If you are a creative person then making and selling greeting cards is a great way to start a business. It also makes a useful part-time business that can be run from home and started with a limited amount of capital, and can be done by the young or semi-retired. It can also be an excellent way for artists and crafts people to increase their income by selling cards alongside their main product. The skills needed vary greatly depending on what type of cards you want to produce. They can involve all the creative skills from design to photography, from painting to lettering, from enamelling to metalwork.

This book takes you step-by-step through the process of starting and running your business with lots of useful practical advice to help you, including:

- Deciding what type of cards to produce

- Finding your market

- Dealing with printers

- Copyright and licensing

- Pricing and profit

Contents:

1. What type of card business?

2. Handmade cards

3. Printed cards

4. Designing cards

5. Art & photographic cards

6. Starting a business

7. Writing a business plan

8. Money matters

9. Pricing and paperwork

10. Marketing

11. Presentation, packaging and display

12. Getting publicity

13. Selling to retailers

14. Craft fairs and markets

15. Selling at trade fairs

16. Alternative ways of selling

17. Selling skills

18. Networking

19. The environment

20. Copyright and licensing

Technical terms

Fact file.

Author Biography

Author Elizabeth White is an artist and owns Littleborough Gallery where she sells her own range of cards and paintings. She is an experienced business advisor who has worked with over 30 greeting card companies in the last 10 years. Some of these have gone on to become household names. As a writer and presenter of workshops for the creative sector she is well known for her knowledge of the market and her method of communicating business skills to creative people.

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