New Year, New You: How To Improve Your Business with Graphics

windowgraphicsWith the New Year now in full swing, you’ve probably started hitting the gym more, eating a little healthier and kicked some bad habits. But when it comes to your business, have you made the New Year’s Resolutions 12that will help grow your bottom line?

Even when on a budget, there are ways to increase your bottom line while maximizing your budget. Here are a few ideas we’ll be happy to help you execute! Continue reading

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ALGX’s Top 10 Project Spotlights of 2015

ALGX_2015 Project Spotlight Blog picAlong with some exciting accomplishments this year, such as being included in Wide-Format Imaging magazine’s list of the Top 50 Shops in North America, 2015 has given us the opportunity to help on many projects for some of the most well-known and recognized companies in our communities.

Join us as we take a look back at our top project spotlights of 2015: Continue reading

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Local Holiday Events for the Family

Happy HolidaysAs we get closer to the New Year, things become even more chaotic with year-end deadlines at work, traveling and visiting family. During the time of year when you’re supposed to slow down and enjoy yourself, there are millions of things to do!

But it’s important to remember all the events going on in the community that the whole family can enjoy together. We strongly encourage you to take the time to get quality family time in this holiday season.

To help, we put together a list of a few events around our office locations in Birmingham and Montgomery: Continue reading

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Service Spotlight: Vehicle Wraps

Custom_TruckJust about every person in the country travels in a vehicle every week either as a driver or a passenger. That’s why so many companies spend thousands of dollars on billboard advertising. You can reach a large audience in a very non-intrusive way that allows a company to build brand recognition and awareness at an accelerated rate.

But for businesses that may not have thousands to spend on a single billboard ad that stays up for a short period of time, there’s another option that can reach just as many people and be much more cost effective. Vehicle wraps for company sales, service and delivery vehicles are an extremely powerful branding and marketing tool. They demand attention and reach countless potential customers every single day of the week. Continue reading

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3 Tips for Using Holiday Graphics to Drive Sales

2nd and charlesWith it being the holidays, and the busiest time of year for many companies, you probably have your holiday marketing strategy planned out by now. But even if you don’t, it’s not too late! We can help you maximize sales this season, and help you take those plans a step further and reach more people, even if you’re on a budget!

Having a promotion on a popular item is great, but this can be tricky for many small businesses that may not have the means to “promote their promotion.” A good deal is no good if no one’s aware of it, right? That’s why installing affordable window graphics is an easy route to take to let everyone know about the great holiday deal you’re offering.

Here are 3 tips you can use for your Holiday Graphics like: Window Graphics, Ready-To-Apply Graphics, Banners or Posters, to bring potential customers in your doors and drive sales this season.  Continue reading

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Project Spotlight: Graphics for 24e Executive Health Club’s New Downtown Location


24e Executive Health Club
Executive Health Club by 24e’s new downtown Birmingham location at Regions-Harbert Plaza is now fully furnished with workout equipment and graphics and is officially open for business. Working with the folks at 24e who shared our passion for digital color graphics was truly a pleasure!

24e is different than other gyms and doesn’t take the typical approach to the gym industry. Unlike some companies looking to cut costs, 24e strives to provide maximum benefits to clients. We can tell you, the caring people here lost months of sleep making sure that as a member, every corner you turn makes you feel appreciated.

To learn more about Executive Health Club by 24e’s new downtown Birmingham location and their new graphics, we sat down with Kendall Robertson, Designer of Executive Health Club. Continue reading

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4 Reasons We Give Thanks This Holiday Season

Alabama Graphics ThanksgivingBecause each year seems to pass more quickly than the last, we often forget to give thanks throughout the year. But as Thanksgiving comes around once again, we’d like to take a moment to show our gratitude to those around us who mean so much.

We all have so many things to be grateful for this year, and here are four reasons we at ALGX have to give thanks: Continue reading

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HP PageWide Printers: They’re Here!

HP PAGEWIDE QUOTES US 2PP.inddAs you know, we’ve been chosen as one of only fifty resellers of the new HP PageWide Printers in the U.S., and now, we’re thrilled to announce they’re available for purchase!

The new HP PageWide Printer can be a game changer for your business by bringing the speed of HP PageWide Technology to large-format printing. This new state-of-the-art printer will undoubtedly change the way our customers produce everyday large-format prints.

In case you haven’t heard just how amazing these printers are, take a look at some of the facts below. Continue reading

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How to Use Our File Transfer Protocol

Alabama Graphics FTPWhen it comes to serving our clients, we’re always looking for ways to make their lives easier. We know our clients are busy, and that’s why we strive to meet their demands by making our services as convenient as possible.

Our File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is just one of the ways we make it extremely easy for our clients to submit their projects to us. Our FTP allows our clients to send us their images and other files over the internet, no matter the size! Once we receive the files, we can get to work right away on printing their projects. Continue reading

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Frequently Asked Question: How do I properly prep my images for small format printing?

Frequently Asked QuestionsWe recently discussed one of our most frequently asked questions, “How do I properly prep my images for large format printing?” Now we’d like to touch on another common question regarding prepping images for small format printing.

While we’re more than happy to help out with, or even do the design work for your projects, we know many of our customers have their own design resources and send their projects straight to our Print Department.  In order for this to happen, a great percentage of work to create print-ready files for color copies needs to be done on the front end.

Color copy orders are categorized as Proposals/Spec Books, Booklets or Brochures/Flyers with each requiring a slightly different set-up process.

Here’s how to properly set up small format print-ready files for printing: Continue reading

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