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When You Want To Send the Very Best In Your Greeting Cards

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

When you care to send the very best, your print greeting cards can do it for you. I know. This phrase sounds very much like a Hallmark phrase of all time. Their ad for custom greeting cards in fact has the same phrase to entice target clients to think about their print greeting cards.

From birthdays to anniversaries, as well as for every holiday & occasion, Hallmark has it all. When it comes to saying the right verses, Hallmark definitely knows the spot to pique with their quotes & phrases.

So what makes Hallmark the print greeting card leader of all time? I believe it is in the phrases & words that make your day very special.

It is in the words actually. The right words sent to the right person always gets you the right reaction. The positive impact you require is from the words you say in your printing greeting cards. A well-crafted & well thought of card is special because the recipient knows you have gone to great lengths to generate that very special greeting card. That is why everyone appreciates custom greeting cards.

Here are a few suggestions to help you generate those very special custom greeting cards:

1- Think about the person receiving your card.

The demographics of your recipient tell a lot of what kind of greeting card you are going to generate. Is it for the young, male or female, a loved one, a mate, a colleague, etc? Whoever they are, they ought to be able to relate to the message you have in your card. The message, even if it is well crafted & it took you ages to write the right stuff, would be lost to anyone who does not get it.

2- Think about the tone of your card.

Is it playful, funny, serious, romantic, platonic, spiritual, or sarcastic? The tone of your card sets the overall appearance. Depending on the message you would require to convey, your tone could convey happy thoughts, sentimental words, & even ‘for adults only’.

3- Think about the occasion.

Greeting cards are great stuff to send for special occasions. It says the very words you would require to say in person for that special day. Based on the reason for a special message, your card can help make your day even more exceptional.

4- Think about your style.

It is your message & your card. You are the one generating it. The way you say your thoughts will be reflected in your card.

There are only a few weeks before Valentine’s so why not send the very best with custom greeting cards. Your cards can say it right when done from the heart.

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Do You Know VistaPrint

Friday, December 25th, 2009

Based in Hamilton, Bermuda, VistaPrint employs over 1,400 employees globally in its offices and printing facilities. The company US offices are located in Lexington, Massachusetts, while its European offices are in Barcelona. Its two printing facilities, which total over 200,000 square feet (19,000 m2) of production space, are located in Windsor, Ontario and Vento, the Netherlands. VistaPrint uses patented technology to aggregate and print large numbers of customized orders in its automated production facilities in North America and Europe. This technology enables VistaPrint to print an average of 43,000 orders daily.

Orders for customers in North America are printed in the company plant in Windsor, Ontario.

European and Asia Pacific orders that are placed by consumers are manufactured by VistaPrint B.V. in Vento, the Netherlands.

The company- Customer service center, VistaPrint Jamaica Limited, is headquartered in Montero Bay, Jamaica and is staffed by company employees since its doors opened in November 2003.

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Design Elements to Consider In Invitation Printing

Friday, December 4th, 2009

When you start your invitation printing for your special event such as a wedding, conference or party, there are a lot of design elements that you need to know about your invitation. Invitation printing, just like note card printing has several design elements like the text font style, color, paper and other accents. To know about these design elements in detail, read on below and you should discover what they are and how most invitations deal with these elements.

The paper you might not know it, but one of the first things you need to decide is the paper of your invitation. This basically sets your canvass for everything else. An invitation is not just a greeting card. You want to impress upon the reader to join your celebration. The paper choice should be done with care.

For wedding invitations for example, the best high quality paper is always a must. You would want to impress upon people the elegance and specialness of that blessed event. So glossy paper or glossy thick paper is a good choice for wedding invitations. For conferences, the quality can be less emphasized for utility. You just want to let people know about the conference and the topic or theme should be enough to convince people to go or not. So you can print on medium quality with glossy UV coating only optional.

The size the next thing you may want to decide is the invitation size. Invitations can vary from small color note cards to full blown half folders or postcards. The general rule here is that if your celebration is big, it should merit a big invitation as well. If it is just a small gathering, invitation note card printing should suffice. You don’t want to spend money on a big full color invitation when your gathering only has 20 or so people. So decide on this before doing anything about your invitations.

The text once you have the paper material and size set, you can now focus on the text. More particularly its font style, and the way it will be printed. In terms of font style, it really depends on your event. For weddings most people choose an elegant script. This again impresses upon people the beauty of the event. Formal parties and "balls" may also use such font styles for their invitations. For business conferences and similar events, more utilitarian font’s styles that are easy to understand are recommended. This is so that you can give your message faster and with more accuracy.

In terms of the China printing style for text

Some people may want to emboss the text, while some may want to use glittering gold or silver stamped ink. This again depends on the occasion, with weddings using more elaborate printing styles and more serious gatherings using simple inks.

The cover or envelope the last major design element that you should consider is the cover or envelope of the invitation. This is basically the "gift wrapper" of your invitation. For serious events like conferences, off the shelf white envelopes can suffice. However, for occasions like weddings and the like, the cover or envelope should match the color motif or theme of the said event. This makes it part of the overall design which should complement the invitation it is carrying.

Good. We hope you learned a lot about the basic design elements that you need for invitation printing. Keep these in mind as you print your own full color envelopes. Good luck.

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Breaking Down Business Cards: Visuals

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Too often the visuals of a custom business card get overlooked. Business cards are more often connected only with the contact information they provide rather than the images you put on them.

Part of this comes from viewing color business cards purely as a means of helping someone contact you rather than with anything having to do with marketing yourself. The best business cards are going to be the ones that have personality.

Do not just look at normal business cards when you have a whole slew of custom business cards open to you to create if you just know what options are out there and how to best capitalize on them.
So, what are those options?

I could not even begin to list them all here, because they are limited largely by the imagination. China Printing technology has advanced enough to ensure you can have some very nice images when your print business cards.

I have seen people who have pictures of themselves on the card. These are people who understand one very important aspect of business cards: people might have your name and number, but what good is that if they do not remember who you are? By providing your actual picture you are not only making your card more unique, but also giving people a visual to ensure they will remember exactly who you are months after you first talked to them.

That is the significance of all great visuals on business cards, and it does not always have to be a picture of you to work. I have seen business cards with reproductions of paintings on the back of them, or a very large, prominent logo on the front. These unique images provide a distinction between their card and all the others I see. Put a map on your business card showing people exactly where your store is, or provide a picture of what your building looks like to help people identify it when driving down the street.

I could go on and on when it comes to the various images that are open to you. The best thing you can do is figure out an image that will accomplish two primary goals.
The first is to be unique specifically to you. When a person sees that image they will know exactly who you are because it hooks directly to you in some way.

The second is to be sure that your image is different enough from everyone else that it will be that much more memorable. Well, if everyone started doing that it would obviously become less memorable and do nothing to help someone remember you.
Take the time to look into the various options you have for custom business cards. Make sure that when you hand someone a business card, they will be sure to remember you.

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Print a Calendar

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

When you print a Quick Base calendar, you must set some print options within your browser to get best results.

To set print options:

In order for your calendar to print correctly, set the following print preferences:

Print in landscape mode.
To get your entire calendar on one page, you must switch from portrait to landscape format. To do so: select File > Page Setup. Then select the Landscape radio button and click OK.

Turn on the option to print background colors.
If you don’t turn on background color printing your calendars gridlines won’t print. Also, boxes showing durations (events that take place over two or more days) won’t display. To turn this option on:

In Firefox: Select File > Page Setup and turn on the Print background colors and images checkbox
In Internet Explorer:
Select Tools > Internet Options.
Click the Advanced tab.
Within the Printing section, turn on the Print background colors and images checkbox.
To print a calendar:

Within the menu at the top of the calendar, click Print.
A print preview displays.

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