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1. 4 Tips in Logo Design Every business needs a logo. It does not matter if you are a multi-national corporation or a sole proprietorship with no employees. A logo adds credibility to your operation and allows you to engage in more meaningful transactions. Plus, it helps ... Read more... karen grahams - Jul 01, 2008
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2. 4 Ways To Build Lasting Relationships with your Customers When running a business you will eventually face a time when a given client relationship has become rocky. This could arise from your company's performance, or it could be related to circumstances completely outside of your control. Whatever the ... Read more... karen grahams - May 26, 2008
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3. 5 misconceptions people have in printing brochures Most people think they have got full color brochure printing figured out. In fact when printing brochures, people have a lot of misconceptions about the purpose of a brochure and the elements on how to create it. Don’t fret. We have listed the five ... Read more... karen grahams - Dec 19, 2008
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4. 5 Mistakes to Avoid During Product Launches New product launches happen all the time. With over 30,000 new products launching into the marketplace in each of the last three years, marketers have to make sure their launches go off without a hitch to even get onto consumers’ radar. Read more... karen grahams - Aug 27, 2008
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5. 5 Steps To Planning An Effective Postcard Campaign Successful and effective postcard printing campaigns have one thing in common – they have a well thought of plan. No matter the size and form, your post card printing can benefit from your planning process because it will help you keep track not only ... Read more... karen grahams - Mar 09, 2009
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6. 5 Tips on Letterhead Printing That Will Get You Noticed Usually when a small business owner is making a list of all the marketing materials he needs, he’ll forget about letterhead. Other business owners may not think letterhead is that important. But letterhead is extremely important. Along with a ... Read more... karen grahams - Aug 04, 2008
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7. 7 Ways to Build Customer Loyalty Customers are hard to find. When you find one, you want to keep him, naturally. So you have to do whatever you can to make that happen. Here are some thoughtful and unique ways to help you in that cause: Read more... karen grahams - Jul 04, 2008
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8. A Guide to Better Print Advertisements No matter what kind of commercial printing you plan on using for your advertisements there are certain rules that are always going to apply. I don’t care if you’re printing brochures, flyers, postcards, or even posters. While different types of ... Read more... karen grahams - May 20, 2008
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9. A quick guide to effective Postcard Marketing Practices Postcard printing is a simple but effective tool in marketing. When you print postcards, their very nature becomes the best feature in using them. This feature is that they are easily mailed. They have been built to be mailed without the use of an ... Read more... karen grahams - Jan 08, 2009
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10. Advantages of Promotional Calendar Printing Customers like receiving free gifts from businesses, especially if it is a useful one. Many companies opt for giving away such items as keychains, pens, or coffee mugs, but the disadvantage of these giveaways is that many people already have more ... Read more... karen grahams - Sep 02, 2008
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11. Always Keep Your Eyes Open There are so many different factors to take into consideration when deciding what type of marketing to do along with the best ways to implement them. Read more... karen grahams - Oct 09, 2008
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12. Are You Marketing to the Right Number of People? I’ve seen many companies before who decide to use something like direct mailing. So what they do is create their initial mailing list of all of the different people they plan on targeting. They decide to make this list as large as possible in order ... Read more... karen grahams - Dec 05, 2008
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13. Balancing the Unique With the Known Others will tell you to stick by the methods you know, look at what’s been done before to know what will work in the future, and don’t stray too far from the tested forms of advertising and commercial printing. Read more... karen grahams - Sep 05, 2008
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14. Be Prepared to Take in as Many Business Cards as You Hand Out The majority of seminars, tradeshows, or various other events are about two things. The first is getting your name out there to generate more business, and the second is to find good leads on future customers or ways to save money. Read more... karen grahams - Dec 01, 2008
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15. Brochure Design Tips If you’re going to spend the money to print great brochures, you need to make sure your brochures are going to grab people’s attention and keep them interested. Follow these tips for a winning brochure that will usher in new business: Read more... karen grahams - Jul 23, 2008
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16. Business Cards and Repeat Business I see so many different companies who have all of their attention focused purely on getting new customers. This is the centerpiece of growth, after all, and if you want your company to keep getting larger you need to keep getting those new customers. Read more... karen grahams - Nov 03, 2008
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17. Choosing the Right Words The images are right there for you to choose from. When it comes time to design an ad you know exactly what it’s going to look like. Now it’s time to write the words for it, and suddenly you find yourself stuck. You stare at the computer screen and ... Read more... karen grahams - Jul 31, 2008
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19. Competitive Marketing For someone new to the field of business you aren’t always going to know what you need to do to win over the customers in your industry. Just how big should those commercial printing orders be and just how should your business card designs look? Do ... Read more... karen grahams - Aug 19, 2008
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20. Costs vs. Profit It’s always nice to look at all of those additional people you might bring under your fold or see that boost in sales from a successful marketing push. This is the goal of your marketing, after all, and exactly what you were hoping for. Read more... karen grahams - Dec 03, 2008
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22. Design Ideas: Posters Each kind of advertisement is going to have its own unique styling. Furthermore, the best way to get ideas for what you want to do with your design is by taking a look at what others are doing. Now, you can always just walk out your door in order to ... Read more... karen grahams - Aug 07, 2008
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24. Do Not Underestimate the Power of Business Cards Business card printing can be the best marketing tool for large and small companies alike. However, are you using your cards enough to make a difference in profit? Do you know where your target audience is located? Can you obtain new consumers ... Read more... karen grahams - May 09, 2008
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25. Do You Need a Branding Pro? When you start a new business, you have so many tasks to accomplish, it can seem like you’ll never see the end of the tunnel. To help you out, it’s a good idea to delegate some tasks that you aren’t an expert on – like marketing and branding ... Read more... karen grahams - Jul 22, 2008
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26. Do You Need to Use Brochures? Not all types of advertising are going to best represent your products. The types of services you provide or products you sell will have an impact on the style of advertising that will work well with your company. For the business with a wide range ... Read more... karen grahams - May 21, 2008
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27. Don’t Forget the Conventional There have been plenty of those nights when I felt like going out to eat, and when I do I typically go to the same place to eat, and when I get there I order the same meal that I always do. I’ve had friends complain about this to no end, and nearly ... Read more... karen grahams - Jul 18, 2008
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28. Don’t Let Yourself Get Bored With Your Own Marketing Ever picked up a piece of marketing and were just bored to tears by it? I could almost hear a monotone voice saying the words without any hint of enthusiasm, and I imagine to myself the person writing this material slumped over a desk with a bored ... Read more... karen grahams - Dec 02, 2008
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29. Effectively Use the Attention You Gain There are two very difficult things to accomplish with a postcard. The first is the harder to accomplish, but the second is the more important one to be aware of. But because of the difficulties with the first task, people too often fail to ... Read more... karen grahams - Oct 08, 2008
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30. Elements in Business Card Printing There are a few elements you have to consider for business card printing. Most businessmen and business women nowadays have custom business cards, all with unique designs. However, there are a few fundamental elements that must be present in business ... Read more... karen grahams - Dec 09, 2008
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31. Exchanging Business Cards: Etiquette Tips Some people think you should give your business card to anyone that will take it. Others say to only give it to people who ask for it. Otherwise, you’re just wasting your business card printing budget on people who are just going to throw your card ... Read more... karen grahams - Jul 21, 2008
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32. Find Yourself a Partner The same goes for companies. The best partnerships are going to produce results better than either company would’ve been able to achieve on their own. Ask yourself whether it’s time to find yourself a partner. Read more... karen grahams - Aug 15, 2008
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33. Five Holiday Sales Blunders to Avoid Half of retailers’ yearly sales typically depend on holiday sales. Holiday sales can actually make up as much as 75 percent of annual profits. Since holiday sales have the potential to make up so much of your profits, it’s important to understand how ... Read more... karen grahams - May 31, 2008
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34. Folder Printing: Save Money and Improve Professionalism A great, all-purpose tool for your business is presentation folder printing. Folders can be used for sales presentations, meetings, or even internal documentation for training, as an example. Folder printing can save your company time and money ... Read more... karen grahams - Sep 25, 2008
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35. Forming a Strong Partnership When people think marketing they seem to gravitate towards the idea of getting new customers. This is certainly one reason to spend money on commercial printing to get brochures, postcards, or who knows what else sent out, but it isn’t going to be ... Read more... karen grahams - Aug 18, 2008
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36. Generating Interest There are a lot of companies out there at this very moment trying as hard as they can to get people interested in them. They trying out every kind of marketing strategies that they can, focusing on marketing in all sorts of different areas. Read more... karen grahams - Sep 01, 2008
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37. Generating Interest There are a lot of companies out there at this very moment trying as hard as they can to get people interested in them. They trying out every kind of marketing strategies that they can, focusing on marketing in all sorts of different areas. Read more... karen grahams - Sep 03, 2008
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38. Get Comfortable with Personal Marketing If you’re making marketing cold calls, the person on the other side of the phone isn’t thinking that this is anywhere near a personal type of call. To market more personally, you need to establish a familiarity quickly and cold calling is not usually ... Read more... karen grahams - May 10, 2008
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39. Get Great Designs The look of your advertisement is going to be the first thing a person sees, and if it isn’t good people won’t even bother to read anything else. You can have the best message possible, but if people don’t bother to actually look at the ad what good ... Read more... karen grahams - Jul 28, 2008
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40. Get the Word Out About Your Company Many small business owners assume that their product or service will sell itself. Sadly, this is not the case. All companies need an effective marketing regimen to get the word out about their products. Repetition is the key to making this message ... Read more... karen grahams - Jun 21, 2008
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41. Getting the Most Out Of Trade Shows Most businesses attend one trade show or another. Trade shows are more than an excuse to spend some time in Las Vegas. Obviously, they are a great arena for increasing sales. However, they are also an excellent forum for networking among peers. ... Read more... karen grahams - Jun 11, 2008
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42. Getting Your Testimonials I’d think that the majority of companies know that testimonials are a great way of generating sales, improving all your advertising and applications of commercial printing, and improving interest in your company. But what a lot of companies aren’t as ... Read more... karen grahams - Aug 22, 2008
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45. Grab Your Audience by the Minds Prior to educating your audience it is obviously required that you become an expert yourself. You should have extensive knowledge relating to all facets of your product or service. Today, there is little excuse not to be fully informed. ... Read more... karen grahams - May 16, 2008
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46. Hit The Nail In The Head When Advertising Everyday we are inundated with marketing messages from every possible source. While driving to work for instance, you can’t help but notice the giant billboards along the highway. While walking inside a mall, someone will surely shove a flyer to you. ... Read more... karen grahams - Jan 15, 2009
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48. How to Choose a Great Marketing Theme Before you start spending money on flyer printing, television commercials, custom poster printing and other types of marketing materials, you need to decide on a marketing image, or theme. Read more... karen grahams - Jul 08, 2008
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49. How to Find Your Place in the Business World To survive as a small business, you must know exactly what you offer, and to whom you are offering it. You cannot market yourself to everybody, and you certainly cannot provide every product or service possible. Your goal is to find your niche – ... Read more... karen grahams - Jun 25, 2008
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51. How to Organize Your Content When someone picks up a catalog or booklet made by your company, you aren’t going to be there to explain anything to them. They’ll need to be able to understand exactly what you’re trying to say, and be enticed enough to buy your products, based ... Read more... karen grahams - May 21, 2008
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52. How to Rethink Your Business One of the most important parts of building a small business is building your brand. Your brand is the overall identity of your business. It includes the way people perceive your company, and the things you do to influence that perception. It ... Read more... karen grahams - Jul 07, 2008
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53. Improve Your Advertising Want to get the best possible results from your commercial printing budget and send out some knock out advertisements that will get you results? Read more... karen grahams - Aug 06, 2008
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55. Is Billboard Advertising Right for Your Marketing Plan? Billboard advertising can be a very effective marketing tool, but if you’re not careful, it could be a marketing dud. Billboard advertising is expensive, so you need to carefully weigh your options and be sure billboard advertising is the tactic you ... Read more... karen grahams - Jun 24, 2008
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56. Is It Time To Reinvent Your Branding Image? Is your marketing campaign working? Answer that question honestly. After putting in all of the time and effort necessary to create an advertising campaign, it can be discouraging and difficult to admit that it did not work, but admitting failure is ... Read more... karen grahams - May 14, 2008
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57. Is Television Advertising Right For You? Television is the dominant medium in most U.S. households, even beating out the Internet, according to a study by Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. The general population spends over 4.5 hours per day in front of their TVs, making TV watching ... Read more... karen grahams - Jul 11, 2008
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58. Keep an Eye on Past Marketing Any company who has been in business for enough years has probably gone through quite a few poster printing and marketing pushes. Some companies are coming up with new ones every quarter, if not every month, and this leads to ample material to deal ... Read more... karen grahams - Dec 10, 2008
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59. Keep an Eye on Past Marketing Any company who has been in business for enough years has probably gone through quite a few poster printing and marketing pushes. Some companies are coming up with new ones every quarter, if not every month, and this leads to ample material to deal ... Read more... karen grahams - Dec 11, 2008
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60. Kids do-it-yourself door hangers Kids have a lot of mood swings. One moment they are in jovial mood, the next minute they want to be left alone. This is when you get into conflict with them. So why not device a way for you to know what your kids currently feel? Read more... karen grahams - Jan 28, 2009
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61. Know What You’re Dealing With No one wants to spend more money than they have to, so why do so many companies fail to look into what goes into printing? This is can be a very large part of the costs of your marketing, and so shouldn’t you know how to get the most out of your ... Read more... karen grahams - Oct 15, 2008
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62. Know When to Change Take an ad from the seventies and compare it to today and I think you’ll be hard pressed not to notice the distinctive differences between the two. The issue isn’t about whether or not the style of color printing and the ads it produces change, but ... Read more... karen grahams - Jun 13, 2008
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63. Label Printing Your product labels are what identify and distinguish your product from the rest of the pack. When label printing time comes, do not forget some of the basic principles that can make or break your product labels: materials, requirements, design, and ... Read more... karen grahams - Sep 22, 2008
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64. Labels: the Face of Your Products You’ve found the perfect solution. This is the product to end all products. Customers will literally flock to your feet, begging you to sell them the ultimate solution. Read more... karen grahams - Sep 17, 2008
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65. Make or Break: The Power of Testimonials Testimonials are very powerful. They are one of the most effective boosters that you can add to your newsletter printing. It is a fact - proven and tested – that testimonials can improve sales and generate more leads than any other technique in your ... Read more... karen grahams - Jan 05, 2009
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66. Making custom postcards I have seen a lot of “off the shelf” postcards in my day. My family always sends them when they are off somewhere enjoying themselves. Imagine my surprise when my brother sent me a postcard and he was actually in the picture! Read more... karen grahams - Jan 27, 2009
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67. Making your custom envelope shine Envelope printing for marketing materials have a lot of competition these days. Among the other things you usually see in a common mailbox are marketing postcards, fliers and catalogs. It takes an extra special custom envelope design to compete with ... Read more... karen grahams - Jan 27, 2009
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68. Marketing Isn’t Always Instant People will start up a large, expensive marketing push. Whether it’s brochures, posters, postcards, or whatever else they chose, they’ll spend the money to get them designed, along with the commercial printing, and then the sales don’t immediately ... Read more... karen grahams - Oct 07, 2008
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69. Marketing Specifics: Expanding Your Brand There are two primary things to consider when it comes to expanding your brand name. The first is helping people to know exactly what your brand stands for, and the second is making sure people remember your brand name. Read more... karen grahams - Oct 14, 2008
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70. Marketing With Anticipation Anticipation. Suspense. No, I’m not talking about movies here. I’m actually saying that if you want your target clients to hang on every word and content you have in your booklet printing, you better have anticipation and suspense to spice up your ... Read more... karen grahams - Jan 10, 2009
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71. Marketing Your New Company Congratulations on your new company! Now that you’ve gotten a lot of paperwork out of the way, rented some office space and chosen a great business name, you’re ready to let the world know about you! Read more... karen grahams - Jun 18, 2008
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72. Marketing Your Printing Business The first printing press was unveiled almost 600 years ago. Shortly thereafter, the first commercial printing business was most probably born. Maybe to fill a large order for pamphlets claiming the end to the Dark Ages. That first commercial ... Read more... karen grahams - May 23, 2008
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73. More Choices Than You Know I don’t really blame many people for getting very little variety in their business cards. After all, many people aren’t aware of the options they actually have open to them. Read more... karen grahams - Sep 12, 2008
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74. Never Allow Yourself to be Forgotten The smaller a business gets the greater the odds of them not being aware of just how important marketing is. This shouldn’t be particularly surprising, either. The large companies are the ones who got large by understanding what great marketing was ... Read more... karen grahams - Oct 03, 2008
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75. Never Be Without Marketing The smaller a business gets the greater the odds of them not being aware of just how important marketing is. This shouldn’t be particularly surprising, either. The large companies are the ones who got large by understanding what great marketing was ... Read more... karen grahams - Oct 03, 2008
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76. Never Let Your Marketing Become Too Unfocused For marketing to really work it needs to have a clear focus and intent behind it. You have to have a purpose for getting it made, even if that purpose is just about improving your company image or getting your name out to more people. No matter what ... Read more... karen grahams - Dec 18, 2008
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77. Offline Advertising in an Online Age The Internet has gotten so big that it’s hard to remember what life was like before it. What did we do when we wanted to find a Chinese restaurant in a new neighborhood before we could search the Internet for it? Read more... karen grahams - May 19, 2008
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78. Offline Strategies for Increasing Web Traffic For many small businesses, their website is their biggest money maker. In fact, many small businesses do not have a brick and mortal, traditional type of store. Instead, they rely solely on sales made through their website. Read more... karen grahams - Jul 16, 2008
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79. Old Fashioned Ways to Attract Customers As a small business, any technique that attracts customers is a good one. Every single customer that comes through your doors is important. For many small businesses, they are just one or two customers a day from being forced to close their doors ... Read more... karen grahams - Jun 30, 2008
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80. Passing the Test of an Angry Customer You just can’t avoid it forever. No matter what kind of business you’re in you will come face to face with an angry customer. Maybe they’re angry for a reason you couldn’t help, and maybe you honestly made a mistake, but no matter what, you should ... Read more... karen grahams - Oct 02, 2008
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81. Personalized Holiday Gifts: The personal notepad There is nothing more special and unique than a custom made and personal gift. Especially for people who almost have everything they need, a custom gift will surely be appreciated. Personalized pad printing has been used widely by companies and ... Read more... karen grahams - Jan 05, 2009
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82. Plan it all Out So many people prefer actions to planning. They want to get to the point, to get their hands into the thick of it and they don’t want to sit around researching everything and planning out what they need to do first. Read more... karen grahams - Oct 21, 2008
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83. Preparing Your Publisher Document for Commercial Printing Commercial printing is necessary for those projects that require an unusual size, a large quantity, or simply a more professional look. Before designing your brochure, newsletter, business cards, or flyer to print, there are a few adjustments you ... Read more... karen grahams - Aug 26, 2008
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84. Promotional Calendars: Planning for the Perfect Giveaway Many businesses have taken advantage of the calendar for promoting their brand because of the many benefits involved. The best part of calendar giveaways is that while customers hang them on their wall in the home or office, they are also displaying ... Read more... karen grahams - Sep 24, 2008
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85. Proper Positioning When it comes time to get posters printed, most companies are aware that the most important factor is where you put them. The right location can lead to far more sales and continue to help your marketing for a very long time. Read more... karen grahams - Sep 15, 2008
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86. Putting Your Business Ahead You are in business and want to know your share of the pie. Once you learn your companies place you can try several things to help get you more of that pie. You want to be comfortable wherever you are first. Then once you have a goal you can make ... Read more... karen grahams - Jun 23, 2008
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87. Reward Someone Just for Coming In The biggest challenge with most marketing is initially getting a person into your store. Making that first step is going to be the biggest hurdle to cross, and once you’re over it, you’ll be in a much better position to get them to keep coming. Read more... karen grahams - Oct 06, 2008
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88. Save in Everyway You Can The smaller your company is the smaller your marketing budget is and the more important it becomes to find those ways to save money. The unfortunate truth about marketing is that you have to spend money before you actually make any. Read more... karen grahams - Oct 17, 2008
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89. Some General Brochure Design Tips Forget Your Name
It just seems natural to put your business name at the top of your brochure. In fact, most people put their name at the top (or near the top) or all of their promotional material: website, brochure, business card, etc. Read more... karen grahams - Jul 09, 2008
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90. Spreading Your Good Name If you work in a service industry, and you get hired out by someone who just loves the job that you did, how exactly do you use that for advertising? Read more... karen grahams - Oct 27, 2008
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91. Targeted Selling Many small businesses make the mistake of trying to be all things to all people. If you are a small business owner, then you don't need to be reminded of the limitations upon your marketing budget. Without a sufficient budget it is impossible to ... Read more... karen grahams - Jun 26, 2008
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92. Test Your Marketing How much do you test your advertising before you send it out to the general public? I’m rather surprised each time I find out about various companies who don’t do any kind of testing before they release their advertising, because it just seems to me ... Read more... karen grahams - Dec 17, 2008
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93. The Color of Perfection How many advertisements do you see without any color on them? You’d be rather hard pressed to find an entirely black and white ad, other than perhaps flyers, and even then you’ll likely see at least some kind of colors added for that additional ... Read more... karen grahams - Aug 05, 2008
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94. The Complicated Process of Booklet Printing Booklet printing can be a complicated process - the booklet should be professionally designed, laid-out, and printed. Each of the stages often requires a professional in their own field to make sure that your booklet printing process produces the ... Read more... karen grahams - Aug 25, 2008
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95. The Components of a Business Card If you are in business, you probably have a business card that you can hand out to prospective customers. If you do not, you should get one immediately. Business cards, despite being old in the tooth, continue to be effective marketing tools. They ... Read more... karen grahams - Jul 25, 2008
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96. The Costs of Advertising There are a lot of steps and a lot of costs associated with advertising. How those costs break down is going to change depending on how much you’re getting done, what style of advertising you choose, and how much you’re able to accomplish on your ... Read more... karen grahams - Aug 29, 2008
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97. The First Look First, I would suggest that if you’ve never considered using custom greeting cards with your business, that you take a look at them. This article is going to be specifically dealing with your first impression based on if you’re using greeting cards. ... Read more... karen grahams - Oct 30, 2008
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98. The Hallmarks of an effective presentation folder Most people think that presentation folder printing is a simple task. In fact folder printing should still be given the time and money any other print medium in its caliber deserves. You should set aside the time to make a folder printing design that ... Read more... karen grahams - Jan 19, 2009
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99. The Hidden Messages in Color Printing Many times, companies create printed marketing literature using whatever colors blend well. Many more choose the color printing scheme based on the image of their business. What many do not take into consideration is that colors are associated with ... Read more... karen grahams - Aug 21, 2008
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100. The History of Business Cards Every business person has a business card. Well, any business person that has any hope of succeeding has a business card, at least. Business cards are a very valuable piece of a business’s marketing strategy. They are small, convenient, ... Read more... karen grahams - Jul 03, 2008
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101. The Many Uses of Postcards The most prominent use for a postcard is pretty well known to just about everyone. You don’t even have to be in the world of marketing to know how most companies put their postcard printing to use. I’m sure everyone has received that postcard in the ... Read more... karen grahams - Oct 23, 2008
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102. The Mark of a Good Envelope Some marketing material simply needs to be in an envelope. You can’t always pair up direct mailing with postcards, which means that sometimes you have to get your envelope printing done. If you want to have any success with your marketing you n Read more... karen grahams - Oct 22, 2008
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104. The Power of Perception When a company appears to be doing great, when everyone is shopping with them, it generates an overall feeling of success, and increases the odds of more people coming in. You can easily build upon that image of success to ensure your success ... Read more... karen grahams - Sep 04, 2008
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105. The Printing Method That Works Best For Your Needs You have your design, your message, and your print provider for your pad printing. Now all you have to do is to decide on the most appropriate printing method for your notepad printing. Read more... karen grahams - Jan 20, 2009
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107. The Simple Effectiveness of Note Pads One of the great giveaway ideas of all time is pad printing. Your logo and contact information stand in front of your customer day in and day out. Every time they make a note they see your brand, whether they realize it or not. As far as marketing ... Read more... karen grahams - Sep 26, 2008
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108. The Strength of Experience If you’ve simply gone to someone in a service industry to get their services I’m sure you’ve stopped to consider what kind of experience they have in their field before handing them your business. Read more... karen grahams - Oct 01, 2008
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109. The Terminology of a Strong Advertisement What you think you need to say isn’t always going to be the same as what people want to hear. This is why you need to look at your advertisements as much from the perspective of your customers. Consider their needs before you think about your own, ... Read more... karen grahams - May 15, 2008
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110. The Things Your Life Has Taught You It’s easy to think you aren’t anything special, and I know I’ve had that feeling before as well. Nothing you’ve done might feel special, and surely this life experience is the same as so many other people. But it will never be exactly the same as ... Read more... karen grahams - Sep 18, 2008
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111. Things To Ask Yourself About Your Business Card The first step towards improving your print business cards is to sit down and ask yourself a few basic questions about them. I’d say that before you print business cards at all you should ask yourself these questions in order to see if you need to ... Read more... karen grahams - Oct 31, 2008
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112. Think About Longevity There are two different ways you can look at the promotional items that you hand out at tradeshows. The first is the initial impression that your item has on people when they first get it. The second has to do with what they’re going to do with it ... Read more... karen grahams - Oct 29, 2008
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113. Think Positive Try out this scenario: You decide to have some brochure printing done and spend the next few weeks designing a great brochure. You take all that time and spend all that money, but when you send the brochures out, the number of responses you get isn’t ... Read more... karen grahams - Jul 10, 2008
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114. Tips for Distribution: Brochures Brochures are one of the more versatile advertisements you can create. The methods for getting them to your customers are wide spread, and combined with the cheap cost of flyer printing, makes them a very nice addition to any marketing line up. Read more... karen grahams - Dec 12, 2008
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115. Tips for Distribution: Brochures Brochures are one of the more versatile advertisements you can create. The methods for getting them to your customers are wide spread, and combined with the cheap cost of flyer printing, makes them a very nice addition to any marketing line up. Read more... karen grahams - Dec 15, 2008
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116. Tips for Dynamic Label Printing Today's shopping experience for consumers involves choosing between several brands of products. Look at any retail store and you will find several competing labels for each product. No longer can a company get its product noticed with standard ... Read more... karen grahams - Sep 09, 2008
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117. Tips on Adjusting Your Marketing Strategy in a Rough Economy In the weeks following the Fourth of July, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned the NPR audience that the U.S. economy is facing “numerous difficulties.” Obviously, most people know this, what with the $4 a gallon gas and all the foreclosures ... Read more... karen grahams - Jul 29, 2008
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118. Tradeshow Preparations The problem with tradeshows, and really with going out of town anywhere, is that you’re naturally divided from your primary resources. When things potentially go wrong you don’t have easy access to the best way to solve things. Read more... karen grahams - Oct 28, 2008
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119. Trust: Hard to Get, Necessary to Have Trust is the lifeblood of a strong company. People need to have trust in them if they’re going to remain loyal, and trust can be the best way to get a very strong, consistent customer base. Read more... karen grahams - Sep 08, 2008
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120. Using Testimonials to Boost Your Marketing Credibility How would you feel if a business owner came up to you and handed you a business brochure that said “I think my product is the best because it works for me” with a lovely picture of the business owner next to the quote? You’d probably be skeptical and ... Read more... karen grahams - Jun 28, 2008
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121. What Defines Your Company? Every company needs to have a focus. This is the core theme of who you are and what you present to the general public. That isn’t to say you can’t have multiple areas that you excel in, but this will be the central idea and what you use when it comes ... Read more... karen grahams - Sep 19, 2008
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122. What do People Think About Your Business? A lot of marketing consists of trying to get a person to view your company in a specific way. The purpose of your color printing might be to push the fact that you have the lowest prices in town, or it might emphasize that your customer service is ... Read more... karen grahams - Sep 29, 2008
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123. What Goes Into a Good Letterhead? There are some very effective types of marketing out there that are far more subdued and indirect when compared to the more well-known methods. Letterhead printing is just one of these styles. Read more... karen grahams - Oct 20, 2008
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124. What to Watch for at Trade Shows Trade shows are an excellent forum for both boosting sales and expanding your network. You pack your bags, booth and a large volume of color business cards. Also most probably within your luggage are boxes of promotional items to hand out to the ... Read more... karen grahams - May 28, 2008
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125. What’s Your First Impression? I would hope that everyone knows how important a first impression is. In the world of business I’d say this is a very well understand aspect of what goes into meeting someone for the first time. Read more... karen grahams - Oct 16, 2008
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126. Where’s the Urgency? What emotion is a person supposed to feel after they finish looking at one of your poster print advertisements? Are they supposed to be excited at the prospect of doing business with you, giddy about owning the product that you sell, or are they just ... Read more... karen grahams - Dec 11, 2008
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128. Words that Will Bring Down Your Marketing Efforts Words can evoke powerful feelings – they can break a heart or mend a heart; they can stimulate our senses and transport us to another world. Obviously, words are very important to the world of marketing and advertising. Choose your words carefully ... Read more... karen grahams - Jul 24, 2008
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129. You Don’t Always Have to be the First Everyone is always looking for that new idea. You want to be able to make the next Ipod or the next revolutionary product release. The people who help to change and shape the market are the ones people are always looking to, and who people always say ... Read more... karen grahams - Jul 17, 2008
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