There are literally thousands of groups trying to raise money for one cause or another.

These types of organizations are also interested in your products for fund raising, achievement keepsakes,awards and so on.

Run an ad, or visit their meeting places, hand out cards and brochures. If you have kids, check with the school and organizations they are involved with. This is an easy way to get your feet wet.We have a few customers who sell nothing but bobble heads and other novelties from All About Names. Remeber that you are in the "making money" busines,not just the " first name software" or "poetry" business.

We know one couple who visited a local car dealership and convinced the manager to give a personalized key chain to every new customer. At the end of each week the dealership would give them the names of the people who bought cars that week. They made the key chains and delivered them to the car dealership and gave a small discount for the quantity ordered. In turn the customers wanted to know where the key chain came from,the dealership put them in contact with each other and . . . a new customer was born .

NOTE - Key Chains are not the only item you should offer, it just happens that cars and keys go together. The delaerships like this because you can add "Smith Auto Sales" to the personal sentiment line creating free ongoing advertising for the dealer.

Proms are especially lucrative for this business. Most teenagers get their picture taken at the prom. You can offer them a nice frame with the schools prom theme in the sentiment line and since most of the pictures are taken right there (or you could use your own digital camera).

With your special hole cutter, you could add the picture to the scene $$$

Try getting in touch with the prom committee and see if they are interested in your services.Since proms are generally attended by large numbers of students, you can offer discounts on your products. Young adults love the name software products.

Do that math, what if you could sell a personalized gift to all 900 kids that attended the prom ?

Believe it or not there are Zoo's that offer these personalized first name meanings and poetry products. Check with your local Zoo. They will sometimes offer space or places in stores wehere you can permanently set up shop for a small percentage or rental fee.

Take a visit to a local hospital or call the management offices. Suggest to them that they offer personalized first name baby cups, personalized poems and personalized birth announcements to new mothers.

If you have the money to produce a professional flyer you can achieve some great results. In the past decade, hospitals have been adding product advertising aimed at new mothers in with the "care bag" that they send new mothers home with.

Hospitals often give mommy a "parting gift". Choose one art background for a boy and one art background for a girl (keep it simple for the hospital). This may not work everywhere, but it has been known to work. Offer the hospital a discount for volume orders.

Gift Shops - EVERY Hospital has a gift shop. We have some customers who offer their gifts on consignment to the gift shops. Not only are new babies entering the world everyday but keep in mind that hospitals are mainly for sick people. Loved ones like to bring something sentimental to their loved ones staying in the hospital. The type of business you are in now, is PERFECT for this type of facility.

Unfortunately people die as well . . . Without a long explanation, we do know of one customer who makes his living selling this product to FUNERAL HOMES.

IDEA - This suggestion also fits the next category "mail order". Have you ever received the coupon packs in the mail that contains dozens and dozens of coupons from your local area merchants? In our state they call it "Val-Pak".

You may have even seen a coupon for a "Day You Were Born" product for $9.99.

Guess what? This is the same product as Ken Kirpatricks "The Birthday Chronicle". You can offer this to the hopsitals as a keepsake for mothers so they always remember what things were like when their child was born. Do this, or create a small coupon for this product and get it circulated in the "Val-Pak" type mailings or even inserted in the local sunday paper. You could also run a campaign like this with your first name software products.

MAIL ORDER

Let's not forget about mail order. Make some business cards on your computer or have them made at a an office supply store.The power of a business card lasts and lasts ! Make sure that your business card states that you do "mail order". You will get plenty of repeat customers by simply giving them your card. 

Run an ad in a local thrifty type paper, (bargain shoppers etc) These types of ads are fairly inexpensive and can produce admirable results. If you have success with one publication, try another. After you have done a few, try the bigger papers. Make flyers, put them on cars in parking lots. Make certain your flyer urges people to call for your catalog or mail order brochure or to visit your web site.

All of this can be produced on your PC.

For more information on Fairs & Festivals do a simple web search or contact your local library and chamber of commerce. Due to copyright laws were are unable to copy the information in these directories.

We assure you they are out there , most are free of charge to you.

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