Calendar Tips!

Wow! We are less than 3 months away from another new year! Which means it's time to start planning your calendar printing!

You may have seen our famous desk calendar - the one with the fish. We print over 1,000 every year to give to our customers! Calendars are a great way to keep your name in front of your customers all year round.

Here are a few ideas for your next calendar:

MousePaper Calendar from Wilson Printing

Eco-Friendly MousePaper Calendar

The Multi-Functional Calendar

This is one of the coolest calendars out there. The MousePaper® Recycled Note Paper Mouse Pad Calendars have your message printed on each month. Built with post-consumer recycled paper - pages have 30% and backer is 100%, these Eco-Friendly calendar mouse pads are a promotional "triple-threat" giving you the full impact of a monthly calendar, note pad, and mouse pad. You can start your calendar on ANY month to create an effective calendar promo any time of year. The Month-MousePaper Calendar measures 7.25" x 8.5" x 12 months.

Seeded Paper Calendars

The Calendar That Grows!

Here is a great idea for companies that want to show their green-side.When planted and watered each page will grow into a garden of wildflowers. Calendar includes twelve 6x4" pages in a spiral bound, stand-up format. Use season specific stock graphics or create fully-customized designs for each month. Printed on seed paper with Earth-friendly inks that won't damage the seeds. Our seed paper is 100%-recycled and handmade in USA!

Magnet Calendars

The Calendar Everyone Uses

We all know what refrigerators are really used for - it's where people keep magnet calendars! Magnet calendars are great for companies that want their name and number where people can find it - on the fridge! We can make magnet calendars in a variety of shapes and colors. Have an idea for a shape? Ask us!

Time to Start Planning Your Holiday Promotions!

It may be Summer, but it's the perfect time to start planning your holiday promotions!

Some of the customized items have a long turn-around time, so best to start early!

Here are some ideas to get you started:

Drinkware

Personalized drinkware is one of the most effective promotional items available. We can put your logo and message on wine glasses, pilsner glasses, champagne flutes, shot glasses, and of course coffee cups!
Click here to see more drinkware items.

Customized Snow Globes

How about a customized snow globe with a custom scene! We can create any 3-D object for the snow globe - your product, your building, your message!
Click here to see more custom snow globes.

Ornaments

We can imprint or engrave your logo and message on a number of different ornament designs. Choose from a variety of materials including crystal, glass, "crystal clear" acrylic, ceramic, pewter, gold plated and even seeded paper ornaments!
Click here to see more custom ornaments.

Holiday Food Items

The holidays are the time for food gifts! We can add your logo and message to a beautifully packaged holiday food gift item. Our huge assortment includes cookies, chocolates, brownies, candies, biscotti, nuts and more!
Click here to see more holiday food items.

Kitchen and Garden Items

Speaking of food, you can also give them customized items for the kitchen and garden. For example, this herb kit includes a clay pot with your logo, herb seeds and soil packet.
Click here to see more kitchen and garden items.

Electronics and Office Items

Electronics are great functional gift items. We have a wide variety of electronics and office related gifts that we can customize with your logo - from ear buds to universal solar chargers.
Click here for more electronics and office gifts.

Every Door Direct Mail Program Simplifies and Lowers Direct Mail Costs

With the abundance of email and online content, and with fewer direct mail pieces being distributed, direct mail marketing is making a comeback and getting more attention.

To help smaller companies with their direct mail marketing, the USPS has implemented a great program called Every Door Direct Mail.

Now you can tell the whole neighborhood what your business has to offer.

With Every Door Direct Mail® service from the U.S. Postal Service®, you can reach the market that matters most to your business: nearby neighborhoods. Postage is as low as 14.5¢ per piece – and you don't even need to know names or street addresses. You simply identify the neighborhoods you want to target, and your printed piece is delivered with the day's mail to every address.

Choose the option that is best for you.

• Every Door Direct Mail – Retail® - Most local businesses choose this service. It's our simplest, most cost-effective option. Every Door Direct Mail – Retail lets you send up to 5,000 mailpieces per day and doesn't require you to purchase a postage permit. What's more, you can take your mailings right to the front counter of the Post Office™ that serves the neighborhoods you want to reach. You can pay for postage with cash, check, or debit card.
• Every Door Direct Mail - This option is designed for businesses that want to send larger mailings. You submit your mailing at a Business Mail Entry Unit (BMEU).

What Every Door Direct Mail brings to your marketing efforts.

• Reaches consumers in their homes. With Every Door Direct Mail, you can saturate an entire neighborhood with your message, and your mailing gets directly into the homes and hands of consumers.
• As much or little space as you need. Every Door Direct Mail offers a flexible range of sizes, making it ideal for anything from a quick sales announcement to an in-depth product story.
• Helps your messages work harder. With Every Door Direct Mail, you can include coupons, menus, event calendars, store maps, and more — all of which can help bring customers to your door.

For more information, call Wilson Printing!

Santa Barbra: 805-964-8875
Ventura and North Los Angeles: 805-501-9919
Pismo Beach: 805-709-1324


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The Most Amazing Paper Ever! Polyester Paper!

Wilson Printing now carries Polyester Paper! Wet weather, chemicals and tearing don’t mean a thing to this tough paper. Polyester Paper is designed to take plenty of abuse and still look great. Bringing new dimensions like “rugged,” “flexible,” and “durable” to the mix, it makes a broad range of unique applications possible. This paper can even be washed making it ideal for hospitals and managed care facilities!

• Tough and tear resistant
• Water resistant
• Color and high-end black-and-white digital printing
• High opacity and whiteness for excellent brightness and shade
• Competitively priced
• Wide range of thicknesses and sizes (standard and custom)
• Eliminate the need to laminate
• Paper-like and pencil erasable
• Suitable for outdoor usage
• Sanitary

A wealth of application opportunities:

• Menus
• Cookbooks
• Plant tags
• Membership cards
• Signs
• Maps
• Guides
• Manuals
• Posters
• Flyers
• And more!

Give us a call - we can show you examples of polyester paper so you can actually feel how amazing this paper really is!

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Why is Bamboo the Perfect Material for Clothes?

Did you know that bamboo clothes have the texture and feel of silk with the added benefit of being machine washable, is moisture wicking and anti-bacterial! Bamboo is also a super environmentally-friendly material as the crop requires no pesticides or fertilizers for it's cultivation, and it grows rapidly and profusely without depleting the soil.

We have numerous bamboo clothing items that we can put your logo on! Click here to check out the Wilson Printing Promotional Products website for some ideas!

See How to Get Noticed!

You have to admit that when you see a package in your mailbox - you want to open it! 

If YOU want to get someone's attention with a promotion, try sending some lumpy mail!

Make it memorable by using a promotional item that relates to the promotion. 

• A bank can send out seed packets with the promotion being "Grow with us!" 
• A physical therapist can send out stress balls promoting their stress reduction techniques. 
• For ANY business, to get lost customers back, send a logo'd boomarang!

We have many lumpy mail items that can be used to promote your organization or event. Click here to see more promotional product ideas!

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Summer Promotion Ideas!

With Summer approaching fast, we would like to show you some ideas for promotional items that have a Summer vibe to them. Have fun promoting your organization!

• Beach Mats
  Beach mats make a great Summer promo item! We have mats in a variety of Eco-conscious materials including bamboo and straw. Click here to see our selection of beach mats.

• Hats
  From the classic baseball cap to floppy hats, we can put your logo on the heads of many! Click here to see our selection of hats.
  
  
• Beach Toys
  Fun in the sun with beach toys! We can put your logo on flying disks, beach balls, rubber ducks, beach paddles, water guns... the fun never ends! Click here to see our selection of beach toys.
  
  
• Beach Chairs
  Relax! Let your logo do the work with comfortable beach chairs. Click here to see our selection of beach chairs.
  
  
• BBQ Sets
  Summer is BBQ time! We can put your logo on BBQ sets, BBQs, and even the big smokers! Click here to see our selection of BBQ items.
  
  
• Oven Mitts
  Protect their hands with oven mitts. Your logo lets them know who cares! Click here to see our selection of oven mitts.
  
  
• Insulated Bags
  Give them something to carry their food to the party - insulated bags with your logo! Click here to see our selection of insulated bags.
  
  
• Event Tents
  If your organization is holding an outdoor event, you'll need an event tent with your logo letting everyone know who you represent! Click here to see our selection of event tents.

Wilson Printing has thousands of products that can help you promote your business, an event, or give recognition to a customer or employee. It's a fun way to promote! Give us a call today to get your Summer promotions under-way!

Annual Report Printing Time!

One of the most important things we have learned during our 35 years of printing Annual Reports, is the importance of good binding! Low cost printers often use a low quality binding process that can result in loose pages.

Wilson Printing uses the Bourg BB 3002 Perfect Binding System - a high quality, hot glue binder to create state of the art, perfect bound books. Click here to see a video of the BB3002 in action and see why it is a superior binding machine.

Wilson Printing has been printing Annual Reports for over 35 years. We have a number of printing options to fit any size budget.

Make sure your Annual Reports make your organization look it's best and use Wilson Printing for your Annual Reports.

Wilson Printing is proud to be the printer of choice for the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation 2011 Annual Report.

Eco-Friendly Ways to Promote Your Business or Event

Looking for creative ways to promote your business or event? How about some eco-friendly promotional products!

Here's some very cool, eco-friendly items that our new Promotional Products service has that we can put your logo or message on.

Mini bamboo blossom kits.

Recycled paper USB flash drives.

Recyclable bamboo, paper barrel and wood clip pens.

Re-usable organic cotton canvas tote bags.

Re-usable BPA-free water bottles.

The prices on these are really cost-effective. To give you an idea, the blossom kits with your logo on the pot and the packaging are $2.28/each for 100.

Here's a link to our Promotional Products web site if you'd like to take a look at some other promotional items and their prices.

Give us a call if you're interested and we can get you details, or brainstorm some other promotional ideas with you!


As part of our continued effort to be eco-friendly, Wilson Printing offer a variety of recycled papers, we recycle all of our excess paper and trimmings, we use vegetable-based inks, we recycle materials from our print plates, and we use a waste handling service for our chemicals.

Nifty New Promotional Products

Looking for some creative promotion ideas? The Joe Show is a great series of videos showing you examples of great promotional product ideas. What really makes the series helpful for businesses is that they show specific examples of promotional products for specific industries - realtors, health spas, clothing retailers, restaurants...

This video is on Nifty New Products. Wilson Printing can print your logo and message on any of the products you see in the series.

If you would like some ideas on how to promote your business with promotional products, give us a call! Wilson Printing has thousands of items that can have your logo and message imprinted on.