Category :Design

How to turn anything into a Gift Voucher

When people think of Gift Vouchers they usually think of the chequebook style tear off ticket or the programmable swipe cards. The all look the same, they all work the same, they are dull dull dull....

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Building your Business with the power of the Christmas Card

In a little over 10 weeks Christmas will be here. 10 more weeks before the great Christmas shutdown that will mean many businesses will be closed for several weeks. Several weeks where they won’t be...

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Design Tips & Tricks: Making your marketing stand out by thinking outside the A size box

One of the cornerstones of marketing is standing out from the competition. With people being bombarded with marketing messages every day, anything different will catch their attention. Once you have their attention, you have that...

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Corporate Stationery – Part of your business image

“No one uses corporate stationery these days” I hear people say. With everything digital and on the internet everyone is use to being communicated with in that format. If you do need to print something off,...

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Design Tips & Tricks: Six simple steps for small space design

From business cards to address labels, there are countless small printed items that businesses use every day. The challenge is getting those items to be clear when you don’t have room to spread things out...

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Technical Terms Explained: The Ins and Outs of Permit Post

We all get letters with the mark saying Permit Post instead of a stamp. I bet you have wondered about it once or twice as you open your mail. I also bet you never thought...

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Using Gift Vouchers to improve your sales

With Mother’s Day coming up we thought it would be good to talk some more about Gift Vouchers and how they can help your business in so many ways. If you haven’t already I would recommend reading...

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Picture Perfect. How the get the best of your photos for marketing and printing

Do you know what  the most common mistake I see when everyday people make up their own marketing material for us to print is?  Poor quality photos. Photos are a brilliant tool in your marketing...

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Marketing Advice Grab Bag

The new year is in full roar already and many business are thinking about their marketing plans for the year.  If you have questions on your marketing plan please email then in and we will...

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The Year in Review – The Five Coolest Things I’ve done

Another year is over and now the summer holidays have started. Now it is time to relax and not think about business for a couple of weeks. Instead I want to talk about the five coolest...

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Stuck on labels

Beer bottle labels is one of the cool things we have done this year. Why would this be cool?  A label is a label isn’t it? No it’s not when it’s on a beer bottle....

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6 easy steps to planning your marketing

Recently I’ve been dealing with a several customers who have wanted to have quick response with their marketing to an external event. In couple of those cases we could not do it. We were able...

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How to design a Gift Voucher

Gift vouchers are a different kettle of fish to your normal flyer or stationery because they are usually a form of legal tender for your business. People are going to pay you money for a...

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Designing Great Greeting Cards

There are lot of things you can do to make a greeting card with a lot of impact, far too many to fit in one blog post, so here’s a selection of them. Make it...

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What’s the Most Important Part of the Flyer?

When designing a flyer - especially one that is trying to sell something, most business owners and designers make a critical failure. It's easy to think that the most important part of the flyer is...

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