The business card is often one of the first things that non-professionals or design beginners will try to design themselves. Here’s 5 essential rules to consider before designing your business card.
Read more...NEW facility in New Jersey – NextDayFlyers is now printing Coast-to-Coast!
January 17, 2012
Calling all East Coast business professionals, resellers, brokers, and designers! Our new facility in Saddle Brook, New Jersey is up-and-running and ready to provide customers with reduced shipping and will call pick-up orders. NextDayFlyers has always been the print choice for demanding professionals who need offset quality print products delivered to them in a hurry. The [...]
Read more...Effective Realtor Marketing Strategies for 2012
January 10, 2012
The weather is still cold across many portions of the United States. But it’s just a few short months away from the busy spring and summer season when families and individuals begin the buying and selling process in search for a new place to call home. Savvy realtors are already planning their 2012 marketing campaigns. [...]
Read more...Build A 2012 Print Marketing Campaign You Can Be Proud Of
January 3, 2012
As the New Year is upon us it’s time to start thinking about crafting your 2012 marketing campaigns. Perhaps you are a photographer wanting to distribute flyers to newly engaged couples in an attempt to shoot their wedding. Or maybe you are a tax accountant attempting to create new brochures in an effort to get [...]
Read more...Awful New Fonts
December 14, 2011
It would be really easy to write yet another blog post about Comic Sans and Papyrus. How, as designers, we feel like “throwing- up in our mouths” whenever we see someone use Jokerman or Curlz MT in a shop window or on a business card. However, the design world is a world full of bad [...]
Read more...Tips & Bits #48: The Four Bases of Homerun Copy
October 24, 2011
Whether you want to make a sale, get an opt-in for your email list, sign up a new subscriber for your blog, or just motivate readers to support an issue, the Four Bases will help you hit home runs when it comes to creating copy that prompts action. It’s such a simple system, you won’t [...]
Read more...Typewriters — the original laptop.
October 21, 2011
The Classic Typewriter Page: a fascinating and fun stop on your meander through the WWW. It wasn’t too long ago that writers pounded out their articles and stories on intricate machines crafted of hefty metal. They were heavy, bulky, messy and noisy, too. But they became a trusted friend, a side-kick, an essential tool that [...]
Read more...Free Fridays: Priceless Design Resources
October 21, 2011
The Free For All goes on. The generous benefactor today is designfreebies.org where you’ll find a wide selection of useful swag — all at no charge. Need a Calendar Template. You’ll find a plateful right here! http://www.designfreebies.org/design-templates/free-2012-calendar-design-templates/ Want Wallpapers? Here are some nifty typographic wps to choose from. http://www.designfreebies.org/typography/2011-free-beautiful-and-creative-typography-wallpapers/ Vector art in a vintage ornamental [...]
Read more...Design Forefathers
October 21, 2011
Designers who have left an indelible mark on the world of graphic design. Our series of biographical sketches of designers who have created breakthrough work in their careers and have influenced successive generations of designers continues with this installment. LUCIAN BERNHARD (Born Emil Kahn) March 15, 1883–May 29, 1972 1981 Art Director’s Hall Of Fame [...]
Read more...Our Daily Best: Week of October 17th
October 21, 2011
We’re closing in on Halloween folks! If you haven’t decided on a costume, you better hurry! If you’re responsible for creating Halloween themed decorations, invitation or promotional tools, you still have time thanks to our rapid turnaround and speedy shipping options. Monday Tips & Bits – Gave some serious thought to a topic that has [...]
Read more...Photobomb: Portrait Photography
October 20, 2011
Portrait Photography: Perfecting Your Techniques Pictures of people are so captivating because humans enjoy looking at other human beings. Many studies have been conducted that demonstrate this principle. Eye movement tracking research solidifies this observation. Our eyes are drawn to the eyes of others. Portrait photography is a great way to ensure that your subject [...]
Read more...Graphic Design Roundup: Logos We Love
October 19, 2011
The (Short) Story Behind Some Of The World’s Most Iconic Logos Picture a famous logo from the 20th century. It’s very likely that it came from Chermayeff & Geismar. Here, Ivan Chermayeff and Tom Geismar founders of the influential branding and graphic design studio along with Sagi Haviv, who became the firm’s third partner in [...]
Read more...The Art of Design: Distinctive Doorhangers
October 18, 2011
Hanging Out There’s more to those door hangers than just a Do Not Disturb message. As a marketing tool, the humble door hanger is versatile, efficient and affordable. Here are some ideas that will get you thinking and encourage you to “borrow” or experiment and generate some new ideas of your own. Some of the [...]
Read more...Tips & Bits: More or Less?
October 17, 2011
If less is more, does that mean more is less? Discover how keeping things simple can lead to success. An exclusive jeweler in Switzerland that specializes in fine rings, bracelets, and necklaces has a display window that measures about 15 feet wide and 4 feet deep. Instead of creating a comprehensive presentation to demonstrate their [...]
Read more...Free Fridays #13: Infographic Tools, PS Actions and Spooky Halloween Wallpapers!
October 14, 2011
Who likes Free! I do, I do! Free from oppression, free of the chains that bind you and the freedom of choosing the new paths in your life! Oh yeah… and Free stuff!! So before you head off into a new freedom adventure (even if its just the weekend), finish off your week wtih free [...]
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