Mastering Greetings Cards

Link for Video Lecture: Greeting Cards

Greeting cards are used on a variety of events such as birthdays, get well soon, miss you, weddings, fathers’ day, Mother’s day, Love You, and many more. In the past printed greeting cards were sent to your dear and near ones but now the internet has digitalized it. So people send e-cards now. You can start greeting card writing jobs to feed your family. You can do it full-time or part-time if you can write creatively. So let’s join free online courses to learn greeting card writing.

In printed greeting cards, you select a card; write a message and your name to post it to your loved ones. A card from a lover to his beloved is different from a card from a father to her daughter. The Internet has made it more simple and more time-saving. Now you select a pre-written e-card that suits your emotions, you just need to write your name and click to send online greetings.

A large number of websites require designers to design e-cards but writers are also important to produce creative and emotional content. Famous words, quotes, and slang can be used in the writing of electronic greeting cards. The current dramas or movie dialogues can also be used in writing online greetings.

One good thing for a greeting card writer is that it does not require any previous experience. A writer has to show verse to the company to start a working relationship. He should try to understand the style of the company to have good earnings and response. The writer should also agree if it needs a change or edit.  Read submission guidelines because they can vary from company to company.

How to Write Greeting Cards?

You can get greeting card writing assignments from freelance websites such as Upwork, guru.com, freelancer, and Fiverr. We know that e-cards are short and simple so an e-card must have the following qualities.

1. Creative Language                          The language of the card should be creative.
2. Precise                                               The message should be precise.
3. Style                                                   Poetic / Rhyme / Prose /Serious /Poetry(anyone)
4. Short and Succinct                         The writing should be short and succinct.

Start Writing

1. Firstly, start your card with “dear”, “dearest”, “greetings”, “hello” and then add the name of the recipient.
2. Let the recipient know why you are sending this card. On the other hand, in the case of a greeting card, the recipient will already come to know so leave it.
3. It is good to add one or two lines more about it. Put some detail, story, compliment, or comment in online greetings.
4. Finish showing why is the recipient matters to you. It can also be done by showing why you care for him or her.
5. Finish with a quick reminder of the reasons for writing. It is like a bookend so it should be heart-touching.
6. In short, finish strongly. There are many ways to finish off your writing like Love, Cheers, Best wishes, Sincerely, XOXO, Warmly, Yours truly, Your friend.
7. Put your name at the end of greeting cards.

Where to Submit Your Work?

There are many websites that constantly remain in search of good writers all over the world. Reading is the first stage of writing. You can write good content if you are a good reader. Once you write an e-card, read it, ask others to read and suggest it.  The phases of review and editing will enhance the quality of your greeting card writing.

Here is a list of websites where a writer can submit his work. After reviewing your writing, the website will contact you and you will be paid for your writing.

1. Hallmark                      hallmark.com
2. Blue Mountain Arts    http://www.sps.com/
3. Calypso Cards              https://www.calypsocards.com/
4. Nobel Works                https://www.nobleworkscards.com/
5. Oatmeal studios          https://www.oatmealstudios.com/
6. RSVP                             http://www.creativersvp.com/
7. Shade Tree Greetings https://www.shadetreegreetings.com/
8. Smart Alex
9. Viabella                         https://www.viabella.com/
10. 123Greetings                https://www.123greetings.com/

Once your submitted work is approved, ask for the payment and send the next writings. Your effort and hard work can place you in highly paid writers.

How Much Greeting Cards Writing Jobs Pay?

Although the companies are less in number where you have to submit work but a good writer can earn a handsome amount. Moreover, different companies pay differently on average $100 or more for one accepted greeting card verse can be earned.