For example, if you were a landscaper, you could start a blog about lawn and garden maintenance.  Offer solutions to common garden problems, feature special plants, offer garden ideas for beginners and experts, and include images of the work your company has done. 

Also, design a web site, including your company’s contact information.  It is important that you increase your business’s online presence. 

Custom invitations and announcements are the perfect way to reach your customers.  Let them know about any special sales, promotional events, or fundraisers you are holding. 

Be creative and design invitations that compliment your business. Create a stylish invitation for your unique boutique, or something more traditional for your family-owned diner.   Include your business’s logo and contact information, too. 

Designing custom invitations is simple! Upload your own design or browse through online galleries to find the perfect way to promote your business.     

Designing your own marketing products is quick and easy.  You can create and upload your own design, or browse through hundreds online.  Design marketing products that compliment your business.

Whatever it is, Vistaprint is a great resource to promote your marketing or communication business.  Vistaprint offers a large variety of products and hundreds of designs to choose from.  Order online today!

All of your marketing materials are important when trying to promote your information and technology business.  Create quality postcards, brochures, and letterhead with your name and contact information. 

Designing your own products is easy.  Go online and upload your own designs or search through online galleries to find the perfect design to compliment your information and technology business.  Vistaprint offers a large variety of products and hundreds of designs for your business.  Order today and receive your purchase in as few as three days!

All of your marketing materials are important when trying to promote your finance or insurance business.  Create quality postcards, brochures, and letterhead with your name and contact information.   Be creative design a key chain, magnet, or hat as well.

Designing your own products is easy.  Go online and upload your own designs or search through online galleries to find the perfect design to compliment your finance or insurance business. 

Because we read from left to right, our brains are trained to work horizontally.  It is easy to fall into a horizontal trap when marking your business as well.  When promoting your business, it is important to think outside the box, especially in today’s competitive economy. 

When designing custom business cards, ask yourself, “Would a vertical design work for me?”  For example a vertical business card may work well for a bakery that specializes in tiered wedding cakes, or a construction company that erects buildings.  A vertical card allows for design options that may not have been possible otherwise and will stand out against the competition.    

Consider a vertical design when creating custom banners as well.  An eye-catching, vertical banner that promotes a sale or special event can be hung on a tree, out a window, or alongside a door.  To design your own business card or banner, simply upload your own design or choose from hundreds of designs online. 

Think Vertical!

You want to host a contest for your customers but you don’t know what to give as prizes.  T-shirts are great for give-aways. They are quick and easy to order, and customers love them. 

Hold a trivia contest at your ice-cream parlor and give the winner a free Sunday and a T-shirt.  This is a great marketing technique.  It’s fun for customers, and you’re spreading the word about your business.

Designing a T-shirt is easy! Simply upload your own design or browse through online galleries.  On the back, include the name of your business as well as the phone number and Web site. 

Don’t like T-shirts? Create hats or tote bags instead!

Whoever said that all business cards had to look the same?  Of course, you want your business card to be clean and simple, with all the appropriate information. That doesn’t mean you can’t be creative.  Upload your own works of art or choose from hundreds of designs online!

Utilize the back of the card as well.  Include an appointment reminder, a calendar, or list your best attributes or the products that your company offers.   If you want to make a statement, try printing on recycled paper. 

Create matching letterhead and address labels to go with your business cards too!

It’s the afternoon rush hour and you’re sitting in traffic.  You can’t wait to get home and have dinner.  You imagine that all the people in the cars around you are thinking the same thing. Luckily, your car has car door magnets promoting your pizza business.  You know the shop will be busy tonight. 

Car door magnets are a great marketing tool.  Imagine all the people that you could reach with this moving advertisement.  Wherever you go, you are spreading the word about your business, whatever it may be.  Also, this is a great way of advertising because you don’t need a company car, and the magnets can be removed at any time. 

Creating a car door magnet is simple.  Upload your own design or browse through online galleries.  Search for car door magnets printed on durable, high-strength magnets. 

As a small business owner, your relationship with your customers is of the utmost importance.  You see them often and appreciate their business.  Show your patrons how much they mean to you by sending them a customized thank you card.  Design a thank you card with your logo or a drawing of your establishment.  Print a message inside, or leave room for a hand-written note.  Include a business card or special offer coupon too.  Sending thank you cards to your best customers is a good practice that is sure to keep them coming back! 

Try creating custom note cards that you can be used for anything, whether it’s a thank you, congratulations, or even a holiday greeting. 

Match your envelopes and address labels to your cards too!