Design and Print Tips
New Online Print Store – Now Open!
It’s one of those things we have been meaning to set up for a while but the Green Umbrella online print store is now up and running! You can now browse and order a range of print ideas from the humble business card through to exhibition stands. When we are speaking to clients about print, it’s…
Read MoreThree tips for an effective business card
The humble business card is possibly still the first and last thing that any potential client will see to remember you by, so here are three tips to make your business cards more effective: 1. Make sure it is obvious what your company does. It sounds obvious but don’t just have a card with your…
Read MoreA what? Know your A0 from A4 paper sizes
Paper sizes for print Most people are familiar with the most common paper sizes from filling up the home printer or the office copier, we’ve all seen a pack of A4 or A3 paper but in the printing world there are a lot more to paper sizes than these two familiar sizes. While the A…
Read MoreAre you Ltd print legal?
Did you know that if you are trading as a Limited Company then as well as the normal rules about Company Returns and Accounts there are also things to do regarding stationery and other printed materials. You should show your company’s name on all company documents, publicity and letters. For business letters, order forms and…
Read MoreHave you thought about branding your images?
There are many websites where you can get stock images for your Social Media posts, Pexels and StockSnap.io are a couple of my favourites. But if you really want to push your marketing to the next level, then one way of doing this is to add your branding to the stock images that you share.…
Read MoreLimit your typefaces and keep it in the family
The human eye finds it difficult to read multiple typefaces, so we advise clients to stay with a simple collection of fonts, or a family of fonts. If a design is too busy then this causes confusion in the brain as the eye does not know where to look. You want your viewer to have…
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