You have a lot of cards in your store!  You have a great style!  I am fairly new myself 2-3 months.  I will be receiving my first check at the end of April. The sales have not been steady.  You will find people to be great and helpful at GCU.  Good luck!

Welcome to GCU Laura!  There is a thread which I cannot find right now, but it was Mindy responding to a question very similar to this one that Laura is asking.  
 
Basically recalling what she said, and don't quote me, was that everyone has their own style, everyone's sales are bound to be slightly different.  Some will sell better than others and some not as much.  It has to do with the quality and likeability of your designs and cards, and what the public is looking for, that type of thing.  The shopper looks at a few different things when making a selection for a card.  Of course we know design, colors, quality, ease of finding what they want, shopper in most cases, likes verses inside of the card, it's just easier for them, and the list goes on!
 
Just so that you know, there is no exact answer for your question.  If you work diligently, try to get as many quality cards put up as you can, then see how the sales go.  Nobody can predict how well someone is going to do.  It's fine for people to tell you what they have sold, there is a slight problem with that however, and that is you might not do as well as them, or you could perhaps do better than them, nobody can predict that right now.  So, remember that, when someone tells you how many cards they have sold.  No offense Linda, its just that you and I both know that no two stores will have the same statistics, thats just the way it is.  It's tough to even give Laura a ballpark amount of cards that she will sell.  I think for her right now hopefully it might be enough for her to know that she can look at our stores and know that we are selling, not so much how many cards we sell, but just to know that she has a chance to sell cards and to make some sales and make some money.
 
I will tell you I have had some sales.  I will also tell you that my sales stats do not match Linda's.  I won't say if I have had more or less than her.  That is what I consider, my private information..what I will say is that sales from store to store are going to differ, either by alot or a little, it just depends.
 
Just remember quality is key, so is trying to get a large variety of cards available to the shopper.  Because remember that every shopper will be looking for a different type of card.  Variety is important and so is posting as many cards as you can, and that comes with chipping away at it, as often as you can.  You will get there!  Welcome aboard and Good luck!

Any and all help with KEYWORDING correctly will be great appreciated.  I am a newbie.
 
Quote from Linda_132742 on Apr 13^th, 2008, 5:14am:

[quote author=Mike_133842 link=1208080488/0#5 date=1209999470]Any and all help with KEYWORDING correctly will be great appreciated.  I am a newbie.
 
Hello Mike
The easiest way to learn about keywording is to look at the keywords used in the best selling cards. Observe that they relate directly to the objects, features, PURPOSE of the card and are ACCURATE.
 
Hope this helps I'm sure there will be others who have more advice. I wish I was the keywording queen
 

Cheryl
Your photo cards are my favourites but many of them have no purpose and then people are not finding them. I think it is better to have a purpose for EVERY card you make until you are established. Then you can pop some into the collections or blank cards categories.  
 
If you look at the Most Popular etc cards you will see that MOST of the cards have text on the front even teh photographic ones.
 
It is good to remember that GCU has its roots in the reminder sites. These people come to us for cards for the special occassions in their lives - and then they will check out our EXTRAORDINARY art cards. It does help to research GCU's philosophy and constantly check the Top Onsite Keywords and the Traffic analytics.
 
I think that was more than my 2 cents worth. Just tryong to help.

Don't be so hard on yourself, Cheryl.  Your store is great.  First and foremost, this should be fun.  If it's not fun, you won't enjoy it and life is too short to spend it on things that don't bring you joy.  Have a good night and I hope you have many sales!
 
gina

Too true Gina about it being fun, this is the kind of thing I like to create and I especially enjoy photography so in all this is going to be fun for me sales or no sales. I'll certainly be a happy camper at GCU.  
 
Cheryl

Thanks for more great advice Pattiann. I'll be concentrating on all the pointers given in this thread. Thanks for everyone taking the time to reply.
 
Cheryl

Hi there Ernestine
Isn't it good that we can all encourage each other
I see you have some new cards 192822 in particular is outstanding!!
I think you and Corrie could be crowned Keywording Queens
 
Quote from Ernestine_131365 on May 27^th, 2008, 10:32pm:

Good morning... or afternoon as the case may be for you, Cheryl...  Advise on keywords and text for cards is one thing, but advise on your own creativity is another.  As an artist, and you ARE an artist, you must go with your own creative instincts and you gut when it comes to you own images.  What do you like?  What do you think?  How do you feel?  Is this what you were looking for?  These kinds of questions are, for me, essential in my images.  I have made cards from my photographs and then taken a second look and thought "ugh"... other times, it just works.  No one can give you any help on how your images make you feel.  If you don't want to put the "different color offer" in the artist notes, add another bulletin to your store, or put this information in your welcome paragraph.  Create what you like and what feels good to you... nothing is written in stone.  If you decide it's not what you were hoping it would be, you can delete it.  Everything you create (ask any artist) will not be just right.  Some images will jump at you, and then fail you when you try to make something of them.  Have confidence in yourself and your own ability.  Have a wonderful, productive day!
 
gina