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Printing that makes a difference in impressions that last a lifetime.

Sunday, February 10th, 2008

This is why I think it’s so imperative to have a high-end full color business card on 12 .cover stock, or some type of high-end paper stock. I mean, the fact of the matter is is that your business card is the real lead behind that almost every single sales person, manager, Ceo. etc. this is why so imperative for you to leave a lasting impression and why so many people use various different creative techniques to put their business cards on. I’ve seen people go as far as the per business cards on stainless steel metal. I personally like this idea because even only carry a couple business cards any one time because it comes way to have a futile quantities.  Although I do like the idea of it being very unique, so the personal and ultimately holding onto it and discussing with his fellow coworkers and/or foreigners. Another great way to have people remember your business card is to do a different size card or to add some type of the die cutting as well as imbossing knowing that the business card is going to become a conversation piece amongst people. Another reason to work with a high and graphic design firm because they can come up with various and creative ideas from either pieces they’ve design and test themselves or pieces that they may have seen another person design.  This wedding come up with a collective idea using what they buried them in the past as well as likely as they seen in the past to create you that unique idea.  The old burn into the consciousness of potential customers for the future.  Another particular stock people like to try to do the business was ever so often is a 30 mill plastic business.

What direction is the full color printing industry heading in??

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

In my opinion, it appears that a lot of companies have jeered themselves into doing gang run full color printing.  The problem is that once you create this would does ultimately his drives down prices lower and lower because everybody’s competing to keep those printing forms ganged up with a quick turnaround time. The way that form printing works is that you end up putting like 13 to 15 different clients on each individual forms. Basically, what generally happens is the form is 12 x 18 and then what you would normally do is put lets say eight different postcards up on that form.  Usually they’ll range between 4 x 6 full color postcards to full color postcards that are 5.5 x 4.25 92 when these postcards generally is from a different client.  And what you end up doing is running 5000 sheets and then cutting the sheets down in each individual postcard is a different client each client gets 5000 full color postcards. The promise is that you need to have every single day 10 to 15, 20 different clients ordering and purchasing every single day. Which then again, tends to drive the price way down because everybody’s competing triumph of their forms. Thus comes as saying live by the sword die by the sword. And based on the fact that the Internet is commoditizing everything within it commercial printing industry.  Many printers have been an able to continue and keep up. And also as a result, the 12 and three color printing industry has taken huge beating and it’s very hard to find offset printers that are willing to do 12 and three color printing nowadays.  They end up doing this gang runs.  Not just on postcards, they also do a non-full-color pocket folders, full-color brochures, full color postcards, full color business cards, full-color letterhead and envelopes, full-color rack cards, or even companies out there that I gang running full-color 30 no plastic cards.

It’s very important that all of your branding from your web design to your full color brochure all be consistent.

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

Very often when I meet people out in the field.  They’re printed materials as well as their websites have no consistency whatsoever. I try to burn into the consciousness of every person whom I run into that the graphic design of all of your marketing pieces.  You present business as well as any future business that you might be able to bring in as a result of any type of walking that you’re doing. A lot of companies spend a lot of money in the landing.  So this way their marketing promotions that much more effective.  And it is imperative that you do this type of consistency to all of your collateral. From your letterhead and envelope to the flyers and postcards that you have people doing distribution on.  It’s also very important for you to come up with some type of customer reward system.  Companies generally used a 30 mill plastic card, which gives a look of a credit card with some type of freak and shopper frequent flyer miles program.  I know that www.preferredprint.com has some very good programs that they are running right now. I also liked the idea of using rack cards in a classic Lucite holder and having people do grass roots marketing campaign.

Sometimes less is more

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

This is something that applies to virtually every and all full color printing products. One of things that I’ve noticed since full color printing has become so popular, the overuse of colors.  What I mean by this is quite simply, it looks like somebody from the coal over peace has become so busy chanting and decipher what it is that they’re trying to sell versus what the actual copy is itself.  Quite simply said is they create too much information with too much busyness in the background, which dilutes the actual message of what it is that you’re trying to accomplish. Sometimes I asked a simple question, what is the purpose of marketing?  You would think the answer would be obviously to create sales.  It seems to me that sometimes the products is so busy that you came and decipher what the call to action on the page is.

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in the paragraph above is a list of various different full color printing projects that you may see a company order at any given time.  I personally feel that the use of light and the background is obviously a very good thing.  It cuts down on the busyness of the project and/or the message.  I feel deeply nice image with a decent space of why is well.  And then the message of whatever you call to action is very effective way to get point.  Your point across. That’s why really believe that less is more. A nice image that has the person be drawn into the marketing piece and then exceptional hook that has them ponder and think like me and this is something I could use, or I got a have this.

As time goes on my hope to give you some difference designs that I think are good, versus ones I think are bad. Also affected and calls to action versus nonaffected calls to action. Essentially what I’m drawn to say’s marketing pieces and actually get a return on your investment.

I just want to respond to some questions and comments about what I’ve been writing about.

Sunday, October 14th, 2007

First off, I want to apologize if there are some typos in some of the stuff in which I’ve been speaking about. I have to admit, I’m not very good at typing. I have been using a program which some of you may have heard of, which is called natural speaking dragon. The way this program works ejections speaking to a headset and it.’s supposed to take whatever you speak about and turn them into text. So there are definitely times at there have been some typos probably does the program has not understood what I’ve been speaking about not to mention the fact that I have not really done virtually any proof reading to find out if the program has made some mistakes. I do however want you to know that the things I do speak about I do every with extensive knowledge about them. So I apologize.  And thank you for your forgiveness if you have been coming across some typos.  In the meantime, feel free to leave any type of questions and/or comments about what it is that I’m writing about, for I will read them. That being said.  Thank you very much for tuning in, and I will be posting some more information shortly.

Why are people staying away from one in two color printing nowadays?

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

This is actually quite an easy question to answer. I believe that there was a time obviously that one in two color printing were very very affordable, which made them cost-effective. Some years ago, if you want to purchase anything like full color printing for your pocket folders, letterhead and envelopes, catalogue, brochures, for any your direct marketing campaigns.  Your price should be through the roof.

I’ll give you some ideas with full-color printing can be purchased for nowadays. 5000 full color brochures can be purchased for as low as $649.  This price includes printing on 100 pound text, and it also includes the bindery.

You can purchase 5000 full color business cards full color printing on both sides on 12 point cover with a UV laminate for $99. That price is five years ago would’ve been insane.  Now you can purchase a two color cards for that quantity that cheap nowadays.

 You can also purchase 5000 full color two sided postcards, printing out on 12 point cover with a UV laminate for only $199. This is made and direct mailing a much more cost effective solution for most companies nowadays.

You can also now by 11 x 17 full color one sided digital posters for as low as a $1.25 per unit.  It’s funny when you think about it to us three or four or five years ago these machines didn’t exist.

You can also purchase full color pocket folders - meson 9 x 12 and size.  The price includes die cutting and gluing of the pocket folder, and it’s also includes the business card slit seemed to your business card in your pocket folder. For 1000 of these it is now only $1150.

You can also do NCR forms now on full color digital presses. I don’t know the exact price, but these within pennies per unit. It’s actually amazing what they can do on a small full-color digital presses now.

One of the problems are having with a graphic designers, is that the technology is so far advanced that almost everything is in full color process. Now it’s actually more work for the graphic design is to do two color work to this than the design of full-color process.  It’s actually hard to believe that you could spend more money designing a two color flyer than you would for full color Flyer.

The bottom line is that everything is heading towards the full color printing services. Some websites are actually optimize at the level of two color printing.  But when you call when they actually throw you into a full color printing product.

I would not be surprised in some years to come.  If you could buy postcards that were actually digital screens that can actually communicate with you, but the size of a piece of paper.

Creating effective customer loyalty program

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

There is a few products that you’re going to need to purchase to create a good customer loyalty program.  But before you can create you need to know what is that you’re looking to accomplish through the program.  There is a scenario in which you can figure out what it cost you in natural dollars to find secure and maintain a customer. Basically the look over the difference marketing techniques that your employer right now.  Take that dollar amount multiplied times 12.  And find out how much that is in hard cost. Then find out how many new customers you’re getting per week per month per year. When you get to custom out you’ll divide that into the actual hard-core see them walking dollars, which will give you how much your pain per acquisition and/or client.

Let’s say for argument’s sake that you can afford to give our client a 10% off card. In my opinion is that you want to use a 30 mm, PVC card. When I will usually do is actually print up somewhere in area of a thousand cards. I will also sequentially numbered these cards starting out of 3001 and ending ending the number at 5001.  I will also put a little signature panel on the back of the card.  It is also good to put some type of a disclaimer on the back of a car that suggests that at anytime you can pull away the right to use this preferred customer card.

The next thing you do is want to make up an 8 1/2 11 full color brochure that will actually promote the preferred customer card.  This should explain a your customer appreciation card works. I keep going back between customer appreciation for for customer but it you get the idea. And I would say on the brochure you would too say how the preferred customer card is the property of your company and you have the right to change these specials at any given time.

 Last but not least I would suggest that you create a full-color 9 x 12  Pocket folder.  This is also have the elements of the special that you’re about to start running. You definitely create some type of the marketing mix and/or branding throughout the whole campaign. I believe that this piece should be mailed out to people that I’ve ordered from you, said he wanted to times in the last 30 days. You should also correct a good business letter describing the special. This should be personalized to the person also be hand signed by the salesperson mailing out the package.

The beauty about this is you can actually hand Taylor it with your graphic designer. Obviously the new graphic design, he should probably call us and we’ll be happy to refer you to one and/or try help you ourselves.  Telephone number (954)739-9788

Why do people use Plastic Cards

Friday, October 5th, 2007

Plastic card are use for many reasons. One is for VIP cards for night clubs. The other reason is for gift cards. The plastic cards are usually PVC, Tesllin. This is the same stock that they use for credit cards. You can use a lot of add on, for instance sequential numbing, Sig. panels, ect. Most of these cards are done in 2 color process not 4 color process. The other thing is when you give a person one of these cards they useually keep it and use it.