AllegraUSA
Blog URL http://allegrausa.blogspot.com/
Located Rolling Meadows, Illinois USA
Tags printing, marketing, small business, direct mail, graphic design
The insights of Michael Tarpinian, printer, from Allegra Marketing, Print & Mail in Rolling Meadows, Illinois.
Latest Blog Posts
- Who is Mark? on Oct 16, 2009 in Mailing Kimberly Pohl USPS Kim Pohl Daily Herald Palatine
Update: The Daily Herald corrected my name in the online versions. So, it's just the print edition that uses my alias.So the Daily Herald article on closing the Palatine Postal Facility ran today. I was quoted at the end of the article. So far, so go...
- Shutdown the Palatine Processing Facility? on Oct 15, 2009 in direct marketing BMEU direct mail Palatine post office
The USPS announced plans to shut down the Palatine Processing Facility recently. Why should you care? Well, I will tell you. All mail in this area—from Evanston to Elgin will then go through the Carol Stream facility. This will delay local mail by...
- Yes You Can Send Prospect Email Without Being A Spammer on Oct 13, 2009 in direct marketing Allegra Marketing Spam email broadcast email Allegra Print and Imaging Print and Mail
A prospect came to me recently looking to do an email blast. Unlike the email blasts I do for my business and for some clients—this one was different. They want to send to people who are not their customers.As she described what she wanted to do, t...
- Letterpress on Oct 8, 2009 in Windmill letterpress Allegra Print and Imaging small business Heidelberg
My guys recently had a successful test of letterpress printing. Before this test, we had used our letterpress for embossing, die cutting, and perforating paper. Lots of different stuff, but not for printing. Not bad for a fifty+ year old printing pre...
- Best Seats in Town on Oct 7, 2009 in Best Seats in Town Palatine Harris Bank Immanuel Lutheran School Palatine Chamber of Commerce
The Palatine Chamber of Commerce has just put out the decorated benches in the Best Seat in Town fundraiser. It’s a fun civic event that promotes the Chamber, local businesses, local charities, and local artists. My sentimental favorite is the Harr...
- Mike’s Wish List on Sep 25, 2009 in not spending Allegra Print and Imaging tightwad small business
Perhaps there are a lot of business owners like me right now. After a couple of years of solid growth where we invested a lot of money back into our business, we hit a bump. Clearly the Great Recession has impacted businesses far and wide. Now we are...
- Web Favorite — FontCapture on Sep 25, 2009
I have been messing with a website I found a few weeks ago. It is called FontCapture. It is a free service. The only thing it does is create a font from your handwriting. It is simple. And it works. You can create a font for both Mac or Windows.What...
