Vinyl Photo Banners

Hello Everyone

Now I am not one to normally promote my new Vinyl Banner products through my Blog. I mostly use this part of my website to give my clients and readers some tips on getting the absolute most out of their vinyl banner. Whether they buy from me or some else (hopefully Me!).

This time though is a special exception.

Over the past month or two I have had quite a few enquiries about putting family photos etcetera on Birthday banners or Anniversary Banners. In fact I have had so many great ideas for using a vinyl photo banner come from my clients and blog readers I though it was high time I did something about it.. (Thanks to all my clever clients out there by the way!).

Until now the process of producing a high quality photo banner (whether it is a photo birthday banner or any other kind of photo banner for that matter), has been difficult for me and therefore quite expensive.

As regular customers of mine at B2bJv.com will already know, I pride myself on delivering some of the most competitively priced vinyl banners around. Now I have come up with a new process where I can produce a full colour vinyl photo banner for you for just $129 (1,800 mm x 600mm). I think you will agree that is very good value.

The photos are all clipped (carefully trimmed around the edges) by me personally to make the subject of the image stands out. This effect I like a lot. It makes the person pictured on the banner seem to leap out at you. I hope you like this effect too.

Because of the dozens of ideas I have received already,  I have not restricted the type of vinyl photo banners I will provide.

For a limited time (till I work this out). I am prepare to do any kind of vinyl photo banner for you that you can think of. Whether you need a photo birthday banner, or an anniversary photo banner, it can even be for a team function, or anything at all.

All you need do is send me your photo, tell me what you want the banner’s theme to be (with any special design instructions you like). Tell me the message you want I will do your photo banner’s artwork absolutely free of charge.

I normally charge $100 per hour for my artwork design so I hope you see what great value my new range of Vinyl Photo Banners really is.

So have a think of what you could use a vinyl photo banner.

For the my next photo banner client who comes up with the most creative idea for a vinyl photo banner will receive their new photo banners for just $50. This is just to cover my PVC materials and delivery. This special is for only for my Blog Readers, so get to it.

Cheers

Steve

Or How to Erect a Mini Billboard. – Part 2

Welcome to part two of “How to Erect a Mini Billboard” using your vinyl banner.

We have already covered steps one and two about keeping your vinyl banner level and making sure you get it as high as possible. This week I will cover the third and in my opinion, just as important step “How to tie your Vinyl Banner”.

I will assume you have already have an appropriate location in mind, one with high visibility, and plenty of passing traffic and somewhere where your local council won’t take your vinyl banner down for you – unannounced.

What we want to achieve is a way of tying your banner so it won’t sag over time. There is no point in going to the trouble of making sure it is the right height off the ground and that it is nice and level if it sags within 24 hours of your putting there in the first place.

I usually use nylon rope to tie up my vinyl banners, it is cheap and very strong. I tie the rope to the eyelets in each corner of my banner making a small loop that goes through the eyelet rather than not it directly. This allows the eyelet some degree of freedom to move and it helps prevent the banner scrunching up in the corners.

Most of the banners I use personally are the temporary Billboard style that you see while driving down a road. The one pictured above is my $99 banner, the size being 1800mm x 600mm, you can see that this size can be very effective (see my previous post).

I look for two trees about a third further apart than the width of my vinyl banner (so in this case about 2.4 metres apart), I want them to be angled in such a way that they will allow the banner to face the on coming traffic squarely at about 100-150 metres. This is allows my banner to come into maximum view while it is at a range where it will catch the eye as well as able to be read.

To make certain that your banner remains neat and easy to read, tie your ropes so they split the corner of you banner. Imagine your banner was on a “Rack” and you wanted to stretch it in all four directions at once. This helps keep your banner surface flat, exposing the maximum message potential of your vinyl banner in the clearest manner possible. If it sags without your holding it or a wind pressing against it, chances are that it needs to be tighter or the ropes need to be spread further apart. (see last weeks post)

As I said I tie my banners along road ways, and usually to trees. My favourite trees for this use are one solid sturdy tree with a younger flexible, partner (a bit like life really – however I digress).

Tying you banner between these two types of trees allows you to load the smaller tree a little. This not only acts as a shock absorber in a high wind, it will help keep your vinyl banner looking neat and tidy as a result of the gentle pressure being applied by the smaller tree. This is very important to keep getting the most from your investment over a period of weeks.

I hope this helps you get the maximum from your banner, if you gave any thoughts or need some help, email me or leave a comment on the blog. I will get back to you as soon as I can.

Cheers

Steve

Or How to Erect a Mini Billboard. – Part 1

Once you have your vinyl banner it is obvious it will do you no good at all until someone sees it. So this week I have decided to share three simple steps I always use to make sure my banners look their best and as a result give me the most impact for my dollar (ROI for all you Accounting types).

Today I will cover the first two steps and next week I will cover the remaining step of how to tie your vinyl banner.

Pictured above is an example of how I like to display my vinyl banners (yes I do use my own vinyl banners to promote my website and yes Vinyl Banners do work!).

This image is one I took this morning on the way into the office (with my iPhone). I put this one up early last evening. It is hanging at the entrance to an industrial estate in the Lake Macquarie town of Morisset in New South Wales (about 20 minutes drive from my office).

The first thing to make sure of when displaying your vinyl banner is to make certain it is as close to level as you can make it. Few things look more slipshod than a vinyl banner at an odd angle, this is a definite No No!

The second most important thing to consider is the height of your banner. I have touched on this in a previous post so I won’t go into to too much detail here. You want to have your banners base (the bottom seam or lower ropes) ay least 2 meters of the ground. Ideally we are trying to keep it above hand height for two important reasons.

Firstly the higher you banner is from the ground, the more easily it will be seen, secondly by keeping it above normal hand height it will be fairly safe from being removed and also safe from vandalism.

You may need to invest in a ladder if you don’t already have one. A medium size step ladder should do fine and you will still be able to stow it in the boot of your car.

I will finish up next time with the all important third step. How to select a good location for your vinyl banner and how to tie your banner so it will remain looking good for the maximum time possible.

I will post Part 2 Next week…

Cheers

Steve