Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Things You’ll Need:
- Elegant or Christmas-theme paper
- Calligraphy pen
- Excellent handwriting
- Writing ability
- Customers
Step1
Holiday Cheer
Begin to advertise your Letters from Santa in early November. Many people will see your ad several times before acting on it. Make a flyer to give to your Christian school or post on your church bulletin board. Advertise online on your local Craig's List.
Step2
Team up with a non-profit organization and offer to give them a portion of the proceeds. You can then include their name in your advertisements, increasing customers, and they will help promote your letters from Santa.
Step3
Decide on a price and what features your letter will included. On the website "Stamped by Santa," personalized letters from Santa are $9.95. These include references to the child's accomplishments that year and are on candy-cane scented paper.
Step4
Create a brief questionnaire/ order form for parents. Ask about their children's' interests, age, family members, pets, and favorite toys and nickname to make your letter more personal. List your price and note any discount for multiple children in the same family.
Step5
Compose kind and heartfelt letters from Santa. Make several basic templates and customize them to each child.
Step6
Deliver the Letters from Santa in a timely manner. If they are ordered enough in advance, you can send them all to the Postmaster at North Pole, AK for a special stamp.
Step7
Learn more about the Santa letter writing business by reading the book "Everything You Need to Know to Start a Santa Letter Writing Business" by Donna L. Turello. See the link under Resources, below.
Comments
LAURA7088 said
on 7/17/2008 What a cool ideal! Thanks
vdeneen said
on 7/1/2008 I love this idea! Thanks for sharing.
L1onherd said
on 6/6/2008 Oh my!!! This is an excellent idea!!! 5 stars!!!
Desula said
on 5/11/2008 I'm going to try and team up with Relay for Life for this at Christmas.
Gracie1402 said
on 5/7/2008 this is a great idea!! 5 stars!