by josiet | Jun 4, 2019 | Marketing, News, Promotions
We’re all attracted to beauty and shiny things. It’s in our nature and it’s impossible to override. Your marketing can make the most of these basic human instincts.
One way is to add StarMarque spot gloss highlights to your promo material. The contrasting matt base causes the highlights to shimmer in the light. And get noticed. They bring marketing to life. And make people want to lick it. A lot.
Try it, and save up to £50 on our StarMarque range in June. It’s bio-degradable too, which we’re very proud of!
by josiet | Apr 8, 2019 | Article
When should printing techniques and constraints get in the way of creativity?
Well, the answer is probably never, but it is important to evaluate every project.
Pretty much anything is achievable with the vast array of printing and imaging technology at our fingertips today, added to ‘traditional’ printing techniques. From beautiful deep, rich blues and turquoises, weird laminating and foiled finishes, embossing, debossing, specialist papers, etc, etc.
You can arguably justify spending a fortune on printing a beautiful product brochure for luxury, bespoke, hand-built kitchens, whereas a flatpack, decent quality kitchen company might be wasting money if they distributed anything other than a good quality A4 leaflet.
The temptation for some designers is to sell in the highest spec option in order to get a really sexy print job out of it and it can be completely inappropriate. With all the years we have spent in the marketing industry, we have got quite good at talking people out of wasting their marketing budget. We are not afraid of suggesting a client go’s for the higher spec if they happen to be that supplier of luxury, bespoke, hand-built kitchens however.
The clever (creative) bit is choosing when to suggest something extra.
by josiet | Feb 27, 2019 | News
Hello. It’s us. We are still Hailsham Creative but better. We are Hailsham Creative…at printing.com!
As your new printing.com studio, we’re pleased to offer the largest range of print in the land. You buy local but at online prices. You get the value of online with the convenience and peace of mind of talking to a real person.
So, give us a call and we’ll arrange a meeting. We’ll show you loads of new cool stuff to help you promote and grow your business. Whether it’s great value print, next generation displays or stunning web and graphic design, we can help.
Ask us to send you a shiny new sample pack.
BUY PRINT
by josiet | Feb 6, 2019 | Marketing, News
We are running the Cuckmere Rural Business Network
This stems from an initiative by Action in Rural Sussex :
“Rural communities across East Sussex are full of small businesses and enterprises many run by a single person, often from home or a small business facility.
Running a business or developing an idea into a business can be challenging, particularly when doing so on your own. Complying with regulations and rules can be overwhelming and scary, and many businesses aren’t sustainable or don’t grow as their owners wish, often because identifying and accessing cost-effective support is seen as difficult, expensive or not a valuable use of their time.
In partnership with Lets Do Business Group, [this is] part of a new initiative which seeks to provide an informal forum for local people to come together and explore both specific and general business issues, but also to hear about the wide range of FREE business support on offer to assist them in growing their business and running it effectively.”
Running our business from a home office in Wilmington, East Sussex, we felt this was a pretty good idea so got involved and agreed to host an event, launching the Cuckmere Rural Business Network in November 2018. Having been to many different styles of networking event, we thought we’d start informal and see how it develops. The next meeting is on Tuesday evening, 19th February at the Berwick Inn (opposite Berwick railway station). Although this is aimed at helping the smaller, rural businesses, anyone in business is welcome to come along to meet those not normally seen at town networking events.
We will have a short presentation by Ian Smallwood of Let’s Do Business and a talk about how to stay focussed on your business – let’s face it, we all struggle with that at times!
Arrival time 6.30pm for time to chat, then introductions at 7.15 followed by the talk, time for discussions then more informal networking.
Remember to bring plenty of business cards and any promotional material you may have. Of course, we can help there if you need something designed or printed. We have lots of good ideas for how to show off your business at its best.
These events are supported by Let’s Do Business and Action in Rural Sussex
Please BOOK YOUR FREE PLACE so we can let the venue know how many to expect.
by josiet | Dec 14, 2018 | News, Promotions
To help you kick start your new year’s marketing and networking, we’re offering discounts on selected print until the end of January.
- 30% off A5 Leaflets (Regular Gloss Leaflets, quantities of 1000 and 5000)
- 10% off all Business cards
- 10% off all A6 Flyers
- 10% off all Stationery (Letterheads, Continuation Sheets, Compliment Slips)
Call us on 01323 840048 or email us on info@hailshamcreative.com to talk about your order.
Discounts will be applied to qualifying print orders placed and paid for before the 31st of January 2019. Excludes artwork and design fees. Print turnaround times vary from 2 to 5 working days depending on the product.
We are also organising a FREE networking event which may be of interest to you, the Cuckmere Rural Business Network
These free informal meetings are aimed at those running small businesses in rural Wealden, including self-employed people working from home, but the meetings are open to all.
The next meeting is on Tuesday evening, 19th February at the Berwick Inn (opposite Berwick railway station).
We will have a short presentation by Ian Smallwood of Let’s Do Business and a talk about how to stay focussed on your business.
Arrival time 6.30pm for time to chat, then introductions at 7.15 followed by the talk, time for discussions then more informal networking.
These events are supported by Let’s Do Business and Action in Rural Sussex
Please BOOK YOUR FREE PLACE so we can let the venue know how many to expect.
We are running the