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How to Choose a Print Outsourcing Company for Your Reseller Business

How to Choose a Print Outsourcing Company for Your Reseller Business

Eight checks that separate a print outsourcing partner worth keeping from one that costs you clients, plus a test order you can run for about $35 before you commit.

Tobias Reed
How to Choose a Print Service Provider That Delivers On Time

How to Choose a Print Service Provider That Delivers On Time

What a print service provider does, the six questions that vet one in an afternoon, and how to read turnaround, proofing and volume pricing before you commit.

Nadia Petrov
How to Choose a Printing and Signage Company That Ships On Time

How to Choose a Printing and Signage Company That Ships On Time

How to judge a printing and signage company: in-house presses, the real file cutoff, proofing, reprint terms, and what one vendor for cards and signs saves you.

Tobias Reed
How to Choose a Promotional Printing Company That Delivers on Time

How to Choose a Promotional Printing Company That Delivers on Time

How to judge a promotional printing company: when the turnaround clock really starts, in house versus distributor, art charges, quantity breaks and proofs.

Nadia Petrov
How to Choose a Stationery Manufacturer That Prints Your Brand Right

How to Choose a Stationery Manufacturer That Prints Your Brand Right

Vet a stationery manufacturer on four things: who owns the press, the stock named in numbers, how envelopes are converted, and the written reprint policy.

Tobias Reed
How to Create a Brand Style Guide Your Small Business Will Actually Use

How to Create a Brand Style Guide Your Small Business Will Actually Use

A brand style guide fixes your logo, colors, fonts and voice in one document. Here is the fill in framework, a color and font cheat sheet, and print matching tips.

Marcus Chen
How to Create the Perfect Employee Welcome Pack

How to Create the Perfect Employee Welcome Pack

Build an employee welcome pack that lands before day one: what to include, what to print in bulk versus per hire, real starting prices, and how to keep it on brand.

Jordan Kim
How to Customize a Restaurant Menu Design Without Reprinting Every Week

How to Customize a Restaurant Menu Design Without Reprinting Every Week

Customize a restaurant menu design step by step: lock the trim and margins, change the item rows, and pick a stock that matches how often your prices move.

Sofia Ramirez
How to Design an Advertisement Flyer People Actually Respond To

How to Design an Advertisement Flyer People Actually Respond To

Design an advertisement flyer around one offer, a real deadline and one response path. Sizes, stock, bleed setup, distribution rules, and flier vs flyer settled.

Sofia Ramirez
How to Design Corporate Name Tags Your Team Will Wear Every Day

How to Design Corporate Name Tags Your Team Will Wear Every Day

Design corporate name tags that read across a room: the 2 by 3 inch layout order, plastic against laminated stock, and how the opening decides the hardware.

Sofia Ramirez
How to Franchise Your Business Without Losing Control of the Brand

How to Franchise Your Business Without Losing Control of the Brand

What it takes to franchise a business: readiness tests, the FDD and its 14 day rule, royalty and brand fund math, and the day one kit each new unit opens.

Nadia Petrov
How to Start Public Speaking and Find Speaking Opportunities

How to Start Public Speaking and Find Speaking Opportunities

Where speaking opportunities really come from, what organizers ask for at each level, and the speaker cards, one-sheets and banners that keep you getting booked.

Nadia Petrov
Marcus Chen
Marcus Chen Senior Content Strategist at 4OVER4.COM

Where to Start

This index gathers 108 resources on business printing guides for every project, written to be used, not skimmed. Good first reads: Business Cards with Social Media Icons, Are Door Hangers Effective? ROI Data and Real Results and How to Add LinkedIn to Your Business Card in 5 Steps.

From Reading to Printing

Most readers here end up at all printing categories next. The guides hub covers the rest of the map, and the printing guides handle the technical side whenever a spec needs decoding.

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