Archive for June, 2008

Do-It-Yourself Marketing: If You’re Going to Do It, Do It Right

Posted on June 27, 2008. Filed under: Business Marketing, Desktop Printers, Graphic Design, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Word, Templates | Tags: , , |

I began my career many years ago in the field of Graphic Arts in which I was portrayed by those around me as somewhat of a sorcerer’s apprentice. Using some form of “wizardry trickery” it seemed, I transformed my creative thoughts and ideas into the pages of magazines and onto brochures and record sleeves. Nobody [...]

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A Great Resource for Graphic Design Ideas & Inspiration

Posted on June 27, 2008. Filed under: Brochures, Business Cards, Design Books, Graphic Design, Letterhead, Logo Designs, Templates | Tags: , , , , |

 
Our handy card decks of professionally-designed layouts will provide you with hundreds of ideas for designing marketing pieces for a wide variety of businesses. Beautifully presented in a superb slide-out box, these at-a-glance cards can be used to help dial in your clients’ preferences, or as a design resource in your office or studio. With [...]

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Dental Marketing: Graphic Design for A Dental Practice

Posted on June 27, 2008. Filed under: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Brochures, Business Cards, Business Marketing, CorelDRAW, Flyers, Graphic Design, Letterhead, Logo Designs, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Word, Newsletters, Postcards, Print Ads, QuarkXPress, Templates | Tags: , , , |

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HP’s Nine Steps to Outstanding Market Success

Posted on June 25, 2008. Filed under: Business Marketing, Graphic Design, Templates |

The good people over at HP have some great resources for those of you producing your own in-house marketing, in particular their forthcoming book “Nine Steps to Outstanding Market Success” (MSRP $39.95) which is full of tips and ideas on actionable marketing for business owners and marketing managers. The nine chapters address: Focusing, Innovating, Prospecting, [...]

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Business Marketing Design for A Pest Control Company

Posted on June 25, 2008. Filed under: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Brochures, Business Cards, Business Marketing, CorelDRAW, Flyers, Graphic Design, Letterhead, Logo Designs, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Word, Postcards, Print Ads, QuarkXPress, Templates | Tags: , |

The creative team at StockLayouts has just posted a new graphic design template for a pest control business. The business set is comprised of a brochure, postcard, flyer, print ads, and a letterhead, business card & envelope.
StockLayouts template designs, for creating print marketing materials are available for purchase and download online and are fully customizable in a choice of [...]

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Print is Vital to the Business of Graphic Design

Posted on June 24, 2008. Filed under: Brochures, Design Magazines, Flyers, Graphic Design, Letterhead, Postcards |

I’ve just finished reading the 45th Annual Print Design Survey in the June 2008 issue of Graphic Design USA, and was delighted to hear that “94% of respondents say they design for print as part of their media mix. Up from 92% last year and 91% from the previous year.” (Internet was 77%) The article also nicely states [...]

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Recession Marketing: Design on a Budget

Posted on June 23, 2008. Filed under: Business Marketing, Graphic Design |

My insight into the world of global economics and the state of the stock market is pretty slim but I think it’s safe for me to assume that times are getting a little tough in the business world. It’s time to tighten the purse strings because cut-backs are innevitable. Sadly enough for us in the [...]

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A Blueprint for Design & Layout

Posted on June 18, 2008. Filed under: Design Magazines, Fonts, Graphic Design, Stock Photography, Templates |

The basic foundations to designing successful print marketing materials are simple yet effective. These are the main design practices that we abide by when we create new designs for the StockLayouts template library, so when it comes to producing your own marketing materials whether you are starting with a blank page or using a template [...]

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Business Marketing Design for a Carpet & Hardwood Flooring Company

Posted on June 12, 2008. Filed under: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Brochures, Business Cards, Business Marketing, CorelDRAW, Flyers, Graphic Design, Letterhead, Logo Designs, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Word, Postcards, Print Ads, QuarkXPress, Templates | Tags: , , |

The creative team at StockLayouts has just posted a new graphic design template for a carpet and hardwood flooring business. The business set is comprised of a brochure, postcard, flyer, print ads, and a letterhead, business card & envelope.
StockLayouts template designs, for creating print marketing materials are available for purchase and download online [...]

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