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selling cards

Those of you that sell cards do you have a sales rep? What has been the most successful route? Stationery shows? rep? Other ideas?

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Permalink Reply by Christen "Dee" Cutrona on December 7, 2011 at 3:30am

Definitely the Stationery Show and sales reps! At least to get things rolling... Don't expect a huge amount of orders from the show, but hopefully, if you attract a few key stores, sales reps will want to rep you...Good Luck!

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Permalink Reply by Black Heart Letterpress on October 1, 2012 at 3:23pm

What's a huge amount of orders, and why should we not expect them from the stationery show? If not a good amount of sales, I see no benefit to doing it. That's why we're there, right?

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Permalink Reply by Kseniya: Thomas-Printers on October 1, 2012 at 5:03pm

At the Stationery Show, getting 5 orders is good on your first time. You may do fewer, you hopefully will do more. There were upwards of 50 letterpress printers at last year's show, so competition is a bit fierce. Friendly, but fierce!

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Permalink Reply by Angela R. Stewart on December 7, 2011 at 1:05pm

How does one find a decent sales rep (that hopefully knows what letterpress is!)?

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Permalink Reply by Christen "Dee" Cutrona on December 7, 2011 at 6:11pm

I can send you a list of reps. I have a list from when I owned a greeting card line. It's a very small world, so if a rep isn't taking on new lines, they may be able to refer you to someone. We always preferred to work in independent reps.

Email me ;)

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Permalink Reply by Denise Newberry on December 7, 2011 at 10:40pm

Christen...could you please send me a list of reps too? Thanks in advance.

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Permalink Reply by Annie Broderick on October 1, 2012 at 1:12pm

Christen,

Would you mind sending me your list of reps? I am on the hunt and would be so appreciative to get the inside scoop!

Thank you so, so much!

Annie

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Permalink Reply by Jamie Garrison on October 4, 2012 at 10:27pm

I would be very interested in this list as well. I'm in the middle of a major rebranding and a move, so getting the new line into stores is going to be crucial for me to get back up and running.

Thank you so much for being willing to help others out!

Jamie