subject: Your Business Letterhead by:Steve Roberts [print this page] What is a business letterhead, and why is it important to your present and future success? A business letterhead is stationary that has been printed with identifying information about you and your business, plus your business logo, if you have one. Generally, a business letterhead lists your business name and mailing address, telephone numbers, including fax numbers, email address, and web site address. All of these can be listed, some as a page header, and some as a footer. The design and placement of this information is, of course, up to the person who owns the company or the person who is responsible for the marketing of a company.
All businesses should have an attractive letterhead, along with matching envelopes. Even if you think your own business would never have need of a letterhead, you never know when you may need to write a letter to a customer or supplier. There are times when an email just won't do the job, and these are the times when a letter that has been typed or handwritten on an attractive business letterhead can get the job done with a touch of class.
Your business letterhead is your business image. A well-designed letterhead that is neat, yet eyecatching says good things about your business as well as your products. All of the information a potential or repeat customer should need is right in front of them when you make use of a letterhead. The fact that your business even has a letterhead will mightily impress some people, too. A letter written to a customer or supplier on plain paper says nothing about the quality of your products or services, whereas a letterhead can just ooze quality, depending on the type of paper used and the attention that is paid to the design detail.
Suppose you have never designed a business letterhead, and are a little unsure as to where you should start. This is when you call upon one of the letterhead printing services that can be found online. These printing services are business oriented, since they are a business themselves. They have ample experience in the best way to lay out a business letterhead and logo in order to help you make the best impression possible on the people and businesses you will be corresponding with by regular mail. Letterhead printing services also can supply you with envelope printing to match your business stationary.
Some people may tell you that you can print your own business letterhead stationary with your computer. Unless you are a graphic designer with a lot of time to spare, you will be much better off hiring a professional to do this work for you. Letterhead stationary that is homemade often looks homemade, and this is not the image that you want your business to have.
You must use a thicker paper stock in order to print a letterhead that looks and feels like something a business would use, and this paper is notorious for jamming up your printer, especially when you are printing a quantity of sheets.
Do a little research and select an online printer to handle all of your business printing needs. You will be very glad you did!
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