{"id":375,"date":"2017-01-13T21:38:21","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T21:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/resources.crowdspring.com\/?p=375"},"modified":"2020-06-17T14:03:08","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T20:03:08","slug":"invest-good-design-quality-printed-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/design\/invest-good-design-quality-printed-materials","title":{"rendered":"Invest in Good Design for Quality Printed Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"

While paperless practices have become more popular over the years, digital technology won’t displace printing in all fields for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n

Print jobs can go a long way to further your business, but some people try to save money by avoiding hiring professional designers. Here are a few of the reasons why investing in professional design is key to good print jobs.<\/a><\/p>\n

After all, your print materials are a key part of your company’s brand identity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So, whether you’re starting your business<\/a> or have been operating one for a decade, you should consider the cost of business cards<\/a>. But you also should consider whether those business cards help or harm your business.<\/p>\n

Readability<\/b><\/h2>\n

Perhaps the most fundamental aspect of design is to ensure that the intended message reaches the target audience.<\/p>\n

Designers are trained to create work that is easily readable, and they know how to get key points across effectively.<\/p>\n

In many cases, simply landing one additional client will more than cover the cost of paying for professional design, making the investment worthwhile.<\/p>\n

Capture Attention<\/b><\/h2>\n

Printed material is worthless if it isn’t read, and professional designers know how to capture attention. It’s possible to add some elements to a printed piece without professional experience, but incorporating elements in a cohesive and effective manner requires expertise.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, it’s important to ensure that attention-grabbing elements don’t interfere with the design’s readability; balancing these two elements is at the core of effective design work. Again, printed pieces are an investment, and the cost of professional work can pay for itself if it leads to more clients or customers.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Professional Impression<\/b><\/h2>\n

When people work with a company, they want to know they’re working with professionals.<\/p>\n

Investing in professional design shows that your business values professionalism and sends a powerful message to potential clients or customers.<\/p>\n

You only have one chance to make a first impression, and using a professional designer helps you make it as effective as possible.<\/p>\n

Investing wisely is key to sustaining and growing your business, and design is no exception.<\/p>\n

Avoid Reprinting<\/b><\/h2>\n

After your items have been printed, they can’t be reprinted again without requiring another investment.<\/p>\n

When you pay for professional design, you pay for someone to scrutinize every detail before the job is sent to the printer.<\/p>\n

Business owners and managers often try to save a bit of money by doing some of the work themselves.<\/p>\n

While this can be great for certain tasks, printed material is too important for businesses to avoid hiring professionals. The cost of design work varies, but the investment is worthwhile for businesses of all sizes.<\/p>\n

Make sure to hire a professional when designing printed material for your business.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While paperless practices have become more popular over the years, digital technology won’t displace printing in all fields for the foreseeable future. Print jobs can go a long way to further your business, but some people try to save money by avoiding hiring professional designers. Here are a few of the reasons why investing in professional design is key to good print jobs. After all, your print materials are a key part of your company’s brand identity. So, whether you’re starting your business or have been operating one for a decade, you should consider the cost of business cards. But you also should consider whether those business cards help or harm your business. Readability Perhaps the most fundamental aspect of design is to ensure that the intended message reaches the target audience. Designers are trained to create work that is..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":380,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[56],"class_list":["post-375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-design","tag-guide"],"yoast_head":"\nInvest in Good Design for Quality Printed Materials - crowdspring Small Business Resource Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/design\/invest-good-design-quality-printed-materials\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Invest in Good Design for Quality Printed Materials - crowdspring Small Business Resource Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"While paperless practices have become more popular over the years, digital technology won’t displace printing in all fields for the foreseeable future. Print jobs can go a long way to further your business, but some people try to save money by avoiding hiring professional designers. Here are a few of the reasons why investing in professional design is key to good print jobs. After all, your print materials are a key part of your company’s brand identity. So, whether you’re starting your business or have been operating one for a decade, you should consider the cost of business cards. But you also should consider whether those business cards help or harm your business. Readability Perhaps the most fundamental aspect of design is to ensure that the intended message reaches the target audience. Designers are trained to create work that is..\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/design\/invest-good-design-quality-printed-materials\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"crowdspring Small Business Resource Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/crowdspring\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-01-13T21:38:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-06-17T20:03:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/images.crowdspring.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/03113521\/whydesign-11.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1100\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ross Kimbarovsky\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@crowdspring\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@crowdspring\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ross Kimbarovsky\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/design\/invest-good-design-quality-printed-materials\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/design\/invest-good-design-quality-printed-materials\",\"name\":\"Invest in Good Design for Quality Printed Materials - crowdspring Small Business Resource Center\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/design\/invest-good-design-quality-printed-materials#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/design\/invest-good-design-quality-printed-materials#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/images.crowdspring.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/03113521\/whydesign-11.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-01-13T21:38:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-06-17T20:03:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/#\/schema\/person\/d7129339f1f91b4eebe9de63a91de66f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/design\/invest-good-design-quality-printed-materials#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/design\/invest-good-design-quality-printed-materials\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/design\/invest-good-design-quality-printed-materials#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/images.crowdspring.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/03113521\/whydesign-11.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/images.crowdspring.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/03113521\/whydesign-11.png\",\"width\":1100,\"height\":400},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/design\/invest-good-design-quality-printed-materials#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Invest in Good Design for Quality Printed Materials\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/\",\"name\":\"crowdspring Small Business Resource Center\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/#\/schema\/person\/d7129339f1f91b4eebe9de63a91de66f\",\"name\":\"Ross Kimbarovsky\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/images.crowdspring.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/03113534\/ross_profile_img_bw-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/images.crowdspring.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/03113534\/ross_profile_img_bw-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Ross Kimbarovsky\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/author\/rosskimbarovsky\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Invest in Good Design for Quality Printed Materials - crowdspring Small Business Resource Center","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/design\/invest-good-design-quality-printed-materials","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Invest in Good Design for Quality Printed Materials - crowdspring Small Business Resource Center","og_description":"While paperless practices have become more popular over the years, digital technology won’t displace printing in all fields for the foreseeable future. Print jobs can go a long way to further your business, but some people try to save money by avoiding hiring professional designers. Here are a few of the reasons why investing in professional design is key to good print jobs. After all, your print materials are a key part of your company’s brand identity. So, whether you’re starting your business or have been operating one for a decade, you should consider the cost of business cards. But you also should consider whether those business cards help or harm your business. Readability Perhaps the most fundamental aspect of design is to ensure that the intended message reaches the target audience. Designers are trained to create work that is..","og_url":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/design\/invest-good-design-quality-printed-materials","og_site_name":"crowdspring Small Business Resource Center","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/crowdspring\/","article_published_time":"2017-01-13T21:38:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-06-17T20:03:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1100,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/images.crowdspring.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/03113521\/whydesign-11.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Ross Kimbarovsky","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@crowdspring","twitter_site":"@crowdspring","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ross Kimbarovsky","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/design\/invest-good-design-quality-printed-materials","url":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/design\/invest-good-design-quality-printed-materials","name":"Invest in Good Design for Quality Printed Materials - crowdspring Small Business Resource Center","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/design\/invest-good-design-quality-printed-materials#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/design\/invest-good-design-quality-printed-materials#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/images.crowdspring.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/03113521\/whydesign-11.png","datePublished":"2017-01-13T21:38:21+00:00","dateModified":"2020-06-17T20:03:08+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/#\/schema\/person\/d7129339f1f91b4eebe9de63a91de66f"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/design\/invest-good-design-quality-printed-materials#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/design\/invest-good-design-quality-printed-materials"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/design\/invest-good-design-quality-printed-materials#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/images.crowdspring.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/03113521\/whydesign-11.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/images.crowdspring.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/03113521\/whydesign-11.png","width":1100,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/design\/invest-good-design-quality-printed-materials#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Invest in Good Design for Quality Printed Materials"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/","name":"crowdspring Small Business Resource Center","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/#\/schema\/person\/d7129339f1f91b4eebe9de63a91de66f","name":"Ross Kimbarovsky","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/images.crowdspring.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/03113534\/ross_profile_img_bw-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/images.crowdspring.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/03113534\/ross_profile_img_bw-150x150.jpg","caption":"Ross Kimbarovsky"},"url":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/author\/rosskimbarovsky"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}