Hi Elisa, Sorry it has taken me this long to respond. All my email accounts were down for two days thanks to Earthlink. Nothing like dependability.
I really don't have any special software to create the print materials other than Photoshop and Fireworks (Illustrator is on my Christmas list). The last time I designed a t-shirt I did it for a local politician who used a nearby printing company. When he told me who he was using, I called the printing company and asked what kind of file they needed, the dimensions and the DPI (very important). Then I created it according to their technical specs and emailed it to them. With the postcards, I point people to http://www.4over4.com . They are well priced and print high quality. If you go to the site, you will notice that they have templates for all their products. Once I finish a site for my clients, I ask them if they want me to design a postcard to advertise their new webpage. Designing for print is very easy to do once you have the dimensions. I do not print anything myself. There are so many companies that do it cheaply, it is unnecessary to reinvent the wheel. For the screensaver, I used a junky freeware program that I promptly deleted after the project was over. BTW, for a knock around project (when I was bored one Saturday) I made these nutty t-shirts: http://www.cafeshops.com/savethemales http://www.cafeshops.com/bluegrassrules Buy one and you will be my friend for ever! :) Hope my rambling helped, Will Stewart -----Original Message----- From: wdvl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2003 1:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [wdvltalk] RE: Diversification Dear Will and Dave, Great posts on diversification! Thanks very much. Will, love the idea of offering to create print material to supplement the web page. What kind of computer material and software do you use for this? It sounds like you've got quite the setup to be able to do business cards, postcards, t-shirts (!!!), etc...wow! I certainly would not be able to offer all of the things you've mentioned, however, I think I might be able to do a few of them - it would be wonderful to offer that to my clients! Thanks again for the fantastic ideas! Sincerely, Elisa Butler cwc> Hi Dave, cwc> I wanted to thank you for all the posts you submitted on the subject of cwc> how to successfully run an internet business. They have been very cwc> helpful for me and, I'm sure, for others as well. cwc> Though many of the practices you mention in previous messages I do not cwc> do (yet), I have learned to diversified my business with great success. cwc> Once you do a webpage for a client, if the experience was good for them, cwc> they trust you. Creating print material that supplements the webpage is cwc> the perfect opportunity to increase your business. Though I do webpages cwc> primarily, I have done billboards, business cards, logos, postcards, cwc> t-shirts, booklets, pamphlets, banners, presentation boards, desktop cwc> images and screensavers! Though it was a little daunting at first cwc> getting into print, my experience has been great. cwc> You mentioned ways to diversify and snag a client who you would normally cwc> miss. One group that I find lucrative is politicians. Every X years cwc> they do what amounts to a massive advertisement campaign that includes cwc> webpages, billboards, cards they handout and more. If you get the cwc> complete contract for a candidate running for office, you can turn a cwc> pretty penny. In addition, politics is a networking game and if your cwc> client appreciated your work (and he wins his office) you will find more cwc> work coming your way from his buddies. cwc> Just wanted to put in my 2 cents. Keep up the messages, Dave! cwc> HTH, cwc> Will ____ . The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM . ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
