Rod and I were graciously taken out to dinner and Game 1 of the Blackhawks playoff game last Saturday. We had a great time and want to thank Jim Bone of Bone Roofing Supply, Inc. for inviting us. Unfortunately, the Hawks lost pretty bad. At least they pulled through last night, tying the series 1-1 with Vancouver! Thanks again Mr. Bone.
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Promotional Magnet
My first promotional material order came in yesterday and I wanted to share my experience with the process. To create the artwork, I used both Scribus and Inkscape (both open-source programs). Once I had something I liked, I did a web search for “promotional magnets”. I decided to try-out fourcolormagnets.com, by jhspecialty because they were based out of Fort Wayne, IN, had great testimonials on their site, and had comparable prices.
A great experience and I’m glad we ordered through them. The communication about the artwork, format, and tracking was excellent. I had the magnets in-hand within one week of placing the order, even though I had communicated that we needed them no later than next week. My sister is going to be working with us during her summer break and I wanted her to help out with customer follow-ups. We are going to start-out by sending “thank-you” letters to customers we’ve done work for recently, with a magnet included (I’m using Highrise to track it). Here’s the artwork for the magnet:
Not too bad, right? If you click on the image, you’ll see that it actually has a white background. Hopefully people will hang-on to it longer than they would a business card.
