Selling Greeting Cards - Do You Have What It Takes?

Hi welcome to my greeting card business blog and my first post.

Some of my subscribers have asked me about how they can make money selling their greeting cards. So I thought I would start a blog and share the answers with you as well.
Before going into any business even greeting cards, you need to evaluate yourself in order to define what strengths and weaknesses you have. If you are proficient in one area and lacking in another you need to identify this. When doing your self-assessment, try answering the following questions:

1. Do you enjoy making greeting cards enough to do it for a living?
   
   
   
2. Are you familiar with the different techniques and tools of trade of making greeting cards?
   
   
   
3. Are you prepared to do everything yourself - accounting, marketing, attend craft fairs, etc - to run your business successfully?
   
   
   
4. What time of day/night do you do your best work?
   
   
   
5. What equipment, hardware, and/or software do you need to do your work?
   
   
   
6. How many hours can you work per day?

These are all important questions to consider, but don't be put off by them it is just a process to help you identify your strengths, weakness and reasons for going into business. It’s better to get this out and understood at the beginning that way you can identify what areas to build and improve on as you build your greeting card business.

Now if you think you don’t have everything it takes to successfully operate your own greeting card business then I think you would be wrong. I’ll tell you why. People who fail in business are usually people who give up and don’t take action and do not continue to educate themselves in their profession.

You have already done one very important thing that the majority of people do not do - Take Action. By purchasing this book you have show that you are serious about building a business and learning about what it takes to do just that.
This investment will be the first of many in your journey to businesses success because information leads to knowledge and knowledge is POWER! Never stop empowering yourself.

The Fastest Way to Succeed in Any Business

The first time I was told this secret something clicked in my head, it was like I had a revelation, it was that one thing I needed to know to make it all clear. I was at a world internet and business conference and one of the speakers, a world recognized expert in his field said these following words:

“Fail as fast as you a can in your business because the more you fail the closer you are getting to success”

If there is anything you take away from this book make sure it is this. The fear of failing is one of the most common reasons business owners fail in business, because they fear making a mistake. That is why they fail.

Think about it for a moment. How do we learn in life, what has moulded you into the person you are today? Life experience and failing and making mistakes is what educates us and helps us grow. This very rule applies to business. Without failure you will not move forward, so fail as fast as you can so you can get to success quicker.

I hope you found this helpful.

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