tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27086529Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:17:48 +0000My Greeting Card blog full of information about how to start a greeting card business and some tips to help you with selling your greeting cards and setting up your own greeting card business. Enjoy!http://greetingcardprofits.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (David W. Allen)Blogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27086529.post-8324206438921192014Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:22:00 +00002007-10-30T00:38:22.123-07:00animated greeting cardsInternet greeting cardsromantic greeting cardsRomantic Greeting Cards One way to put some romance back into someones life is with romantic greeting cards. Life these days is just way too busy and sometimes the simple things in this technological age we live in, are often the most effective, have the biggest impact. This is a great niche to start your own greeting card business in as it is very popular. There are different ways to approachhttp://greetingcardprofits.blogspot.com/2007/10/romantic-greeting-cards.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David W. Allen)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27086529.post-7804368101241895802Sun, 28 Oct 2007 23:23:00 +00002007-10-28T16:52:22.787-07:00printed greeting cardsonline greeting cardsgreeting card printingGocco The Old Art of Greeting Card Printing Now if you've been making greeting cards from home for some time now, you've probably tried various methods of printing your greeting cards using the trusty ink jet printer that loves to eat up that expensive ink and some of the online greeting card printing services. Well I discovered a video while doing my regular scour of YouTube, and I found this http://greetingcardprofits.blogspot.com/2007/10/gocco-old-art-of-greeting-card-printing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David W. Allen)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27086529.post-5544700894591181707Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:08:00 +00002007-10-11T02:53:48.733-07:00handmade cardscustom greeting cardsThere is nothing quite as personal as receiving custom greeting cards as opposed to the very popular e-card. Although the e-card is easy and a fast way to distribute a greeting, the personal touch of a handmade greeting card just make you feel that more important when you get one. You may actually make greeting cards yourself for friends and loved ones, I just finished making my engagement http://greetingcardprofits.blogspot.com/2007/10/get-personal-with-custom-greeting-cards.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David W. Allen)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27086529.post-3860093141684151548Mon, 03 Sep 2007 22:01:00 +00002007-09-03T15:09:45.719-07:00Internet greeting cardselectronic cardsOh well I really thought I had an original business idea for Internet greeting cards but then I found this really cool site thats free to join and you can send electronic greeting cards and scrapbooks as well. You can add photos, audio and video elements and simply send them to your friends or loved ones. Its easy to use and I thought it was a bit of fun. The idea is great and it backs up what Ihttp://greetingcardprofits.blogspot.com/2007/09/internet-greeting-cards-free-website.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David W. Allen)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27086529.post-2328357588696349751Sat, 01 Sep 2007 22:37:00 +00002007-09-01T15:53:20.459-07:00Internet greeting cardsI have just been searching around looking for some greeting card business ideas and then it hit me... Internet greeting cards. Well I got the idea while doing my regular search of YouTube. I found this video below that just started my business juices flowing. The video isn't the greatest quality but the concept is fantastic. Just add a bit of your own creative flair and you could produce http://greetingcardprofits.blogspot.com/2007/09/internet-greeting-cards.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David W. Allen)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27086529.post-6526243812529599214Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:49:00 +00002007-08-23T14:27:36.048-07:00craftsmaking greeting cardscard makingEmbossing Greeting Cards Thought I would share this great little video by Flora Tan. Flora takes use through the process of dry embossing an oriental greeting card. Great work Flora. If you want to see more of Flora's work you can visit her website at here. For Card Designers Who Want To Sell Their Greeting Cards If you have the bug for making greeting cards have you ever thought about http://greetingcardprofits.blogspot.com/2007/08/making-greeting-cards-video-tip.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David W. Allen)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27086529.post-3863143384027775602Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:07:00 +00002007-08-15T15:17:34.654-07:00Thanks to all who have been to my website and left me feedback - fantastic. I am really glad to hear so many of you are enjoying my book - keep the feedback coming. :) I have had a few emails from my subscribers who are still struggling to find there greeting card market to sell too. Well get ready because I have a fantastic tool that will help you do just that and it will blow your mind. Here http://greetingcardprofits.blogspot.com/2007/08/its-so-important-to-identify-your.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David W. Allen)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27086529.post-8835976320861011575Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:45:00 +00002007-08-13T01:49:59.050-07:00handmade cardsgreeting cardsselling greeting cardsIf you have visited my website before at www.GreetingCardProfits.com you will now notice a big change in it. I have totally rebuilt the site and will continue to improve its content over time. I would really love to hear your comments on the site and any suggestions are welcome. Talk soon. Davidhttp://greetingcardprofits.blogspot.com/2007/08/greeting-card-profits-website-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David W. Allen)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27086529.post-3540618918974799887Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:25:00 +00002007-08-13T01:36:55.487-07:00Hi all its been a while I know but when you get engaged it's a big deal so I have been off in lalla land. I wanted to sheare with you all my engagement invitation making skills or lack there of ... I have to get a lot of the credit to my beautiful bride to be Lauren. Here's a picture of me and Lauren and my card making efforts. Anyway that's all for now but keep any eye out because I have http://greetingcardprofits.blogspot.com/2007/08/i-just-made-invite.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David W. Allen)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27086529.post-8457707107219716644Sun, 22 Jul 2007 07:56:00 +00002007-07-22T00:58:43.524-07:00Ok I would recommend you focus on finding an obsessive hungry market that has money to spend. Let me give you an example of this… Let’s say we are going to look at the Golfing market as an example. Golfers are insane about Golf, they will buy just about anything related to Golf. But here is what you need to think about when looking for a market that wants the cards you are going to design… who http://greetingcardprofits.blogspot.com/2007/07/what-greeting-cards-to-start-selling.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David W. Allen)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27086529.post-116356122403670246Wed, 15 Nov 2006 03:23:00 +00002006-11-14T19:27:04.443-08:00Test Your Greeting Card Market In my last post I showed you a way to spy on your competition and see what they are doing to sell their greeting cards. Today we're going to look at ways to test your market. Have you heard the story about the two Fishermen who were fishing on the same big lake. One Fisherman was catching lots of big fish while the other Fisherman on the other side of the lake http://greetingcardprofits.blogspot.com/2006/11/test-your-greeting-card-market.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David W. Allen)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27086529.post-116319602730802646Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:55:00 +00002006-11-10T14:00:27.773-08:00Greeting Card Business Tip Here's a real sneaky tip for marketing your greeting card business. Here's another tip to get you started. "Find Out What Your Competition is Doing" In my last post I showed you a way to find your greeting card market. Knowing your customer intimately is the first step to easy sales. Until you know (1) who your customers are, (2) what they want, and (3) what http://greetingcardprofits.blogspot.com/2006/11/greeting-card-business-tip.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David W. Allen)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27086529.post-116285171649642221Mon, 06 Nov 2006 22:18:00 +00002006-11-06T14:21:56.986-08:00"Find A Hungry Market And Find Your Pot Of Gold" You obviously love making greeting cards. But wouldn't it be great to actually earn an income from your favourite hobby? Doing what you love? Here's a tip to get you started: "Find A Hungry Market And Find Your Pot Of Gold" If you have been trying to se~ll your greeting cards already but you just can't get any sa~les or enough to live the http://greetingcardprofits.blogspot.com/2006/11/find-hungry-greeting-card-market.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David W. Allen)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27086529.post-115890555644048164Fri, 22 Sep 2006 06:09:00 +00002006-09-21T23:12:36.753-07:00Give Away Free Greeting Card Samples Yes you read correctly - Free Samples If you have had some experience in making greeting cards then all you have to do to start getting some customers is to give some of your cards away. Why? Simple: While you'd rather charge for your greeting cards, what you're really doing is investing in your skill. See, in return for giving away some fr~ee cards, you http://greetingcardprofits.blogspot.com/2006/09/give-away-free-greeting-card-samples.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David W. Allen)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27086529.post-115828735463474970Fri, 15 Sep 2006 02:28:00 +00002006-09-14T19:29:16.373-07:00Test Your Greeting Card Market In yesterdays post I showed you a way to spy on your competition and see what they are doing to sell their greeting cards. Today we're going to look at ways to test your market. Have you heard the story about the two Fishermen who were fishing on the same big lake. One Fisherman was catching lots of big fish while the other Fisherman on the other side of the lakehttp://greetingcardprofits.blogspot.com/2006/09/test-your-greeting-card-market.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David W. Allen)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27086529.post-115822124527908179Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:03:00 +00002006-09-14T01:07:25.813-07:00Find Out What Your Competition is Doing In yesterdays post I showed you a way to find your market. Knowing your customer intimately is the first step to easy sales. Until you know (1) who your customers are, (2) what they want, and (3) what motivates them to buy, you can't prepare an effective strategy to sell your greeting cards. Today we're going to spy on your competition. Using the http://greetingcardprofits.blogspot.com/2006/09/find-out-what-your-competition-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David W. Allen)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27086529.post-115806475248878771Tue, 12 Sep 2006 12:36:00 +00002006-09-12T05:39:12.916-07:00Find A Hungry Greeting Card Market If you have been trying to sell your greeting cards already but you just can't get any sales or enough to live the comfortable lifestyle you dream of, then the reason for this is simple: You're probably doing what 90% of other struggling businesses are doing - shooting in the dark and hoping to find a customer. This is why the vast majority of marketing http://greetingcardprofits.blogspot.com/2006/09/find-hungry-greeting-card-market.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David W. Allen)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27086529.post-115768045737878908Fri, 08 Sep 2006 01:45:00 +00002006-09-07T18:54:28.560-07:00How To Start Your Own Greeting Card Business I am so excited to announce the new release of my eBook "How To Start Your Own Greeting Card Business". It covers nearly everything you need to know about the quickest ways to start selling your greeting cards online and offline as soon as TOMORROW. Imagine being able to work from home and get paid doing something you love. Wouldn't that be great? http://greetingcardprofits.blogspot.com/2006/09/new-book-reveals-how-to-start-your-own.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David W. Allen)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27086529.post-115750184566772593Wed, 06 Sep 2006 00:06:00 +00002006-09-05T17:17:27.706-07:00What!? Christmas is Just Around The Corner! Yes I know but its true. So if you've been thinking about designing greeting cards for the festive season then now is the perfect time to take action and get those creative juices flowing. If you have a home based business selling greeting cards then you should be putting some designs together and start promoting them and start taking orders. You http://greetingcardprofits.blogspot.com/2006/09/what-christmas-is-just-around-corner.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David W. Allen)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27086529.post-115714874935448240Fri, 01 Sep 2006 22:12:00 +00002006-09-01T15:12:30.080-07:00Having a Web Site - How is it Important for a Greeting Card Business? A web site is not only one way you can market your business, but it is also a way that you can start your business storefront or an alternate storefront. Having a web site gives you the ability to show and sell your cards on a global scale. It also allows you to do business 24 hours a day, seven days a week, without you http://greetingcardprofits.blogspot.com/2006/09/having-web-site-how-is-it-important.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David W. Allen)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27086529.post-115537769427744004Sat, 12 Aug 2006 10:09:00 +00002006-08-12T03:17:04.296-07:00Selling Greeting Cards Making greeting cards is a world wide hobby and favorite past time, but have you ever thought about selling your greeting cards? You would be so surprised at how many people would buy your greeting cards and one of the best places to sell them is on the internet. Go to Ebay and see for yourself. More blogs about selling greeting cards. http://greetingcardprofits.blogspot.com/2006/08/selling-greeting-cards.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David W. Allen)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27086529.post-115490220763599536Sun, 06 Aug 2006 21:50:00 +00002006-08-06T15:10:08.756-07:00Your Greeting Card Niche - Establishing it A part of developing your greeting card marketing strategy should be dedicated to how you will establish your niche in the greeting card marketing with your target customer. A niche can be described like this; instead of advertising yourself as a greeting card designer why not target a specific niche like dog and cat greeting cards. A niche one inch http://greetingcardprofits.blogspot.com/2006/08/your-greeting-card-niche-establishing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David W. Allen)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27086529.post-115233198711980810Sat, 08 Jul 2006 04:07:00 +00002006-07-07T21:14:53.536-07:00How to Research Your Target Market/Customer In order to communicate a message through the grapevine about your greeting card business a marketing/advertising plan should be developed. I have listed some steps for you to follow to help you do research on your target market. The first step is to research industry trends that are and are not favorable. The second step is to find your potential http://greetingcardprofits.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-to-research-your-target.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David W. Allen)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27086529.post-115162372568421862Thu, 29 Jun 2006 23:23:00 +00002006-06-29T16:28:46.016-07:00Recognize and Promote Yourself as a Greeting Card Expert in the Field If you see yourself as an expert in your field, others will, too. The following tips will help you gain notoriety and respect in your field. Write articles and How To’s to gain recognition from your peers and customers. Write a newsletter to send to your clients. Become a member of the Greeting Card Association. Give classes http://greetingcardprofits.blogspot.com/2006/06/promote-yourself-as-greeting-card.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David W. Allen)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27086529.post-115144669952959438Tue, 27 Jun 2006 22:17:00 +00002006-06-27T15:18:19.810-07:00How to Promote Your Greeting Card Business A new way to promote your greeting cards is by using a blog. This is best and cheapest way to promote your greeting cards because its free. Because blogging is still relatively new, so it is a lot easier to get your blog listed high in the blog search engines than it is to get a website listed in Google if you know the secrets the pros are using. Its http://greetingcardprofits.blogspot.com/2006/06/how-to-promote-your-greeting-card.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David W. Allen)