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Keeping Up Business Volume During the Summer Months
The biggest challenge for many awards and recognition businesses during the summer is business volume. School has ended, organized sports…
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A Minimal Approach to Taping: Assembling and mounting products
The tapes that suppliers sell in the recognition industry are sign tapes, mostly acrylic-based, that have high adhesion values. This…
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What considerations should be made when pricing perpetual plaques?
When pricing a custom perpetual plaque project, make sure you consider all of your valuable time. Include time spent with…
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What strategies should I employ this summer to knock out maintenance tasks?
During the slower summer months, whenever you have a half-hour or several hours to spare, consider knocking out some maintenance…
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What tools are recommended for holding odd-shaped items while laser engraving?
My favorite product for holding many odd-shaped items, keeping things in place, and preventing movement is modeling clay. It is extremely…
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How do you create a drilling template for perpetual plaques?
Drilling the perpetual plate hole without a template is extremely time consuming and not precise. During your design process, if you have…
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Your Laser at Work: Custom Appliqués and Inserts
Note: This article appears in the May 2018 issue of A&E magazine. If you are looking for upgrade options to personalize…
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Mixing Mediums: How to spruce up recognition products with color
Customers often create a colorful graphic for an event and will use it in an advertisement or flyer to promote…
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What recognition products are applicable to every budget?
Wall plaques are a standard recognition product in our industry. They may just be the most frequent product ordered by…
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Keep Extra Equipment on Hand
Make an affordable kit of extra equipment parts that most frequently wear or break and need replacement. This kit of…
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What is partnering, and how can my business benefit from a partnership?
By “partnering,” we’re not talking business ownership, nor employment, but a professional relationship that benefits your business beyond the value…
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Wordiness Woes: Solving challenges of overly wordy text on awards
When estimating how long it takes to lay out a plate, remember to consider the time making corrections, checking spelling,…
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How to Reduce Last Minute Orders
Take a proactive approach to reducing last minute orders. The easiest way to do this is to prepare a group…
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Keep Your Acrylic Sheet Stock Flat in Your Laser
Warped sheet material can result in poor lasering and cutting results. Partially cut sheets are particularly vulnerable to bending. Regardless…
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Methods of Custom-Building a Plaque
The custom plaque category includes off-the-shelf plaques and plates combined with unique uses and complex layouts – perhaps mounting multiple…
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Create a Centering Ruler for Engraving
I have designed my own set of centering rulers that are a big time saver. One centering ruler allows me…
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