Foxy!

Let’s see what’s behind the second Advent calendar door:

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It’s a fox! But not your usual but a ‘recycled’ one: Our self-publisher and artist Danielle Vaughan has put together a whole Animals in Ripped Paper Art calendar featuring wildlife and birds that she created using recycled, ripped papers. Given our German and hence very eco-friendly background, we’re obviously loving this idea!

Advent calendar kick-off!

Hooray, it’s that time of the year again: 1 December, start of the Advent season! Which also means that today we’re launching our very special Calvendo Advent calendar, opening one door every day until Christmas to reveal great images and, of course, calendars. Make sure not to miss our creative treats for you! You’ll meet a lot of our fab self-publishers along the way and maybe even find some inspiration for a unique Christmas gift ….

So, opening door number one and we’re saying hello to this lovely little lamb (look at its face!), featured in Andrew Kearton’s Animals in the Countryside calendar. A great one if you enjoy the countryside and animals. Obviously 🙂

Tools for you

Not so sure how it all works? In need of advice? We know that in particular for first timers the whole process of creating a calendar with our platform might seem daunting in parts. However, we’d like to stress: It’s really pretty straight forward plus – we’ve got a lot of handy tools for you!

Apart from our ever helpful dedicated support team that you can contact on co.uk@support.calvendo.com, there’s

  • a step by step guide for creating calendars that we’ve put together for you. We think it’s quite helpful, taking you through the whole process from beginning to end. Take a look here!
  • a comprehensive introduction into how to come up with good product descriptions and hence, making your product more visible on the web. Your calendar’s product description is made of three elements – short description, advertising blurb and keywords – and all this information needs to be provided by you as part of the calendar creation process. How is it done? What do you need to consider? Dos and Don’ts? It’s all in our product description check list!
  • a collection of YouTube video tutorials, covering different topics such as how to create a good cover, design specifics of the square format or marketing for self-publishers. Watch and learn!