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How to set up a linktree

You will click the “Add Icon” button then search from the list of availible social media sites. They have quite a number to choose from including: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Discord, TikTok, Etsy, Twitch, Spotify, Youtube, and more!

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QR Codes and why you should use them in your Grand Rapids printing and marketing pieces

QR Codes are a great way to optimize your marketing efforts and be able to provide trackable data on whatever you’re promoting by blending traditional advertising with new age advertising. There are so many ways you can incorporate them into your marketing plan. What are your favorite ways?

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Could Printing Be a Family Tradition for the Gutowski’s on Bridge Street?

Sidebar: The Craftsmen Club was a group of printers in the area that would get together. I have great memories of attending the Craftsmen Club as a kid. The extent of my knowledge when I was young was limited to they would go to a park and cook steaks. Now I understand the club was a way for printers to connect, make relationships, and share industry knowledge.

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Rapid Growth Media Article on Bcorp & Swift Printing Co

Swift Printing, located at 404 Bridge St. NW in Grand Rapids’ Westside neighborhood, is the only printing company in Michigan with B Corporation status. That's a documented and implied promise to put matters of environmental, cultural, and workforce sustainability over meeting a bottom line.

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Meet Jessica Gutowski Slaydon from Swift Printing Co. Heidelberg YouTube Video

Meet Jessica Gutowski Slaydon from Swift Printing Company

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Swift Printing Purchases Exact Graphics GRBJ Article

When asked where Swift ranks among other printing companies in West Michigan, Gutowski joked, “We’re not one of the largest but we’re number one.”

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Mailers: Best Practices & ways to keep the USPS happy!

Sending snail mail is a lot of fun! Finding a beautiful card, crafting a thoughtful message, and handwriting an address is not only a thoughtful thing to do, but it can be a great self care tactic and time to reflect. Then you get your stamps, pop it in the mail box, and your United States Postal Service handles the rest.

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Welcome To The Printer Family Gen-nay

In 2006 we had the honor of having her older sister, the first igen90 placement in the world. Then in 2013 we had her younger sister, an igen4.

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Types of Printing Options

Letter press: Using a printing press, the process allows many copies to be produced by repeated direct impression of an inked, raised surface against sheets or a continuous roll of paper.

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Bindery Options Here at Swift

Mailing service/prep, Data management, Fulfillment: After your product is finished with us, we can help continue the job. We have mailing services along with data management and fulfillment to allow us to be your one stop ship.

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Stand Out Again!

Perforating: Have a coupon or item for your business? The use of perforating will allow the customer to detach the items from one another then allowing for a takeaway from the printed piece.

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Just For Starters

Prepress and proofing: This will put yourself at ease with the ability to see what your items will look like before the final product is done. Giving you the validation that the job you want done is accurate to what you will get.

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Stand Out!

Embossing: Embossing refers to pressing an image into paper to create a three-dimensional design. This allows for your print items to stand out from the rest. Having the ability to FEEL the difference.

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All About Envelopes

#10: Spoken as number 10, not a hashtag for all you millennials and gen z’ers :) This envelope is 4 ⅛ inch by 9 ½ inch.

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Now you’re talking our language … Printing Terms and what they mean so that your projects look their best.

Four Color Process: Is when CMYK are layered over one another to give us all the colors. Lots of lay people use the term full color. It is essentially the same thing.