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Ready to Start a Home Based Greeting Card Business?

This lens is dedicated to providing information for people who want to start their own home based handcrafted greeting card business.  You will find handcrafted greeting card ideas as well as tips and resources.

Just like you, making handcrafted greeting cards was just a hobby, but I saw the great income potential!  I started my own home based greeting card business a couple years ago and now I'm enjoying a great part-time income from it!

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Websites Where You Can Sell Your Greeting Cards

Etsy
A place for all things handcrafted
Ecrater
Create your own website and list it in their shopping directory
Open an Ebay Store
Market to millions!

Books on Designing Greeting Cards

If you're looking for books and magazines with greeting card ideas...
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Greeting Card Inspiration

Find inspiration and ideas with this slideshow of different handcrafted greeting cards.
UniqueGrabs Handmade Cards
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More Handcrafted Greeting Card Ideas

For more ideas, please visit my online greeting card shop!

Start Marketing Your Home Based Greeting Card Business

Get the word out about your business! Everyone is a potential customer because just about every person buys greeting cards, right? Here are some tips to get you started:

  • Buy business cards and give them to friends and family. Make sure you carry those business cards all the time!

  • Include a link to your website in your email signature. Every person you email will then know that you have a greeting card business.

  • Post a free classified ad at Craigslist.com. There are tons of other places on the internet to post free ads, but I've had success at Craigslist.

  • Create a Facebook Fan Page! Business people are now using this social networking site to market their business.

    • More Marketing Resources

    Marketing is the Bread and Butter of your home based greeting card business, so here are more marketing resources...

  • Article Marketing Domination - How To Effectively Market With Articles

  • Submit your website to search engines

  • Unlimited Search Engine Traffic

    • Start a Blog to Market Your Greeting Cards

    As a professional blogger, I know the power that a blog can bring to your greeting card business. It's one of the best ways to market your business online. You can write about the process that goes into creating your cards, keep your customers updated on specials, and even sell your cards on your blog! A book I highly recommend reading is Problogger's Guide to Blogging For Your Business. The author, Darren Rowse, is a highly respected blogging coach who has inspired me to be a problogger as well!

    Blogging For Business: More Resources

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    Have Any Greeting Card Ideas To Share?

    Share your tips about starting a home based greeting card business or any other ideas here!

    nanarich@cox.net
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    nanarich@cox.net wrote

    [in reply to ]I make and sell my own handmade cards with photo's I have taken, i would love to know how to get started in opening my own home business with these as well as my sis and I make our own jewelry to add help me please.
    nanarich@cox.net

    ReplyPosted July 22, 2009

    Lensmaster

    DanielStone wrote...

    Brilliant Lens - loads of useful and informative info - very inspiring now going to work on my own home based business online - Thanks again!
    www.EarningFromLearning.net
    Dan Stone

    ReplyPosted December 01, 2008

    Lensmaster

    I was glad to find your lens. I have been making cards for awhile but new to this lens stuff. You have been and will continue to be an inspiration to me. Thank You
    Judy Coleman

    ReplyPosted September 02, 2008

    Lensmaster

    paperfacets wrote...

    I have not thought of Craigslist. Thanks.

    ReplyPosted July 16, 2008

    Lensmaster

    nightcats wrote...

    Good lens. I had actually never thought about selling my cards, and I had no idea you could sell through cafepress. Thanks for this great info,

    ReplyPosted April 23, 2008

     
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