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How to Order
- How To Order Brochures -Step by Step
- How To Order Brochures -Video
- How get Condo-CoOp or Apartment Counts for Mailing List
- How To Order Your Postcards
- Create a Mailing Campaign Using Your Saved Lists On File.
- Where Do I Upload My Brochure File?
- Custom Design - Postcard
- Using my own art file from my brokerage online designer
- Compass Marketing Center Export Your Design File to Upload
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Postcards | Direct Mail
- How get Condo-CoOp or Apartment Counts for Mailing List
- Turnaround and In Home Arrival Direct Mail
- Postage Methods / Class
- Postal Categories - Letters vs Flats
- Choosing the Right Postcard Size for Your Direct Mail Campaign
- Smudge Or Scuff Marks
- The Power of Consistency in Direct Mail Marketing: Why Frequency Matters
- USPS Size Categories & Mailing Information
- EDDM for Full Service - How To
- EDDM Print & Ship - How To
- Direct Mail Products Guide
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PRINT TURNAROUND & SHIPPING
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Mailing Lists
- List Builder - Upload your Own List
- List Builder - Use My List On File
- What Is My Mailing List?
- List Builder - Closest Relevant Homes
- List Builder- Map My Mail
- List Builder- Subdivision Tool
- List Builder - Condo/Apt Counts
- List Builder - Real Estate Data Filters
- List Builder - Absentee/Renters (SFH)
- What Is Use My List On File
- Defining Your Audience - List Building
- List - Finding The Subdivision From Property Address
- List Builder - Closest Relevant Homes - Advanced
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- List Builder - Upload your Own List
- What Format And File Names For Uploading My Own List?
- How Many List Can I Upload At Once For A Mailing?
- Can I Save A List I Upload To My Mailing List?
- What If When The Person Moved?
- Why Do I Have To Confirm The Name Field In My List?
- What If I Have Duplicate Names In My Uploaded List(s)
- Upload My Own List - Complete Details
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Designer & Templates
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Other
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Product Questions
- Choosing the Right Postcard Size for Your Direct Mail Campaign
- Door Hangers
- How Do I Set Up A Booklet?
- How Do I Set Up A Wire Spiral Notebook
- How Do I Set Up Envelopes?
- How Do I Set Up Pages For Saddle Stitch Printing?
- How Should I Set Up Folded Note Cards?
- File Setup & Page Layout for Brochures
- File Setup & Page Layout for Signs, Display, Posters & Prints
- Book Binding Methods - Choose The Best For Your Project
- Upload My Own List - Complete Details
- Smudge Or Scuff Marks
- How get Condo-CoOp or Apartment Counts for Mailing List
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Printing Info | Specifications
- File Specifications And Size For Upload Your Art File
- What Print Ready File Recommendations Should I Follow?
- What Type Of Artwork Can I Send WBP
- How Do I Export a PDF Correctly?
- How Should I Set Up My Bleed?
- What Are The General Postcard Art File Specs?
- Tell Me What A PDF Is?
- What Is A Proof?
- What Resolution Should My File Be?
- How Can I Avoid Transparency Issues?
- What Color Mode Should My Files Be?
- How Should I Set Up A Spot UV, Foil Or Die Cutting Job?
- Canva -Export For Commercial Printing/Uploading
- Compass Marketing Center Export Your Design File to Upload
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Papers | Sign Materials
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Content Marketing
What Are The General Postcard Art File Specs?
Basic Layout Instructions:
• Bleed: 1/8″ overall (.125 of an inch) will be trimmed off each side of your product. Your Final PDF file then should be .125” larger than the card you have selected. So a Jumbo Card is 5.5” Tall x 8.5” Wide. Your submitted file would be 5.75” Tall by 8.75” wide (added .125 to the left, right, top and bottom)
• Trim (cut) Line: This is where we will cut your card down from a much larger size press sheet to the final size that you ordered.
Borders- If you card has a border design, that border needs should be at least 1/4″ thick from the bleed line to ensure a balanced look
• Safe Area: This area is close to wear the card is trimmed to its final size.
Elements (i.e., text, graphs, tables) too close to or over the trim edge maybe trimmed further than you think due to manufacturing tolerances. Make sure no critical text or part of any image leaks into the Safe
Images bordering the trim should be expanded to the Bleed line so that that they “bleed” off the page
• Images/Photos: CMYK @ 300dpi (1200dpi for Bitmaps) Hi Res Print
• Flatten File: We recommend you flatted your final print ready card as you output the file. Especially if you are using transparencies or mask. This will assure that you exactly how your cards will look. Flattening at times can adjust all colors overall. All products we print are “Flattened”. This is part of our service so if you don’t flatten the card, it is fine, as we will at no charge. We just want you to beware that this can impact the entire card at times, based on how it was originally composed.