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Affordable Holiday Marketing Ideas for Small Businesses That Sell Out Q4

Affordable Holiday Marketing Ideas for Small Businesses That Sell Out Q4

Low cost holiday promotion ideas for small businesses, from seasonal offers to printed banners and gifts, plus the timing and budgets that keep Q4 profitable.

Marcus Chen
Alliteration in Brand Names and Advertising That Makes Names Stick

Alliteration in Brand Names and Advertising That Makes Names Stick

Alliteration in advertising makes brand names easy to say and hard to forget. See how repeated sounds work and how to print the name on cards and banners.

Marcus Chen
Alternatives to Brochures That Convert Better Than a Tri-Fold

Alternatives to Brochures That Convert Better Than a Tri-Fold

Compare brochure alternatives like rack cards, flyers, postcards and folders, then choose the print format that fits your goal, budget and turnaround.

Marcus Chen
American Made Printing and Why It Beats Offshore Print Buying

American Made Printing and Why It Beats Offshore Print Buying

See why American made printers beat offshore print buying on speed, quality control and local jobs, plus what US based printing really costs per order.

Tobias Reed
The American Psycho Business Cards, From Bateman to Paul Allen

The American Psycho Business Cards, From Bateman to Paul Allen

Every card in the American Psycho scene decoded: bone, eggshell, raised lettering and the Paul Allen watermark, plus the stocks that recreate each one.

Emma Davis
Artistic Business Card Design Ideas That Double as Art

Artistic Business Card Design Ideas That Double as Art

Artistic business card ideas that survive print: illustration, suede, spot UV, raised foil and die cuts, with the stock behind each look and what it costs.

Sofia Ramirez
10 Attractive Two-Color Combinations That Hold Up on Press

10 Attractive Two-Color Combinations That Hold Up on Press

Ten two color combinations with the CMYK build behind every hex, the ink coverage that keeps them clean on press, and the product each pairing suits.

Marcus Chen
Bad Advertising Examples and the Print Mistakes They Teach You to Avoid

Bad Advertising Examples and the Print Mistakes They Teach You to Avoid

Nine famous advertising failures, what each one actually got wrong, and the print checks that keep the same mistake off your flyers, postcards and brochures.

Marcus Chen
Bad Logo Design Mistakes That Show Up on Press

Bad Logo Design Mistakes That Show Up on Press

Spot the bad logo design mistakes that wreck printed work, from hairline strokes to RGB only color, and fix your artwork before the first press run begins.

Sofia Ramirez
12 Bakery Business Card Ideas That Make Your Brand Pop

12 Bakery Business Card Ideas That Make Your Brand Pop

Bakery business card ideas that survive an apron pocket, plus the kraft, soft touch, foil and die-cut stocks we print, what each one costs and where each one fails.

Marcus Chen
Bar Sign Ideas That Sell Drinks, From Neon-Look Wall Signs to Chalkboard Menus

Bar Sign Ideas That Sell Drinks, From Neon-Look Wall Signs to Chalkboard Menus

Bar sign ideas that survive a wet bar: neon-look acrylic, rewritable specials boards, table tents and window clings, with the right stock for each spot.

Tobias Reed
Baseball Banner Ideas for Rosters, Sponsors and Senior Night

Baseball Banner Ideas for Rosters, Sponsors and Senior Night

Twelve baseball banner ideas for rosters, sponsors and senior night, with the vinyl or mesh call, letter heights that read, and wording that earns the space.

Sofia Ramirez
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