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Best Signs for Independence Day
The most patriotic day of year, the 4th of July, is a perfect time to celebrate everything red, white and blue! A 4th of July banner or flag is a great way to express American Pride and make a statement for your business or party.
Banner Material Types: How to Choose the Best Banner Material
There are many different options when it comes to choosing a material for your next banner. We’ll explore the most common types of signage material and benefits to each.
Top 5 Tips for Small Business Signage
What is your identity as a business? Do you think of your business as friendly, accessible, quick, or high quality? No matter how you have branded your business, you need signs to describe your identity to potential customers! Keep in mind that the average consumer only spends four seconds reading a sign. With such a small window of time to get your message across, it’s important to have the most appropriate signage for your business! Here are the 5 most important things to consider when choosing business signs.
Support Adults Living With Autism!
April is Autism Awareness Month. We all need to do our part to support those affected by Autism Spectrum Disorder. Half Price Banners is proud to employ adults living with Autism Spectrum Disorder!
Extended Hours at HalfPriceBanners.com
Half Price Banners is proud to announce new hours! Now we’ll be open from 8am-6pm CST, and our proof approval deadline has extended from 3pm CST to 5pm CST!
Outdoor Advertising Made Easy: Feather Flags
If you’re looking for additional ways to improve the value of your marketing spend, we look into the many benefits found in Feather Flags. From increasing visibility to promoting brand awareness, this easy to set up outdoor display shows off a lot of potential for its price.
Using Indoor Displays
Learn about the value and many uses behind indoor displays. From enhancing the shopping atmosphere to promoting your next sale, make the most out of your space with thoughtful indoor displays.
How Long Do Banners Last
Get the most out of your signs by choosing materials that will last! How long should you expect your vinyl banner to last with normal use? The answer may surprise you!
Prepare Your Store for Black Friday
Get your business ready for Black Friday with our useful tips that will help you get your signs ready for the biggest shopping day of the year.
How to Get Wrinkles out of Vinyl Banners
Does your banner have wrinkles that you want to get out? Remove those wrinkles and let people see how great your banner should look with these tips on how to remove creases and wrinkles from vinyl banners.
Best Banners for Trade Shows
Preparing for a trade show takes a lot of work, but these tips should help make your planning a little easier! Learn some ways to increase your presence with your banners.
How to Clean Vinyl Banners
Vinyl banners look great, but how do you clean them? Knowing the right ways to keep your banner clean will extend its life and keep it looking amazing. Here are some tips for banner cleaning!
What are the Best Banners for Outdoor Events?
Learn about which banner material is best for which occasion in our latest blog post about outdoor banners. Do you know which type of banner would be best for your outdoor event?
Mother’s Day Gifts Can Make Lasting Memories
On May 14, mothers, stepmothers, grandmothers, and even great-grandmothers will be celebrated with family and friends through out our communities. This year...
Tying the Knot? Top 5 ways to customize a Wedding Banner
Not only are wedding banners memorable, but they also keep guests entertained, help them find their way to the event, and can be reused for anniversary events.
High Flying Dogs
Check out how Half Price Banners is helping Gary Foote and his dock dogs, get off the platform!
How to Set Up Tension Fabric Displays
Tension fabric displays look great, but do you know how easy they are to assemble? We provide an educational video and instructions just in case you want to learn some tips or see how quickly they are put together.
How to Hang Banners with Double-Sided Tape
One great thing about banners is versatility. In this post, we help explain how to hang a banner with double sided tape.
How to Set Up a Pole Banner
A pole banner can be attached to any pole, and this post shows a video demonstrating how to hang your banner on a pole. Our hardware is easy to use, and the video shows how quickly the process is.
How to Set Up an Economy Retractable Banner
Learn how simple our economy retractable banners are able to be set up with this instructional video and text. These retractable banners look great and can collapse to be stored efficiently.
Use and Reuse Washable Adhesive Banners
Not all banners get hung the same way, and some can be used & reused on various surfaces! Learn about our washable adhesive banners and watch how simple it is to take it down, wash & reuse.
Avoiding Trademark Infringement
With March Madness coming up, lots of businesses want to cash in on this tournament. But watch out! There are some things you need to know about what you can and can't print.
Banner Designing 101
Trying to get the perfect banner design can be difficult, but here we'll help teach some of the basics behind quality banner design. Take out your notebooks and quiet down, banner designing 101 is about to begin!
Good Filetypes for Banner Graphics
Did you know there are certain filetypes that are better than others for banner graphics? The more complex the banner, the more useful this information will be. Art specs are often overlooked, but we explain in detail why it's an important part of the banner making process.
Banner Ink Color Theory
Do you know what RGB or CMYK means? Study up here! We explain color banner printing and go into detail about what these two acronyms mean both literally and for high quality printing techniques.
How to Store Your Banner
Taking care of your banner is easy, but not everyone knows how. Learn about our recommendations on how to store your banner and why we suggest this type of storage as a better way.
How to Design an Effective Banner
What makes a banner effective? We'll provide some tips and tricks about what's important to keep in mind when you want to get your message across. There are lots of ways to say something and lots of images to choose from, but what's best for you?
Choosing Banner Sizes
Choosing the right banner size is important for any project. How far away can people read lettering? How big do you need to go for your promotion given your space restrictions? We'll help you answer these questions and more.
How to Choose Fonts for Banners
Choosing a banner font is important for any banner. We see lots of banners, but knowing how to match your font for your audience is crucial for your promotion's success. We answer several common questions we've heard and try to explain why some fonts can be better than others.
Banner Design Software
With so many design programs out there, it's hard to know what the best or most preferred are. We'll help show the qualities of good software and what to avoid on some other common programs.
Print Ready Files
What does it mean for a file to be print ready? There's a few things to consider that should help make your image choices easier. We'll explain DPI and why it's important for your banner.
Three Questions to Ask Before Purchasing a Banner
Customers are more informed than ever these days, and knowing which questions to ask can make the difference between getting a good product or a great product. Don't forget about these helpful questions before your banner purchases.
Canvas Portraits are Perfect for Holiday Promotions
Find out what you can do to make canvas portraits the perfect holiday promotion item. These gallery quality prints are both beautiful and effective.
How to Read Vinyl Banner Weight, Thickness and Density
We name our banners by the materials used, but do you know what 13-oz or 18-oz refers to? Learn about the density, weight, and even the denier of commonly sold products.
Vinyl Banners: An Options Checklist
With so many choices and questions, learning what to ask is important for any purchase. We've been answering questions about vinyl banners for years, so we'll help you identify common banner questions and know what is important to look for when searching for your perfect banner.
Smartphone Photos are Great for Your Banner
New technology allows new opportunity. Just because you don't have photographer quality cameras doesn't mean you can't make high quality prints on banners or signs. Capture your personalized images with these new high quality hand held devices.
Window Signs Offer Flexibility in Any Environment
Window Banners offer visibility from outside while still being able to look out your window from the inside. No longer do you have to worry about blocking your window views to send your message outside. Learn about why window banners can offer extra flexibility for your business.
Canvas Prints are Perfect Holiday Gifts
With holidays around the corner, finding the perfect gift can be difficult. Custom canvas prints provide a thoughtful, gallery quality present.