This course will be delivered one-to-one via MS Teams at a time and place that works for you.
Approximately 3 hours face-to-face tuition plus to support your learning.
Most small business and start-up business owners battle with marketing their business on a shoe-string budget. However, you can prepare great looking print-based advertising and promotional materials yourself with easy to use, free software.
In this hands-on and fun workshop you’ll create your own amazing print promotion materials ready to print from your home office, or send to your printing service.
We’ll cover:
- Deciding on the print-based media that you need for your business
- Fundamental design principles to create eye catching and effective designs
- How to access and use a variety of free graphic design software/content creation tools
- Where to source and adapt copyright free images
- Practical skills to make your first eye-catching designs.
You’ll take away:
- Skills to design your own print-based media to support your brand message.
- At least two completed designs you’ll be happy to take to your printer.
- Practical skills to prepare even more DIY print-based promotional materials, for example, business cards, letterhead, flyers, brochures, posters, gift certificates, newsletters, product information, catalogues, menus. You’re restricted only by your imagination!
To enquire about this course and to register, contact:
Liz Paine
Learning Insight
Phone: 0400 778807
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Course Features
- Lectures 17
- Quiz 0
- Duration 46 days
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 12
- Certificate No
- Assessments Yes
- 3 Sections
- 17 Lessons
- 46 Days
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- Introduction4
- Sourcing great photos and graphicsWelcome12
- 2.1Sources for commercial stock photos
- 2.2DIY Print Types of graphic/photo files
- 2.3DIY Print Sources of free graphics and photos11 Minutes
- 2.4DIY photos and graphics
- 2.5Sources of free open source (copyright free) photos and graphics
- 2.6File extensions
- 2.7Copyright and pictures never to use
- 2.8Understanding file extensions for digital images
- 2.9Options / Sources of free-to-use graphic design style software online
- 2.10Introduction to design elements
- 2.11Selecting the colours, fonts, and look for your brand
- 2.12Your logo – Will you make it yourself, or bring in the big guns?
- Creating and publishing your marketing collateralIn this section we’ll cover where to access great photos and graphics including where to source free resources.2
