5 Cheap Office Supplies Writers Need when Soliciting Greeting Card Publishers

I have sent out hundreds of submissions to greeting card publishers. I have sent out my own greeting card ideas, and helped friends who are also interested in getting paid for their greeting card ideas.

I know which office supplies the hopeful greeting card writer needs to get started on a successful greeting card publishing career, or party-time job.

Each of these cheap office supplies can also help you with your writing, and with establishing a tone or "mail" personality.

1. An International Holiday Calendar

Do not underestimate the importance of keeping an international holiday calendar in plain site. Not only will it help the greeting card writer keep up with upcoming holidays, it can also inspire other ideas.

For example, there may be holidays that you have never heard of, or holidays for which you have never seen a greeting card. Multicultural cards are a hot commodity. An international holiday calendar can help you hone in on an untouched greeting card market.

The same is true for religious holidays. Use an international holiday calender to discover holidays outside of your own religion.

2. Professional and Plain Pre-printed Labels

Rather than write out your name and address each time you solicit a greeting card publisher, order some cheap pre-printed labels.

Even if you have your own printer, it can be cheaper to order pre-printed address labels. Printer ink can cost a lot more than the price of pre-printed labels.

Include your name, and address, but not your phone number on the labels. Also, get professional looking labels, with minimal design.

If you get a design, that might factor in a greeting card publisher excluding your submission, simply based on the image. For example, if you are attempting to write for an adult humor greeting card publishers and send in an address label with a cat playing with a ball of yarn, it may not seem right to recipient. It would indicate inconsistency, or might even make the publisher believe that you did not come up with the adult humor yourself.

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