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Basics of Paper Point
When it comes to selecting business cards, the first thing that comes to mind is how to best portray your business and leave that lasting impression of your company. Making a memorable impact with your business card in the business world is equivalent of a strong handshake that seals the deal. Here are a few tips when it comes to deciding on a paper quality that will WOW your contacts.
What Is The Point?
In general, the weight or thickness of a card is classified by point measurements. To every inch there are ...
How to Setup Artwork for Foil Stamped Business Cards
So you’ve decided on Foil Stamped Business Cards — great choice! To ensure your design comes out just the way you want it, we suggest keeping the following things in mind:
The Basics: Work in CMYK color mode and set the resolution to 300 DPI.
Dimensions & Bleed: Your starting document size for standard business cards should be 3.627” x 2.127”. The final size after cutting will be 3.5” x 2”. Document safe size is 3.377” x 1.877”. Make sure to keep all text within the safe area. For custom sized business ...
Print Marketing Can Facilitate Online Marketing
There’s something to be said for paperless advertising. In the interest of being green - and saving some green, to boot – many companies have transitioned completely from print and direct mail marketing to email and online advertising. Depending on the quality of the email list, email marketing campaigns may or may not generate decent profits. If you’ve collected email addresses from actual customers (at tradeshows, in your store, or at special events) or customers who have purchased products or services from ...
3-D Business Cards
“Lenticular” may seem like a big word, but what it means, in simple terms, is a really cool new way you can present yourself and your company to the world. In 3-D! If you thought three-dimensional visuals were only an option at the mega-plex, and, well, in real-life, you used to be right! But now that 3-D business cards have emerged on the printing scene, there’s a whole new world of possibilities for people who like to push the envelop with dynamic marketing materials.
Imagine handing someone a business ...
Styles of Brochure Printing
“How much for a mani-pedi?”
“Do I have to sign up for a full year or do you guys offer monthly memberships?”
“Where’s the pool?”
“Is there a monthly fee on your checking accounts?”
“When did this place open?”
“Do you guys have anything gluten-free on the menu?”
“What’s the name of your oldest third cousin on your dad’s side?”
All of these are questions people might potentially ask you if you’re an owner or an employee at any number of businesses. Okay, they probably won’t ask you that last ...
How Postcards Can Help Realtors
Just get your real estate license? Congratulations, so did just about everyone else we know! We’re just kidding --- real estate can be a very profitable field to work in, but, as you undoubtedly know, having a license is not a guarantee to overnight success. Real estate is one of those fields where you make your own destiny, and while we can’t predict exactly what that destiny will look like, we can guarantee you one thing: If you don’t make any noise about yourself and let people know you’re the new realty ...
Foil Printing
If your recent print advertisements, flyers, postcards, business cards, or other printed works seem to “lack luster” recently, you may consider trying an innovative and attractive new printing style to amp up the appeal of your marketing campaigns. Foil printing is a technique that brings the flash of precious metals to your printed materials, without your having to dish out a lot of your hard-earned coin to get the job done.
It may not come as a surprise that foil printing techniques utilize, yes, foil, in ...
Find a Printer
Anyone who knows how to touch a computer keyboard has the capacity to find a good printer these days. There are a host of print companies at your disposal, whether you live in Miami Beach, Florida or Juno, Alaska. Albernett, Iowa? Yes, we have you covered too, even though your population is only 548 (547 after little Susy-Ann Miller goes off to college next week!). No, in this wonderful age of the internet, there is a printer ready to serve you wherever you are, at the push of a button.
Find a Printer
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Linen Business Cards Bring a Touch of Sophistication – Cheap!
Linen is one of the signature fabrics of Elite Flyer’s hometown – Miami Beach, Florida. We may now operate on a global scale, but we still cling to our South Florida roots, and our choice to offer linen business cards may have something to do with that.
South Beach is known for its sleek style and impeccable taste when it comes to fashion, and linen, with its naturally luxurious appearance – fits right into this hip beachy groove. Somewhat casual, totally stylish, eye-catching, and tasteful, linen is one of ...
How to Use Stickers for Inexpensive Promotion
Next to eye-catching T-shirts, hot sticker designs are probably the most coveted marketing item you can create – especially if you’re trying to draw attention to your band, venue, art, or charitable cause. The great advantage stickers have over clothing is that they cost about 1/90th of the price to produce. But what makes for a good sticker design? What ventures go well with sticker promotion? Here are some ideas to get you started.
Small and simple vinyl stickers
Next time you’re cruising around, ...
Use Basic Color Theory to Make Your Business Card Pop
Not everyone is a born Picasso or Rembrandt, but everyone CAN learn basic artistic principles that can enhance the appearance of any design project. Here, we’ll talk about how you can use basic knowledge of the color wheel to make your business card more appealing to the eye, more likely to attract its recipient’s sustained attention, and therefore more likely to be an effective call to action.
Complementary Colors
Complementary colors are colors that are direct opposites of one another. A pair of ...
Custom Print Calendars
Custom print calendars are the perfect excuse for your company to hold a bikini contest or get cozy with the hunks at the local fire department; you can fill your calendar with pics of smokin’ hot women or men and sell them for charitable causes or just give them out as promo items. You can also decorate each month with children’s art for a more PG-13 custom calendar.
But let’s back up and talk about the basics here. Elite Flyers’ wall calendars are the size of a standard sheet of paper and are printed on ...
