Alphagraphics Weatherford

If you're exhibiting at a fall trade show, your order window starts now.

Most exhibitors don't lose business at the show — they lose it 6 weeks before.

Booth graphics: 60 days out. Promo products: 60 days out. Print collateral: 30 days out.

Full checklist on the blog:
https://www.alphagraphics.com/blog/blog/2026/07/the-ultimate-trade-show-checklist

Can a neighbor driving past your job site at 30 mph tell what you do in 3 seconds?

If no, your site signage is leaving money on the street. Every active job is a 30-day billboard in the neighborhood you want to work in next.

Name. Phone. Specialty. Letters readable from 100 feet. That’s the bar.

Most print delays trace back to four file mistakes: missing bleed, low resolution, wrong color mode, and live fonts.

All four are easy to fix before you send. None take more than a minute. All can push a project a week if you skip them.

Bring your files to us and we’ll check them before they go to press.

Quick poll for the business owners:

What paper weight do you order for your business cards?
A) 80 lb cover (light, lower budget)
B) 100 lb cover (standard)
C) 130 lb cover or higher (premium)
D) No idea — I just order what the printer suggests

The card that feels different in the hand is the one that gets remembered.

If your team is burning a third of every print project on revisions, it isn’t the designer and it isn’t the printer.

It’s the workflow.

The teams that get brochures and banners out on time all run the same five-step playbook — and almost none of it costs money to implement.

Read the full workflow: https://www.alphagraphics.com/blog/blog/2026/06/how-to-streamline-brochure-banner-printing-2026