A business calendar is one of the few marketing pieces people hang up on purpose. It goes on the wall in January and stays there all year, and every time someone flips the page, your name is right there with it. That's twelve months of advertising from one piece of print.
The catch is timing. A calendar handed out in February is already a month behind. If you want yours on clients' walls when the new year starts, the time to start is now.
Why Calendars Work
They stay up all year. Most marketing gets a glance before it goes in the trash. A calendar gets checked every day for appointments, deadlines, and paydays.
They're useful, so people keep them. Nobody throws away something that tells them what day it is. That usefulness is what keeps your logo and phone number in front of them.
They give you twelve chances to say something. Each month is a new page. Use it for seasonal photos, a featured product or service, a customer story, or a reminder about what you do best.
Why Now
Calendars have a hard deadline. Most marketing can go out any week. A calendar is meant to start in January, and its value drops with every week that passes after that.
Design takes longer than you think. A calendar is twelve pages plus a cover. Choosing photos, writing monthly messages, and marking holidays and key dates all take time, and so do proof revisions.
The holidays crowd everything. December is busy for shipping and for everyone's schedule, including yours. Getting your calendar approved before the holiday rush means one less thing to chase in December.
Your best handout moment is December. Year-end client visits, holiday mailings, and customer appreciation events are the natural time to give out calendars. To have them in hand for those, work backward from early December.
Who Should Order Calendars
- Insurance agents, real estate agents, and financial advisors who want to stay top of mind all year
- Contractors, HVAC, plumbing, and auto shops whose customers need a number to call when something breaks
- Banks, credit unions, and local businesses that give calendars to customers every year
- Churches, schools, and nonprofits that want events and key dates on every family's wall
- Farm, feed, and agriculture businesses where the calendar on the shop wall is a tradition
What We Offer
Our wall calendars are 8.5" x 11", printed in full color on both sides, folded, collated, stapled on the fold, hole-drilled for hanging, and boxed. Choose 80lb glossy paper or a heavier 100lb glossy paper. Both make photos look sharp and still let you write appointments on the page. Quantities run from 25 to 10,000, so a small office and a large client list are both covered.
Don't have the design ready? We can help with layout, photo selection, and file prep so the finished calendar looks the way you pictured it.
How to Get Started
- Decide on a quantity. Count your clients, plus extras for new customers you'll meet next year.
- Gather your photos and dates. Twelve images (one per month) plus any holidays, events, or promotions you want marked.
- Request a quote. Tell us your quantity, paper choice, and when you need the calendars in hand.
- Approve your proof. We'll send a proof to review before anything prints.
The sooner you start, the more breathing room you have for design and proofing, and the sooner your calendar is working for you.
Request a free quote today, or call Rex directly at (866) 407-7468.