Thursday, July 9, 2009

Key Points To Consider In Developing Professional Brochures

By Alvin Chow

Brochures play a critical role in the promotion of a business. They function like windows for the consumers, through which they gain knowledge about a company's products, its history, and other details establishing its credentials in the market. Since, they play a vital role as a marketing tool it is important that they are designed well and printed in good quality. This article will offer you some valuable advice on brochure printing and design.

The brochure should be designed to look professional, attractive and informative at the same time. It should use text and graphics in the correct combination, while the colours should also be used aesthetically. All the elements like fonts, borders, images etc. should fuse perfectly. In addition to being coherent and reader friendly, the brochure must also be good looking and not cluttered.

While developing a brochure, brochure printing aspects should be carefully considered. It is always recommended to take a sample print to see what the end result will look like before sending the design for printing on a mass scale.

The design should be created keeping in mind the brochure printing budget. Black and white printing costs lesser than color, thus if you are on a shoe-string budget you may wish to go for the former. However, if budget is not a problem and if appealing and colorful brochures are what you have in mind, then thick and glossy papers should be chosen for good looking prints. If the brochure is to be printed on both sides of the paper, then the material chosen for such a product must be strong enough for good quality printing.

Since brochure printing is done in bulk, always look for rebates from the printing company. Quality, however, must always be of central concern because a compromise on that front might be counter-productive for the business.

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