Wish you were here

by Beth Rehberg on September 3, 2010

Dear Susan, did you hear about the new launch happening next month?  You’re not going to want to miss this!  Use the code below and get free shipping!

Okay, so it’s not exactly a picture of the Grand Canyon or the Eiffel Tower with lovely descriptions and tales of adventure ending with the standard, “wish you were here” postcard, but did I get you thinking?  Why not use a postcard to keep in touch with customers?  Are you considering the benefits?  Let me help…

  • Affordable printing  
  • Full color artwork can grab your customers’ attention
  • Easy to personalize with variable print
  • Affordable postage

Variable print means not only can you use your customers’ names, but you can individualize the post card for each particular customer.  If you want to thank them for purchases, you can list the purchase on the card.  If you want to use different discount codes for different customers, no problem.  Our variable print can handle it. 

From the land of postcards and variable print, wish you were here!

Your friends @ Corporate Disk

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Have to vs. get to

by Beth Rehberg on August 30, 2010

If you’re like me, you’ve been looking more carefully at where you spend your money.  I think most of us are.  And in thinking about it, I’ve broken my spending down to two basic categories…”have to” and “get to.”

There are things that I simply have to spend money on: the mortgage, the car payment, utilities, and food.  I know, I know, some of you are probably saying that if I had bought a cheaper car I wouldn’t have car payments, or if I installed solar panels I wouldn’t have utility expenses, but just stick with me, okay?  These expenses are ones I have little choice about.  Maybe I get to choose my phone carrier, but as a parent, a phone is a necessity.  I might get to choose where I buy my food and how much food to buy, but I still have to spend money on food…follow me?

But sometimes, I actually “get” to spend my money–well, some of my money, anyway.  And this is the part I want us to consider.  When I’ve got money that I “get to” spend, that I’ve chosen to trade for some item, I want to make a good trade.  You might think that means getting the absolute most in quantity or volume, but a good trade is more than that.  A good trade is going to make me feel good when I look at that item, or it’s going to teach me something, or it’s going to help me reduce my stress, or maybe it’s going to entertain me…and the list goes on.

When “get to” money is on the line, will your product be chosen?  Make sure  it is packaged in such a way that tells your customer that you’ve thought about him/her.   That you appreciate him/her spending “get to” money with you.  That your product really does offer value.  We all “have to” and “get to” at some point or another…make your product stand out so customers with their “get to” money notice and make that trade.

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Tough as nails

August 24, 2010

Last week my son and I had a conversation about the way people handle and treat their discs.  He had loaned a gaming disc to a friend and was less than happy with the condition it was returned in.  There were scratches that we still can’t figure out how they would have happened, not to mention fingerprints all over [...]

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All templates are not created equal

August 13, 2010

I’ve been asked many times why we don’t have our templates on our website.  The answer is simple. There are many options to even the most basic project. All discs are not alike…at least, not when it comes to printing artwork. Is it a CDR? CD-ROM? DVD-5 or DVDPlus? They are all discs, but the available print surface is different [...]

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It’s all the same, right?

August 6, 2010

I read an article yesterday that got me thinking…always dangerous when we start that, isn’t it?  Well, this article talked about commerce, pricing, supply & demand and how the Internet has affected supply.  This article said that with the Internet, there is always a substitute available, always a better price.  And that’s what started me [...]

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Save yourself time & money–check your work!

July 26, 2010

I know, I know…taking extra time to check that master before sending it to us certainly doesn’t sound like it’s gonna save you any time–and time is money, right?  Trust me on this…in the long run, it will save you both.  Allow me to explain. When we receive your master, the first thing we do is to analyze it.  [...]

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Let’s get Physical (or digital)! A guide to info product planning and creation

July 23, 2010

The guide (maybe only partial) on when to you should have a physical product and when you should have a digital product. As I’m singing the Olivia Newton John song I am thinking that there are many businesses and people that are trying to decide on when it makes sense to make a physical information [...]

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Taking Care of your Media

July 20, 2010

From the moment your masters arrive at Corporate Disk know that we take care of and obsess over their care.  However sometimes things happen that are out of our control.  And I am not talking about us tripping down the stairs with the stamper on the way to molding.  I am talking about the care [...]

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Replication, duplication & Jell-O

July 6, 2010

We are often asked the difference between replication and duplication, but face it, most of us don’t really understand all the technical aspects and/or terms.  So here is a non-technical explanation…Jell-O.  Yep, wiggly, jiggly Jell-O. Remember holiday dinners with the family and Grandma’s famous Jell-O?  It had that pretty design in your favorite Jell-O flavor.  [...]

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blog.disk.com Mission Statement

July 2, 2010

We pledge to focus on interesting or insightful tips to help you find an idea or solution to meet your current or future needs. Our goal is to be the resource you check first when thinking about physical media or video streaming , digital print, packaging and product fulfillment. Please let us know if you [...]

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