Articles in Category: Sales and Marketing

WhatTheyThink prestigious Top 100 Small Commercial Printer List: Ultra Graphics ranks #29 in North America

Billings, MT – Ultra Graphics has been named to the WhatTheyThink prestigious Top 100 Small Commercial Printer List. This formally recognizes Ultra Graphics as part of the Top 100 small commercial printing operations in North America. For sales-year 2022, Ultra Graphics ranked #29 in North America. “Amidst ink and paper, our passion and precision has crafted Ultra Graphics among the elite,” Read More…

Is direct mail fundraising right for your non-profit?

              While digital marketing has become increasingly popular in recent years, direct mail is still a crucial component of a successful fundraising campaign for non-profit organizations. In this article, we will explore the importance of including direct mail in a marketing and fundraising strategy for non-profits. Personalization – Direct mail allows non-profit organizations to Read More…

Printing News Top 100: Ultra Graphics ranks #1 in Montana, #31 in United States

Billings, MT – Ultra Graphics has been recognized by the annual Printing News Top 100 Small Commercial Printers rankings as one of highest grossing small commercial print firms in the country. For sales-year 2020, Ultra Graphics ranked #1 in Montana and #31 in the country. “I’m extremely proud of our team and grateful to our amazing clients,” said Ultra Graphics Read More…

Strategies your business or non-profit needs to consider in 2021

Let’s face it, 2020 was a rough year. If I hear another ad, social media post, tv commentary, or anyone else uttering “challenging times” or “the new normal” I’m gonna lose it.  Still, they’re not wrong. Lots of businesses, non-profits, and their staff have been put through a lot over the last 12 months. They’ve been cutting back, holding out, Read More…

Finding Your Target Customer in 2020

Article summary: Finding and marketing to the right customer is an ongoing challenge for many small businesses and non-profit organizations. Read on for a short Ultra Graphics guide in seeking out the right audience for your products and services, and ways to target them to increase the return on your marketing investment. In 2020, it’s more apparent than ever that Read More…

Mastering Website Navigation

A website’s navigation is the roadmap to your content, and the main method of interaction with your visitors. If it’s not up to snuff, it can lead your users down a frustrating rabbit hole of unnecessary clicks and wasted time, or at the very least lead them away from conversions such as contact forms, quote forms, or purchases. Master your Read More…

Five Ways to improve your efficiency in 2019

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For any business or non-profit, efficiency and productivity are keys to improving – but many organizations don’t give it the focus it deserves. Inspired by a renewed motivation to become more efficient in the new year here at Ultra Graphics, we’ve compiled a list of big time wasters and efficiency killers, and ideas to overcome them. These five ways to Read More…

What to look for in a commercial printer

In some competitive markets, choosing a commercial printer for your organization can be tricky. Ultra Graphics has compiled a list of the top 5 traits your printer should have to best support your business or non-profit. This article will describe the following traits, and why they’re important: Accessibility, reliability, versatility, affordability, and authority ( a lot of “ility’s”) Accessibility The Read More…

How Variable Data Printing Can Enhance Your Marketing Campaigns

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Personalized advertising gets your attention. Whether it’s an image that tugs at the heartstrings or an offer that’s hard to refuse, it makes more of an impact when it’s tailored to your specific interests. By using variable data printing (VDP), you can personalize your marketing pieces to connect to each of your customers. To put it simply, variable data printing Read More…

How to Plan Your Trade Show Display

If you’re reading this, you’re probably already considering promoting your products and services at a trade show. Whether you need help designing your exhibit, ordering promotional items, printing display banners, or all of the above – Ultra Graphics can help. Benefits of Attending a Trade Show Making the investment to attend a trade show not only opens the door to Read More…

What to do when marketing makes you feel dumb.

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It’s happened to all of us. Whether it be a multi-touch campaign, a Facebook ad, a direct mail piece, or just a gigantic sign outside your storefront – there have been those times that you were confident that customers would be marching in by the thousands. Days later, when it doesn’t happen, you’re scratching your head wondering why it was Read More…

Company Spotlight – Lynnrich Siding, Windows, and Doors

Lynnrich seamless siding, windows and doors shares some marketing tips that make their local business a successful one. We’ve probably all heard the catchy Lynnrich Your Home jingle on the radio. The owner was kind enough to answer some marketing questions to give us some insight into his customer-service oriented approach to running a local Billings business. What is the Read More…

Helping Others One Walking Stick at a Time

Eight year old Jacob Studer is a businessman and philanthropist. As founder of Billings Best Hiking Sticks, he started small with weekly “driveway sales” but it didn’t take long before he grew to online distribution and local deliveries. These days Jacob channels both his business sense and his creativity to help raise money for local charities. His first charitable donation Read More…

How Google Teaches Us To Be Better Marketers

Ah, Google… The all-knowing, all-seeing super-algorithm that intrinsically embeds itself in our lives on every screen, 24 hours a day. Gone are the days of having to visit a library and read books to solve a problem, learn a new fact, or settle an argument when an answer is a quick online search away. Google has wrangled the search-able internet Read More…