A larger trifold brochure is a great option to share your story with potential customers. You can use six letter-sized pages to elaborate on your products and services. Space is available for information such as enlightening articles related to your industry or a letter from the owner or CEO.

Introduce prospective clients to your staff by featuring employee photos and a short description of how their individual talents are used to assist customers. Viewing staff photos in a brochure could establish an initial business relationship. Technology allows us to order many products and services online.  Putting a name to a face assures customers they will be communicating with an actual person. Testimonials from satisfied customers can also be a valuable addition to a JUMBO brochure.

In most cases, images in a printed piece is the first element that grasps a reader’s attention. You have space to include attractive images related to your work. For example, service businesses such as landscapers or house painters can feature photos of previous jobs. Before and after photos could also be useful in these industries. Retailers can use a large brochure to showcase their products. Many companies can incorporate charts and infographics to illustrate statistics.

For more brochure content ideas, visit the white papers section of our web site and download the document entitled "Creating Great Content."

Contact A-link Printing & Promotions today and ask customer service about SUPERSIZING your trifold. Cindy, Nicole, Jaci and Karen can offer design and content suggestions so you can give prospects an impressive introduction to your business.

Creative folding techniques not only demand attention but can also entice the reader to open and read your marketing piece. While most people think about the common half-fold and tri-fold techniques used on brochures and pamphlets, we have many creative folding options available that can help your marketing piece stand apart from the competition. Here are a few of our favorite creative folding options:

• A single-gate fold means the paper is folded inwards on both sides, meeting in the middle, to create six panels (three panels on the front and three panels on the back).


• A double-gate fold involves folding the paper inwards on the left and right side, meeting in the middle, and then folding it again at the center, creating eight panels (four panels on the front and four panels on the back).


• A Z-fold involves folding the paper in thirds, in a zig-zag pattern. A brochure with a Z-fold will open like an accordion in the shape of the letter Z.


• A double-parallel fold means the paper is folded in half twice, in the same (parallel) direction, which creates eight panels (four in the front and four in the back).


• Accordion folds can be ideal for brochures, making each section a different width as "tabs" for product names or services.

If you have questions about which folding technique is right for your project, our team of experts would love to help. Give us a call or stop by to see some folding samples today!

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Foil stamping is a creative and affordable way to add class and highlight the important parts of any marketing piece, including business cards, invitations, postcards, greeting cards, envelopes, pocket folders, and much more.

A popular way to accent your piece is to print your company logo or focal message in foil. Foil options include a variety of colors and finishes, including glossy or matte versions of gold, silver, red, green, blue, black, and hologram.

For best results with foiling, be sure to rasterize your text (convert all text to outlines) and ensure the foiling area is no smaller than a 7-point font to ensure that details are not lost. The foil design should layer over a flat color or image since incorporating a copy of the foil into a printed design does not guarantee the desired appearance as the stamp may shift in process.

Please note select paper types give a different appearance to the foil. If you have questions or would like to see foil printed samples, please give us a call or stop by today!

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If you're looking for an easy way to significantly reduce the amount of data and battery that your social media apps are consuming on your mobile device, here are a few ways to turn off auto-play on popular social media platforms:

Facebook:

• On iPhone, navigate to the Settings on the top right, then choose Account Settings > Videos and Photos > Autoplay. You can choose whether you want videos to play while using cellular and Wi-Fi, on Wi-Fi only, or never.


• On iPad, navigate to the Settings on the top right, then Account Settings > Video and Photos > Autoplay and choose your desired setting.


• On Android, navigate to the Settings on the top right, click Auto-Play and choose your desired setting.

Twitter:

• On Twitter.com, go to your profile and select Settings > Account > Video Tweets, and uncheck Video Autoplay.


• On iOS and Android, navigate to the Settings on the top right, then choose Data Usage > Video Autoplay and select Never Play Videos Automatically, or choose to only feature autoplay when using Wi-Fi to save data.

Instagram:

• On iOS and Android, go to Settings on the top right, select Cellular Data Use, and choose Use Less Data. While Instagram doesn't provide the option to stop playing videos automatically, their “Use less data” option will stop videos from pre-loading. This will help save data and prevent the app from pre-loading the videos as soon as you launch Instagram.

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