Author Archives: BannerMan

Banners 101

This is Banners 101. If you were supposed to be in Pet Picassos Marketing 236 that class has been moved to the blog across the hall….
In this class we’re going to learn about the basics of designing a banner at HalfPriceBanners.com.  Any confusion that may arise or questions you may have will be answered if you write [...]

How to store your banner

You’ve ordered and used your banner and the promotion that you were advertising is over until next year.  Now you have to store it.  Here are some tips to do that without risking the integrity of the banner.
Always roll the banner up when storing it.  If the banner is folded over itself there is a [...]

How to design an effective banner

When you are ordering a banner, you should have an idea of what message you are trying to send to your viewer and try to communicate that as effectively as possible.  Some people think that the best way to do this is to put every piece of information possible on the banner, but the majority [...]

Choosing a Banner Font

When choosing a banner font, there are a lot of things to consider. For the purpose of this article, we will be focusing on Legibility, Level of Professionalism, and Compatibility.
When choosing a font to use for an email or essay, it is difficult to go wrong, so long as the font isn’t a symbol font like Wingdings.  [...]

Print-ready files

When you create a print-ready file designed for banner printing, the image needs to be 100 DPI or higher. The file also needs to be set to the size in inches of the banner you plan to order.
DPI is the number of pixels, or dots per inch, in the file. The higher the number, the better the resolution [...]