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Design Menus like the Marketing Pieces They Are

Design Menus like the Marketing Pieces They Are

Did you ever think about your menu being a marketing piece? It is the last point of sale for your product; of course it's a marketing piece! Even though most menus are used inside a restaurant environment, some do travel like flyers and business cards. To-go menus...

FLYER DESIGN AND PRINTING: BUSINESS WILL FLY RIGHT IN

FLYER DESIGN AND PRINTING: BUSINESS WILL FLY RIGHT IN

While we're on the subject of Big Bang Marketing, another ubiquitous piece is the business flyer. Although it can come in any size, it's most often 8.5 x 11 (letter size). Hotel lobbies often have rack cards, which are a different kind of flyer. Flyer design can be...

Printing Custom Posters with Graphic Ideals

Printing Custom Posters with Graphic Ideals

Posters, like business cards, are everywhere. Whether you're standing in line at the movies, visiting the grocery store or riding the bus, chances are you're looking at posters. Many of the posters we do are custom posters for specific purposes - like posters for...

Printed Business Cards Leave a Big Impression

Printed Business Cards Leave a Big Impression

Everybody should have a professional business card. It’s the single most effective marketing tool around. After all, you can’t drop your LinkedIn presence into a free-lunch fishbowl, now can you? Even after you’ve left your customer, your business card continues doing...

Big Bang Newsletters

Big Bang Newsletters

Neighborhood associations, car dealerships, churches, government agencies and small businesses like you are prime candidates for newsletter publishing. Get your name out there, and share valuable content with your targeted audience. Whether we edit/proofread/design...

Start with a Bang!

Start with a Bang!

This is a competitive world. You need your marketing to make a Big Bang. Guess what? We do too! All small businesses need to make their marketing dollars go far, and we have solutions that will help. We can make marketing your business easy and effective....

In Memoriam

In Memoriam

Edgar Eugene "Gene" Maro August 31, 1949 to December 29, 2013 We are so sad to report the passing of our beloved Gene Maro. Gene and Alice have owned Graphic Ideals (previously an Alphagraphics franchise) for over twenty years, an endeavor begun after their relocation...

Digital Printing Services Upgraded

Digital Printing Services Upgraded

Graphic Ideals has made another change in order to serve your digital printing needs better! Announcing our new digital offset press, revved up and ready for your short to medium-run print jobs (suggested minimum quantity is 500). Newsletters, brochures, flyers, and...

HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS

HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS

They're here again, those cool autumn days that take us through the holidays and into winter. Have you given any thought to gift-giving yet? We have a few items that are very popular during this season. One of the most obvious choices for spreading cheer are greeting...

Change is afoot–again!

Change is afoot–again!

We're not just talking about the weather, either. Say goodbye to our huge four-tower Heidelberg offset press and meet our smaller and sleeker new digital press. Quicker make-readies, a fairly universal sheet size and just plain speed of production make this press a...

Wrap it up, I’ll take it.

Wrap it up, I’ll take it.

Everyone has seen those vibrant vehicle wraps, where an entire automobile is covered in photographs, logos or other graphics. But did you know that you could get your vehicle wrapped at Graphic Ideals? Another common "wrap" project is a fence wrap, examples of which...

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