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Product Dispatch Times

Posted on: May 14th, 2012 by administrator No Comments

We aim to get your products to you as quickly as possible. Below is a list of our average dispatch times.

Average dispatch times:-

Banner stands, outdoor advertising, branded tablecloths – 48 hours from receipt of artworking

Display boards – 48 hours from receipt of order with the exception of the Marler Haley folding range. We hold stock of the blue/grey Marler Haley folding display board, which can be dispatched within 48 hours, all other colour ways are dispatched within 5 working days.

Stocked in accessories – orders placed before 2:00pm will be dispatched same day, to find out if your items are in stock then give us a call

Non-stocked accessories – this will be dependent up on production timesclaes, this will be confirmed within your order confirmation.

We appreciate that things doesn’t always go to plan and there will be times that you need us to dispatch sooner, if this is the case, give us a call and we will try our hardest to hit your deadline.

Many thanks

Heather
Regional Account Manager


Adding Marler Haley to Your Email Senders Safe List

Posted on: May 14th, 2012 by administrator No Comments

To ensure that you receive our newsletters and they are in the correct format please add us to your email senders safe list. All of our newsletter will be sent from - marler-haley@communicatoremail.com

We have provided a set of instructions for the top email providers below.

AOL 8

AOL 9

Gmail

Windows Live Hotmail

MNS 8 and MSN 9 

Orange email

Outlook 2003

Office Outlook 2007

Virgin Media Webmail

Yahoo Mail

Many thanks

Andrew Pocock
Sales Director


How are you going to make the most of increased tourism in 2012?

Posted on: April 11th, 2012 by administrator No Comments

This summer is going to be big! We have some great events on the horizon the Olympics, the Queens’ Jubilee and the Visit England campaign encouraging everyone to have a staycation and holiday in the UK, it looks like there is going to be a boom for tourism this summer.

The question is how are you going to take advantage of it? We have some handy hints to enable you to make the most of increased tourism in the UK.

Creating great graphics for outdoor displays

Olympics advertising do’s and donts’

Attracting the attention of passing traffic to your business

If you need any help or advice please feel free to give one of the team a call.

Many thanks
Heather
Regional Account Manager


Top Display Products as Chosen by Schools

Posted on: March 23rd, 2012 by administrator No Comments


Schools often find themselves promoting events such as
open days or using display equipment to display students work.
Our experience has shown that there are core products to
which schools show a certain preference:

Folding Display Boards

Many schools find the freestanding folding display boards a great way of presenting their students work. By using a display board, the work can be replaced and updated as often as necessary. They also come in a variety of sizes and colours, with larger display boards being great for displaying artwork. All of our display boards are sturdy, robust and come with a 10 year guarantee, allowing schools to get great value for money.

Roller Banner Stands

Roller banner stands are a great way of promoting an upcoming school event, be it a fund raising event, a theater production or an open day. The most popular banner stand used by schools tends to be our big screen 2 roller banner. They have a large graphic area which really makes your message stand out; with a wide footprint for extra stability. The changeable graphic means that the banner stand can be used for multiple events.

ExpoDots

Given that one of the most popular products bought my schools is a folding display board, it should come as no surprise that another popular product often purchased by schools are Expodots. Expodots are self adhesive hook attachments that enable you to easily fix material to your Marler Haley fabric covered display board panels.

Printed Branded Tablecloths

Printed branded tablecloths are one of our clients most favorite display products. Regardless of whether a school is displaying materials on a table or using it as a ticket collection point for an event, printed tablecloths are a huge hit.

If you are still not sure which display product is right for you then give us a call and we would be happy to help.

Many thanks
Heather
Regional Account Manager


Creating Great Graphics for Outdoor Displays

Posted on: February 15th, 2012 by administrator No Comments

Whether you are attending a county show, sporting event or your business is located in a highly trafficed area. Outdoor display products give you the opportunity to promote your business on a larger, louder more vibrant scale. The trouble is that there is often confusion about what to put onto an outdoor display, repeating the same graphics used on existing indoor displays is not always the right option.

We have pulled together a couple of areas to take into consideration when creating graphics for your outdoor displays.

Text
This is one of the most important elements of an outdoor display and is often where people go wrong. In this instance less is most certainly more. Due to the nature of outdoor displays people are often in a rush and are walking or driving past your message, so they do not have time to take in a lot of information. Keep your text short, clear and simple, using a clear visible font.

Colour
Unlike traditional indoor displays outdoor displays are often competing with busy backgrounds, a pull up banner sitting in front of a wall, an advertising flag with a blue sky behind it or an A frame in a green field. Your colour choices need to stand out from the given background not merge into it.

Image
A picture can say a thousand words, as you need to keep your text limited it places greater emphasis on the image being used. Any impurities in an image will stand out when it is 2.5 meters high. Make sure that you are using the best quality image, as an image gets larger it can often lose its definition and become pixelated.

Call to action
As we have already mentioned people passing an outdoor display can often be in a hurry and may not have time to read your display therefore you need to make sure that your call to action is clear. If you want them to visit your shop, visit your website or call, you need to make sure that it is memorable and clear.

Next time you are out and about keep an eye out for some outdoor advertising to see how well other people are doing. Are their messages clear and easy to remember? Would you visit their business?

If you need any help or advice when compiling your graphics we would be happy to help