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Class overview
		You don't need to pay a lot of money or outsource promotional efforts to generate interest in your home business, fundraising event or favorite cause. Learn how you can create high-quality customized marketing solutions at home with a host of easy-to-use templates and tools from HP, a computer, a printer and a few helpful marketing tips. 53 Ratings » Read 11 reviews » Write a review

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What you'll learn

Assess your promotional needs and decide which documents you want to create to reach the people you seek
Review a few simple design principles that will make your documents stand out
Discover free templates and learn how to customize them
Customize and print brochures, flyers, postcards and more
Learn how to use your materials to create an effective direct mail campaign
Discover tips for printing high-quality promotional materials at home

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Lessons

»	Lesson 1: Promote your home business or charitable cause

There are many ways you can promote your home business or favorite cause in print. This lesson includes basic design and color rules you can follow to capture your audience's attention.

Lesson 2: Working with free templates from HP for your marketing strategies
Did you know that HP offers free templates for both Microsoft® Word and Microsoft Publisher? This lesson shows you how to download templates, and covers the basics of working with text, graphics and other template elements in Word.

Lesson 3: Create and print high-quality brochures, postcards, newsletters, flyers and more
Find out how to use templates to create promote anything from a small home business to a neighborhood garage sale. You'll learn how to create and customize brochures, flyers, newsletters, postcards and more.

Lesson 4: Tips for printing high-quality marketing materials, photos, envelopes and labels
This lesson focuses on using your own paper and printer to create promotional materials—documents, photos and more—that look like they came from a print shop.

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Instructor

Cisco Gilliland Instructor		» Cisco Gilliland 12 Ratings Cisco Gilliland has worked in digital music and video production for more than 10 years, playing in bands, recording his own music and that of other artists, and preserving delicate vinyl and tape recordings to digital formats. He also dreams of creating his very own ultimate home theater system. But his true love lies with his living room setup, which he tweaks and upgrades every chance he gets. When he's not in his living room reveling in cinematic nirvana, he does web development and graphic design, plays in several bands, and occasionally gets an education on the basketball court. Born and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Cisco has lived in Austin, Texas, since 1989.
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Class reviews

haydee29

Nov 18, 2009