5 Keys to Gifting

5 Keys to Gifting This Holiday Season

This is the time of year that our thoughts turn to gifting. Gifting can mean many things for businesses: either holiday gifts to customers that have done business within the past year, or gifting to recognize employee year-end achievements. Companies are starting to look at purposeful, appropriate gifts for the audience and for the season.

Recognition vs. Year End Gifting at this time of year falls into two main categories: Recognition and Year-End. Recognition gifting is usually based on merit awards or department/company profitability. Year-end gifting is that gift which is given to employees or customers to thank them for service or loyalty throughout the year. You need to start at the beginning and decide exactly what type of gifting you will be doing this season. And if you are like most people, our guess is that you will be doing both!

Seasonality The change of seasons affects the type of gifts you might be giving this time of year. It is time to update company uniforms, anyway. You may have already begun the switch from short-sleeved polo shirts to long-sleeved –polo shirts. You may have begun the switch from windbreaker to fleece-lined zippered jacket.

When gift giving, you can use this change in apparel to express your appreciation. Warm Fleece Jackets is a great seasonal piece that won’t break the bank and makes a functional, attractive vehicle for your logo.

Relevance

This one might seem obvious, but it is easy to miss the mark on providing relevant gifts for your employees and customers. Your high-travel sales team might not appreciate a tower of chocolate goodies  as much as a quality garment bag or travel document holder/wallet. The chocolate tower might be perfect for the supporting office personnel.

Price The season of awards and gifting can be an expensive one. Not because of the item itself necessarily, but because this is the time of year you are giving in volume. But, don’t let price influence you to not make the best decision possible. You can provide larger quantities of gifts without having to over-extend yourself. Gift for the home or desk accessories are always a nice treat. Our Corporate Gifts category offers a variety of options across several price points. And don’t forget, gifts given in trade or businesses are tax deductible in part or whole.

Make the right impression

Lastly, this is the gifting opportunity to help you make the right impression. You might be sending a gift to a customer who only orders from you once a year, and you want to use this gift to encourage repeat and increased business. You might be rewarding that employee who hit their sales goals for the first time ever, and this gift will help you reinforce a spirit of success. Either way, you can make the right impression with your gift initially and then get residual value from that gift all year long based on its usability and visibility in the life of the recipient.

However you plan to gift this year now is the time to start thinking about it. Your budget should include the actual gift, packaging and presentation, and fulfillment (packaging labor, shipping costs, etc.). Take a look at some good-better-best options. And, if you weren’t already thinking about gifting for recognition or year-end…maybe you should.

 

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Introducing Our New Website and Products

Introducing Our New Products

It’s with great excitement that we unveil our new website to you. Aside from an updated look, the new website features a powerful new way to sift through our portfolio of products, making it easier for you to better understand our wide range of services and capabilities. We have made WePrintQuick.Com your one stop shop for marketing your business.

Promotional Products

We now offer creative and cost effective promotional products and advertising specialties that promote your company. We offer a full line of imprinted ad specialty and promo products and can showcase your logo with personalized information on a variety of products in the following categories: auto, apparel (t-shirts, polos and logo shirts), awards, bags, coolers, desktop, drink ware, flashlights, fun, health, beauty, golf, house wares, id’s, key rings and key tags, magnets, memory, usb’s, flash drives, notebooks, notepads, pens, pet items, sports, sticky notes, technology, and tools.

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Waterproof Menus

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Our Printing Capabilities

WePrintQuick.com An online service provided by Eveready Printing, Inc.is a full service company, delivering fast, affordable, full color products and services, including offset and digital solutions. We print brochures, booklets, business cards, calendars, catalogs, envelopes, flyers, letterhead, newsletters, postcards, posters and more. In addition to our printing products, we offer professional design services and mailing services. As a one-stop source with a solution for any need, we pride ourselves in providing ultimate convenience to our customers

How To Design a Profitable Postcard

How To Design a Profitable Postcard

In this high-tech business world, postcards may not be the first marketing vehicle that comes to mind when planning a lead generation campaign. That’s really too bad since with just a few proven tips you can create powerful marketing postcards that are almost guaranteed to deliver a good response and at a fraction of the cost of high-tech marketing methods.

1. Make an impression

How many of you have looked forward to receiving a postcard from friends or relatives? The compelling picture on the front makes you immediately turn it over to read. Why not incorporate an image-style postcard on the front of your postcard with a “wish you were here” or “wish you had this” feature on the card? Since postcards are available in a variety of sizes from 4-inch by 6-inch, 6-inch by 9-inch or 5.5-inch by 8.5-inch and more, and they are available on many different paperweights, you can explore this theme to develop a warm reception to your postcard.

2. Get to the point

Postcards deliver an instant “read now” quality. In order to attract your customer’s interest, get right to the point with your main statement, which should be your biggest benefit or a distinctive advantage. You need to capture interest immediately in order to maintain the “read now” advantage. If possible, customize the postcard with customer’s name, pet’s name, free offer on products like prefer … anything that provides you with an edge and makes the customer feel like you already know them.

3. Do the right thing

Marketing postcards are most effective when they are used to generate website traffic, phone calls or sales leads. They are less effective for closing sales because they do not provide enough space for a detailed sales message. Please don’t try to include one. It will destroy the personal nature of your message. Instead, focus on persuading the reader to visit your website, call you or some other action.

4. Be clear and actionable

You have just a few seconds to capture the reader’s attention and convince them to take the action you want. So keep the message brief and easily understood. If you are using sentences, keep them short and make sure there are lines in between. You don’t want to overwhelm your reader. Better yet, see if you can reduce the sentences into short bullet points to get your message across quickly. The litmus test is whether you can understand the message with just a brief glance. Test out your message with someone whose opinion you trust.

5. Act now

You know how much people love to procrastinate. In fact, there were more than 1,300 + books listed on Amazon.com in regards to procrastination. You have to give your reader a reason to respond now. The best methods include offering a discounted price for a limited time, a special bonus for the first 100 respondents or some other offer if they respond before a certain deadline.

Postcards might not be a high-tech innovation but, if done right, they have enough gadgets to produce results.

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How To Design A Great Brochure

How To Design A Great Brochure

According to the dictionary a brochure is “a small book or pamphlet, often containing promotional material or product information.” The truth is brochures can be large and their contents must vary depending on the situation.

Even in this age of cyber marketing, brochures have not gone out of fashion. Business people still like printed brochure marketing for the personal touch they offer in communication with clients. Customers or would-be customers can read about the company and its products at their leisure. Brochures are excellent print tools that give customers all the relevant information they need before making a purchase. Apart from attracting new customers, a brochure helps a business organization to stay in touch with its existing customers, build loyalty and reinforce credibility.

In order to be effective, a brochure must satisfy certain conditions in terms of both content and design. A hastily prepared brochure without proper planning can drive customers away. To stimulate the desired effect among customers, a brochure must be attractive-looking and contain all of the relevant information. A good brochure contains all of the following:

• A brochure is supposed to convey a direct message in a visually attractive manner from a company to its customers. The success or failure of a brochure is determined by the quality of information it includes.
• It is human nature to look to some visual cues first. In a brochure, a reader will see the pictures first, then the headlines, charts and graphs, captions, before finally moving to body text. Therefore, a brochure must be laid out so that a reader can have an idea of the content by just having a look at the pictures and the headlines. The essence of the main points you want to let people know must be conveyed by the headlines and captions.
• Brochures mostly cover three main areas: products of a company, services and the capabilities of the organization. These can be divided into a number of sections in a logical sequence such as introduction, products, services, features, benefits, applications, specifications, testimonials, frequently asked questions, company history, call to action, mission statement, awards, contact details, etc.
• If the cover of the brochure is not attractive enough, customers may be put off even before opening it. Make the cover visually attractive. List the merits of your products or services on the cover itself. Make your customers open it: Use a teaser offer such as “valid for a limited time only” or “look inside for coupon.” If you use your logo on the cover, make it smaller so that it doesn’t become the focus.
• After the cover, the introduction section should give a brief account of the company, its products or services, its objectives etc. Products and services sections will contain a brief description of them. The above mentioned sections and those relating to features, benefits, applications and specifications are included in most brochures for the benefit of customers.
• Including testimonials in a brochure is extremely important. Readers will definitely be influenced and willing to try a product or service when they read those comments made by satisfied users.
• A Frequently Asked Questions, or FAQ, section is essential for the success of any brochure. This section should answer common questions a customer is likely to ask regarding your product or service. If your company does quotes, it is better to have a separate questionnaire that the customer can fill out and send to you.
• Remember that if your brochure only says why your company is great, or why your products are the best, people will throw it away. To make them keep your brochure longer, you should include general information that would be useful for them. If your company deals in computers, for example, you can include in your brochure a piece on “how to improve your computer’s performance.”
• Don’t forget to include calls to action such as “Log on to our website to order now!” or “Contact immediately.” “Offer Expires Soon” A brochure is effective only if it brings business to your company. For better results, you can also include your offer and a response mechanism on each page of the brochure.
• Never forget to include your address, phone and fax numbers, website and e-mail at convenient, easily visible places throughout the brochure.

If you follow these easy steps to building an effective brochure, you will find yourself more respected and having a better conversion rate for sales.

(Different Brochure Designs)

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How to Design a Business Card

How to Design a Business Card 

Business cards are still the most widely used form of marketing there is. Even with social media and cell phones, the business card is the quickest and most transportable form of information around. So what should you advertise in such prime real estate to be noticed? Just like any other strong marketing material you need to keep in mind the basic principles of design when laying out your business card.

You use to have to consider how much money you were willing to spend before you could figure out how many colors you were going to use in your business card design. But with digital printing presses becoming the norm it’s much more economical to print a four-color process card. With four-color process the sky is the limit with colors; however, you can still get a really clean and memorable design using only two colors and really nice paper stock.

A picture is worth a thousand words

You could just put some words on your card but that would mean someone would have to read it to know who you are and what you do. If you have a well-thought out image to go with your information, then someone could take one glance at it to determine what it is for before getting close enough to read the type.

Three questions to answer when choosing an image:

• What image will convey what you do with one glance?
• Does it look good at a small scale?
• Does it have a clean area for text if you are planning to use it on the whole card”

Sample scenario: Victoria Miles is a wedding planner. When you think of wedding planners you could think of many things that go along with the idea of a wedding: cake, flowers, a dress or rings. So as not to be confused with a cake maker or a florist, Victoria has decided to go with wedding rings for her image. Let’s take a look at a couple of images she found.

Picture 1 

 

Picture 2

Both images feature two wedding rings and both images have a similar pallet of colors; however, one is a better image to use than the other for a couple of reasons. While you could extend the white space on the right in picture 2 to make room for Victoria’s information, it would feel cramped and would be overshadowed by the image. Picture 1 on the other hand has a lot of unencumbered space that text would lay nicely on top of, allowing Victoria’s name to take center stage. Another reason picture 1 is the better choice for a business card is the impression it gives from a distance. Picture 1’s image is strong and from a distance still comes across as a pair of wedding rings, while the rings in picture 2 do not stand out as much and are upstaged by the box they are resting in. From a distance it is hard to distinguish immediately that it is a pair of wedding rings.

Say it like you mean it
Now that we’ve chosen the image for Victoria’s cards we need to add her information to the card. Easy enough, right? First, let’s go over a few key design points:

• Choose your fonts wisely. Victoria is a wedding planner not a preschool teacher or a rock band, so we need to look for a classic script or serif font to go with her classic wedding look. For you preschool teachers out there, feel free to use Comic Sans and for rock bands any grungy font will do.
• Allow the image to guide where you will place your text and how you will justify your text. For our image we could do a right justification or a combination of centered name and title with right-justified contact information.
• Edit what you put on your card since too much information in such a small space just gets lost and nothing will stand out as important. Who you are, what you do and two forms of contact information should suffice. Always include your website, if you have one, because it is another area where you have the ability to go into more detail about what you do and potentially sell to a potential client.

The result
Take a look at Victoria’s card below. Notice even though we had the option of using every color under the sun because she is getting a four-color process card we went with black text because it stood out the best on the photo. We even put a little bit of a glow around her name to help it stand out from the background. We put emphasis on her name and how to contact her by varying the font style and size.

Clean, elegant and effective is what Victoria got with this business card design. Remember your business card can be the most effective advertising tool if designed properly.

 

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Build Your Business with Door-Hanger Marketing

I have written several blogs about door-hanger marketing and I feel the need to stress how important this little piece of advertising can be to boost your business sales. Doors are everywhere–neighborhoods houses, office buildings; hotels, etc. … why not take advantage of them as an idea for a marketing campaign?

Door-hanger marketing is an effective yet inexpensive way to reach an audience. Because your advertising message must physically be removed from the doorknob, it is very likely to be read and make an impression that lasts beyond a brief glance. And unlike other advertisements your prospect receives, door hangers typically stand alone without competition.

Here are a few ways to take advantage of door hanger marketing

Introduce a new business

Spread the word in local neighborhoods about your new company or services. Be sure to include a phone number, street address, and company website address.

Target a specific market

For example, if your company provides lawn service, you can deliver your message just to the homes that look to need lawn card. Or if you sell renter’s insurance, you can target apartment complexes.

Create name recognition

A consistent door-hanger campaign trains your prospect to think of you when the need arises for your product or service. Want to ensure the recipient keeps your hanger around longer? Distribute hangers with an affixed magnet, especially if the hanger includes your company’s hours of operation or other pertinent information.

Offer Money Saving Coupons

Track the success of your campaign with a special perforated tear-off of a discount coupon or business card.

Spread information, service reminders, etc

In addition to promotional advertising, door hangers can be used to provide information, serve as service reminders, or even to let your customers know you paid them a visit. If you’re interested in seeing what door hangers can do for your business, visit our website or give us a call today! We’ll help you develop a creative design to achieve the results you need.

How To Promote Your Business

Unique Marketing Tools   How you promote your business speaks volumes about you as a business owner and the service you provide to your customers. Fun, creative and cost effective marketing promotions can attract new customers along with retaining your current customers. As the old saying goes, “Dress for success”. The same goes for marketing your business. Dress and equip your business for success with the goal of leaving a lasting impression. Here are some unique marketing ideas to kick start your summer promotions.   (Waterproof Repositional Wall Clings can be applied and re-applied to any surface)

Waterproof Menus The Waterproof Menu’s / Paper Products are the solution to restaurant’s, salons, bars or any business owner who conduct a lot of business outdoors having to constantly replace their menus. The Waterproof Menu is custom printed on a Waterproof Synthetic Paper created to withstand the harsh, every day restaurant elements. We offer several manufacturing options including: Read more: http://www.waterproofmenuprinting.com/#ixzz2ZEEZLsBp Variable Print Marketing WePrintQuick.com has the latest technology available to you to produce specific custom printed pieces. VDP (Variable Data Printing) is the most productive and unique way to reach out to potential customers with specific target communications used from your comprehensive database. VDP allows you to uniquely print text, graphics and images and changed from one printed piece to the next, without stopping or slowing down the printing process and using information from your database. VDP is a direct outgrowth of digital printing, which harnesses computer data software and digital print devices to create high-quality, full color documents, with a look and feel comparable to a conventional offset press.     Eveready Printing,Inc. and WePrintQuick.Com has introduced some great new products that every business owner should take advantage of!   Waterproof Postcards and Repositional Sports Schedules Peel N Stick Waterproof Postcards are designed to be posted/stuck on a variety surfaces for long lasting use. They are durable, waterproof and tear resistant, and their unique repositionable adhesive means they will stick to virtually any surface, including painted walls, wood cabinets, glass, metal, and even the a laptop. Plus, they can be easily removed and reapplied multiple times. So your marketing message gets posted where the customer wants and is a constant reminder of your marketing message.

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Unique Marketing Tools To Bring In Business

Unique Marketing Tools To Bring In Business

Summer has finally arrived, business owners are looking for new ways to draw customers in. Waterproof Menu’s, Repositional Window Clings and Peel N Stick Postcards are popular ways to advertise. However, in the past, many business owners – especially small independents -, have found marketing this way to be cost prohibitive. Not so today, as new synthetic digital substrates have become available, allowing any business owner to use their creativity to produce unique marketing pieces.

Some of those solutions are waterproof menus / paper products and custom repostional window clings. These printable promotional products are the tools business owners have been waiting for.

  1. Waterproof Menus

The Waterproof Menu’s / Paper Products are the solution to restaurant’s, salons, bars or any business owner who conduct a lot of business outdoors having to constantly replace their menus. Have your menus custom printed on a Waterproof Synthetic Paper created to withstand the harsh, every day restaurant elements. We offer several manufacturing options including: Spiral Bound Menus, Bi-Fold or Tri-Fold Menus, and Single Page Menus. Our menus are available in numerous sizes, formats and thicknesses. The Waterproof Menu is washable and tear resistant. Having your menus printed on this type of paper are sure to be the solution to all your menu needs

2. Window Clings

We offer Crystal Clear Cling as a solution to business owner’s promotional needs. The optically clear polyester film applies to any clean glass surface. This cling is neither white nor “frosty” clear, it truly is optically clear. Thus, promotional messages can be communicated while customers are still able to enjoy the views and the public walking by your shop can see the inviting atmosphere inside.

3. Peel N Stick Postcards

While old-fashioned postcards can be easily misplaced or discarded, Peel N Stick Waterproof Postcards are designed to be posted/stuck on a variety surfaces for long lasting use. They are durable, waterproof and tear resistant, and their unique repositionable adhesive means they will stick to virtually any surface, including painted walls, wood cabinets, glass, metal, and even the a laptop. Plus, they can be easily removed and reapplied multiple times. So your marketing message gets posted where the customer wants and is a constant reminder of your marketing message.

  4.   Be Creative

In order to effectively attract customers, business owners need to make a statement that can help differentiate them from their competitors. Waterproof Menus and Waterproof Paper Products let’s customers know that you are a true professional. Window Clings and Peel & Stick Postcards help business owners reach potential customers and retain their current customers.

5. Place the promotional piece where it counts

Windows and glass doors are not the only valuable piece of real estate in the business and restaurant. Every wall offers an opportunity to tastefully communicate with customers. Business owners now have a great new way to make their company unique and do promotions that suit them best. All it takes is to unleash their passion and creativity and the right professional commercial printer.

One of your company’s biggest marketing tools should be a reflection of your love and passion for your business. Today, a new type of paper gives you the ability to make your marketing piece as unique as your company, at a price point that is affordable.
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Introducing Waterproof Menus & Paper Products

Introducing Waterproof Printed Products

Looking for an excellent alternative to expensive plastic menu printing or flimsy paper menus? Waterproof Menu Printing offers our special Full Color Printing on Waterproof, Tear and Stain Resistant Paper.

Plastic menus have a very high minimum quantity and cost associated with them. Waterproof Menu Printing offers a similar durability with a much lower minimum and cost. If you are looking for menus that have that extra durability, Waterproof Menu Printing is the perfect choice. No lamination needed!

Our Menu Paper is innovative synthetic substrates that are specifically designed for outstanding high resolution imaging. Waterproof Menu paper is a new product that is perfect for Menu Printing. This product is durable, waterproof, tear resistant and stain resistant materials that offer the best characteristics of both paper and polyester.

With Waterproof Menu Printing you get products that are waterproof and tear resistant for excellent durability, but what is very unique about our product is that it also can handle print finishing processes such as saddle stitching, punching, and folding just like paper does.

In addition, our Waterproof paper is very stain resistant to common foods such as mustard, tea, and red wine. Thus, if you catch a stain within a reasonable time period you can fix the problem by washing the menu with soap and water. Because you won’t have to laminate for durability and protection from spills, there’s no need to send the menus out to a laminating company saving you time and money. Plus, you won’t have to worry about the inevitable delaminated scores, edges and corners that occur over time with laminated menus.

Our Waterproof Paper is foldable. Even the 10, 11 and 12 mil cover weight calipers can be scored and folded. This is very different than most other products, and a great feature for printing menus. The velvety soft feel of our paper is truly unique; add full color images and graphics to make your menu act as a unique branding tool.

Our Waterproof Menu Printing is available in four calipers; 7.5 mil, 10 mil, 11 mil and 12 mil, allowing you to print both inside pages and covers of menus. The 7.5 mil caliper for the pages and 10, 11 or 12 mil caliper for the cover of booklet style menus. The Rigid stock is perfect for flat menus and cards. The Soft stock is perfect for menus that need to be folded.

So whether it’s a saddle stitched multiple page menu, or a finished 8.5 x 11 folded menu, or simple flat menus our Waterproof Menus Printing is the new choice for business owners who are looking for a professional look at a very affordable price.

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