http://blog.dayspringprinting.com Printing Tips & Techniques, Marketing & Design Ideas, Goings on at Dayspring Printing Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:30:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you are thinking about using football magnets to advertise your business, now is the time to order. With only a couple of weeks till the seasons kick off, we still have time to get the pieces designed and printed. Please call 402-592-3229 today to get your order started. http://blog.dayspringprinting.com/2008/08/14/last-call-for-football-magnets/ We all know that color sells, that's why all Silk business cards come with full-color printing on both sides! We've updated the website with new default back images for you to choose from, or if there is something custom you would like to see, please let us know. And ground shipping ... http://blog.dayspringprinting.com/2008/07/14/free-shipping-more-color/ Wishing all of you a happy and safe 4th of July. The team at Dayspring Printing hopes each one of you is able to spend some time with friends and family doing whatever it is you do. We also hope you will find some time to reflect on the sacrifice ... http://blog.dayspringprinting.com/2008/07/02/happy-4th-of-july/ We last increased the price of our Silk business cards in January of 2006. Guess how much gas was then - how about $2.25 a gallon. Oh, the good old days. Today, the average national gas price is over $4.00 a gallon. That's nearly an 80% increase. With the rising ... http://blog.dayspringprinting.com/2008/06/13/a-price-increase-or-added-value-a-bit-of-both/ We've hired the folks at EGrowthMarketing to assist us in our online marketing efforts. Let me tell you, these Internet types sure have a language all their own. We've optimized our site, analyzed keywords, crafted descriptions, determined our search engine ranking, explored the competition, and discovered that our "base line" rank ... http://blog.dayspringprinting.com/2008/05/23/growing-our-web-business/ From Eric Miller, The elements of graphic design are used, and often combined, to create graphic works. They should not be confused with principles of design, such as balance and white space, but rather components such as color, type and images. Presented here is a list of the most commonly used elements ... http://blog.dayspringprinting.com/2008/05/12/the-elements-of-graphic-design/ From Eric Miller, Dictionary.com defines graphic design as “the art or profession of visual communication that combines images, words, and ideas to convey information to an audience.” http://blog.dayspringprinting.com/2008/05/12/what-is-graphic-design/ Printing is complex. To the average person, that is probably a foreign concept. You simply hit Ctrl-P on your keyboard and your document prints. Simple, right? Unfortunately, the answer is no. The purpose of this blog is to educate folks about the realities of printing.  We will try to do so ... http://blog.dayspringprinting.com/2008/05/07/what-were-doing-here-and-what-we-hope-to-accomplish/ It's been almost 6 months since setting up this blog, and I've just figured out how to really work it. It's amazing how easy something appears to be at the start, but once you get going with it, how it's not. The "support" that purports to be there to help ... http://blog.dayspringprinting.com/2008/05/07/blogging-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/ Here's a sampling of some names you may recognize. If they trust us for their print needs, you can too. http://blog.dayspringprinting.com/2008/04/13/hall-of-fame/