Here’s a round-up of some popular posts and interesting articles we talked about this week (plus a sneak peek of what’s coming up next week!) in a brief, easy to digest post. Read More…

What should you have on a membership card? What should you have on a promotional postcard? What should you have on an invitation?

This is a commonly asked question from people who have just started printing their own forms. The answer is “Whatever you need on there,” which sounds like a pretty vague answer at first. “Whatever you need” means to figure out exactly what you need on whatever you’re printing. Read More…

It’s easier to do mail merging in Microsoft Publisher, but it’s possible to do a nice mail merge in Microsoft Word. Since Microsoft Word looks at all of the pages as a whole vs Microsoft Publisher which looks at a single instance of your project, some problems can arise in Microsoft Word when mail merging.

We’re going to look at some of the most common problems and look at how to fix them.

Mail merging is a common thing in many companies that print their own. Not everyone knows how to create a mail merge, so don’t feel silly if you’re one of the ones who has never learned how!

We’re going to talk a bit about the basics of mail merging in both programs so that you can feel more comfortable with printing your own, even if it involves a mailing list.

I’ll be using Word and Publisher 2007 to demonstrate mail merging, but the steps should be similar in most versions. Read More…

Here’s a round-up of some popular posts and interesting articles we talked about this week (plus a sneak peek of what’s coming up next week!) in a brief, easy to digest post. Read More…

Sometimes we wonder about questions that never get asked and, therefore, never get answered. In this post we’re going to ask and answer some of those questions for you. If there are other questions you’re wondering about, please don’t hesitate to ask in the comments or use the “Got A Question” form in the right side bar to ask your question.

Let’s get to answering some questions! Read More…

Planning on running a promotion this Holiday Season? Don’t forget to advertise it with postcards! You can design and print your own postcards to help get word out about your promotion.

In this example we’re going to use 8UP Postcards to create our promotional postcards. We’ll use the company “Joe’s Giant Doughnuts” for the example.

Here’s a round-up of some popular posts and interesting articles we talked about this week (plus a sneak peek of what’s coming up next week!) in a brief, easy to digest post. Read More…

Many businesses can benefit from printing their own retail tags. For example: Consignment stores, mom and pop shops, specialty stores, etc.

It’s easy to print your own retail tags! All you need are a few basic Microsoft Office programs and a printer! We’ll show you how. Read More…

What makes a shipping label a shipping label? What are the important parts?

Here we’ll talk about some of the major parts of a shipping label. While we won’t go into detail in this post, we’ll give you a good overview about what you’re looking at when you’re looking at your shipping label. Read More…