Valentine’s Day Banners from the banner hub
Are you planning to propose marriage to your loved one this Valentine’s Day? Maybe you own a bar or restaurant and have special plans for this year’s day of love? Or you may just recently have got engaged and having a party to celebrate? The best way to decorate your venue, advertise your special menu or even propose to your partner is with an attractive printed banner.
Printed banners can be displayed inside or outside, hung from railings or attached to walls and are ideal for advertising parties and events this Valentine’s Day. They are weatherproof and easy to roll up and store away for next year. Printed banners from the banner hub are delivered to you with eyelets already in them, making it really easy for you to put your banner up into position.
You could use a printed banner to promote Valentine’s Day events such as Valentine’s Day meals, speed dating, salsa classes, wine tasting, couples massage, spa days, drinks promotions, theatre deals and Valentine’s gifts. Guaranteed to attract attention and raise awareness you’ll feel confident that you’ve got one over on your competition as the phone starts to ring with enquiries!
With prices starting from only £19 (including VAT and delivery) you’ll find that printed banner from the banner hub are one of the most cost effective ways of promoting your Valentine’s Day events.
Olympic Banners
Hosting the 2012 Olympics in London this year is such a huge event and one many of us will want to make the most of. Whether you’re directly involved in the games, hosting an Olympic related event or having a special Olympic related promotion one of the best ways to celebrate is with a printed banner.
They are easy to carry
Banners are very easy to transport – they are lightweight and can be rolled up and unfurled as and when required. This makes them ideal for spectators at any of the Olympic events. Waving your banner is the ideal way to show your support for your favourite sports person or team. And although we can all keep our fingers crossed for the weather, your printed banner could double up as an impromptu shelter during a sudden downpour!
Printed banners are ideal for Olympic themed events and promotions
If you’re hosting an Olympic event in a school or a pub, a printed banner is one of the easiest ways to get people through your door. Display your banner in a place that will get lots of passing traffic and you’ll be sure to attract lots of attention! The banners can be used indoors or outdoors and are really easy to display. Printed banners from the banner hub are fully finished with eyelets which can be used to put rope or hooks through to secure your banner in place.
Your printed Olympic banner can be used to display flags from around the world for your themed event or can be used to promote the fact that you are showing live events on TV in your pub. When designing your banner on the banner hub website you can also add flags from around the world to your design from the clip art section.
Printed banners are also a great way of displaying any Olympic themed offers and promotions that your business may be running as a way to commemorate the Olympic Games.
Printed banners are very cost effective
Printed banners are widely used in schools and colleges as an extremely cost effective way of promoting Olympic themed events such as special sports days and fundraisers. Printed banners from the banner hub start from only £19 including VAT, so are a fantastic way to invite people to your event and to decorate your sports fields or sports halls. They are available in any size you need and are supplied to you with eyelets along all edges of the banner, making the banners really easy to put into position.
Printed banners are suitable for indoor and outdoor use
Printed banners are also weatherproof, so are suitable for use indoors and outdoors and when you have finished using them you can simply roll them up and store them away, ready for use next time you need them.
Don’t forget – printed banners are ideal for use for any school event you may have coming up and can be reused time and time again.
To help you create your Olympic banner the banner hub has lots of Olympic and sports related banner templates available online. All you need to do is select the template and size you require and then add your own words and images (if required). It couldn’t be easier to make your printed banner!
Using Banners for Your Retail Business
The large supermarkets have already harnessed the power of the printed banner – displaying their latest product or special offer at every opportunity as you park up or wander around their store. There is no reason why you can’t take a leaf out of their book and do exactly the same for your business. With printed banners being so reasonably priced compared to many other forms of marketing it could also be cheaper than you think.
Make the most of your banner
An average consumer will evaluate your printed banner (and therefore your business) within 3 seconds, so the task to command their attention is a big one. There are a number of ways you can make the most of the banner you’ll be using in your shop or market stall:
- Choose the right location for your banner. Where will your banner be seen the most? Once you have a way to display your banner in the right place it will be really easy to change your banners regularly.
- Although many banners have a long indoor and outdoor life, you should keep your banners fresh by changing them regularly. If you have the same banner on display week after week your potential customers will simply stop seeing it. Have a bank of 3 banners that you can display on a rolling program, so it always looks like you have something new to say.
- Make the design easy to read. Don’t overcrowd it with lots of text and information – choose your key message and stick to it.
- If you don’t feel comfortable designing your own banner or would like the professional touch just ask a reputable banner printing company about their design service. They will be able to provide a professional service and all you will need to do is tell them what you want. Think about the colours you usually use when promoting your business and the message you want on your banner.
Why choose to use printed banners?
One of the most obvious reasons is the price. With banners starting from only £19 including VAT and delivery it’s hard to think of a reason not to try them! For just £19 you could be promoting your business or services to hundreds or even thousands of people. That’s the kind of return many other marketing methods just can’t deliver.
Printed banners are so versatile. You decide exactly what is shown on the banner and exactly where to put it. If you don’t like the first place you put it for some reason, simply take it down and move it to a different location.
Printed banners are weatherproof, so you can use them indoors and outdoors or take them to any markets you may be trading at.
Banners are really easy to roll up and store away, so if you don’t want to display your banner all the time you can pack it away until you’re ready to use it.
They can be colourful and vibrant, making them really eye-catching. If the banners are digitally printed there will be no extra costs for colours on the banner – it is all included in the price.
You can often get banners very quickly, so if you have an idea for a promotion you could be displaying the banner shouting about this within a few days.
Stallholders - Displaying your Bannerhub Banners
Banners are a wonderful way of advertising our businesses and displaying on our trade stands, however, as all traders will know, we do not always have the advantage of having our trade stands in areas where there are railings;
Of course, railings are the ideal place for attaching banners, on roadsides, over bridges, outside venues etc. Ideally using cable ties (found in all diy stores). I find these the best, especially if your banner is going to be positioned outdoors for long periods. They are strong enough against the elements and can be tightened to keep your banner taught.
Remember, health and safety when displaying your banners – I recently saw one banner extended between two trees about 10 metres apart – the banner was only about 6ft! The rope they had used was a dark brown; hence if you were walking past in the dark you were likely to be tripped up!
Use common sense – you want the public to be attracted by your banner – not taking out a lawsuit!
If you have a market / trade stand and want to position your banner on your stall then the ideal way is to attach it to your actual stall – you can of course attach two poles to either side of your frontage and extend the banner between the two poles, above your stand, however, as all outdoor traders will know, this will inevitably act as a wind break, and could see your banner / poles being ripped down in high winds, or worse still taking your stand with it!
An easy way to display your banner is by using sticky back Velcro – this can be bought by the roll at most haberdasheries or online. Stick one side of the Velcro around the edges on the back of the banner and the other side of the Velcro in the same sized square onto your stall cover / canvas. Then when you have erected your stand you can simply stick on your banner.
The advantages to this are that you can have your banners displayed on all inner or outer walls of your stand, and if you have 2/3 different businesses then you can alternate between different banners by simply peeling off.
You can of course use sew on Velcro or better still sew your banners permanently onto your canvas – this is very easy to do and can be done using a normal sewing machine. Or you can use carpet adhesive to ‘stick’ your banners on.
These techniques are also useful for indoor stalls e.g. craft stalls; If your display, consists of a tablecover then simply sew / glue your banner onto the front of the tablecloth. The advantage of this is that you do not need to keep the same rectangle shape; Bannerhub banners are easy to cut and do not fray – depending on your design and your sewing skills then you can cut your banner into whatever shape you desire.
Indoor venues are very limited with where you can display banners, especially as most will not allow you to simply go around hammering nails into the walls!
If you wish to display your banner behind your stall then you can of course use the two poles technique where you attach them to the back legs of the table and extend your banner between the two.
Alternatively, you can buy a clothes rail (these can be bought cheap at Argos or on Ebay).
These are stand alone racks which can be heightened to suit and used to hang your banner from, plus they do not take up much space. You may of course have to purchase a longer horizontal pole from a diy store to replace the existing one if your banner is longer than the rail.
Unless, you are buying a commercial or custom made rail then I would not recommend this for an outdoors option.
Don’t be afraid to experiment – Bannerhub banners are so versatile that you don’t just need to attach them to railings – they can be sewn / glued / folded / cut … let your imagination run wild!
By Emma Brown – Walkabout Crafts
Walkabout Crafts was established in November 2008 to promote the art and craft industry and give customers access to exquisite hand crafted goods from the comfort of their home. The web site itself has been split into four sections:The Gift Shop - We bring together an exquisite range of hand crafted gifts and souvenirs direct from craft makers and artists throughout the World.
World Tour - An introduction to each of the members home countries; sample the culture, local cuisine, history, attractions...and much more.
Craft Topics - From craft events and business advice to craft projects / plans and templates
Free Gifts - Colouring pages, Celtic designs, Fonts, clipart, music, recipes... all free!
Walkabout Crafts is a non profit web site. 100% of all items bought from our online gift shop goes direct to the artist / craft maker.
www.walkaboutcrafts.com
Battle of the Bands Banners
The Banner Hub is pleased to announce it has agreed to be the main sponsor of Music banners for the MMG Battle of the Bands competitions across the UK.
Majick Music Group have started a country-wide talent search throughout the UK and will give bands a place to showcase their talents and the opportunity to win some prizes that will help them forward.
The Battle of the bands will run in the following areas;
January – April: East Midlands (Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire)
March – May: Essex
May – August: 3 Counties (Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire)
July – September: Reading
July – September: Northamptonshire
September – December: South Coast (incorporating Brighton/Southampton +)
November – January 2012: Cambridgeshire
November – January 2012: Birmingham
The Banner Hub will be supplying a fully designed colour band banner for the winners of each of the regional finals.
More information about Battle of the Bands can be found at www.majickmusicgroup.com
Banners for Talent
With the list of talent competitions growing year on year you can be sure that any time soon the nation will be gripped once more by talent show fever. With this in mind, what better way to show your support than with a printed banner?
Whether you’re attending first auditions with your nearest and dearest or watching them in the TV studio in the final stages of the competition you should always be ready to get behind them by waving your banner. Being able to do this may be cheaper than you think! A professionally printed and finished 6 x 2ft banner, ordered on the banner hub website, is delivered to you for only £28. And with a turnaround time of 5 working days (maximum) you can be supporting your favourite talent show contestant in super quick time – even if your loyalties change from week to week!
Choosing your favourite candidate from the list of talent competitions may be the hard part (X Factor, So You Think You Can Dance, Britain’s Got Talent and Got To Dance to name but a few) but showing your support couldn’t be easier. Simply go to the ‘design your own banner’ area of the banner hub website, select the size you want and then use the tools provided to create your full colour banner
You could also choose a ready made background by choosing a banner template. Here you can add your own text and images and order your banner online. You will then receive your banner within 5 working days, ready eyeleted for you to display wherever you need.
If you’re panning a house party with your friends on results night you can give your living room the ‘TV studio feel’ with a full colour printed banner. It all helps with the friendly rivalry and will help your party go with a swing. Make your X Factor banner, Strictly Come Dancing banner or Britain’s Got Talent banner using the designer tool today!
Printed banners are also ideal if your school, youth club, pub or community group are holding an X Factor style talent competition. Promote the event with your personalised banner – you can even jazz up the audition stage with a roll up banner, just like the real X Factor auditions! Click here to see the banner stands and start designing yours today.
Whatever the talent show, whoever you are supporting, a printed personalised banner is the best way to grab attention for and support your favourite contestant.
Using Templates Video
Do you need some inspiration to help you design a banner? Take a look at our video that shows how to design a banner using one of our banner templates. Our banner templates are professionally designed banners that you can add your own text to.
Production Video
Wondering what happens after you place your order? Well we have put a short production video together to show you the process!
Advertise your wedding fayre with a printed banner.
Do you organise wedding fayres? Are you a wedding venue that has regular wedding fayres? If so you need a wedding fayre printed banner promoting your event. Design and create a personalised banner for your wedding event at www.thebannerhub.co.uk
Simply click on design your own banner and choose your banner size, background colour, add your text and any images. There is an image library you can choose from or you can upload your own image.
www.thebannerhub.co.uk also has a wedding fayre template that you can add your own text to – take a look at the template here. Alternatively why not use our artwork service and we can design your banner for you, simply email your brief to sales@thebannerhub.co.uk or complete our ‘let us design your banner form.
Personalised printed banners from www.thebannerhub.co.uk are made from a good quality PVC material, banners come ready eyeleted and are ideal for outdoor or indoor use. Banners are fully weatherproof.
All banners will be delivered within 5 working days from receipt of order and all prices include VAT and delivery.
Sell Your House Privately with a Large Printed Banner
Market your property proactively with a large printed banner promoting the sale of your house from www.thebannerhub.co.uk Your banner will be delivered to you ready eyeleted, all set for you to put up outside your property wherever you choose – on your garden wall or fence, over your front door, in a large tree – wherever you want. Simply secure the banner using rope or bungee ties – see our accessories page for further ideas.
You could even get permission to put it up in a high traffic area such as a main road or roundabout with directions to your property. This will increase viewings of your property by targeting the largest amount of people and passing traffic.
This is where banners are so much more versatile than a standard for sale board – you can easily put them anywhere you want with exactly the information you want, maybe even including photographs of your house.
You won’t believe how cost effective a large printed banner could be and how it would contribute to your house sale. Just imagine the return on investment – an 8 foot by 3 foot advertising banner is only £38 and this type of PVC banner is bound to attract endless attention to your house.
You could also hold an open day. This fun and relaxed way to invite people into your house is a great method of increasing viewings to your property for sale. You could put your advertising banner up outside your house letting people know about your open day and inviting them to look around your property. A great addition to your open house event could also be a printed banner stand. Place it in your hallway detailing the best features of your house and telling your prospective buyers all about your fantastic home at a glance. Things like a newly fitted bathroom, stunning kitchen and south facing garden really help to sell your property and a roller banner will point people to the areas of the house that are of most interest to them.
There are some great ready made banner templates already set up for the property market, simply add whatever text you want and the best photos of your house and just wait for the phone to start ringing. We’re pretty sure you won’t have to wait long! Visit our banner templates page for inspiration and start selling your house today!
Banners are so popular with businesses promoting their companies and attracting more business their way. This is exactly how you need to think when selling your property – you’re asking people to buy into a lifestyle and a way of life and by putting the right information on your banner you can make sure you attract the right kind of buyer, ready for the dream you are selling. You are in the best possible position to sell your house because you know it inside out, including your local neighbourhood and attractions of the area. There is no sense in paying someone else to sell what you know so well.
Don’t delay – create your tailor made banner for your house sale and sell your house quickly and effectively with no need for estate agent fees. Place your order today and receive your personalised banner within 4 working days.
Its festival season.
Its festival season and what a summer it is, the forecast is a long hot summer ahead, perfect for festival weekends and camping out. Have you sorted your itinery yet and stuff to take?
One thing you shouldn't be without at a festival weekend is a supporters PVC banner. You can even personalise your big banner and say exactly what you want by designing a personalised banner yourself on the banner hub website.
So how about a supporters customised banner for Kings Of Leon, Kaiser Chiefs, Arctic Monkeys, Placebo or The Flatliners. A musical party banner is ideal for events such as Reading festival, V festival, Leeds festival or any other festival that you are going too because you can roll up the banner and pop it into your rucksack or bag. If you are a budding musician yourself an advertising banner is the perfect finish to your set.
Designing your banner on the banner hub site allows you to brand your banner and upload your own logo or images. Banners are easy to erect and are finished with eyelets which can be used to hang your personalised banner with rope or bungees, see the banner hub accessories page for ideas.
If you are the organiser of an event in your local area why not advertise the event with a themed banner such as a music banner, party banner or simply a fun banner. You can design your event banner yourself or if you prefer get us to design it for you. Our graphic designer can design a PVC banner to suit your budget and event, giving it that extra professional touch. Visit www.thebannerhub.co.uk and create your own magical banner from as little as £16, includes VAT and delivery to your door.
Banners can help recruit new cadets.
Do you need some help and advice on recruiting new recruits to the Squadron? As a previous Squadron Commander of 2000 Eckington Squadron near Sheffield I always had recruiting on my 'To do' list in order to maintain numbers. We regularly held school presentations in assemblies and always took our recruitment promotion board to local events in order to attract new members.However the most successful and effective way of recruiting new members came from a PVC banner that I had printed. We put the banner on the outside of our Squadron building (which is on a main road) which attracted a lot of attention. The banner had a few pictures of the cadets in action along with a contact number and slogan. The banner created a constant flow of enquiries which I kept on a waiting list until out next intake session. The banner that I had printed was designed by myself online at www.thebannerhub.co.uk
The great thing with this website is that you can order a personalised banner from as little as £16. You can upload your own images, logo etc and design the banner yourself, choose your background, colour and text. The banners are printed onto hard wearing PVC banner material. All banners are fitted with eyelets for you to use to hang the banner.
If you don't feel like designing the banner yourself why not ask one of the cadets to do it or www.thebannerhub.co.uk does offer an artwork service.
Get your message across with a roller banner stand
Roller banner stands are available from the banner hub. Roller banner stands will enhance any reception area, foyer or exhibition stand. Roller Banner stands are a fantastic way of presenting your brand, logo, product, service or company.
Create instant impact at a small cost. Widely used these portable banner stands are quick to assemble and easy to use, roll up banners are ideal when you want to get your message across in a presentation or conference. Roller banners include a banner graphic and a durable aluminium stand supplied with a neat shoulder bag and high quality full colour graphic.
The graphic rolls down into the base for easy storage and transportation and are lightweight to carry. You can design your roller banner yourself and simply email us the artwork or if you are short on time why not add that extra professional touch and use our design service. We can design the artwork for your corporate roller banner stand and we will email you a proof over for your agreement.
the banner hub has a quick turnaround with all roller banners being despatched within four working days from artwork agreement. So if you have left things to the last minute do not worry we can get you a banner stand out to you in a jiffy. Visit http://www.thebannerhub.co.uk/design_your_own_banner_stand.htm to find out more.
Big big banners.
Need a big personalised advertising banner? Whatever the size you need we can print it for you. PVC banners are the perfect way to advertise and promote your business.The Banner Hub specialises in printing PVC banners for all occasions. Banners are printed on 440 gsm frontlit banner material which is suitable for outdoor and indoor use. We can also print onto other materials such as mesh banner material and self adhesive vinyl. We recently printed a huge banner for a company promotion which was a staggering 20ft x 4ft PVC outdoor banner. All banners are printed using the latest in digital printing technology, giving stunning print results and vibrant colours that will wow passer bys with your advertising message.
You can design your own banner online using the easy to use banner design tools or choose a 'ready designed' banner in the banner template section. If you have already designed your banner using your own software you can email the artwork to us send us your artwork or upload your artwork to our ftp site, please call for the login details.
Promote your business with a banner.
PVC banners are the perfect way to advertise and promote your business. A banner can be used as a permanent fixture or is versatile in the fact that you can use it when required. Banners are suitable for use indoors or outdoors and are weatherproof against all the elements. All banners are fitted with eyelets which you can use to hang your banner.
The Banner Hub is a company that specialises in printing PVC banners for all occasions. Their website www.thebannerhub.co.uk allows visitors to design their own personalised banners using a very easy to use website. Banners are ideal for all events and occasions such as birthday celebrations, parties, opening times, product promotions or advertising an event or sale. Prices start from just £16 which includes VAT and delivery.
The website takes you step by step through the banner design process, simply select a banner size, choose a colour for the background of your banner, choose your typeface, add any pictures or logos to your banner, you can even upload your own digital photographs. There is also a large selection of pre designed banner templates, these have professionally designed backgrounds in a variety of themes such as events, birthdays, retail, sport etc. The company also offers an artwork design service for anyone that does not wish to design their own banner.
All banners are despatched within four working days from when the order is placed. Banners are printed using state of the art digital printing machines giving outstanding and vibrant printing results. The material that the banners are printed onto is a good quality PVC material and is weather resistant so your banner is suitable for both indoor and outdoor use. You can be confident that your banner will last outdoors for years and years.