Information about the greeting cards images and gift images used on this website. The greeting cards images and giftware images on this site are used with the kind permission of the original designers, makers and publishers featured. Each image has been sourced direct from the owners or from 3rd party press agents working on their behalf. While the copyright for the text and website as a whole belongs with me, the copyright for these images remains with these original designers and makers. Many of the designers that are featured on the site are small businesses, often individuals, an ..read more

Trade Associations for Card & Gift Businesses By Charlotte Biggs Trade associations can be incredibly helpful to businesses big and small. Uniting people across a country or even the world with a common aim or purpose. In the greetings & giftware industry here in the UK we have 2 incredibly supportive trade associations, The Greeting Card Association and the Giftware Association; but they are not alone. On this page, I wanted to share not just these 2 organisations, but other trade associations from around the world. As well as organisations from the worlds of business, retail a ..read more

6 Ways to Grow Your Card & Gift Business Online What happens when you grow your business online? N Add New Income Streams N Sell More Products and Services N Find the Fans Who Love What You Do N Build a Network of Supporters N Export Your Products Worldwide Choose a Growth Strategy… Learn Frustrated by your lack of knowledge when it comes to all this online stuff? Want to know what people are talking about when they mention SEO or CRO? Choose Learn if you want to get to grips with digital marketing, eCommerce & more. Pr0mote Are you tired of getting nowher ..read more

Use the Online World to Source New Opportunities for Your Business Find out how sourcing can help your business grow. With no limits, barriers or borders the online world is the best place to source whatever your business needs. Every business utilises sourcing. We look for suppliers who can help us create our products and deliver the best customer service. We look for collaborators and stockists that can share what we do.  Sourcing isn’t easier, there’s often lots of effort and many trials to weather. The right sourcing skills can, however, save us time, money and effort. Every ..read more

You Can Sell More Online Without Feeling Icky Find out how online selling can help your business grow. Get your happy dance ready because there’s quite a few ways you can boost your business by selling online… starting right now! Every business needs sales to survive, but this is often a sad fact for folks in the card & gift industry. We’re all about creating brilliant things and the joy of giving those amazing items as gifts, so selling and profits can often feel a bit icky. But it doesn’t have to be this way. There are methods to selling more online (without selling your soul). In fa ..read more

Online Research Gives You the Knowledge You Need to Grow Find out how online research can boost your business. You don’t have to rely on guesswork, online research can help answer your most burning questions. Card & gift businesses big and small can benefit greatly from online research. Whether it’s launching a new product, finding stockists for your new designs or figuring out how a competitor has got so big on social media. All of these questions can be answered with online research. Research can give you the knowledge you need to grow your business. It can even show you the shortcut ..read more

You Can Supercharge Your Marketing Potential with Online Promotion Find out how promoting online can help your business grow. With online promotion, you can unleash your creativity and reach new audiences all over the world.  Every business needs to promote, and with online marketing, there’s never been greater potential to get your business ‘out there’. With online promotion, you can reach new customers all over the world and it won’t break the bank. How the Right Marketing Methods Can Help Your Business Grow N Puts Your Company in Front of Potential New Customers Not everyone ..read more

Network Your Way to a More Successful Business Find out how networking can help your business grow. It doesn’t have to be huge, but your own network can give you the support & wisdom your business needs to succeed. Where would we be without our friends and family? That small circle of special people? They support us, inspire us and motivate us to bigger and better things. And just like our personal life needs these connections to thrive so our business needs its own network. We need a circle of people that can keep us sane, that understand our dreams and can help make them a reality. W ..read more

Learning Online Has Never Been Easier (Or More Rewarding) Find out how online learning can help your business grow. Even if you have no clue where to start a little learning can boost your potential to reach more people and sell more stuff. Every business needs to learn how the online world works. Nobody just knows this stuff (even if they’re the biggest online shopper the world has ever seen). By putting a little time and effort into learning how the digital world works you can boost your earning potential immeasurably. Every business needs to learn how the online world works. Nobod ..read more

Recommended Tools & Services By Charlotte Biggs A quick but important note on the tools & services chosen   There are lots of online tools and services that I use for marketing & selling online. On this page I’ll be sharing the tools I am currently using and experimenting with or tools and services that I’ve used in the past and still recommend; Different systems suit different businesses after all! As every business has its own unique aims not every tool or service will be a good fit for everyone. With this in mind every product has a little blurb, which gives you m ..read more