Promoting the Community
Promoting the Community
I don't think I announced it here, but here is an idea that I stole from the Colorado bunch (one of them was at CAA6 and gave me his card - his was more artsy and creative - I took the easy way out and used actual photos for my 'artwork'). I got 250 of these today from VISTAPRINT, shipped to me for $34 in less than a week (tho they only guarantee 14 day delivery).
I think it's cool to have some to put on cars when you see Crossfires sitting somewhere. At the March 5 GTG in Gainesville, GA I will be distributing them to those who want them - 13.6 cents each, what I paid for them. VISTAPRINT's website makes it pretty easy, took me about an hour to figure out how to make all the doo-dads on their site work to get the text to stand out. Top is front, bottom is back. They look even better than this pic from their website implies.
It was quite the balancing act - what do you put on them? How much text is TOO much text? I made up my mind that I'd let the PICTURES say more than the text. THey came with a 20% discount coupon - the next 250 will have different pictures - I guess.
I cannot say enough about VISTAPRINT - I tried Staples, but their software would not let me make the entire card a photo, they emphasized conventional business card design too much.
VISTAPRINT's site software took me an hour or so to FINALLY figure out - but the end product looks even better than these "Proofs". The big thing is to provide them with HIGH RES photos. Tho top photo is a $7 "Killboy" photo from the Dragon (fall of 2015, with Thorn behind me) and was 10 megs. The bottom photo (again, from the Dragon meet - fall 2014) is of minimal resolution for this application, but in actual size, even the bottom photo looks very good.
Their software warns you if your resolution is not adequate. Click here: vistaprint.com
I think it's cool to have some to put on cars when you see Crossfires sitting somewhere. At the March 5 GTG in Gainesville, GA I will be distributing them to those who want them - 13.6 cents each, what I paid for them. VISTAPRINT's website makes it pretty easy, took me about an hour to figure out how to make all the doo-dads on their site work to get the text to stand out. Top is front, bottom is back. They look even better than this pic from their website implies.
It was quite the balancing act - what do you put on them? How much text is TOO much text? I made up my mind that I'd let the PICTURES say more than the text. THey came with a 20% discount coupon - the next 250 will have different pictures - I guess.
I cannot say enough about VISTAPRINT - I tried Staples, but their software would not let me make the entire card a photo, they emphasized conventional business card design too much.
VISTAPRINT's site software took me an hour or so to FINALLY figure out - but the end product looks even better than these "Proofs". The big thing is to provide them with HIGH RES photos. Tho top photo is a $7 "Killboy" photo from the Dragon (fall of 2015, with Thorn behind me) and was 10 megs. The bottom photo (again, from the Dragon meet - fall 2014) is of minimal resolution for this application, but in actual size, even the bottom photo looks very good.
Their software warns you if your resolution is not adequate. Click here: vistaprint.com
Last edited by pizzaguy; 02-19-2016 at 10:30 AM.
Re: Promoting the Community
That will go down well.
Re: Promoting the Community
My logic was to "speak" to those who have had AWFUL experiences with dealers - my version of "dealer support assistance" is to tell them that DEALER SUPPORT is NON-EXISTENT and that they should NEVER take the car to a dealer unless they need TPMS or SKREEM programming. I just could not spell it all out so I tried to think of a way to "say it with very few words".
Re: Promoting the Community
My logic was to "speak" to those who have had AWFUL experiences with dealers - my version of "dealer support assistance" is to tell them that DEALER SUPPORT is NON-EXISTENT and that they should NEVER take the car to a dealer unless they need TPMS or SKREEM programming. I just could not spell it all out so I tried to think of a way to "say it with very few words".
Great idea with the cards Mark.
Re: Promoting the Community
Ok, well - we are meeting at Tricia's house:
PRE-DRAGON TECH DAY
(Not sure that link will work for non-facebook users or those not on "Crossfires in the South" on Facebook)
Sat 9 AM ·
We will be eating around noon - it's potluck. Probably break up around 2-3pm.
Call Tricia or check into the thread on "Crossfires in the South" to see what she needs food-wise - but it sounds like we'll have the usual over-abundance of food.
Altho billed as a "tech day", standing around talking about the cars is fine, too.
Tricia's phone number (cleverly encrypted to confuse those 'bots):
PRE-DRAGON TECH DAY
(Not sure that link will work for non-facebook users or those not on "Crossfires in the South" on Facebook)
Sat 9 AM ·
We will be eating around noon - it's potluck. Probably break up around 2-3pm.
Call Tricia or check into the thread on "Crossfires in the South" to see what she needs food-wise - but it sounds like we'll have the usual over-abundance of food.
Altho billed as a "tech day", standing around talking about the cars is fine, too.
Tricia's phone number (cleverly encrypted to confuse those 'bots):
Last edited by onehundred80; 02-19-2016 at 09:21 PM.
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