Its that time of year that most printers love, the time of year when you receive the Christmas card order from your clients.

The telephone rings, the email arrives (more…)

I’m quite new to the idea of working alongside a web-based print and design facility, it isn’t really my bag to do just telephone sales. I know my voice is not great over the phone. I’d never make a voice-over professional, so why expect someone like me to excel in telesales.
If after the initial telephone enquiry chat I get to meet the prospect, then I can usually discuss the job in detail and hopefully help the customer to formulate his ideas to create a satisfactory solution. (more…)

As we are now approaching the Festive Season and it’s time to start thinking about sending our Christmas cards.
This is a great opportunity to not only wish clients and friends best wishes but also to say, Thank you.

If you have the time you can create your own personalised card. You can start by looking online where you can find a huge selection of images, some free and others will be at a cost. Here is a site that can help you step by step to create your card:
http://desktoppub.about.com/od/cards/ht/greetingcard.htm

You can create your own artwork and upload it on the everydayprint website, or you can use the design tool or free Christmas card templates online.

Also you can write a personalised message, upload a logo, photo or background inside your card, click preview and order. It really is that simple! So order your Christmas cards now!

Happy Holidays!

People want business cards to stand out, to be memorable - but there is no point making a card memorable if the recipient cannot be induced to keep it.

The simplest possible way to get someone to keep your business card is to have it printed at the same size as a credit card - 85mm x 55mm. Everyone who has a wallet will have a safe place to keep your card.

Fancy materials and different shapes and sizes are no substitute for making your card fit in someone’s wallet.

Fonts can sometimes be a big problem when trying to embed them into a pdf. You’ve designed your printed piece and it looks fantastic on screen. However, that quirky free font you downloaded from that website the other week just won’t play ball when you generate the pdf.

“Font cannot be embedded because of licensing restrictions”

This puts a bit of a spanner in the works, but there is a way around it. - Outline the font. (more…)