Steamy Windows Business Cards

Steamy Windows, based in Romsey near Southampton, replaces damaged doubled glazed units. If double glazed units loose their seal, water gets in and they become "steamed up" - hence the company name. Steamy Windows can also fix other related problems with windows and doors - see the business card.

We designed and printed these business cards for them. This is a well designed business card, over and above a plain business card, for 3 important reasons :

1. It includes confidence building "trade" logos - namely "Buy with Confidence" and "Check a trade". These 3rd party organisations vouch for the credibilty and reputation of member business - vitally important for referrals.

2. The card includes a detailed list of what services are offered. This is also important when getting business via referral to make sure the recipient of the card knows exactly what the business does.

3. The card is good quality, well designed and has an eye catching spot UV finish on the back that looks like steam! The recipient of this business card will be impressed and therefore think better of the company that it advertises. Again vital for referrals.

Remember you can get referrals from your contacts and customers passing on your business card to people you haven't met. Which is why a business card is so important as it is effectively advertising your business.

Printed Envelope

We produced these printed envelopes for RCCG Holy Ghost Zone Southampton.

We print a range of overprinted envelopes in 2 or full colour on 90gsm and 120gsm - see our website for prices. Printed envelopes are a great way to brand company stationery, the receiver will know who its from before opening the envelope, or for solving administration problems such as in the above example. Here the envelope is used as a form to collect information about church donors but we have also produced similar printed envelopes for such things as collating car service documentation for a garage and account information for a factory.

Natural Beauty A4 Folded Leaflet

Natural Beauty, based in West Wellow near Southampton, offers beauty treatments using the ultimate in skincare products. They offer facials, massages, waxing and manicures for discerning clients.

The above leaflet was initially drafted by the client using MS Publisher. We quite often get artwork given to us in MS Publisher and MS Word. Neither of these products are great for producing print standard artwork - they just don't have the features to make the fine adjustments needed.

However we can finish off artwork for our clients and quickly turn it into something that looks professional. In the above example we added some stock photography, designed a flowery swirl to add interest, formatted the text for the roll fold, made all the type consistent and allowed for the artwork to bleed off the page, e.g. so there was not gap at the page edge.

Power & Sail Leaflet

Power & Sail provide marine electrical design, installations, sales and repair for the sports, leisure and charter boat sectors that includes motorboats, powerboats, ribs, fishing vessels and racing/ cruising yachts. They are based in Lymington and Southampton but operate across the south coast.

It goes without saying that boats don’t come cheap and so boat owners are very discerning when it comes to selecting a company to handle their maintenance. That’s why it was vitally important to Power & Sail that their marketing material reflected the high quality, premium service that they offer.

For the above leaflet Power & Sail provided the text, images and logo - then following their brief we produced the leaflet design.

It’s immediately obvious that this leaflet has been professionally designed. Therefore anyone picking up this leaflet will feel reassured that they are dealing with a professional company. The images on the front grab attention while the reverse provides the necessary details.

ETC Folded Leaflet

ETC Training Centre is specifically designed for committed football players who want to develop to make the step up from grassroots football.

Based in Southampton, they bridge the gap between professional clubs and grassroots football by offering talented players opportunities to continue their football development through professional coaching and competition matches.

We designed and printed this A4 half fold leaflet for them. They supplied the text and images and we developed the concept and design. Having a professionally designed folded leaflet such as this makes it much easier for ETC to sells their services to prospected customers – in this case talented footballers. The design will immediately catch the attention of people interested in football and then allow them to easily digest all the information. Including a high profile testimonial from Lukas Jutkiewicz, a professional Everton player.

Statham Business Stationery

We designed the above corporate identity and business stationery for Statham Property Maintenance who are based in Southampton.

It’s easy to forget how important business stationery is for a company. If you are trying to win a new contract by writing to the prospective customer on what is obviously a home produced letterhead it won’t inspire their confidence. In trying to save a few quid in printing costs you could loose thousands of pounds worth of business. Business stationery typically consists of letterheads, compliment slips, business cards and sometimes continuation sheets.

How can you tell the above stationery hasn’t been produced at home?

• The company has a corporate identity (see below)
• It’s obvious some thought has gone into the design of the letterhead and business card
• Good quality paper has been used for the letterheads and compliment slips
• Heavier card has been used for the business card
• It’s well printed – lithographically as apposed to inkjet or laserjet (you can tell the difference)

The corporate identity is the combination of the text, graphics and colours used. You know how you would like your business to be perceived but the art is to make sure your marketing material conveys this consistently. A corporate identity helps customers familiarise themselves with your brand and so instantly recognise that the message is from you.

The clever idea in the above logo is that the different elements, i.e. the logo and icons, can be used in different way across a range of marketing material.

Digital Booklet

We print a range of high quality lithographically printed booklets (or magazines) with many different specifications, e.g. size, stock weight, finish, covers etc. However for runs of less than 500 we also produce simple digitally printed booklets too. Printing digitally doesn't offer the same quality finish or variety but if you only need a few and are on a tight budget then they are a good solution.

Above is an example of a 12 printed page (12pp) A5 digital booklet we did for the New Naturalist. Collins New Naturalist series is the longest-running and arguably the most influential natural history book series in the world with over 100 volumes published in over 60 years.

So if you need a booklet printed the chances are we have a product to suit. Prices of our booklets start from £75 for 50 - see our website.