“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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Ordering custom printed notepads is quick, simple and easy with PrintingCenterUSA. Notepads can be included in promotional packets to attendees at school, business, professional, corporation, education or organization conference events, trade shows, career fairs and much more. At PrintingCenterUSA, we offer competitive pricing and amazing customer service, guaranteeing customer satisfaction. Interested in seeing how one of our custom printed notepads look? Request a free sample pack to receive one of our company's custom notepads.

When Are Notepads Used?

From jotting down an important idea to making a rough design sketch, printed notepads are used in a variety of different ways, especially when it comes to the work place. When looking around the office, it’s almost impossible not to find a writing pad lying nearby. Even with technology use increasing, this timeless tool is still one of the most utilized items in the workplace. But to think of a notepad as just blank pieces of paper bound together would be putting your company at a disadvantage. Notepads can be used as great marketing tools for you and/or your business.

Marketing Your Business With Notepads

More and more companies find themselves creating customized notepads. As stated before, notepads are one of the most utilized tools in many office spaces. Who knew they could also be used to market to potential clients? Use brand colors and your logo to help with brand recognition. Add your phone number and email address to help increase the response rates. Not sure how or where to start with your notepad design? We have organized a team of professional graphic designers to help our customers with their custom notepad printing design needs. If the thought of designing is overwhelming for you or you just don’t have the time to do it yourself, reach out to one of these graphic designers to help assist you with your project.

Customize Your Notepads For Print

When it comes to customizing your notepads, there are endless possibilities. Keeping in mind the use of your notepads will help when approaching its design. You would want to leave empty space if you were to use it as a sketching pad or have lines so that it makes taking notes easier. You can utilize your logo as a watermark or go with an artistic border on the edge. At PrintingCenterUSA, we offer different paper types, sizes and even glue placement to give you a variety of customization.

Cheap online poster printing is perfect for schools, sporting events, real estate, movies, and many more types of posters you may need for marketing. PrintingCenterUSA is a leading online poster printing company offering affordable printing prices, 24/7 online ordering, expert technical representatives, and fast service with a customer satisfaction guarantee.

When your success rests on the effectiveness of your poster, you want to make sure your design elements and printing are perfect for the delivery of your message. The purpose of a full color printed poster is to get your message across within seconds, attract attention, and leave a memorable impression. For best results, your design needs to be executed properly whether it's a printed poster to promote an event, sell a product or service, or to develop a positive brand image. Refer to these design and print ordering suggestions to help you create a vibrant poster to get real impact. 

1. Mapping Out Your Poster

Before designing make sure to plan ahead. What is the goal of your poster? Brainstorm and formulate layout ideas, poster concepts, the goal of your poster, the specific point of your message, and all advertising and promotional ideas. Keep your target audience in mind when formulating these ideas. What purpose does each element serve on the poster? Since posters are larger than flyers and many other marketing materials, you'll want to make sure that everything is precise since it will be viewed by a larger audience than usual. You'll also want to keep in mind where these posters will be on display. Knowing your audience will put you at an advantage by changing the way you approach your design. By keeping in mind how many posters you need and the overall design, it also puts you at an advantage when it comes to check out. Properly mapping out where your posters will be placed and how many you'll need will affect how many posters you'll order, preventing any possible waste. By using our instant poster pricing tool, you can easily calculate a quote for your next poster project.

Ordering greeting card printing is quick and simple with PrintingCenterUSA. Print amazing personal greeting cards, corporate greeting cards, special announcement cards, and thank you notes with our full color printing services. We print a variety of stylish cards at low prices with easy online pricing, ordering,and proofing. Receive an instant quote online for your full color greeting card print orders for a variety of options. The standard greeting card size is 5 x 7 on our durable 12 PT gloss cover and 80# uncoated cover stock for our digital paper selection and 12 PT gloss cover, 12pt c1s and 100# uncoated cover on our printing press. Include scoring and folding in your order for the greeting card style you need. Want to touch and feel these papers? Request a free sample packet today! Check out our four greeting card tips below to ensure you're getting the best bang for your buck!

1. Have an Eye-Catching, Brand Related Image

When it comes to staying in touch with both existing clients and reaching out to prospective customers, there are only a few mediums that serve that purpose better than greeting cards. However, just because printed greeting cards tend to be used for casual communications, that doesn't mean that brands should put minimal effort into their designs. There are a number of factors that entrepreneurs should consider when it comes to designing. First and foremost, the cover should be instantly recognizable to the recipient - if they can't tell who it's from right off the bat, then you are missing a chance to reinforce your brand. Next, you should look to make the inside message as personal as possible. Be as creative as you want with your greeting cards; let them reflect your personal or company’s style. Be humorous, professional, or relaxed. Just make sure that your greeting card represent you. Don’t neglect the power of the note card in your marketing and advertising efforts. A note card is a quick and simple way to contact your prospects or customers. But don’t stop there note cards are also great to have on hand for other uses in your business. 

2. Incorporate Greeting Cards Into Your Fundraising Efforts

Our online greeting cards are easy, fast and affordable, ensuring any company - big or small - that they can fit their greeting cards into their budgets. Many non-profits have had success with sending greeting cards to former donors to help fundraise for their next event. By sending greeting cards to those donors it reminds them to check in with your company or foundation on upcoming events and how they can stay involved.

3. Add UV Coating to Give Your Card That High Quality Look & Feel

UV coated note cards are an affordable way to get a high gloss, shiny finish for your greeting cards. The coated finish is only pennies more per piece and makes the cards more durable. When you order cheap greeting cards from PrintingCenterUSA, you are ordering from a premier greeting card printer. Our custom printing will give you the highest quality results that you’re searching for. Entrepreneurs should consider printing their cards in full color, rather than black and white. This can help boost brand recall and enhance the appeal of the greeting cards. We offer highly competitive prices for orders up to 10,000 greeting cards and our in-house mailing center can expedite the mailing process.

4. Give Your Greeting Card a Personality

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.

We understand that printing a booklet online can be intimidating and confusing, as you may not know what paper to choose or what type of binding is best for you. We’ve come up with the top 5 things we want you to know before printing your next booklet to help make your online printing experience as easy as possible.

1. Binding

PrintingCenterUSA offers many different types of binding for you custom booklet. Saddle-stitched and perfect binding are our most popular options, with saddle stitched being the most inexpensive. See below for all the landing types we offer.

Saddle-Stitched Binding

Saddle-stitched binding is two staples nested in the spine of the folded piece, securing the sheets together. It can go along the left edge or on top, depending on how the project is planned out. Saddle-stitched booklets can lay flat and stay open when you are flipping through the pages, making it easier to read.

Perfect Binding

Perfect binding is sheets of paper held together by glue attaching the inside sheets of a book to the cover. This type of bind creates an attractive square spine for a polished look. With prefect binding, you can print on the spine and the booklets will not lay flat when open.

Spiral & Wire-O Binding

Spiral bound printing is a coil of a plastic continuous loop passing through a row of punched holes at the edge of the printed piece in a spiral. Wire-O binding is a metal coil that passes through a row of punched holes at the edge of the printed piece. Wire-o bound books are a series of parallel wire loops attached along a wire.

2. Sizes

The size you choose is the final finished size when your booklet is closed. We have portrait, landscape, square and custom sizes available.

3. Coating

UV High Gloss Coating

UV is short for Ultra Violet Coating, which is a shiny gloss coating applied over printed cover weight paper to make photos and colors pop as well as providing a truly professional look and feel to your book printing. 

It is both water and scratch resistant and is great for artwork with a high concentration of ink cove

rage. UV gloss is highly recommended for orders under 500 quantity.

There are three important things to keep in mind when deciding on whether or not to use High Gloss UV Coating on your project:

1. We cannot guarantee against projects scuffing and scratching if you chose not to apply High Gloss UV Coating to your cover!

2. We especially recommend High Gloss UV Coating on covers containing solid ink coverage where a large part of the cover or the entire cover has ink coverage.

3. Keep in mind that when applying our High Gloss UV Coating to a Matte stock, it will result in the cover being glossy. The inside covers and other pages will be unaffected.

4. Paper

An important factor in online booklet printing is the paper. We offer a variety of papers, some thick and others thin. Some glossy and some matte. How do you decide which paper to use? First, let's get technical. There are some terms that will help you to understand the different options available.

Paper Types:

• 80# Cover Cardstock (8pt) is the preferred substrate for booklet covers. It is about twice as thick as 80# text (has the thickness of a postcard or baseball card) and gives a sharp and appealing look with a more substantial and sturdy higher end feel and offers the most affordable pricing. Special characteristics include dimensional stability, good folding qualities and durability. Well-suited for scoring and die-cutting.

• 100# Cover Cardstock (9pt) has the same characteristics and uses as 80# cover cardstock but is about 25% more bulk, being thicker and heavier, similar to a medium weight card stock. Offers the highest quality premium paper.

• 100# Text (5pt) is about 25% more bulk being thicker and heavier with a sturdy and higher end feel than 80# text. This paper can be used for the inside pages and cover paper (see Self-Cover below).

• 80# Text (4pt) has the same characteristics as 100# text but thinner. May be less expensive but is not as upscale, doesn’t have the high end feel and has less opacity (can show through for two sided printing to the opposite side). We only recommend this paper if weight becomes an issue for mailing purposes.

• 70# Uncoated Text (5pt) this paper is commonly used when you are expecting to write in the piece itself. Match this up with an uncoated cover to give the entire project an un-coated look and feel

Self-Cover vs. Plus Cover

• Self-Cover (soft cover) is when the cover and the inside paper are the same weight. We recommend 100# Text (Gloss or Matte) for both the inside and cover papers.

• Plus Cover Cardstock is when the cover is thicker than the inside pages. We recommend a 80# Cover (Gloss or Matte) with 100# Gloss Text for the inside paper.

5. Color

CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black) is a color system also known as full color printing and is a process used by most commercial printers. RGB (red, green, and blue) is the color process that computer monitors, digital cameras, scanners, and TV screens use to display color.

If you are designing a print project that is RGB, expect a slight color shift to the final prints, asthe files must be converted to CMYK in order to produce the printed materials. For best results, design all print designs in CMYK.