Some people believe that it’s a little harder to reach your target audience with Every Door Direct Mail since you don’t have a list of names and addresses. However, it can be done! You just need to get into the mind of your target audience, figure out where they would be and target those routes. With EDDM you can narrow your campaigns down to the route each carrier will take.

Let’s look at the following example:

The college Awesome Bob University (ABU) wants to do an EDDM campaign for future students. We’re going to look at how he can narrow down his routes to hit his target audience.

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Most people buy their gift tags from the store, usually from a big box store that only has a few different layouts. This can make those few gift tag layouts pop up just about everywhere.

Do you want to stand out against the crowd this holiday season? Print your own custom gift tags that were designed and printed by you!

Here are some ideas you can use to make your gift tags stand out. 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…

If you have read a few blogs here on the DIY Printing Tips blog, you may have seen us use the term “Print Your Own Master.” While this sounds awesome, what does it mean?

It means you understand how to print your own and you do it well. You may not get it perfect the first time every time, but you know your way around the printer and can get the results you want from it. But that’s not all.

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When you print your own forms you need to know your printer; its strengths, weaknesses, what the error codes mean, etc. Knowing how your printer handles certain jobs can help you make the decision on whether or not to use it for a certain job.

If you know Printer A (let’s call it Henry) is an inkjet and thus can’t print on glossy paper, you can give the glossy print job to Printer B (let’s call it Ricoh) who is a nice laser printer. Next job a high detail, full color photograph? Henry would probably be better suited for the job than Ricoh.

Let’s look at a few ways you as a Print Your Own Master can bond with your printer. Read More…

When you send out an Every Door Direct Mail campaign you need to bundle your mailers in groups of 50 or 100 with a facing slip on each bundle. Depending on how many routes you’re mailing to you could have anywhere between 2 to 100 different bundles, each with their own facing slip.

It doesn’t matter whether you’re a small or large business, filling out 50 different facing slips with mostly the same information doesn’t sound very appealing. Here are some tips and tricks for filling out EDDM facing slips. Read More…

Printing your own shipping label sheets can be done with most office printers capable of printing on a regular, letter size sheet of paper. However, using an inkjet printer is not recommended since the barcode can come out a little blurry and un-scannable. Using a laser printer will typically get you the cleanest barcode…but what setting do you use on a laser printer to print shipping labels? 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.

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In an email we recently received a question about License Plate Number barcodes; more specifically, how to create your own. It is possible to create your own LPN barcode label sheets with just Microsoft Word® and a sheet of peel out labels. Read More…

You can design and print your own bottle neckers for wine bottles. By creating and printing your own you can not only stand out in the crowd but you can also save some money by printing your own.

Printing your own is easy and affordable. By buying door hangers in bulk you can get each door hanger for just a few pennies. If you’re just getting started printing your own, check out our Free Getting Started Guide for great information and tips on printing your own.

Let’s talk a little bit about bottle neckers and why you should print your own. Read More…