MAGAZINE PRINTING

Magazine Ideas & Examples

PrintingCenterUSA offers a number of magazine publication printing layout tips, ideas, examples and case studies to help you better plan, inspire, design and layout your magazine. Magazine printing is a unique way to both establish a brand as an industry thought leader and also to promote products and services. By combining informational and promotional content into one magazine publication, entrepreneurs can reach consumers in a fun and engaging way. The most important element of a successful magazine is the cover, as it is the first thing potential readers will see and will help determine whether or not they read the publication.

Brands Can Use Magazines to Both Entertain and Inform Perspective Clients

Businesses should be sure to use an image that will catch their audience’s attention, such as a photograph of their top-selling item. Articles should be topical and provide value to readers, but companies can also incorporate their products and services into printed color magazines as well. For example, a firm that provides marketing services could create a printed magazine that shows how certain companies promote their products, while also making the reader aware that the sponsor offers these services. PrintingCenterUSA offers brands a number of options for their magazine printing projects. We provide our clients with a number of cost-efficient solutions that enable them to create the perfect magazine for business.

Low Cost Magazine Printing Ideas

Magazines are effective marketing tools because they can reach broad audiences of consumers in fun and engaging ways. Additionally, depending on how an organization prints publications, they can be a cost-efficient marketing expense.

• Printing magazines in bulk is one strategy entrepreneurs can use to drive down production costs. The more publications a business manufactures at once, the lower price each piece will be.
• If organizations send their magazines to a high volume of recipients, bulk printing can save hundreds or even thousands of dollars.
• Another strategy entrepreneurs could use is selling advertising space to partnering businesses. This money could be put toward funding the magazines.
• Additionally, if sponsoring companies complement an entrepreneur’s business, the publication could provide more value to the receiving customers.

By using our blank templates, you ensure that you have the proper format we need to print. You can use our templates as an outline or to help you double check your design files so that when you submit your order, your files will be error free! We also have predesigned templates to help you get started on your magazine.

What’s the best thing about our predesigned templates? They give you a quick starting point for your project but you aren’t stuck with the initial layouts. There are more than 35 page layouts that you can edit however you want by changing the colors and fonts! This will help you get exactly what you want. Below you can find examples of the empty predesigned templates compared to a completed template. To download our 8.5” x 11” predesigned templates, select your desired file type:

• Photoshop (psd)
• Illustrator (ai)
• InDesign (idml)

Below is a look at what you can expect when you download our free predesigned templates. Choose your favorites from the 35+ page layout designs to help jumpstart your next magazine project!

Our free online magazine designer is here to help you create your own design when you don’t have the design software to do it. By using our design software, you can quickly drag and drop your images, add text and add free backgrounds and graphics.

Just upload your photos, drag and drop them into place, add text and we’ll do the rest!

Note: If you have a design program like Acrobat PDF, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop or Adobe InDesign, we have free template downloads that you can use instead of the online design tool. You do not have to use this tool. The templates help you with specific dimensions, bleeds, trim, safe area, layouts, and folding to create your print-ready files. Placing your order is simple - use the instant pricing tool to the right and click “Order and Upload Files” - that’s it!