subject: Catalog Printing Right On The Budget [print this page] Need a way to print cheap catalogs? Looking for resources on saving money for catalog printing? In this article, I will give you all the information you need on how to produce cheap catalogs. This should serve as a nice reference guide for you on how to keep the different aspects of catalog printing cheap. Hopefully this helps a lot in your struggle to balance your business budget. So, for starters, let us cut some costs in your designs and layout.
Cheap catalog designs and layout
For cheap catalogs designs and layout, the magic word is Template. The catalog template is basically the simplest and easiest foundation with which to build a new catalog design. Using its predetermined dimensions and guide lines, you should be able to create a nice workable catalog design from scratch. Moreover if you download a template that has some themes, then you should have little trouble adding design elements and forming a good layout. Everything has a place and you will just have to add to it.
The real benefit of using templates however is that it is in most cases you can get them for free. You do not need to pay for the layout and you do not have to hire a graphic artist to do it as well. So there will almost zero costs when it comes to designing catalogs, if you are of course smart about it.
Cheap catalog production and printing
Producing cheap catalogs means knowing how and where to print. In terms of the how part of catalog printing, this means that you need to print your catalogs in more affordable materials. For example, instead of using full glossy pages for the whole catalog, you can just use them only on the cover. The binding techniques can also be adjusted from full perfect binding to simpler and cheaper ring binding. All these things can cut catalog printing by as much as 25% if you are good. That is cheap already considering the quality that can turn out from it.
Cheap catalog mailing and distribution
For cheap catalog distribution, nothing beats the post office. By just paying for a few postage stamps, you can send hundreds of mail catalogs to lots of houses for their browsing pleasure. This is cheaper and easier than bringing it one by one to the addresses you want.
Of course, it also never hurts to give your catalogs to friends, family and acquaintances and tell them to give a few more to anyone else they know. This gives you a nice social network of potential customers as well which you can benefit from.
So those are the simple techniques for cheap catalog printing. Keep this article as reference so that you can do them for your own catalogs in the future.
