Since business has slowed down, Sean and I have been looking into alternative methods to bring in some money. Obviously the standard business cards don’t always do the trick – no matter how many we wind up handing out over the course of the week when we venture out into the real world. I was thinking of having some type of an 8×10 sheet printed up so I could leave them on the pin boards at local markets in hopes that someone would pull the little tab off looking for help. But in all actuality, who really advertises that way anymore? And actually brings in some kind of a profit from it? I’m talking more for ‘business’ not the local babysitter who can only handle up to two children at a time. I’m talking taking our business into the “now” where we’re out of our own home and into an office environment with multiple people working in the office and not just outsource/contracts floating around the world (as we have now)
So, since I have some pretty big dreams I’ve obviously been with the “Go Big or Go Home” mentality and was thinking forget the business cards and the pull tabs – how about some type of a poster, heck even a billboard? So I googled custom poster printing and came across shortrunposters.com, not only do they do custom poster printing but they have the ability to size and do whatever you please with your own images. So if I were to take the logo off my business cards and then put in all of the proper information I could then take my custom poster and turn it into the posters you see on the windows at bus stops (lord knows people sit there long enough – they’re bound to read something, right?) . I also thought if I come up with something big enough in the future I can have it as a custom decor for the inside of the future AGN office. You can see products here, they range from smaller printing to larger printing.
I think even someone who aren’t in the business world could benefit from their services, based on the fact that a lot of my readers do have children and I know how soccer moms love to one-up each other, so of course having custom poster printing for your kids science project or activity would make everyone else know that you pulled out the big guns for your kids benefit. I think even teachers could benefit if there were a series of rules/regulations they have in their classrooms so that they can design it however they want and just send it off to the printer.
I don’t know, I’ve got quite a few ideas going through my head right now – I just know that it’s a site that is now permanently bookmarked on my end and will be utilized for my design business (and hey, maybe even kids projects – who knows what the future holds for me there). I already sent the link over to my mom ’cause she’s always doing some big flyer work for the many things she’s running throughout the course of the year.