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Where can we get low cost promotional products for our puppet team?

Word of mouth is one of the best promotional methods for a puppet team. As people hear about your ministry and impact, they often think of someone who could benefit such as their pastor, children’s ministry director, youth leader, etc.

You can write down the information for them to pass on, but it is easier to give them a business card already containing the information. But many teams have little or no budget, so how can you get a good quality business card for little money? I can think of a couple. (I’ll share one in this post and the second one tomorrow.)

Develop your own.
• Most word processing programs (MS Word, Open Office, Lotus WordPro) have predesigned templates for business cards. Simply pull up the template, make any changes you want, and insert your information. Then it’s just a matter of printing and separating them.

• You can run them on plain card stock and then trim them to size. If you do, use a good printer (a color laser is ideal) and carefully cut them. Only trim one or two sheets at a time or you risk the bottom pages moving while you trim. The advantage of making your own is that you can design it exactly like you want it to look.

(A while ago, I had my son develop some clipart puppet pictures to use on my website. If you want to develop your own business card and would like a puppet clipart piece, send me an email and I’ll give you up to five .jpg puppet clips. Or if you’d like, you can download them directly off the website. I do ask though that you don’t use the one with the green shirt that’s on the front of my book.)

•  You can purchase perforated card stock specially designed for business cards so you simply tear them along the perforations after printing. The one drawback is that the edges don’t come out smooth. Cards with micro-perforations are better, but more costly.

Tomorrow, I’ll talk about a low cost, professional option.

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