Company name: Leigh Lopez Virtual Office Solutions
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Thousand Palms, CA
Posts: 51
Re: My postcards rock!
Holy cow! 34?? How slow does your computer start up?? Hahaha!
Another question for you Lily if you don't mind, when you take your printing needs to Office Max, on what media is it? Thumb drive or CD? And does it matter what program extension the file is? Office Max can open anything, or do you convert it to PDF or a photo file like JPG first?
Guess what program I have that I forgot all about? Snagit! So I was able to do a screen capture of my postcard & save it as a JPG. It's not quite as sharp as the original, but you get the idea.
Check out the groovy milkbone background that Andrea helped me with. I think it's really cute & that people will at least look at it before they throw it away! Twenty-five of them go out this week & each week after, thanks to Lily & her info on ReferenceUSA!
Lily those look great! Good luck on your marketing campaign too. And don't you just love SnagIt! It's a great program. Hope you get lots of new clients.
Cool! I LOVE the dogbone background! We jokingly call our house "Muttly's Motorsports Bar & Grill" (hubby's nickname is "Mutt") so we use the dogbone motif around our house a lot. We even designed a dogbone shaped logo for the house and had it printed on t-shirts.
I have been reading this thread about sending out postcards to promote our companies - but please can someone tell me what sort of informationyou are putting on them. Are you printing them and then just filling in the addresses?
I live in South Africa and have not seen this done and would really love to see an example so I can get some printed up.
I sent out my 5th week of mailers yesterday. The day before that, I got my first call - an attorney interested in a simple web site. He was in the week 2 mailers, so he held onto the card for almost 3 weeks before calling. He said he liked my card, and "I didn't throw it away."
The return rate on the cards, is just under 6% & one person has called & asked to be taken off the list. If I can find a different address for the person/business, I resend a card. If not, I take that person/business off the list. In three weeks, the people/businesses on the Week 1 list will get their second card. I plan to keep the same look but change the text.
Ooh... I'd love to see them as well! I uploaded my design on Vista Print. Next time I think I will just have them printed at Kinko's or something, as Vista Print was a bit pricey for my liking. Where did you go to have yours printed?
I've used Prints Made Easy. Somewhere I have a coupon code for them. Ok, found two: PME20 is for 20% off (one time only) and PE15 (Unlimited). I obtained my logo from them as well as my double-sided business cards. They are AWESOME! I've done post cards for one client and they turned out great! Oh yea, plus I obtained our son's logo and business cards for his little side business too. You can't go wrong with them AND they don't print their name anywhere like Vista Print!
Good luck!
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Re: My postcards rock!
Re: My postcards rock!
I think it's really cute & that people will at least look at it before they throw it away! 
Twenty-five of them go out this week & each week after, thanks to Lily & her info on ReferenceUSA! 
Lily Chambers, The Virtual Office Goddess, LLC
Re: My postcards rock!
Re: My postcards rock!
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