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How to Use a Free Sticker Maker to Design and Print Custom Stickers

How to Use a Free Sticker Maker to Design and Print Custom Stickers

What a free sticker app can and cannot do for print, from canvas size and 0.125 inch bleed to 300 ppi artwork, plus which sticker cut and material to order.

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How to Design a Banner Advertisement That Pays for Its Placement

How to Design a Banner Advertisement That Pays for Its Placement

Plan a banner advertisement by placement and viewing time, cut the copy to what gets read, make the response trackable, and match material to the campaign length.

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How to Design a Branded Business Tablecloth That Reads Across the Aisle

How to Design a Branded Business Tablecloth That Reads Across the Aisle

Where the logo goes on a branded business tablecloth, how big to set the type for the aisle, and how to build a dye sublimation file that prints as expected.

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How to Design a Campaign Flyer That Voters Actually Read

How to Design a Campaign Flyer That Voters Actually Read

How to design a political campaign flyer that voters read: name hierarchy, the paid for by disclaimer box, standard sizes and stocks, and bulk printing in time.

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How to Design a Church Booklet That Tells Your Story

How to Design a Church Booklet That Tells Your Story

Plan a church booklet page by page: order of service structure, page counts in fours, saddle stitch against perfect bound, paper weight and readable type sizes.

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How to Design a Die-Cut Menu That Cuts Clean and Lasts

How to Design a Die-Cut Menu That Cuts Clean and Lasts

A die-cut menu needs one closed cut path, an eighth inch of bleed past it, and a stock that survives service. Shapes, sizes, lamination and file setup.

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How to Design a Takeout Menu People Keep and Reorder From

How to Design a Takeout Menu People Keep and Reorder From

Design a takeout menu that survives a greasy bag: the right size, a price column that scans, gloss cover stock, and a QR code that works once printed.

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How to Design Backing Cards for Pins and Earrings That Sell

How to Design Backing Cards for Pins and Earrings That Sell

Backing card sizes for pins and earrings, hole spacing that punches cleanly, uncoated and kraft stock choices, and the file setup that avoids a reprint.

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How to Design a Church Connect Card People Actually Fill Out

How to Design a Church Connect Card People Actually Fill Out

Design a church connect card people actually complete: uncoated writing side, 4 by 6 size, three fields, and the print specs that stop pens from skipping.

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How to Design Custom Discount Cards That Bring Customers Back

How to Design Custom Discount Cards That Bring Customers Back

Design a discount card people keep: the offer line, plastic against card stock, CR80 layout with bleed and safety, and barcodes or numbers that scan at the counter.

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How to Design Custom Price Tags for Retail Products

How to Design Custom Price Tags for Retail Products

Design custom price tags that read in a second. Price hierarchy, punch hole clearance, barcode quiet zones, tag sizes, stocks and the print file setup.

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How to Design Thank You Postcards People Keep

How to Design Thank You Postcards People Keep

How to lay out a thank you postcard that keeps the USPS postcard rate, which stock actually takes a pen, and the wording that makes the card worth keeping.

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