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[B910]Brochure Design And Printing

by Gordon Petten, Gor

If the main goal of the brochure design is to gain new customers it should be sharp and catchy. Make it something that the customer will notice and not want to toss in the garbage. Also give them reasons as to why they want to do business with you. Keep in mind that you are always in competition and that you will want to win the most customers possible. New customers need to know why you are so wonderful and why it is a better financial investment for them to give their money to you.

Alternatively if the main goal of the brochure design is to get customers that have already done business with you to come back then you are going to need to gear your brochure towards them. Snappy catchy pictures are not necessarily needed in this case. Here they already know who you are and will take a moment to see what you have to say. The best approach for the speech of the brochure is to keep it at a friendship level. They know you and have already spent some money with you. The goal here is to keep them spending their money with you. To do this talk to them like they are an old friend. Let them know that their business with you was greatly appreciated and that you would love to see them again.

Never underestimate the use of incentives given in a brochure design. Bargain shoppers are going to come flocking in to new businesses or return to old companies that they had once used all because they have a coupon in their hand. They love a good bargain and if you give them a good bargain they will love you. Also the average not so bargain crazed customer is going to come to you over the competition that doesn't give an incentive. Think in the mind of the shopper. For example if a shopper is likely to save $20 on an incentive that you offered on something through your brochure design then that is $20 more likely that they will spend on other or more products.

Keep these points in mind when creating the perfect brochure design and you too will have an effective brochure that will bring in more business.

Creating a brochure is simple, as long as you've got the time and a little pocket change. Creating a brochure that generates new sales, on the other hand, takes a little more thought. It doesn't have to be hard, though. The following tips should provide the important elements of creating a professional brochure.

Observe: Collect and study brochures from around the community, especially from competitors and businesses in related fields. Try asking yourself what makes one design more appealing than another? This can help you develop your own sense of good design and can help generate fresh ideas for your own brochure printing.

Find Your Voice: Ask yourself who you are trying to reach with your marketing message, and how you want to come across to them? Once you have an idea about who you are trying to speak to, try choosing a font that will emphasis the tone you have decided on (professional, humorous, casual). Try to avoid using more than two or three different fonts so you don't end up distracting the reader from your message. Avoid excessive underlining, which can cause clutter and make text harder to read. Instead of going crazy with the underlining use larger font size to highlight the text you wish to stand out to your reader.

Less is More: Try to refine the purpose of your brochure and decide what information is necessary to convey your advertising message. Once you've got your concept distilled, try to arrange the elements of your brochure in order of importance. The clearer you are about the order of importance of your information, the better your final brochure will be. Make sketches or cutouts and move the various elements around, if need be, to get an idea of how the elements of your brochure fit together and flow. This way you can try repositioning the various elements to see how your design is affected.

Blank Space is OK: Don't feel you have to fill the whole page. Effective use of empty spaces can make your brochure look more professional. Instead of using bars or boxes to separate components of your brochure try using empty space instead to create a relationship between the contents and the page. Blank space can even be used to bring specific information into focus or to make an element stand out. Just keep in mind that the amount of negative space in a design affects its overall feeling of lightness or heaviness to a reader. As always, remember the image you are trying to project.

Proofread: No matter how good your brochure looks, a simple spelling mistake can give readers an unprofessional impression. Obviously, you should proofread your final design several times before having it printed to avoid this very problem. Once your brochure is printed, it's too late to fix an error that you didn't spot. If possible, get a second person to proofread your text as well for an extra safety net.

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