center who recently attended one of the seminars and has already put his training to use.
