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Giving Personal Checks As Memorable Gifts

I remember when I issued a photo check to pay my aunt for a loan.  The check had a  colorful picture of me, my wife and our three kids on the background.  She called me up and told me she didn’t want to encash the check because the picture of us looked so good.  I [...]

Fun Personal Checks For Fun Businesses

Classic and formal designer checks usually work best for businesses, in contrast to the funky personal styles we often see offered by private order printers.  It tells those you’re issuing the checks to that you’re serious and that being perceived as a professional organization is an important concern. While that may be true for traditional [...]

Saving Money On Your Bank Checks

Do you use up a lot of bank checks in your business or trade? If you do, saving money on the total amount you spend on each box can mean a lot of savings for you in the long run.  When it comes to cutting down on your costs, there’s a pretty straightforward way to [...]

Let Your Checks Put A Smile On Your Face

I wasn’t a big fan of personalized checks until a year ago.  While I’ve had some Disney checks and other similarly-designed instruments issued my way, I always found them a bit cheesy, if not inappropriate. My wife, however, began to develop an affinity for them.  In fact, she ordered several booklets worth of checks with [...]

Personal Checks That Stand Out

Checks are so boring.  No matter who you’re banking with, the checks they have on stock look just like everybody else’s.  Of course, they’re financial instruments so they just need to be functional to do their job.Still, while they aren’t meant to entertain, bank checks don’t exactly need to be that sordid either. That’s why [...]

Business Branding On Your Personal Checks

Branding is one of the hardest things to accomplish for businesses.  Getting to that point when people immediately identify with you when they see a logo or a tagline is a long and arduous process that few companies ever really find success in achieving.  Every year, companies spend millions of dollars trying to accomplish this [...]

Ordering Personal Checks Online: What To Look For

Ordering personal checks online has many distinct advantages that make it a more attractive choice compared to acquiring them from your local bank.  Like many things on the web, of course, you don’t want to place your order with just any private printer that presents itself. Selection With so many companies offering personal checks online, [...]

Personal Checks: Making It Look Professional

Many personal checks you see online are filled with cute and odd designs.  While definitely fun to keep around, they aren’t exactly the most professional to issue to people you’re appearing serious to, like prospective tenants or business suppliers. Good news is that not all personalized designer prints need to look as unprofessional as cheap [...]

Taking Great Photos For Your Personal Checks

A popular option for personal checks today are those fitted with custom photos that you provide to the printer, which they then use as the instrument’s main design.  Whether you want the custom picture sitting in the background or stealing all the attention right up front, you’ll need to make sure you choose the right [...]

Never Put Off Getting New Checks Again

Getting checks from the bank has been routine for some people.  Once they notice the supply dwindling down, it’s time to tear the request slip, fill it up, drive down the bank and order a new set.  Essentially, they’re taking precious time out from their busy day for the sole purpose of getting a new [...]