For the first reason there isn't too much you can do. There are just some stores I have no reason to go into and probably never will. But then, I'd imagine I'm certainly not their target audience.

But for the second two reasons, there's something you can do about them. If you just opened your business this is going to be even more important because no one is going to have any kind of feel for your store yet. You don't have an established name and you don't have word of mouth getting you additional business.

The question then is what can you do to encourage people to come in and get to know you?

Greeting card printing is a wonderful way to bridge that gap and get your name out to people. I'm not necessarily talking about just having greeting cards at your office, or handing them out to any person you see, but actually mailing your cards directly to them.

Now, this can serve multiple purposes if you handle the situation correctly. Rather than just get a card that has your company name on it and an invitation to come in, why not combine it with a discount card or some other kind of coupon? You can invite them in while at the same time giving them a tangible incentive to come in.

If what your business does isn't completely obvious than maybe you can use greeting card printing to give people an introduction into what you do. On the front of the card you invite them in, and on the back you have a paragraph describing what your company does and what your goals are.

You can easily talk to your local printing company to find out all the details about what you can do with your greeting cards. You can spend a little extra to make your card look more like a formal invitation. Use creative and elegant designs to emphasize an element of class and personality.

Consider the type of people you're trying to target and see what styles you think will work specifically with them. You might put images that relate to your industry or quotes that will resonate with your future clientele.

A good printing company should be able to tell you all of the options open to you. You might be spending some extra money by sending people something like a greeting card, but the additional business it will give you will be more than worth the effort.

Not only can you pull in the people who you sent cards to, but if they're impressed enough, they might start telling all their friends as well. What better marketing can you get than that?