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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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  • Engraving

    Recalibrate Laser Speed

    If you've noticed a drop in performance, here are some steps you can take to correct the problem.
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  • awesome graphics
    Business and Marketing

    Shop Snapshot: Awesome Graphics

    Rachel Stuckey's sublimation shop, Awesome Graphics, took off after attending THE NBM SHOW back in 2007. More on her story and why she'll be back again this year.
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  • Lisa Higginbotham
    Awards

    A&E Asks Women in the Industry: 5 Minutes with Lisa Higginbotham

    Lisa Higginbotham, president and owner of 5Star Awards, says she ended up in the awards industry by accident. Nineteen years later, she reflects on her career. 
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  • Business and Marketing

    In the Trenches: Paperboy Wonders

    I really was a paperboy, at the age of 12, and sold copies of our local daily from a green canvas bag swung over my…
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  • rolled steel hold downs
    Engraving

    Keep Your Acrylic Sheet Stock Flat in Your Laser

    Warped sheet material can result in poor lasering and cutting results. Learn how to prevent this issue…
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  • led
    Commercial and Lighted Signs

    Use LED Lighting with Sandcarved Signage

    Light up your creativity for sandcarved signage.
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  • Graphic Design/Software

    Try This: Use Photoshop Templates for Sublimated Products

    This graphic design hack is an easy way to experiment with new designs for sublimated photo gifts.
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  • acrylic
    Engraving

    Producing a Frosty White Engraving on Acrylic

    There are two types of acrylics that are typically used in laser engraving, but one is more suitable for producing this effect
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  • Peter Norman
    Sandcarving

    Sandcarving Tip: Got grit?

    What are the most important considerations for any beginner in sandcarving?
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  • focus on the right factors
    Business and Marketing

    Focus on the Right Factors: Sublimation production costs

    If you're looking at just the cost of ink, paper, and substrates, your calculations may not be an accurate reflection of your production costs.
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  • Business and Marketing

    Take Control of Your Online Reputation: How to handle bad reviews

    While you have a small chance of preventing bad reviews, you do have ways to manage them with the goal of fending off any damage they might create.
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  • Awards

    Selling to the Corporate Awards Market

    What you need to know about current and ongoing trends in this market.
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