One color? No more. Don't settle on just one color when now you can have all the colors. Full-color sells and so will your shirts.
Don't pass up the opportunity to be selling T-shirts at your events. When people love you, they want more of you to take home with them, so give them full-color T-shirts.
Now with our new full-color, direct to garment printer, you can can have short-run T-shirts for about the same costs of 1-color shirts. Here's the sweet spot -- they can full fully customized -- everyone can be different, if that's what you want. Try different designs and colors to see what sells the best. No more inventory setting in the garage or basement that won't sell. Now ask your screen printer to do that!
Direct to the shirt - No transfer or decals!
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Saturday, January 24, 2009
12 x 18 Full-Color Posters
These are not produced on a color copier, but printed on our state-of-the-art digital offset press.
Looking for professionally printed postcards, posters, stickers, business cards, greeting cards, T-Shirts, and flyers. Quick turn-around. Only need a few? No problem! You can get as few as 50.
• Full Color Printing
• Heavy weight paper
• Upload or Mail Artwork
• 5 business days or less production
• 24 hour rush production available
• UV coating available
Click here for pricing. 100 start at only .79ea
All posters are offset printed on 100# text gloss premium paper, 4/0
Other weights available. 12x18 posters include white border around image. If you want your image to bleed off the edge, then select 11x17 posters.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Communicating with Memos
Whether they’re sent to a digital or physical in-box, memos still play an important role in the daily communications of most companies. Before you hit “send” or fill your coworkers’ in-boxes, take a moment to decide if a memo best serves your needs. If a face-to-face meeting would be quicker than sending a memo, or if you have a lot to say, then hold a short meeting instead. If you do decide a memo will be the best course of action, here are some ways you can make sure your memos are accomplishing their goals:
• Include the date, the recipient’s name,and your name at the top of every memo you send.
• Begin with a sentence explaining the memo’s purpose.
• Keep the memo short. Use active verbs and only include information vital to understanding the meaning of the memo. If you think you’ll need to explain in greater detail what you are writing about, include a request for a meeting.
• Conclude the memo with a call for action. If you want the recipient to contact you or to save the memo, put those instructions in the memo. Even if no action is required, make sure you mention that, too.
• Save a copy of the memo for your files. This way, you will have something to refer to when someone has a response or a question about the memo.
• Include the date, the recipient’s name,and your name at the top of every memo you send.
• Begin with a sentence explaining the memo’s purpose.
• Keep the memo short. Use active verbs and only include information vital to understanding the meaning of the memo. If you think you’ll need to explain in greater detail what you are writing about, include a request for a meeting.
• Conclude the memo with a call for action. If you want the recipient to contact you or to save the memo, put those instructions in the memo. Even if no action is required, make sure you mention that, too.
• Save a copy of the memo for your files. This way, you will have something to refer to when someone has a response or a question about the memo.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
In a Bind? We’ll Get You Out
Problem-solving skills are a must when you work in the media or printing industry. If you’re having a difficult time with your printing project, give us a call. We’d love to help you sort it out.
Business Quotes
“You’ve got to say, ‘I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough, I can have it.’ It’s called perseverance.” — Lee Iacocca
“In business, you don’t get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.” — Chester L. Karrass
“It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.” — Elbert Hubbard
“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.” — Peter Drucker
“In business, you don’t get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.” — Chester L. Karrass
“It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.” — Elbert Hubbard
“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.” — Peter Drucker
Monday, January 19, 2009
Brochures: Empower Your Customers
Trade shows, sales calls, and front lobby displays would feel incomplete without the presence of a quality brochure. Whether yours is a product- or service-focused company, a brochure will help you accomplish your ultimate goal of increasing profits. Building the right brochure takes some careful planning.Here are some tips to get you headed in the right direction:
• The front panel. Your brochure doesn’t accomplish its goal if it never gets opened. The front panel of your brochure must give the reader a reason to continue reading. Eye-catching graphics and intriguing text will serve to grab the reader’s attention and pull them into the rest of the piece. Spend extra time crafting this part of your brochure.
• The inside. There are a few different ways you can structure your brochure based on the fold you choose. A simple half-fold will give you a brochure that looks like a book. In the tri-fold brochure, the left and right flaps open to reveal the message inside. And the z-fold results in an accordian-like brochure. The fold of your brochure has a significant impact on the look, feel, and functionality of the piece, so it is worth spending some time deciding which option is best for your brochure.
• The back panel. No matter what style of fold you choose, you will end up with a back panel. This is a great place to put your company’s contact information, or to provide the reader with a “special offer” coupon. Include some sort of action step to encourage the reader to interact with your company. Doing this will give your brochure the ability to not only inform potential customers, but empower them to do business with your company.
Let us take care of all your printing needs. Contact us today.
Guess Who I Am
This woman was born June 5, 1951 on the South Side of Chicago. Her parents were Russian-Jewish immigrants. She attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she studied social work. In 1973, she moved to Berkeley, California with a group of friends and took a job as a waitress at the Buttercup Bakery.
She dreamt of one day opening her own restaurant, and was given a $50,000 loan by a sympathetic bakery customer to make her dream a reality. After only three short months, she lost all her money when she was swindled by the Merrill Lynch broker she was working with. Knowing she would never make enough money to repay the loan while working at the bakery, she decided to pursue a career with Merrill Lynch.
She remained with the company until 1983 when she left to take a position with Prudential Bache Securities. In 1987 she opened her own financial planning firm in Emeryville, California. After 10 years, and the publication of her second personal-finance book,she stepped down as director of her firm to focus on her speaking and writing careers. Her success in these areas led to a position as the host of a weekly television show on CNBC and another show on QVC.
You may recognize her from the closing line of her show: “People first, then money, then things.” This woman is none other than Suze Orman.
She dreamt of one day opening her own restaurant, and was given a $50,000 loan by a sympathetic bakery customer to make her dream a reality. After only three short months, she lost all her money when she was swindled by the Merrill Lynch broker she was working with. Knowing she would never make enough money to repay the loan while working at the bakery, she decided to pursue a career with Merrill Lynch.
She remained with the company until 1983 when she left to take a position with Prudential Bache Securities. In 1987 she opened her own financial planning firm in Emeryville, California. After 10 years, and the publication of her second personal-finance book,she stepped down as director of her firm to focus on her speaking and writing careers. Her success in these areas led to a position as the host of a weekly television show on CNBC and another show on QVC.
You may recognize her from the closing line of her show: “People first, then money, then things.” This woman is none other than Suze Orman.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Postcard Printing and Designs
To get your business noticed in a highly competitive market, you must make a bold business statement with postcard printing and designs. The most noticeable--and least likely to be tossed--postcards are those with full color and eye-catching designs. In creating your postcard, make sure the recipient can easily read your message without unnecessary clutter.
If you're in the type of business where there are several similar businesses in your area, you must have an attention-getting advertising strategy. Getting--and staying--a step ahead of the competition can often make the difference in the survival of businesses of any size, particularly small businesses. If you have a home business, it's very important that you advertise in a way that gets you in the minds of potential customers or clients.
Bold Postcard Printing and Designs
Postcard printing and designs can help you launch a major advertising campaign that can have a dramatic effect on your business. Let pictures speak and use bold letters in your design. Your prospective clients are more likely to remember a picture than a slogan, so take advantage of the high-end graphic designs that are available at most postcard printing companies.
The type of font plays an important role in getting your message across. Some fonts are flowing and easy to read, while others appear cluttered. Look at your postcard design at a comfortable distance and make sure it can be read easily. You want to remove any obstacle to catching the attention of your targeted audience.
Business postcard printing can help you create an effective marketing campaign to promote your business or services to the public. In fact, many companies routinely send out postcards as a way of promoting special events or discounts to potential customers. You must provide a postcard that gives the customer the feeling that your company is better than the competition, and offer an incentive to frequent your business.
Postcards can be especially effective when employed as appointment reminders. Physicians, dentists, legal services, salons, and others routinely take appointments far in advance. Since most people are rather busy, it's easy to forget an appointment--and that can be costly for the provider. Sending a postcard reminder is an easy way to prevent missed dates, as well as a valuable investment.
Business Postcard Printing Tips for Success
Printing in vivid color gives postcards dynamic eye-catching appeal, making it hard to just toss them in the trash as unsolicited mail. Your message will be clearly defined on the postcard. Whether you're reminding your clients or patients of upcoming appointments or events, or you're reaching a new customer base, use tastefully designed business cards. You want your audience to see you as a high-quality business professional.
Even though it costs a little more for printing and postage, a larger size business postcard, such as 6 1/8 by 11 1/2 inches, will give room for a detailed message and dramatic graphics. Using color on one side and printing in black and white on the other will help in cost reduction to stay within a budget.
Small orders are no problem. Call us, we can help with your postcard marketing.
If you're in the type of business where there are several similar businesses in your area, you must have an attention-getting advertising strategy. Getting--and staying--a step ahead of the competition can often make the difference in the survival of businesses of any size, particularly small businesses. If you have a home business, it's very important that you advertise in a way that gets you in the minds of potential customers or clients.
Bold Postcard Printing and Designs
Postcard printing and designs can help you launch a major advertising campaign that can have a dramatic effect on your business. Let pictures speak and use bold letters in your design. Your prospective clients are more likely to remember a picture than a slogan, so take advantage of the high-end graphic designs that are available at most postcard printing companies.
The type of font plays an important role in getting your message across. Some fonts are flowing and easy to read, while others appear cluttered. Look at your postcard design at a comfortable distance and make sure it can be read easily. You want to remove any obstacle to catching the attention of your targeted audience.
Business postcard printing can help you create an effective marketing campaign to promote your business or services to the public. In fact, many companies routinely send out postcards as a way of promoting special events or discounts to potential customers. You must provide a postcard that gives the customer the feeling that your company is better than the competition, and offer an incentive to frequent your business.
Postcards can be especially effective when employed as appointment reminders. Physicians, dentists, legal services, salons, and others routinely take appointments far in advance. Since most people are rather busy, it's easy to forget an appointment--and that can be costly for the provider. Sending a postcard reminder is an easy way to prevent missed dates, as well as a valuable investment.
Business Postcard Printing Tips for Success
Printing in vivid color gives postcards dynamic eye-catching appeal, making it hard to just toss them in the trash as unsolicited mail. Your message will be clearly defined on the postcard. Whether you're reminding your clients or patients of upcoming appointments or events, or you're reaching a new customer base, use tastefully designed business cards. You want your audience to see you as a high-quality business professional.
Even though it costs a little more for printing and postage, a larger size business postcard, such as 6 1/8 by 11 1/2 inches, will give room for a detailed message and dramatic graphics. Using color on one side and printing in black and white on the other will help in cost reduction to stay within a budget.
Small orders are no problem. Call us, we can help with your postcard marketing.
A Solid Choice for Business cards
In order to keep pace with today’s busy world, you go out with a potent handy tool. It must be so accessible that you can put them in your pocket. Tiny yet powerful, what do you think will it be?
Whether you are a businessman, lawyer, doctor, engineer, model, musician, marketing analyst, you are definitely in need of business cards. Let’s face it, we cannot cope up just by talking the whole day. Our facilities are limited thus, we have to extend them through the help of marketing tools.
Business cards are powerful in the sense that it can transmit valuable information by just handing them to individuals. Whether you know them or nor does not matter. What matters is that you give them to the right recipients.
Who then, are the right recipients? They can be your prospective clients or customers, your friends, your associates and employees. With this, you can be assured that your money will not be put to trash but will serve as an investment to make your business or profession productive.
Brochures need to be eye-catching so as to attract attention. Thus, they must be printed in the most effective manner. The solid choice though is 4 color business cards printing. Why? Simply stated, it is outstanding – outstanding for the cards, outstanding for your resources.
To choose how many colors to use in a brochure printing job is an easy task. You will just have to consider the text, image, graphics, logo and the likes. This is another reason why 4 color printing is such a big hit. With it, colors are like a huge palette available to be used. Second, it is not expensive like six-color printing and spot colors.
To achieve color quality, avoid doing color separations just by yourself. Seek assistance. 4 color process is pretty exacting and may not be tolerated by amateurs. Thus, you have to have assistance from the pool of experts when it comes to 4 color business cards printing.
Business cards are advised to be printed on coated paper. After that UV coating can be applied. This will make them durable and lasting. To be sure that you will be getting high-quality prints, request for press proofs.
Make a lasting business card impression, 4 color business cards printing can be your valuable formula!
National Media Services Inc is your source for full-color business cards, as well as your other printing needs. Feel free to give us a call. Small orders are no problem.
Whether you are a businessman, lawyer, doctor, engineer, model, musician, marketing analyst, you are definitely in need of business cards. Let’s face it, we cannot cope up just by talking the whole day. Our facilities are limited thus, we have to extend them through the help of marketing tools.
Business cards are powerful in the sense that it can transmit valuable information by just handing them to individuals. Whether you know them or nor does not matter. What matters is that you give them to the right recipients.
Who then, are the right recipients? They can be your prospective clients or customers, your friends, your associates and employees. With this, you can be assured that your money will not be put to trash but will serve as an investment to make your business or profession productive.
Brochures need to be eye-catching so as to attract attention. Thus, they must be printed in the most effective manner. The solid choice though is 4 color business cards printing. Why? Simply stated, it is outstanding – outstanding for the cards, outstanding for your resources.
To choose how many colors to use in a brochure printing job is an easy task. You will just have to consider the text, image, graphics, logo and the likes. This is another reason why 4 color printing is such a big hit. With it, colors are like a huge palette available to be used. Second, it is not expensive like six-color printing and spot colors.
To achieve color quality, avoid doing color separations just by yourself. Seek assistance. 4 color process is pretty exacting and may not be tolerated by amateurs. Thus, you have to have assistance from the pool of experts when it comes to 4 color business cards printing.
Business cards are advised to be printed on coated paper. After that UV coating can be applied. This will make them durable and lasting. To be sure that you will be getting high-quality prints, request for press proofs.
Make a lasting business card impression, 4 color business cards printing can be your valuable formula!
National Media Services Inc is your source for full-color business cards, as well as your other printing needs. Feel free to give us a call. Small orders are no problem.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
What Makes Us Different?
This is a question asked quite often... and I can say that, other than doing your entire project in-house, the one thing we do that others in the industry are still trying to copy us is:
"Before your project even begins its manufacturing process, you'll receive an actual production sample -- completed, printed, duplicated and shrink-wrapped -- for your review. After your approval, your finished product will ship in 5 days!"
When your project shows up on your door step, your excited, you open the box, and... a big surprise! It doesn't look like your art you sent to the duplication company. What happen?
In this case, probably several things happened: The company just sent your files to the printer (out-sourced, of course, because it's cheaper) and no proof or test was made. Your project was put on a large press and "ganged" together with several other jobs (this is how you get cheaper print projects). You can't really make any color corrections when your project is ganged with others. Which project do you adjust to?
At National Media Services, Inc, we print your entire project in-house on our stat-of-the-art HP Indigo offset press. This allows us to make a press proof, test your files and make sure everything prints OK. Then we make you an actual production run sample of your project.
No surprises here. You get to touch, feel and listen to your proejct before the work starts. There's always time to make corrections and adjustments to make sure your project turns out the way you want.
"Before your project even begins its manufacturing process, you'll receive an actual production sample -- completed, printed, duplicated and shrink-wrapped -- for your review. After your approval, your finished product will ship in 5 days!"
When your project shows up on your door step, your excited, you open the box, and... a big surprise! It doesn't look like your art you sent to the duplication company. What happen?
In this case, probably several things happened: The company just sent your files to the printer (out-sourced, of course, because it's cheaper) and no proof or test was made. Your project was put on a large press and "ganged" together with several other jobs (this is how you get cheaper print projects). You can't really make any color corrections when your project is ganged with others. Which project do you adjust to?
At National Media Services, Inc, we print your entire project in-house on our stat-of-the-art HP Indigo offset press. This allows us to make a press proof, test your files and make sure everything prints OK. Then we make you an actual production run sample of your project.
No surprises here. You get to touch, feel and listen to your proejct before the work starts. There's always time to make corrections and adjustments to make sure your project turns out the way you want.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
5 Reasons to Learn Music Theory
If you thought music theory was a waste of time and not necessary to further your musical goals, then read these following 5 reasons why this is not true.
1. Read sheet music: Being able to play from any piece of sheet music. Well it may be hard to play BUT you can read it!
2. Be able to transpose: Say you are playing a piece from the sheet music you can now read but you think it sounds too high or too low, or just not right. Well now you can move it into a new key and play at a better singing.
3. Be able to modulate: You will be able to, with a few quick moves of the fingers, move your music into a new key with a succession of notes so pleasing to the ear it will bring a smile to your listeners faces.
4. It will increase your skill in improvising: Enough said.
5. Knowing music theory will help you recreate the sounds you enjoy in your favorite songs. Those fabulous chord progressions. The parts that give a song that certain sound. Gospel, Contemporary etc.
To learn music theory you don’t have to become a scholar on the subject. Just at least learn the basics. Getting a good music theory book and spending a few minutes a day reading from it and doing any included exercises can jump start your music playing.
PS: Music theory also makes for a great recording engineer. Check out out studio engineer, Will Shenk. National Media Services, Inc -- CD & DVD manufacturing fast and easy.
3 Steps to Playing Comfortably for a Crowd
Most people are not comfortable performing in front people. When I say of performing, such as an instrument, or singing, or acting, I mean more than just knowing how to do well at your chosen craft, I mean doing it well and in front of people. It’s the “in front of people” part that gets us every time. How many of us sing like a bird in the shower but then when people are watching we can’t carry a note. Here are three steps to start you on the road to comfort (never complete) when called on to shine.
1. Don’t neglect to practice. Whether you sing or play an instrument practice is the key to being relaxed. The more familiar you are with what you are performing, the less anxiety you will have about messing up.
2. Don’t back up. Piano teaches pass this on all the time. If you mess up in the middle, or any place in your piece, don’t back up and repeat the offending passage. Keep going. Chances are your audience didn’t even notice.
3. Try not to be critical of your technical skill. Focus more on your overall performance. How does it sound as a whole? If you’re a pianist and you worry during your piece about your fingering then you’re ignoring the song and how it sounds. Worry about technicalities when you practice. Which should be often.
With time playing in front of and for other people will come much easier. You'll be a natural. So use every opportunity to show your stuff!
PS: You'll also sell more CDs. National Media Services, Inc -- CD & DVD manufacturing fast and easy.
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