Archive for August, 2014

Know the Secret to Networking in Baltimore? Custom Business Cards!

Friday, August 29th, 2014

Baltimore Custom Business CardsIn an increasingly digital world dominated by social media sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, your biggest networking tool is still that tiny piece of paper you carry around in your pocket: your Business Card. It is the only sure fire way to ensure your business connections remember who you are. After all, if you have ever been networking in the Baltimore area, you know just how many people you can meet at a single event. Without any easy method for exchanging information (a la business cards) connections are lost almost as quickly as they are made.

Know the Secret to Networking in Baltimore? Custom Business Cards!

Business cards allow you to easily exchange information and stay in contact with potential connections. But if you really want to make an impression, you need to invest in Custom Business Cards.

  1. Convenience: First and foremost, business cards are a convenient way to exchange contact information. Everything a potential business connection needs to know is contained on that little 3.5 inch by 2 inch card: name, company, phone number, email, and whatever other relevant information you feel is important.
  2. Credibility: Try making a business connection without a business card. See how seriously you are taken…
  3. Branding: When you choose custom business cards, you choose to take your branding to the next level. Design a business card that represents you and your business. Don’t settle for a boring white card. Be unique. Remember, the more unique the card, the more likely the business connection will remember you. Business cards are a tiny form of advertising.
  4. And More!

Get Custom Business Cards in Baltimore

Time Printers is a full service printing products and services business. Allow our sales team to help you design custom business cards for your company, cards that will help you make lasting impressions with potential contacts.

We have extensive knowledge of the printing industry and our quality products prove time and time again that we are not just printers, we’re innovators.

To learn more about Custom Business Cards, give us a call today at 410.566.3005 or click here. You can also connect with Time Printers on Facebook, TwitterGoogle+ and Pinterest as well.

Why Create Custom Wedding Invitations?

Friday, August 22nd, 2014

Custom Wedding InvitationsIf the guests are the most important part of a wedding, then the invitations are the most important part of the wedding planning process. So why would you settle for a standardized, impersonal wedding invitation to summon your guests to your special day? Your wedding invitations should coalesce with your theme, entice guest to attend, and continue to be valued keepsakes long after the ceremony.

Custom wedding invitations are the perfect solution. You can customize your invitations to your wedding’s design, giving guests a tantalizing peek into the ceremony’s special style. Additionally, the level of creativity afforded by custom invitations means that the invites will be treasured long after the big day instead of immediately trashed. As for the logistical side, selecting a company to print custom wedding invitations removes the stress of filling out names and addresses from your already overloaded shoulders. Not to mention the immense enjoyment derived from the experience of designing invitations alongside your fiancée, friends, and family.

Following is a guide to some of the printing and paper options for your custom wedding invitations.

Printing

Engraving: Traditional method of printing wedding invitations. A copper plate pressed into the paper leaves a raised imprint, which is then coated with ink.

Thermography: Replicates engraving at a more affordable cost. Not as sharp or detailed as engraving, but otherwise resembles it almost exactly.

Embossing: A metal die is pressed into the paper’s back, creating a raised surface then coated with foil or ink to add color.

Blind embossing: Embossing without the addition of foil or ink; lettering is same color as paper.

Letterpress: An inked plate is pressed into paper, resulting in inset lettering.

Offset: Printing that produces flat lettering. Affordable, but may yield fuzzy, inconsistent results.

Calligraphy: Handwritten lettering available in many genres and styles.

Papers

Vellum: Heavy, textured, translucent paper.

Glassine: Thin, waxy, shiny paper.

Rice: extremely thin, textured paper

Linen finish: mimic’s linen’s woven appearance

Parchment: somewhat translucent, mottled paper

Jacquard: paper that has been screen printed to create a stylized, layered look

Time Printers is a full service printing products and services business. We have extensive knowledge of the printing industry and our quality products prove time and time again that we are not just printers, we’re innovators. We can meet all of your event planning needs, including quality, professionally printed invitations in a variety of colors and sizes. Whether you choose one of our custom templates or have our design team create a beautiful masterpiece, you’ve come to the right place.

To learn more about Custom Printed Invitations, give us a call today at 410.566.3005 or click here. You can also connect with Time Printers on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest as well.

Sources:

http://www.herecomestheguide.com/wedding-party-ideas/detail/invitations-glossary/

How To Choose Custom Wedding Invitations That The Groom Will Love

Organize your Next Fundraiser with Custom Printing

Friday, August 15th, 2014

Summer is the season of charity runs, church fairs, fundraising bake sales, and all sorts of events geared towards raising money for a worthy cause. In order to raise as much as you can, however, you first need one very important thing: people! The more people you are able to get the word out to about your event, the more you will be able to benefit your philanthropic project. So how do you successfully market your fundraiser? With custom printed event materials from Time Printers!

What Custom Printed Event Materials Do I Need?

Depending on the nature of your fundraiser, you can choose from a variety of different printed marketing options. Let’s say your church or religious group is holding its annual summer fair. Because you’ll no doubt have access to a list of your fellow group members addresses, why not design a custom invitation to send out? Create a beautiful design that will be sure to impress and encourage group members to attend the event and bring along their friends and family!

If you are looking to attract even more members of the community to your event, custom flyers, newsletters, and door hangers can be the perfect way to do it! Event materials like these can really increase the visibility of your event; even if people cannot make it on the day, they will still know about your cause and be inspired to donate.

Once the event itself is done, you still want to make sure that you continue to raise awareness for your charity or cause. What better way than to leave people with a commemorative postcard or booklet? A custom booklet can be printed with additional information and contact listings so that people will continue to contribute and spread the word, ensuring that good works are done year round.

Are you planning a fundraiser and want to advertise your event with custom printed materials? Call Time Printers today to get started on your design!

Time Printers is a full service printing products and services business. We have extensive knowledge of the printing industry and our quality products prove time and time again that we are not just printers, we’re innovators. We can meet all of your event planning needs, including quality, professionally printed items in a variety of colors and sizes. Whether you choose one of our custom templates or have our design team create a beautiful masterpiece, you’ve come to the right place.

To learn more about Custom Printing for Marketing, give us a call today at 410.566.3005 or click here. You can also connect with Time Printers on Facebook, TwitterGoogle+ and Pinterest as well.

 

Professionally Designed Postcards are an Excellent Marketing Tool

Thursday, August 7th, 2014

Professionally Designed Postcards MarketingWhen it comes to running a successful business, marketing is an essential tool. Otherwise, it won’t matter what product or service you offer, it won’t matter how competitive your prices are, and it won’t even matter how good you are compared to the competition, no one will know who you are. So you have to get the word out there, but how? There are so many options: direct mail, email marketing, social media marketing, print advertising, billboards, etc. What marketing tool will give you the most bang for your buck? The answer: Postcards. While email continues to dominate our everyday correspondence, direct mail remains a staple of successful marketing campaigns.

Professionally Designed Postcards are an Excellent Marketing Tool

When it comes to cost-effective marketing, direct mail still reigns supreme. Using rack cards and postcards to promote your business or organization is not only affordable but also highly effective. Why? Just think about it. How easy is it to delete an email without reading it? How easy is it to ignore a billboard? How often do you change the channel when a commercial comes on? While these marketing tools have merit, direct mail is the BEST way to get your business name out there. According to the United States Postal Service, 98% of people bring their mail in each and every day and 77% sort through it immediately. This means that most people will see postcards and if they are well designed it will be hard to ignore them!

Additional Benefits of Marketing with Postcards

  1. Postcards are short and to the point. When professionally designed, a postcard can communicate your message in just a line or two, catching the reader’s eye and grabbing their attention very quickly.
  2. Postcards are a much more intimate way of going about marketing than flashy billboards or impersonal print advertisements. You are taking the time to send your marketing material to each specific recipient.
  3. Postcards are an excellent way to build your brand image.
  4. And More!

Professionally Designed Postcards

At Time Printers, we’re committed to helping you achieve your marketing goals. We use only the highest quality materials in the printing industry with custom sizes and specialized finishing options to help make you look good. As they say, image is everything. Quality products can help your business make a lasting impression on your customers and clients.

To learn more about Professionally Designed Postcards, give us a call today at 410.566.3005 or click here. You can also connect with Time Printers on Facebook, TwitterGoogle+ and Pinterest as well.

Logo Design can help put your Baltimore Business over the Top

Friday, August 1st, 2014

Logo Design BaltimoreWho are you? Pretty existential of us, right? Well, it is a legitimate question; one many business owners fail to address until it’s too late. Who are you as a business? And how do you convey that to your clientele throughout Baltimore? The answer: branding. However, branding can be very in-depth and complex. For today, we are only interested in one aspect of branding; a simple, yet incredibly important component of branding. We are talking about your logo!

Logo Design can help put your Baltimore Business over the Top

In its simplest form, a logo is a mark or icon that helps identify your business. Think of your logo as the face of your business. When you walk down the street, people don’t know who you are because you are wearing a name tag or because you tell them who you are. They know you because they know your face. Your logo is how people – in this case clients and customers – easily recognize you.

All of the big companies have logos and they are often the first thing we picture when thinking about a company. Which company utilizes golden arches? McDonalds, of course! Which company identifies itself with a rainbow peacock? If you guessed NBC, you win! Finally, which company’s logo is an apple? Okay, that one is easy; it’s Apple. But you get the point. The right logo can be a powerful tool in helping to establish your brand identity.

Baltimore Logo Design

Need help designing your logo or creating your brand for a marketing or special event piece? You’ve come to the right place. At Time Printers, our graphic design team can help bring your vision to life. We are a full service printing products and services business with extensive knowledge of the printing industry. But we are not just printers; we’re innovators.

Contact us today for a custom quote.

To learn more about Logo Design, give us a call today at 410.566.3005 or click here. You can also connect with Time Printers on Facebook, TwitterGoogle+ and Pinterest as well.