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Casual Articles - How to Save Green, when Buying Blue
Advertisers have seized upon a new way to get the word out about their products: slap their ads on your vehicle. Actually, this isn’t an entirely new way to promote products as it has been in the experimental stages for years in limited markets. Now, however, the practice has become so widespread that companies around the globe are doing it. Soon, many cars in Mexico and France along with vehicles on the streets of California, Florida, and elsewhere will be sporting ads pitching a variety of products. In some cases the advertisers will pay you a monthly rental fee to place ads on the car you already own, while in other cases
- Printed separately $500 each run for a total of $2,000
- Printed in a gang run for a total of $750
The benefits are obvious, but there is work involved. You must invest time up front to think about your printing needs for the next six months or year. Then bring that plan to a meeting with a printer, and let him help you look for ways to save money.
Another way to use the gang run is to create a “shell”. Letterhead is an example of a shell.
One of the certain aspects of working life is that unexpectedly you can be assigned a project to do. In fact if you are building a business of your own you will have long-term projects that are essential to its profitable development.But in order to ensure the smooth and successful running of your business it's vital to have efficient systems in place to deal with these projects. Most of them will have deadlines for completion at some point in the future. But it is how you deal with these deadlines that will determine how efficient you are at managing your business.The simple thing to do is to schedule the proje
Often when the bill comes, it feels like you are carrying the whole
$90 billion industry by yourself. There are, however, ways to save money on printing, if you know the right questions to ask..
The most important thing to remember if you want to save money on printing is that printing is a production business. Large jobs and long runs are less expensive than short ones, so plan ahead! The most expensive part of the process is the set up. Once the press is running, your per piece cost goes down with every page you print. For example: I recently designed a small tri-fold brochure for a client. The printer’s quote looked like this:
- 500 pieces $450
- 1,500 pieces $650
- 2,500 pieces $750
This is fairly typical whether you are printing 500 or 5,000 pieces. The more you print, the lower the per piece cost. It was easy for this client to make the decision to print the higher quantity instead of planning a reprint six months later. But what if you really don’t need more?
Ask about GANG RUNS. When you print 1,000 postcards your printer is actually laying them out on a larger sheet of paper possibly 4 to a page or 8 to a page like this:
When printing is complete, the printer will cut the page divide the finished project into piles. It doesn’t matter to him if the four piles are the same or different, but your savings could be tremendous. Using the Gang Run format, you can actually create four different cards and print them at the same time. Look at the potential savings on four batches of 1,000 postcards:
- Printed separately $500 each run for a total of $2,000
- Printed in a gang run for a total of $750
The benefits are obvious, but there is work involved. You must invest time up front to think about your printing needs for the next six months or year. Then bring that plan to a meeting with a printer, and let him help you look for ways to save money.
Another way to use the gang run is to create a “shell”. Letterhead is an example of a shell. W
Searching for a legitimate business opportunity takes time and research. There is no business opportunity that you should ever get into that makes unrealistic demands. If there is a sense of urgency, a one time only offer that ends tomorrow, or an extremely reduced price offer, you should know that there is something wrong. There are other things to look for as well.Illegitimate business opportunities try to pressure searching entrepreneurs into making decisions at the spur of the moment. Once they have you on the phone or you visit their website, they won’t let you leave until you make a decision. Everyone in business
The most important thing to remember if you want to save money on printing is that printing is a production business. Large jobs and long runs are less expensive than short ones, so plan ahead! The most expensive part of the process is the set up. Once the press is running, your per piece cost goes down with every page you print. For example: I recently designed a small tri-fold brochure for a client. The printer’s quote looked like this:
- 500 pieces $450
- 1,500 pieces $650
- 2,500 pieces $750
This is fairly typical whether you are printing 500 or 5,000 pieces. The more you print, the lower the per piece cost. It was easy for this client to make the decision to print the higher quantity instead of planning a reprint six months later. But what if you really don’t need more?
Ask about GANG RUNS. When you print 1,000 postcards your printer is actually laying them out on a larger sheet of paper possibly 4 to a page or 8 to a page like this:
When printing is complete, the printer will cut the page divide the finished project into piles. It doesn’t matter to him if the four piles are the same or different, but your savings could be tremendous. Using the Gang Run format, you can actually create four different cards and print them at the same time. Look at the potential savings on four batches of 1,000 postcards:
- Printed separately $500 each run for a total of $2,000
- Printed in a gang run for a total of $750
The benefits are obvious, but there is work involved. You must invest time up front to think about your printing needs for the next six months or year. Then bring that plan to a meeting with a printer, and let him help you look for ways to save money.
Another way to use the gang run is to create a “shell”. Letterhead is an example of a shell.
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- 500 pieces $450
- 1,500 pieces $650
- 2,500 pieces $750
This is fairly typical whether you are printing 500 or 5,000 pieces. The more you print, the lower the per piece cost. It was easy for this client to make the decision to print the higher quantity instead of planning a reprint six months later. But what if you really don’t need more?
Ask about GANG RUNS. When you print 1,000 postcards your printer is actually laying them out on a larger sheet of paper possibly 4 to a page or 8 to a page like this:
When printing is complete, the printer will cut the page divide the finished project into piles. It doesn’t matter to him if the four piles are the same or different, but your savings could be tremendous. Using the Gang Run format, you can actually create four different cards and print them at the same time. Look at the potential savings on four batches of 1,000 postcards:
- Printed separately $500 each run for a total of $2,000
- Printed in a gang run for a total of $750
The benefits are obvious, but there is work involved. You must invest time up front to think about your printing needs for the next six months or year. Then bring that plan to a meeting with a printer, and let him help you look for ways to save money.
Another way to use the gang run is to create a “shell”. Letterhead is an example of a shell.
Your print ads should do more than just get noticed. Their job is to bring you business, and if all they do is lay around and attract attention, they’re no different from the lazy employee who does nothing all day but look busy.You wouldn’t give him more hours in the hopes that one day something productive will happen. And you shouldn’t keep running those “name recognition” ads in the hopes that one day sales will happen, either. You should fire those non-responsive ads and get some that pull their own weight. Here’s how:1. Grab prospects with your headline. The single most important part of your ad is the headl
When printing is complete, the printer will cut the page divide the finished project into piles. It doesn’t matter to him if the four piles are the same or different, but your savings could be tremendous. Using the Gang Run format, you can actually create four different cards and print them at the same time. Look at the potential savings on four batches of 1,000 postcards:
- Printed separately $500 each run for a total of $2,000
- Printed in a gang run for a total of $750
The benefits are obvious, but there is work involved. You must invest time up front to think about your printing needs for the next six months or year. Then bring that plan to a meeting with a printer, and let him help you look for ways to save money.
Another way to use the gang run is to create a “shell”. Letterhead is an example of a shell.
Chinese business culture and etiquette The Chinese business practice is vastly different from the Western method that most of us may be used to. Of course, with the Chinese economy opening up, China's joining of WTO and the Olympics in 2008, many Chinese business practice are now beginning to align with more conventional methods.However, China will always have their own unique business culture and etiquette, given their unique history and background."I was recently involved in a business meeting that went sour and threatened to scuttle a good deal. What happened was that the Chinese party recieving th
- Printed separately $500 each run for a total of $2,000
- Printed in a gang run for a total of $750
The benefits are obvious, but there is work involved. You must invest time up front to think about your printing needs for the next six months or year. Then bring that plan to a meeting with a printer, and let him help you look for ways to save money.
Another way to use the gang run is to create a “shell”. Letterhead is an example of a shell. With your logo and address at the top, the center is blank so you can run individual letters through your desktop printer one at a time.
This same strategy will work with postcards or newsletters. Working with your printer, design a shell and pre-print a one-year supply in color. Then when you need some, you can either print small quantities on your in-house printer, or have the commercial printer overprint the specific information in black ink. The result; the finished product has a professional, full color look, for significantly less.
Creative use of color can also save you money. Black and white doesn’t have to be boring! Using reverses and ? tones you can create the illusion a piece has more than one or two colors. Also, one color in doesn’t have to be black. Dark blues and dark greens are extremely legible, and much more eye catching, without being any more expensive.
Talk to your printer about paper. Find out about their “house sheets”. These are usually adequate quality for most projects, and because they buy large quantities, your price is lower than for a specialty paper. Sometimes, changing paper grades from 100# to 80# can cut your cost, but you may not be happy with the quality so always ask for a sample. This is where printers will look to cut cost, so if you are getting multiple bids, make sure you get paper samples.
Establish a relationship with one printer, rather than looking for the lowest bid every time. In the long run, this relationship will save you time and money. A printer who knows you are price shopping they will quote a low price, with no extras, because they know you will go somewhere else next time to save a few pennies. However, if they are working with you on a regular basis they will look for ways to add value.
For example, my printer checks all my files before they go on press. She has caught spelling errors, or other small mistakes I missed. Yes
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