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What is in Your Wallet? Printing on Plastic with Plastic Printers

You may think that there’s nothing new in business cards these days. That the era of the pocket-sized promotional items has come to an end; or that printing on plastic is nothing special. However, Plastic Printers would be the first to disagree with you. The business card isn’t dead; it has simply evolved. In fact, printing on plastic is still en v …

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Join the Hunt with the Plastic Printers Feature of the Week

For this Plastic Printers feature of the week, we’re playing games. What do games have to do with business cards? Trust us; there’s a method to our madness. We’ve talked a lot about pocket-sized promotion and Quick Response (QR) Codes on this blog. Now, it’s time to put the two tools together in a fun, and interactive way.

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How Custom-Shaped Cards Reshape Your Promotional Value

What do die-cuts have to do with custom-shaped business cards? In a word: everything. You can’t have one without the other. You can trust us on this. After nearly 20 years in the business of custom-shaped cards, it’s fair to say Plastic Printers knows a thing or two about making a professionally memorable first impression.

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Identify Yourself with the Plastic Printers Free Template of the Week

Custom School ID with Photos and QR Codes

OK, Plastic Printers blog followers, I’ve got a dilemma. Before I tell you about it, I have to admit to one thing: I’m a die-hard, old-school chick. What does that mean? For the purposes of this weekly template installment, it means I buy a piece of equipment and use it till it fries.

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Plastic Printers: Your Order from Start to Finish

Customers new to the PlasticPrinters.com experience are often curious about what sets our company apart from the competition. We could spend time telling you that our printers only produce high-quality hand printed custom plastic cards, or how our sales team makes sure you get the best product possible whatever your budget. However; that’s only par …

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Plastic Printers: Perfecting the Element of Surprise

Recent advertising polls indicate that the average person sees over 5,000 advertisements a day. That’s a pretty large marketing pool to stand out in. The question to ask is: how do you make a memorable first impression on over saturated customers? Plastic Printers has the answer. It’s all about the element of surprise.

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QR Code Business Card

Business Cards with Pop Out QR Code

Does anybody else remember when mobile technology used to be a laptop? The mobile landscape has changed in the blink of an eye. Now, almost everyone has a portable piece of techno-gadgetry. It could be a smartphone, tablet, iPod, or iPad. The point is if they’ve got a device, there’s one tool a business owner should never be without: a Quick Respon …

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Mobile Tagging: Your Key Tags Re-imagined

Key tags and buyer loyalty programs are a dime a dozen. At least that’s what your competitors want you to think. The truth is these pre-existing incentives have actually brought a golden opportunity with them. It’s a way to extend your buyers’ market far beyond in-store enticements, brick and mortar exclusives, and clipped coupons or discount cards …

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5 Tips to Boost the Sale of Your Gift Certificates

Christmas is my dad’s favorite time of the year for several reasons. One of those reasons is gift certificates. He is notoriously hard to shop for so 9 times out of 10 we get him gift certificates. It doesn’t matter if they are open loop (cards that can be used anywhere similar to a credit card) or closed loop (have to be used at specific brick and …

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The Seven Deadly Sins of Plastic Cards

Plastic card design is one area of the promotional process where people can make a lot of mistakes. There are many reasons why these mistakes occur. Several of these follies are so common they’ve earned a nickname among marketing professionals. They are known as the seven deadly sins. Obviously, not as well-known as their namesake, but these seven …

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