“If you love what you do and believe in your product, you can't fail.”

- Founder and Editor, Nealie Sanchez of Texas Dog Magazine 

Nealie has been a dog lover for her entire life. While in high school, Nealie realized that the school magazine interested her. One day in June 2017, she was having a conversation with her stepmom, Deborah, and said, “I want to start a printed dog magazine, that is my dream job,” to which Deborah replied, “Do it then.” The very next day I created the Texas Dog Magazine website and registered my business!

Texas Dog Magazine (TXDM) is dedicated to advocating for our four-legged friends. In this edition, TXDM has made a small donation to The Love Pit (TLP), a 501(c)(3) foster-based non-profit dog rescue in Dallas-Fort Worth.

TLP’s mission is to reduce the homeless pit bull population through rescue, rehabilitation, training and advocacy.

Its goal is to educate the public about a breed that often falls victim to breed specific legislation, discrimination and cruelty, in addition to promoting responsible pet ownership through spay/neuter initiatives, vaccinations and training resources

According to TLP’s website, more than one million dogs are euthanized each year, and it's estimated that 40 percent of those are pit bull breeds.

Donations to TLP go toward medical care for ill and injured dogs, training classes prior to adoption and education and community support to reduce the number of dogs in shelters.

Through donations, TLP has been able to save more than 300 dogs since 2015. TXDM is proud to support TLP’s mission.

Texas Dog Magazine uses some of the proceeds each quarter to make donations to rescue, shelter or foster organizations in the State of Texas. It is their goal to help all dogs. In Nealie's experience, she said, “We know the best way to do that is by supporting organizations that advocate for and actively help dogs.”

We asked Nealie, "How did you find out about PrintingCenterUSA?"

I found PrintingCenterUSA after a month-long hunt for a printing company. Many of the people I reached out to locally didn’t get back to me and I was very nervous about outsourcing the work to another state. After reading reviews online, I decided to take the leap and use PrintingCenterUSA as my magazine printing company. The reviewer that stuck out to me the most said that even as a first-time publisher, PrintingCenterUSA had treated them as if they were a big name magazine. This review was important to me choosing the company.

Advice from Nealie

Understand your timeline so that with design, production, printing and shipping you are not rushing your project. Additionally, the staff at PrintingCenterUSA have been so helpful from the beginning. When I email or call, a real person is there for me promptly and truly cares about resolving any concerns or questions I may have.

Nealie’s Future Vision for Texas Dog Magazine

“I can't wait for the day we have an office independently and each of my employees can bring their dogs to work. I am also excited about hosting Texas Dog Magazine events in the future and increasing the circulation of the magazine and implementing subscriptions.”

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Greeting cards are a common tradition for business and personal use. Personalized cards are a popular way to say thank you, set up a meeting, or to just send a friendly message. Greeting cards are a fun way to keep in contact with friends, family or customers without sending a direct marketing piece. Whether you need holiday cards or a generic greeting card, make sure you send it in style and to keep personable.

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4. Keep your eye on the future. Generate story ideas ahead of time that correspond to seasonal events, sales, and product launches. Have a few months of stories completed ahead of time, this allows for extra time for proofing, layout, and story development.
5. Know your production time. Each issue goes through a series of steps from the initial concept to shipping, know the amount of time necessary and plan accordingly. Don’t forget time for writing, editing, layout, proofing, printing, addressing, and mailing - this can take longer then you think.
6. Give your newsletter printing a catchy name that easily identifies your company and sets the tone for your newsletter.

Writing and Design Tips

• Create content that will keep them reading.  Devise content-rich stories for your audience packed with concrete information. 

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• Your first impression: The Headline. Most people make their decision to read an article based on the headline, bait them into your article with a tempting headline.

• Have simple, active, and clear writing. Write simple and clear articles and eliminate wordiness, make your writing concise. Find short, useful stories and create articles based off them.

• Take extra time to proof. Two people proofing is better then one. Look for spelling, clarity, correctness, and simplicity. TIP: After writing an article, wait a day or two before proofing, this gives you a fresh perspective.

• Include a clean, simple, and organized design. Create a professional look that is consistent in every issue. Don’t pack too much into one issue, use white space, and use appropriate pictures and images.

• Incorporate graphs, diagrams, and charts when appropriate. Eliminate wordiness by using a picture image that demonstrates your concept.

• Don't forget to check your design for printability using our online pdf file checklist. It gives you all the information needed to get your specifications correct the first time, saving you time and money!

There are many advantages to using professional, affordable newsletters - from building credibility and trust to guiding customers to your website. A successful newsletter is a valuable marketing tool that is a discrete advertisement for your company. 

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Take advantage of the newsletter mailing services offered by PrintingCenterUSA. We can ship your newsletters directly to your customer base which helps you save on shipping costs and gets your online newsletter printing out faster.

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