Further Industry Research

It has been made clear that to improve i should focus on the greetings card industry and find out how to go about researching other companies that take submissions for artwork.
I think that these 3 websites below are the strongest examples i have found in relation to this topic:

The first talks about purely online submissions and gives examples of how to go about submitting work:

http://www.anomadslot.com/5-greeting-card-companies-that-accept-online-submissions/

The second is a 'How To' site that sorts out the nitty gritty once the artwork is ready to send off, looking at topics such as 'How to organise your greetings submission' etc, along with various comapnies that accept commissions both in art and writing:

http://kateharperblog.blogspot.co.uk/2009/05/10-card-publishers-artist-and-writer.html

And the third shows a list of publishers for the Greeting Card Association along with how to submit work:

http://www.greetingcard.org/AbouttheIndustry/GCAMembersAcceptingSubmissions/tabid/162/Default.aspx


From the knowledge gained by this post i feel comfortable enough to market my work to various companies and how to go about it. This, of course, will help me greatly in the future after graduating.