Planning for Pitching

Getting deadlines organized 💪

Can you believe it’s already time to pitch your winter holiday products? I cannot! It’s nearly July 1, so many stores will be looking for holiday products, which means we can begin preparing our lists of stores and email pitches. (See the previous newsletter series about pitching your greeting cards to stores)

My favorite holiday product from last year! I’m excited to pitch them to more stores this year.

While this newsletter is a reminder to start pitching your products in July, it’s mostly about how to avoid getting lost with all these deadlines that seem to appear out of nowhere. Because I definitely get caught up with other projects, and then scramble to create and pitch products in time.

At the beginning of 2023, I made a Yearlong Product