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5 Reasons You Should Get Your Maglite Engraved With Your Corporate Logo

Maglite® Flashlights Last Forever

Maglite® flashlights are used by many businesses to promote themselves to their customers. Here are 5 reasons you should, too.

Your customers will appreciate getting a quality-built flashlight.
Your logo will last a lifetime, because Maglites® last a lifetime, too.
Getting a Maglite engraved with your corporate logo will make your employees proud that they work for you.
Since Maglites® are made in the USA, you are supporting American labor.
Since Maglites® are laser engraved with your logo in the USA, you are supporting our national economy.

7 Secret Features of Custom Tally Books

Pipe Tally Book CR5 — Custom Tally Books

7 Secrets yes, but only secret until you read this post. Custom tally books are essential tools for people who work in:

Oil fields
Gas fields
Forestry
Mining
Drilling
Any job that requires continual field recording of data

When you order custom tally books, you usually want your company logo and phone number on them. Here are the “secret” options that are available:

Inside printing. Printing on the inside part of the vinyl cover.
Stone pad instead of paper pad. This marvelous material can’t tear, and it is water resistant. Perfect for outdoor jobs in any weather.
Pen loop. Don’t want to carry your pen separately? Why not have a custom vinyl pen loop built into your pipe tally book?
Clear inserts. These fit into the front or back cover, on the inside, so you can insert up to 6 pages of your choosing.
Junior size book, only 6″ high, instead of 8 5/16″ high. Some people prefer the junior size.
Colored vinyl border, as shown in this picture. the vinyl border and your imprint are both protected with a clear vinyl cover.
Stock pictures, to add a flair to your oilfield pipe tally books. Or, you can have your own picture printed in the background.

7 Things About Engraved Flashlights Your Boss Wants to Know

If your boss asks you to order Engraved flashlights for his company, here are the questions he will ask you. Will you be able to answer?

What kind of art file is needed?
Maglite rep Tony Sabo & Dave Navoyosky at the New Product Showcase (NPS) in Cleveland OH Jan 19, 2016
How many flashlights do we need?
What color do we need?
Can we have them delivered before our annual banquet and awards ceremony?
Are they made in the USA?
Are they guaranteed against defects and workmanship?
Can we see a proof before they are engraved with our corporate logo?

Here are the answers that you can confidently tell him:

Vector art files are the best. They are absolutely neat, even when enlarged.
Plan to order one for every employee or every customer, and plan for a few extras in case new people come into play in the next few weeks.
What are your corporate colors? Some flashlights come in a few standard colors.
Ask the distributor if they can meet your deadline.
Maglites® have always been made in the USA. Most other engraved flashlights are made in China, and many are high quality.
Most are guaranteed to be free of defects when delivered. Maglites® are guaranteed for life, if sold in the USA. If sold in other countries, the warranty differs.
Email proofs are always possible, and highly recommended. The distributor want to be sure you like what you see before going into production.

5 Tips For Custom Calendar Printing

Nowadays printing technology has progressed so far that you can have your own business wall calendars with your own pictures. Do you have a product line that you want to display all year on your customer’s wall? Do you have a fleet of tow trucks, boats, taxis, or a group of buildings? You can now use today’s digital cameras or smart phones to capture the images for a wall calendar. Here are 5 tips to help you and a printing company make the best calendar you have ever seen. Custom Calendar Printing is finally here.

Custom Calendar Printing of Employees

Furnish hi resolution images. Your beautiful full color pictures will look professional on your wall calendar if they are at least 300 dpi. So for a picture that is 10 inches by 10 inches, you need 3,000 pixels by 3,000 pixels. When you multiply that out, you get 9 million, or 9 megapixels.
Pick the best background for your picture. If you have a fleet of trucks, and want a different truck on each page of your calendar, be wary of the background. Do you want a background with a telephone pole and electric lines, a stop sign, a dog scratching his fleas?
Lighting. The best lighting will give make the colors stand out. Too bright light will make deep shadows. Too dark lighting will look too dark.
Washing and grooming. If you don’t have time to groom and wash, you will be sorry every time you look at your calendar picture.
Balance. A great picture will have the subject in the center, or moving to the center.