I love to receive funny greeting cards, even when the humor is at my expense. But as anyone can attest, a browse through your local gift shop’s humor section often yields few greeting cards that you find truly funny. Everyone’s tastes are different, but fortunately you can design your own funny greeting cards to get a laugh from your special target audience. Writing comedy is perhaps the most difficult art form, so here are my top 5 funny greeting card tips.

It used to be that every business absolutely had to have a website. A lot of smaller businesses were slow to catch up to that recommendation, but now it’s so commonplace you’re bound to be more surprised by the companies that don’t have a Web presence.

But the latest trend is social media: Every business should have a Twitter account and a Facebook page. Why? Because it’s free advertising. Also, once you have it set up, it’s easy to maintain.

It’s that time of year again, when you walk into the local supermarket or department store and find that the Thanksgiving, Christmas and Hanukkah displays are all set up. In some stores, even the Valentine’s day items are out on the shelves!

While you might say it’s too soon for Valentine’s Day, its not too soon to start planning a holiday greeting card project. In fact, now is the perfect time to design and print holiday cards!

Any person in business with a large target market that is online has to understand the importance of social media. These networks are now an integral part of your customers’ lives and should be just important in your marketing strategy. People are beginning to turn from cable to the Internet for everything they need; however, these people are savvy. An outright and blatant advertisement is a waste of your marketing dollars as far as they are concerned.

Although the elaborate wedding will never go out of style, many couples have chosen to take a more earth-friendly approach, especially when it comes to their wedding announcements.

For a lot of us, our job is to create, whether it’s content or design or whatnot. And with that job often comes deadlines. So even if our creative juices aren’t flowing, we still must produce – our livelihoods depend on it!

Here are a few tips to find inspiration:

First of all, get out from behind your desk. Grab a glass of water, step outside and breathe in some fresh air.