Why You Should Bother With Brochures
By: Matthew Stanton
A brochure, especially if it is in full color, is an excellent way to show
off your company and its services and products. It makes for excellent bragging
rights too if you have a great looking brochure.
There are actually two standard sizes of brochures: 8.5 inches x 11 inches and
11 inches x 17 inches. There are some print shops; however that print 8.5 inches
x 14 inches brochures. Choosing the size of your brochure is dependent on what
you are going to use it for. Think about for some moments:
- Do you need your brochure to fit into a card rack?
- Do you need the brochure to act like a self-mailing envelope?
- Will the brochure be folded and used in presentations?
When actually printing your brochure, there are only two things you need to
decide on: the quality and quantity.
It is always good to ask for sample printing jobs from your printer. The rule of
thumb in printing brochures is to choose the best quality printing for your
budget. Standard brochures are typically printed on glossy 80 pounds /100 pounds
text or 80 pounds cover stock.
In choosing how many copies of your brochures to print, there is only one
question you need to ask and that is, What are on earth are you printing the
brochure for? Are you going to mail it to people? Are you going to hand it out
at tradeshows? Or are you going to use it for face-to-face contact? If your
brochure contains product information or price that is going to change next
year, then order the amount that will last you the time period - do not order
more.
But if your brochure does not contain time-bound information, then order as many
copies as your money allows. There is wisdom in doing this: the more copies you
order, the cheaper the cost of printing. There is not much difference in the
total cost of printing 10,000 copies and printing 12,500 copies. But if you
divide the total cost by the total number of copies, the per piece cost of
printing 12,500 copies would be much cheaper.
Once the brochures are printed, it will only be matter of having then delivered
to you safe, sound, and dry. Most printers would be happy to deliver your
brochures to you at your primary location, or at a mailing facility. You can
also have your copies divided and delivered to different locations. But of
course, this all depends on the number of copies you have printed.
Author Resource: Matthew Stanton writes about this article and for My Print Shop
Online which provides full-printing services to clients across the United States
and Canada. The company offers the best deals in print jobs at Brochure
Printing.
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