Hot off the presses from Inkd: our new satin business cards! Each card is coated with a special silk-laminate material that gives a luxurious, silky feel. Silk coated cards are waterproof and durable as well, making sure your cards last. You’ll be sure to make a great impression with our most elegant business cards yet!

And of course, you can print your own design or any of our awesome business card templates in satin!

Get that expensive look and feel without breaking the budget with our new linen business cards! Our cards are printed on superior 100lb linen cover stock and are available in full color prints. The subtle cloth texture will make your cards irresistible, and help them stand out amongst the pack!

Inkd is lucky.  Since we do logos and marketing materials, we’re often the first step towards an entrepreneurs vision towards a new business idea.  We’ve built up a lot of trust with our customers and, as such, we’re often asked about other business resources that we would “approve” as being of Inkd quality and value.  What’s a common activity for many creatives, photographers and small business owners?  Scheduling.  Booking.  Book’d helps businesses and organizations of all sizes promote and book their services. And we love the execution and overall quality of the product.

Like Book’d, we believe that online booking should be simple and enjoyable. Book’d gives service providers the tools they need to easily make their services available for booking online without having any special technical abilities and without having to install any software.  Meeting a client or reserving a piece of equipment for your next project?  It should be dead simple to do and it should be affordable.  That’s what Book’d does.  They took a VERY common task and made it more manageable.

Also be sure to check out the administration area that allows you to manage all your bookings, send online invoices, and track information about your customers. It’s more than just online scheduling!  Founder, Jamie Stephens has done a good job on this interface and has successfully developed a means to help small service-based businesses save time and money. Jamie has been helping small and large businesses build technology and marketing strategies for their customers and he’s got a passion for building simple, usable software that allows people to focus on their core activities instead of tedious minutia.

Maybe that’s why we like him and Book’d.  We want to deliver great business products that yield more value than they cost and which are a true pleasure to use.

They’ve given all Inkd customers a discount code to check out their product.  Use “inkd35off ” at checkout and take Book’d for a spin!

Get Gorgeous Prints the Easy Way

Ordering prints from Inkd is different. In addition to a stylish design template to build off of, one of our professional graphic designers places your information on the card and proofs it by hand to ensure your order looks perfect. Choose from a variety of paper finishes, quantities, and sizes. All prints are always full color, and double-sided, with free shipping to the lower 48 US States. Everything you need is included, and we make sure it’s right. You’ll love the human touch.

Get Prints in Three Easy Steps

1. Pick a template
Choose from thousands of options.
Every template you see on Inkd can be customized and printed. All styles can fit almost any industry. Choose any layout you like, and well do the hard part.
Browse Inkd Templates…

2. Select “Customize & Print”
One click to get started.
Once you’ve found a template that you love, begin the printing process by clicking the “customize & print” button found on the right side of the page.

3. Choose your options
Get exactly what you want…
Choose a quantity and a finish, add it to your cart, and you’re good to go! An Inkd designer will follow up with you quickly to verify the details of your changes.

Your new prints arrive!
That was easy.
Once your final design proof is approved we get to work on your prints and ship them off to your door in no time. Get Started!

Our logos are showing up everywhere! Inkd proudly created the logo for the International Charter of Rights for Young People with Cancer and recently the logo showed up Roger Daltrey’s face, of The Who fame.  On June 6 Daltrey was present to launch the organization’s  charter titled “The International Charter of Rights” at an event in London.  Photos of the event showed up on facebook last week.

Inkd designer Shanna Fieser working on the logo

Created by five cancer centered charities from the USA, the UK, New Zealand, Australia and Canada, the International Charter of Rights for Young People with Cancer aims to change how the world treats young people with cancer.  Daltrey has been active in the teenage cancer cause since 2000, when he started the Teenage Cancer Trust concert series.

Is your fledgling company is on a super tight budget that won’t allow for extravagant spending on design? What are you to do?

Luckily Inkd now has three free downloadable identity kits! We’ve just put up three awesome looking branding kits that are available for you to download right now:

Each kit comes with the following:

• Business Card Template
• Letterhead Template
• Notecard Template
• Postcard Template
• Envelope Template
• CD Template

The kits come in several formats including Adobe Illustrator, Word, and Apple iWork. Our designers worked hard to produce some free business collateral that is in a class by itself.  Obviously these kits would cost thousands to commission from a designer, so take advantage of them while they are free!   Be sure to check them out on our free templates page.

A comprehensive list of useful logo design books to help graphic designers achieve the ultimate logo:

1,000 Retail Graphics

Description:
A virtual catalog of ideas for inspired retail design.

The retail industry is one of the most competitive and, as a result, challenging arenas for graphic designers. The expectation for creativity and originality is extremely high, yet the success rate of many retail ventures is quite low-so getting the marketing and branding right is essential for survival. This book will provide a wealth of graphic design inspiration from a variety of retail businesses, offering designers, retail marketers, and business owners a vast collection of innovative options. Like the other books in Rockport’s 1,000 series, the pages will pop with ideas for promotions, signage, tags, advertisements, flyers, bags, logos, and ad premiums such as novelties, giveaways, and more. (Amazon.com)

Editor: JGA
Publisher: Rockport Publishers (May 1, 2007)
ISBN-10: 1592533361
ISBN-13: 978-1592533367

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