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Awards & Customization

Ideas and how-to for awards, recognition and personalization businesses: laser engraving, sandcarving, routing, UV printing and sublimation on gifts and promotional products. Learn new techniques, find equipment and grow your customization business.

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  • Try This: Sublimated Wine Bag Using Thermal Heat Transfer Markers
    Heat Transfer/Sublimation

    Try This: Sublimated Wine Bag Using Thermal Heat Transfer Markers

    Sublimation markers are quickly gaining traction…
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  • color awards
    Awards

    Mixing Mediums: How to spruce up recognition products with color

    Mixing laser engraving with a full-color print can give an award just the pop it needs to stand out.
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  • Heat Transfer/Sublimation

    Pantone Like a Pro

    Of all the challenges digital decorators encounter, none is greater than the need to deliver the right colors. Arm yourself with color-matching mastery to bring new efficiencies to your business.
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  • sandcarving stainless steel
    Custom Gifts / Promotional Products

    Suggestions for Sandcarving Stainless-Steel Tumblers

    If you haven't sandcarved metal, you are missing out on personalizing popular products like stainless-steel tumblers. But before you get started, here's something to remember…
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  • stamps
    Awards

    The Benefits of Selling Stamps in an Awards Shop

    Tom Jackson, Jackson Marking Products, is an advocate for offering stamps in any personalization shop equipped with laser engraving. Here's why…
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  • JDS1
    Custom Gifts / Promotional Products

    Engraving Custom Gifts

    Adding specialty custom gift products to your shop's output
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  • Heat Transfer/Sublimation

    Reduce Waste in the Sublimation Process

    While trial and error is a reality of sublimation production, there are some simple things you can do that will help reduce waste.
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  • Marketing to Microbreweries
    Custom Gifts / Promotional Products

    Marketing to Microbreweries

    Hear what's been a hit for personalization professionals selling to microbreweries…
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  • Graphic Design/Software

    Try This: Preparing Content for Serial Printing in CorelDRAW

    This tutorial describes how to use the print merge feature in CorelDRAW to prepare text and graphics for serial printing.
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  • Business and Marketing

    Let Prospects Find Their Way to You

    Not all marketing tactics need to be aggressive. Here's what you can do…
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  • Heat Transfer/Sublimation

    Sublimation Tip: Never sacrifice quality

    Trying to cut ink costs results in a reduction in quality. This has a three-fold danger. 
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  • Business and Marketing

    Keep Extra Equipment on Hand

    There's nothing worse than finding you have broken or severely worn equipment that needs replacing right away – and you don't readily have the parts to do so.
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