Monthly opportunity for Business People to meet in a casual environment. The Open Coffee Club was started in London to encourage entrepreneurs, developers and investors to organise real world informal meet ups to chat, network and grow. There are already 8 OCC’s operating in Ireland. Ennis Open Coffee will meet and play host to a network of dive…rse and progressive businesses in and around the Clare area. The Club meets on the 3rd Friday of each month in the Temple Gate Hotel, Ennis. The club/network is free to join and operates as a casual drop in opportunity for busy entrepreneurs and business owners all with one common goal; to grow their business. The only cost is a cup of coffee. **We are now on Facebook under Ennis Open Coffee Club**Next meeting on November 25th at the Templegate Hotel, from 11AM-1PM**
Ennis Open Coffee Club
#EOCC (Ennis Open Coffee Club) is about to re-commence meetings as part of a Social Club for Business Owners, Friday May 20th , & each 3rd Friday thereafter at The Templegate Hotel, Ennis, County Clare.
For those unfamiliar with the clubs around Ireland, and Internationally, the Open Coffee Club was started to “encourage entrepreneurs, developers and investors to organise real-world informal meetups to chat, network and grow”
It’s an open forum, where you might feel obliged to buy a coffee, but otherwise you are free to drop in between the hours of 11AM-1PM each 3rd Friday @ The TempleGate Hotel, Ennis, County Clare.
Organizer: Geraldine Moloney
085 842 7137
Happy New Year
Firstly, I hope you all have a Happy and Prosperous New Year!
As we enter 2011, I can not help but to think about what new changes it may bring. 2010 was a year of adversity, growth for some, learning for all, and strengthening for those of us still standing.
We have seen the digital era show it’s might in full force. From digital magazines, ipad apps, to the Nook, Kindle, and Ipad. Printers have attempted to bring the web into the printed product with QR Codes, and becoming more active on social media sites. Printers are no longer just companies that put “ink on paper” and Publishers are no longer people that produce only one marketing tool.
As we continue to strive to integrate all aspects of marketing communications, it leaves me to wonder what could possibly be next? The answer is I have no idea, well I have some idea, but only speculation. Regardless of what comes next, I look forward to embracing those changes, adapting to our ever changing landscape, and becoming the best that I can be.
Let’s look forward to the future with great optimism, excitement, and the readiness to adapt. I know 2010 may have not been the greatest year for Publishers and Printers alike, but through this year we have all gotten stronger and better.
The only for sure thing is that the landscape is going to continue to change, whether you keep up is up to you, but I hope to see you all along side me on this marathon with a smile!
Happy New Year & Best of everything for 2011!
Brochures
Who do you need to persuade today?
e-newmedia believe that marketing your product or company should be cost effective, as it is not how much you spend, but how wisely you spend it.
Even the simplest of sales brochures can become a powerful sales tool, when professionally designed and printed. At e-newmedia even short run brochure printing will do wonders for your bottom line, so imagine what a professional and targeted large-scale, direct mail campaign could do.
Add extra ‘sell’ to your finished product through e-newmedia’s brochure printing solutions with varnishes, special inks or metallic colours. Or for that point of difference, you could even add gold foil.
If you need help with photography or the sourcing of suitable images, just ask the friendly team at e-newmedia.
High Class Book Printing & Publishing.
Is there anyone you wish to impress today?
Sometimes, you can judge a book by its cover: by its design, paper choice, typeface selection and that intangible but important quality, e-newmedia.com refer to as the feel factor. Together, these items can tell you a lot about the care and preparation that has gone into a book’s production.
e-newmedia.com, understands the qualities you seek for the production of your ‘best seller’, working with you on every aspect of the production process: from design, typesetting and artwork preparation through to printing and binding- even in luxurious leather if that‘s your wish!
e-newmedia.com come into their own with photographic, coffee table and other books that require high quality colour picture reproduction. E-newmedia’s unique screening processes, together with high gloss varnishes and finishes, result in photo-like images that leap off the page.
Self Publishing Assistance
If this is your first book and you require guidance and assistance throughout the process, e-newmedia.com Print can arrange assistance with everything including the organisation of an ISBN, with a wealth of experience in printing books.
Book Printing to your Budget
If you are leaning towards a limited edition but are concerned about the cost, e-newmedia.com, can show you how to produce exclusive, case bound copies without blowing your budget.
Partner with e-newmedia
Request a sample pack, or talk to a member of the team and discover why you should partner with E-New Media for your next book publishing project.
Contact Geraldine for commercial printing: flyer printing, posters printing, business card printing, offset printing, postcards printing, yearbooks printing and other high quality printing solutions + 353 85 842 7137
Kick Start your business with our essential Stationary Pack
Containing full colour A4 letterheads and professional quality business cards, this start-up pack is just the thing to get you that ‘big contract’.
- 1000 A4 full colour (single sided) letterheads.
- 1000 350gsm Matt Laminated Business Cards.
- 1000 full colour compliment slips.
All this for 414.00 Euro.
Also on offer for November/December
- 5000 full colour A5 flyers 260.00 Euro
- 5000 full colour DL flyers 249.00 Euro
All exclusive of VAT, delivered. From supplied artwork.
New types of business card
We have designed and printed two new types of business card:
1st is Clear PVC Business Cards, printed on transparent PVC. (PVN 40) 400
Micron, 8 x 5 cm. Printing: UV offset 4 colours + White. UV Varnishing.
Waterproof, and, tearproof. Anti Strarch.
2nd is Metal Business Cards, engraved and perforated by laser. The metal
stainless steel business cards allow engraving only text and logo.
Material is stainless steel. Size 8.5 x 5.4 cm-rounded corners. Thickness 0.5mm or 1mm.
Understand your print management objectives when setting up new business
When a new business launches, there are a lot of important decisions to be made. The last thing a new business owner typically thinks about is securing the various graphic and printed products used for communications with other businesses, clients, and potential clients. This is an understandable, but unfortunate oversight, as printed materials, such as business cards, letterhead, brochures, data sheets, etc., are a critical part of establishing a positive brand for your company and should be taken seriously.
When conducting due diligence for sourcing your graphic materials, automation is a key issue to keep in mind. That’s because many companies find themselves wanting to communicate to clients or potential customers via mail and as a result send out a large number of individualized flyers that all need to be personally addressed to unique recipients. This can obviously be very costly and time consuming. However, if you select a printing company with an automated system in place to handle such a job, the mailers can be ordered online, printed, and delivered to meet your individual needs with no inventory or the need to create a store room.
Selecting a printing company that is nimble, accessible, and technologically specialized can typically save a new company hundreds of thousands of dollars in cost over other alternatives
How easy Online printing can be
Online printing is one of the more helpful innovations in making printing accessible to people. Online printing allows you to have access to printing companies even without going to the printing company in person. This makes it very convenient for you to place your orders anytime and anywhere you are.
Having your prints done is very easily done through online printers. You can send and order your prints online in just three simple steps:
Upload:
If you have your designs with you in your hard drive or any storage device, just connect to the internet and access the printing company’s website. Pick the product that you want printed and click on the button that let’s you submit your file to printer. For files that are above 50 MB in size, you should find the FTP file server of the printing and upload your files there. The FTP server allows you to upload large files at very high speeds.
Approve the proof:
After uploading your files, the printing company will send you a pdf proof of your design thru e-mail. Carefully examine the proof before approving it. The proof acts as your final chance to change anything in your design before it is sent to the printer. It is also the last time in which you can check for any errors that you may have missed. Remember that after you approve the proof, the printing company is no longer liable for any mistakes that you may have missed and you will have no choice but to re-print your materials. Checking the proofs thoroughly is a very important task that you should not ignore.
Wait:
After the proofs are submitted and approved. The only thing you need to worry about is telling the printing company where they will deliver your materials. You can specify the exact location of where you want your prints delivered – at home, at the office or directly to your clients…..
A few ground rules for Business Calendar Printing
Lots of businesses invest in calendar printing for promotional purposes. Many even print calendars just for the sole purpose of doing year around advertising campaigns
This has proven effective for many of them, garnering increased interest in products and a better business reputation. That’s kind of cool right? However, before you go and do your own calendar printing for business, let me give you a few ground rules in business calendar printing. These rules should help you maintain a professional quality of business calendars that are a match for most professional calendars out there.
1. Check your competition – It is important that you always see if your competition also has their own custom business calendars. You of course will want to develop a color calendar that is distinctly different and far more impressive that your competition. So make sure that before your create your designs and go for calendar printing, you have checked all the promotional materials that your competition has deployed. Design your color calendars accordingly if your competition has their own promotional calendars.
2. Do your homework – Another important rule for business color calendars is to always do your market research homework first. Market research is important because custom calendars for business are precise tools that should be fine tuned to its market. You should know what are the best designs, the best images and the best calendar printing configurations to use that will attract the most number of people in your market. Hence, before doing any permanent design and printing decisions for your custom calendars it is crucial for you to do your market research homework.
3. Get professional design and printing help – Another good rule to follow is to get professional design and printing help for printing calendars. Not everyone of course can print calendars on their own, and if you really want to have the best looking professional calendars for business, only professionals can help you make them. Try to hire a professional photographer for your calendar images, as well as a professional layout artist in making your designs. Of course, hiring a professional calendar printing company should also be in your agenda so that your business card printing turns out well.
In terms of the business card printer, I recommend that you go online to do this. Online calendar printing is possible since lots of business card printing
companies now have their own websites put up. You just order your color calendars online for a convenient and easy experience of calendar printing.
4. Use manageable calendar sizes – You should also always use manageable calendar sizes, particularly for business calendars. You will of course not want to print calendars that are too large or too bulky for most people to carry and take home. So it is best to use standard calendar sizes built for mobility. Do not go for those overly large calendar templates. Anything from a standard poster sized calendar and smaller should do well. Trust me, more people will be buying or getting your custom calendars with standard sizes.
5. Choose only quality materials – Quality is important in calendar printing, and for business calendar printing this is doubly so. You should always choose only quality calendar printing materials that will help your calendars last for the whole year. Thick paper materials as well as special glossy water resistant coats are a must for any calendar so that they can be tough enough to last for a long time, even with exposure to many kinds of physical damage.
This may add some extra costs to your calendar printing, but believe me, it is well worth it for your business calendars. So always try to spend on quality materials for calendar printing.
