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The POWER of Posters
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The POWER of Posters

Vervante • May 25, 2024

We provide a wide range of poster sizes, from 8x10 inches to 36x48 inches, allowing you to create the perfect size for your needs. Whether you want to sell a professionally printed and packaged 8x10 art print or a large wall-sized calendar or project plan, we've got you covered. Diverse Material Options We offer printing on several high-quality materials to suit your specific needs: Acid-Free Paper: Ideal for art prints, ensuring longevity and preservation of quality. Cover Stock: Thicker and more durable than text-weight paper, making it a great poster choice.   Styrene: A lightweight, durable plastic material resistant to moisture and tearing. Styrene posters are excellent for long-term display use. Laminated Posters are a fantastic option for reusable and durable displays. These posters can be written on with dry-erase markers, making them perfect for: Training & Development Road Maps Large Wall Calendars Project Planning Packaging for Your Poster Art Prints: Can be packaged with a backer board and a cello sleeve. Larger Posters: Rolled and shipped in a poster tube. Spiral Bound in a Book/Training Manual: A spiral-bound workbook can also include a poster or roadmap. These can be perforated for easy removal, and we can z-fold the poster to be bound with the rest of your content.   Why Customers Love Posters Customers love posters because they are an easy and effective way to convey information and inspiration. They are versatile, customizable, and can be tailored to meet specific needs. Whether for personal use, educational purposes, or professional projects, posters are a fantastic medium to communicate ideas and keep important information visible and accessible.  

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This year's Black Friday bestsellers
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This year's Black Friday bestsellers

Vervante • November 7, 2019

Looking for ideas to give your income a boost this holiday season? Well, we've got good news and not-so-good news. This year you've got a little longer to plan for Black Friday with the later-than-usual Thanksgiving date. But that means that your holiday sales and shopping season will be a bit shorter in December. That's why we're sending this note - to give you a head start for successful product launches and sales. We’ve got what you need with plenty of products and tips that can be ready to go in time for Black Friday and remain bestsellers through the New Year. Here are 5 of our bestselling products that can be sold just as they are, or customized to create exactly what you - and your customers - need: PLANNERS: Use ours or design your own JOURNALS - soft cover and hard cover CALENDARS: Desktop or wall calendars GREETING CARDS: Packaged individually or in sets of 10 in a stationery box with a clear lid CARD DECKS: Any size, any number of cards Select the products you would like to sell, contact us if you would like to add your logo or customize the design, then add them to your sales pages and shopping carts. Reach out to our publishing experts at [email protected] and we'll help you get everything ready. Worried about time? No need to stress! Here are a few tips to help you prepare: TIP #1: If you have the general specs of the product you want to create, we can give you a free quote right away so you can set your retail price and start working on your sales and marketing strategy. TIP #2: Your product does not have to be complete to offer it for sale.  All you need is the cover design image for display on your site and – voila – you can make your offer and collect pre-orders. Just be clear in the description when your customer can expect to receive their purchase.    TIP #3: Once we have print files, we can ship most products within 3-4 days, so you're able to let customers know when pre-ordered products will arrive and can be confident in quick deliveries. The lead time for our hardcover products such as planners, journals and books is 4-6 weeks. If your products are in stock, we will ship within 24 hours. Questions? Let us help you make the most of your holiday sales by dropping us a line at [email protected] or scheduling a phone call with one of our publishing professionals at https://vervante.youcanbook.me/.   Here's to a stress-free and successful holiday season!

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How to turn your book into more products and more money
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How to turn your book into more products and more money

Vervante • June 18, 2019

As an author, you’ve fulfilled your dream of writing and publishing a book. But your book is only the beginning – not the end! Because you can take that book and create products that will make you not only an author, but also an entrepreneur. Whether it’s your first book, or you’re a seasoned author, you can leverage the content you’ve already created to make products that increase readers’ enjoyment, expand your audience, and add new revenue streams – all without a lot of extra work. Because you’ve already done the heavy lifting by writing the book!   Books can be the foundation of a thriving business model. Our CEO, Cindy Tyler, loves brainstorming with Vervante authors to help them choose the right products that will complement their books, and boost their income. We’ve gathered up her best tips here, to give you a head start: Choosing types of products Take a look at your book and consider what else your readers might need that would add value to the book and to the readers’ experience. Remember, this is not about creating more work for you. It’s about repurposing great content you’ve already written into products like:   Workbooks Journals Planners Notepads: Shopping lists, exercise routines, learning course tasks, etc. USB flash drives Card decks: Educational flash cards, recipes, exercises, daily affirmations, etc. Children’s books and fiction can do this too. Products that go great with fiction and children’s books include: Coloring books Small journals Stickers Card decks: Educational flash cards, games, character cards Creating and selling themed products Products that continue the theme of your book can also help to increase book sales by packaging them with the book and offering as bundles. This increases the value of what you are providing – and allows you to charge a higher price. Once you’ve chosen the type of product you want to create, remember that you don’t need to write something brand new. Use the content from your book to create the product, then send us a print-ready PDF. Here are a few ways you can transform your books into a complementary product: Workbooks: Restate lessons from each chapter, leaving space for readers to write down thoughts, ideas, questions, answers, actions and next steps. Coloring Books: Remove the color from illustrations in a children’s book to create a coloring book. For adult coloring books, use images that continue the theme of your main book. Card Decks: We are rule-breakers here at Vervante – we’ll create a deck of cards in any amount you want and any design, front and back. So don’t feel like you have to do exactly 56, and the backs don’t need to match, either. Cards can contain daily affirmations, training tips, daily tasks, recipes, exercise routines, writing prompts, gratitude mantras, meditations, and more. The sky's the limit - as long as you can fit it on a card!  If you want to design some of these products yourself, Canva is a great graphic design program for creating your own card decks – and it’s free! Short on time and want a team of professionals to help? We have great designers, writers and editors we are happy to recommend to our customers. If you love to write and dream of making a living with your writing, it’s all about creating multiple streams of income. Check out our online catalog for ideas, and let us know if you have any questions or ideas at [email protected].

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Posters: A secret weapon for making your message stick
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Posters: A secret weapon for making your message stick

Vervante • February 6, 2017

Remember the days when your bedroom was plastered with posters featuring Duran Duran, Christie Brinkley, and “deep thoughts” from U2? (Oh wow, we just totally aged ourselves, didn’t we?!) Well, the good news is that with a little modernizing, posters are a great resource for sharing information, supporting programs, and making your message truly memorable.  Here at Vervante, we’re creating posters of all sizes and types and love what we’re seeing people do with them as business-building tools. We can create posters in any size from 8x10 to 24x36, and for a wide variety of uses, including: Wall calendars Inspirational / motivation art Creative art prints Instructional / educational posters for gyms, fitness professionals, yoga studios Live event promotional items / giveaways Writing prompts and checklists Positive mantras and workspace positivity-boosters Here’s one more idea to really kick things up a notch. How about including some dry-erase markers so you can write on your posters? We can help you with that, too, by laminating the posters and including extra items (like markers or fun stickers) in outgoing shipments. We couldn’t help ourselves and had to throw in a quick bit of science when it comes to posters – yes, science!) If you want to make a statement and have your message “stick” in the minds of your audience, visualization (or the use of products like posters) is a critical aspect of any presentation’s success. In fact, according to a study published in the Health Information and Libraries Journal, posters have the ability to transfer knowledge, change attitudes, and alter behaviors.* Bottom line, we’re loving posters right now. If you’re interested in checking out some samples for real-life inspiration, we offer several 11x17 versions HERE. And if you’d like to order the 2017 calendar poster pictured here, we’re offering it for only $4.50 plus shipping. Click HERE for more details.

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