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Monday, February 25, 2008

DVD Printers - Print Your Own DVD Labels

dvd printers are very useful if you need to print labels directly onto your dvd disc. A typical dvd printer provides text and graphics support so. It is also able to print in monochrome, grayscale, and in color. You can also use some models of dvd printers for bulk printing since they are capable of accommodating several discs.

Before you buy that printer

There are different kinds of dvd printers, so choosing one that can serve your purpose might be a little tricky. Here are some tips.

1. driver. You need to make sure that you choose a dvd printer that has a driver software, or it may not work with your computer. Make sure that the printer is compatible with your computer's system, so check for the minimum system requirements. Furthermore, ensure that it has a usb interface so you can easily connect it with different computers. A dvd printer with a plug-and-play system is best for easier installation.

2. Connectivity and operation. If you intend to produce multiple DVDs at a time, then choose a DVD printer that can be used for bulk printing for mass distribution. However, for personal use, the cheaper single-disc model is enough.

Types of dvd printers

Thermal dvd printer makes use of press coated ribbons on the disc and heat for transferring the design. They are more costly compared to the other type, which is the inkjet model. However, they print faster and are commonly available in single-disc models.

The injket dvd printer makes use of ink cartridges for spraying the liquid droplets onto the disc's surface. Their resolutions are higher and they also have a wider spectrum of colors so you end up with high resolution, scratch-resistant, and water-resistant prints.

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Top 5 Headphones for Brainwave Entrainment Products

In response to the Group Writing Project at ProBlogger, here is my top 5 list for headphones to use for brainwave entrainment products and meditation audios.

For noise canceling, so you can do your meditations on the subway, in airplanes, cafeteria or starbucks, my number one pick is the Sennheiser PXC 250 Noise Canceling Headphones. They aren't cheap, but that's the price you pay for good noise canceling headphones.

If the price is too steep, or you don't have kids, or any reason to travel, well... you don't need noise cancelling headphones, do you? Try Sennheiser MX55V Stereo Headphones w/ Twist-to-fit system & Volume Control. Adjustable for comfort. And not quite as pricey. A little Dainty, or lightweight, whatever fits your personality.

If you really like to hear the thud-thud-thud of the low-end frequencies, then you'll love these bassmonster headphones: Sennheiser HD-212 Headphones. Rich and deep tones wrap your brain in a warm blanket of bottom frequencies. Beware, it can be a little distracting... or entrancing, depending on your preference to bass.

Gotta have wireless for yoga in the Garden? The price point on the RS100 Headphone by Sennheisermakes it worth trying. Gives you freedom to roam and dance and move, but not likely to stay on your head during "dog facing forward".

However, surround sound is a very attractive feature, especially with brainwave entrainment products. (those dissociative trances just come upon ya so much quicker when you can lose yourself in the sound. Loop de loop anyone?) Which is why I like the Sennheiser RS 130 Wireless Surround Sound Headphones even better. But they ain't cheap.

I guess you've noticed that all my top picks are Sennheiser. That's because the quality is never compromised. However, beware, if you're buying these products on ebay, Some overseas companies substitute substandard products packaged as Sennheiser products. There are buying guides available on ebay if you choose to shop for them there.

Always keep your headphones and all components away from high heat sources, and don't tug or pull on the wires. Otherwise, you'll wind up with a very expensive paperweight, or worse, a paperweight with static.

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Is Golf Tournament Sponsorship an Effective Form of Advertising?

golf tournaments have become a very popular way for charity to raise money. Probably the number one reason why most companies support a tournament is an affinity for the cause. But in addition to supporting a worthy cause, golf tournament sponsorship represents an opportunity for effective advertising. This article contains some anecdotal evidence to support this theory.

At a golf tournament a while ago, I happened to be on the same foursome and share a cart with one of that tournaments major sponsors. This fellow was a marketing manager for a car dealership. His rather enviable job description included playing in tournaments that the company sponsored, which through the summer months amounted to about two or three a week. Of course, he had some other responsibilities like making sure the cars from the dealership were displayed properly and the gift bags his company sponsored got to every golfer. So it was a long day for him, showing up well before the tournament started and leaving long after the last after dinner speech was made. But even so, he still got to golf as major part of his job. He had a hard time garnering any sympathy from our group.

As we talked throughout the day, I learned that his job of playing golf had not come about by accident. A few years earlier, he had done some extensive research and analysis of the companys advertising budgets, their media exposure and the cost effectiveness of the various types of promotion they were undertaking at the time. This analysis resulted in the very conscious and deliberate decision to drop their media advertising and focus their budget on event sponsorship.

In other words, they found that the caps and shirts they gave away at each golf tournament, the cars they had on display at hole-in-one and other contest holes, their logo on the program and on signs located around the golf tournament, and their name on the sponsor list in the paper and on the tournament website, and so on, resulted in more exposure and more people showing up at the dealership when shopping for a car, than the ads they used to run in the paper and on radio and television.

He would not divulge any numbers, but I can imagine what a major car dealership in a city of over a million would spend on advertising in a year. It would be millions of dollars. To divert this budget to sponsorships was a major decision. Given the money involved, I believe him when he talked about the homework they did before making the decision and the research they did on an ongoing basis to monitor the effectiveness of their expenditure.

He believed the strategy of sponsoring golf tournaments and other events was effective for a number of reasons. They appeared to be more a part of the community if they were associated with local causes and organizations. This elevated the perception of trust in the minds of consumers. The prizes and gifts they gave away, like caps and shirts, displayed their company logo to far more people for far longer, with that positive association, than any form of media advertising. And they could target their audience very carefully and specifically.

So when a charity calls asking your company for sponsorship of its golf tournament, think about supporting the cause, but also think about the win-win that can be accomplished by strategic placement of some of your promotion budget into golf tournament sponsorship.

Ron Strand is a part-time Instructor at the Centre for Communication Studies at Mount Royal college and the President of Strateo Consulting Inc. - a strategic marketing and communications consulting firm.

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