Clever Print Ads - part 2

I love surfin' the net (does one still say this?) looking for old print ads or brochures. Since the internet has practically taken over the world companies are not spending as much on print media any more and when they do they have to make sure they get it right from the start.

In the old days (pre internet) there was so much competition that you had to be very well known or very clever to get your ad noticed ahead of all the others.

Here's a couple we like (I nicked them from here)

Canvas Print deal

We've done a deal with Canvas Prints for Fathers Day.
Get a whopping 25% off by using code fathersday

Tomorrow is the last day to order though, otherwise we can't guarantee delivery for father's day.
Order here: http://www.canvasprints.com.au/album.php

Upload photo's of yourself, your family or artwork - like this example!

Now who doesn't think that's cute!

Please help this charity

You may have seen the recent Foreign Correspondent episode on the life saving work of East Timor Hearts Fund 
Have a look at this and let us know if your company would like to be involved.

http://vimeo.com/103979748

Great Insurance company (yes, seriously)

A big shout out to Brokers National who organised insurance for my diabetic daughter. We got a number of quotes - mostly ridiculous with massive commissions built in but Evan Kerr at Brokers National helped us with price and service. Can't recommend highly enough - thus the plug on our Blog.

See them for Commercial, Trade, Life and Personal Insurance - and mention HMS. Ph: 03 9791 6688

#notrippedoff

Signage Solutions for Capital Finance

We recently fitted out interior and exterior for Capital Finance's new home in Carnegie.

For the interior we produced a (heavy) glass reception sign which was pinned off the wall. It looks very modern and matches with their glass reception top.

We produced reverse mount window graphics for one of their windows (so passing traffic can't pull it off!) and for the exterior, we produced weatherproof aluminium signage.
Contact us for your signage requirements here: http://www.hmsprintmanagement.com.au/banners-australia.html

Here's some pics of their new interior:

Paypal - what a nightmare

Does anyone despise Paypal as much as me I wonder. It is an absolute nightmare to try and open a business account with them. We tried (for the 4th time in 2 years) 2 months ago and they are still sending us ridiculous requests for pointless documents. Their compliance team takes at least 2 weeks to answer any email, and if you phone them you will be on hold for 30 minutes minimum.

So I went to Stripe - what a joy - account opened immediately and money flowing into our bank account within 5 days. I cannot rate them highly enough.

I really wonder how much longer Paypal will last when business like Stripe make it so very easy.

Our latest website build

We always like to help sharing a bit of social media when we build a new website for a client.
Our most recent HMS Websites build is for Diabetic Food Online

We built the website, added a shopping cart, and then established Blogger, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. We're doing the SEO at the moment and will outsource this on an ongoing basis.
With just over 100 FB Likes in the first 48 hours we think this business will do very well.

www.diabeticfoodonline.com.au

Our charity features on Foreign Correspondent

Often we donate to charities on an ad hoc basis just to make ourselves feel better - instant gratification I guess. Most of the time we really don't know how crucial that donation is to our fellow humans.

Last night Foreign Correspondent did a story on our chosen charity, East Timor Hearts Fund.

You can see the story here http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/foreign-correspondent/NC1402H021S00
If you can, please donate.