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‘Tis the Season To Be Promoting

By Joy ⋅ June 10, 2008 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

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At least it feels like it is to me as I help out a few friends promote their businesses. How I ended up with almost all friends who run their own shows, I do not know. Birds of the same feather flock together? I guess.

Some years ago a fashion design friend of mine told me about a VistaPrint offering for free business cards. “Free” was something I was weary about on the Internet because it usually entails either spam or undelivered promises. Months after that, another friend of mine in the consulting business showed me the cards she ordered with a design she picked from VistaPrint and they weren’t bad for free at all. In fact they were pretty decent!

After two endorsements from friends, I found myself ordering a set of premium business cards for myself when I began freelancing. I didn’t really need it then but it was neat to have my own cards to pass around. I changed my mind and had new ones with a different design. Then I wanted more, including 2 sets of return address labels for me and my boyfriend. I love them! I’m almost out of address lables and I’ll have to get more soon.

Last year I designed a new set of business cards with a calendar at the back. It sounds so very old school, but I swear a lot of people find it useful including myself. There were slight errors on the first set I got and it was quickly replaced with one phone call and it arrived with express 2-day shipping. Needless to say I was pretty impressed with their customer service. They’ve put up with me and my clients throughout the years.

I also had business magnets for a client printed through them. She wanted something different and memorable for her first trade show. She was so happy with how they turned out and how fast they were delivered. They were a hit with the event attendees! We were both very pleased.

Whenever someone asks me where they can get their promotional materials printed, VistaPrint is one of the places I usually recommend and most of them end up ordering there. At this day and age, it’s good to have choices and get great value for your money.