In the digital media world these days, there are literally hundreds of computer platforms and applications that you can create artwork with. It usually looks pretty good when you print it out on your personal printer. What happens when you want a higher-quality reproduction of your artwork off from one of our professional high-end printers? Things start to change depending on the software you used to create your artwork with. With this in mind, we have compiled the following information that wil...

Selecting the perfect promotional products to support your company’s vision can be a very daunting task. This is a field overloaded with choices and that can both embolden and bewilder the purchaser. At AlphaGraphics we strive to assist you in making this a manageable and meaningful tool in your marketing arsenal. By personally working with you to understand the goal and intended use of each promotional product you have in mind, we will present you with only those products that are in the righ...

We can relieve the pain from ordering business cards! One of the most common products we are asked about here at Alphagraphics Provo | Lehi is business cards. Business cards are the most effective, and often the most overlooked, way to get your name out there! Every time you talk with ANYONE, you have the potential to advertise your product or service in a very personal and effective way - by simply passing that person a business card. It can seem a daunting task to create a business card ...

We hear people talking about SEO on a daily basis. What is it? SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization and by properly optimizing and marketing your website, you will rank higher on the list on Google & other search engines, which will aid in driving more traffic to your website. Google is the most used search engine on the internet & it has recently changed how it goes about ranking websites when a search is conducted on Google. Google makes it's money by people paying them to rank th...

Everyone is always looking for an awesome deal these days, and they want the: 1. High Quality, 2. Low Price, and 3. Fast Turnaround. - It used to be, “pick only two of the three“- for example: High Qualtiy + Low Price = Slow Turnaround or Fast Turnaround + Low Price = Lower Quality or High Qualty + Fast Tunaround = High Price The invention of the internet has changed this. Larger companies have found ways to cut costs & bypass the middlemen. Here at AlphaGraphics Provo/Lehi, ...

What is a bleed? How do I make that? Why can’t you just trim the paper at the edge? - These are common questions that we run into on a daily basis while helping customers print out their final art projects. To print an item on a page right up to the edge would be very diffcult to achieve given that all print presses have a degree of movement as paper passes through. You would inevitably get some pages where there is a small gap between the edge of the image and the edge of the paper, spoili...

On Wednesday, AlphaGraphics Provo/Lehi hosted a Lunch n’ Learn for Authors.  There were nine there who have, or are in the process of, writing a book.  Broad in scope, their subject matter ranged from self help, comedy and religious soul searching to World War II Air Force History and crime drama.  They weaved back and forth from fiction to non-fiction.  The authors ranged from Grandpa’s to Young Mothers.  Their commonality was a dream, a vision, a cause  -  a story to tell, a book to...

I have always been amazed by technology. There are some incredibly creative and smart people in the world who, for a lot of us, have changed the way that we. I think we can all agree we’re not missing anything by not having to wait for the VHS or Cassette Tapes to rewind anymore. And I know I am not the only one who hates when I leave the house and forget to grab my cell phone. At Alphagraphics, we recognize that things are changing and that more and more information is becoming available o...

I have always been the kind of person who likes things that work. Often, I don’t even really care how it happens, I just want it to happen! We live in an age of fads and gimmicks that come and go so quickly, sometimes it is hard to keep up. But there are things that have stood the test of time and, in short, just work. Direct Mail Marketing has been around for over 50 years. It is mind-boggling to think about all of the many innovative and creative methods people have developed to adver...

The best thing you can do for your customers is to NOT view them as customers. See them as people. Get to know them and understand their reasons for doing business with you. This simple step alone will be for them the difference between a frustrating, lackluster purchasing experience and the type of world class customer service that they’ll happily line up to tell others about. Customers are not an obstacle, hindering us from doing our work; rather they are quite literally the basis of o...