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How to Distribute Yearbooks as Efficiently As Possible
Picture this - the yearbook project is complete and the books are in your possession. They look fantastic. Now you need to distribute the books. You need to get them to the families and out in the community. Distribute at Closing Day Ceremonies or via Team Banquets Most leagues plan a distribution event. If you…
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How to Communicate With Your League Prints Designer
Email your League Prints designer and copy your project manager when you have a question about your project designs or content uploads. Many volunteers request phone calls for this sort of communication. However, a verbal conversation creates more room for error and less ability to track the true intent of changes or design requests than…
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Advertising Design Service by League Prints
Advertising Design by League Prints You sell the ads, we do the work and you get the money. That’s right. League Prints is like your in house marketing design team when you partner on a yearbook or media guide project. Process - how it works Once a target advertiser places an ad order in the custom…
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How League Prints Pays Customers and Reconciles Funds
League Prints generally collects all funds and distributes the proceeds to clients, minus project costs. Project costs include print, design, payment processing, project management and sales tax related to the print fulfillment. Payment and reporting are delivered no more than 30 days following delivery of the print project. If there is no print aspect…
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Custom Ordering Portal for Advertising Sales
Payment and Ordering Portal for Businesses League Prints will provide a payment page for businesses to order their advertisement with credit card. All payments will include data about contact information, ad design and the actual payment. League Prints shares this data with the league; however we do not collect or store payment information on our…
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Rate Cards Help Close More Deals
Click here to create your custom rate card. A rate card is very important when you sell yearbook sponsorships. Think of the rate card as a price list. You need a price list in order to ask businesses for money and it also helps to establish the process to order. The rate card should contain…
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Make Your Introductory Letter Great and Sell More Ads
Click here to create your sponsor letter. The letter should explain what the project is and who is involved. The letter should also explain how the target businesses benefit from getting involved. Last, a quality letter will contain contact information and some historical data, if possible. Businesses want longevity. Help explain that this project is…
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How to Run Your Advertising Sales Campaign
Sponsor sales are one of the number one benefits of publishing a yearbook or media guide for youth sports organizations. Community delight is high with yearbooks. That means that families love them. And businesses can benefit by getting involved. The great thing about yearbooks is that they are a physical keepsake that look nice. Therefore…
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How to Proof and Make Change Request for Your Yearbook or Media Guide Project
League Prints designers send proofs via Dropbox. Dropbox is a third party storage service that makes it easy to share files. There is a free version or there are paid versions. League Prints does not require the league to subscribe to a paid version, but many leagues decide to do that. When you receive your…
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How to Submit Content For Your Yearbook or Media Guide Project
There are 3 options to upload content to League Prints. Please follow the instructions below. Select up to 10-20 photos for your team (per page). Try to include each player on the team at least once Use group shots Horizontal orientation 300 DPI Do not crop photos, unless it is absolutely necessary Preferably jpg Option…
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Selecting Your Yearbook Design Theme
Design (Theme Selection) Youth sports yearbook projects are delightful for families and players in the league. For volunteers, the project is a lot of work and a lot of pressure to make sure things look nice when the book is delivered. No volunteer wants to put out an amateur book, despite the fact that most…
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Getting Volunteers Involved and Communication Templates
Volunteers play a very important role in League Prints projects. League Prints prides itself on supporting volunteers in a way that reduces the workload for volunteers, while simultaneously creating project designs that look professional. There are several volunteer types that commonly interact with our designers. Of course volunteer types vary based on what type of…
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Turn Around Time For Your Project
Timeline for Your Youth Sports Yearbook Project League Prints typically requires 2.5 weeks to deliver the project, once we have all content in our possession. The first week it set aside for design production. The second week is reserved for print production and mailing (shipping). It is possible for league Prints to provide a…
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How to Decide Your Budget and Project Specs for a Yearbook
Budget & Specs Your yearbook budget will depend primarily on the size of your league, as most leagues engage based on the model where they order one book for every kid in the league. In order to properly plan your budget, get an accurate count about how many teams will be in the league and…
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How to Engage With League Prints on a Yearbook Project
How to Engage on a Yearbook Project There are two ways that leagues engage with League Prints when they partner to publish a yearbook. Membership Model The most common way to engage with League Prints is to order one book for every kid in the league or on the team. Most leagues use yearbooks to…
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Youth Sports Yearbook and Media Guide Benefits
Benefits of a yearbook project Youth sports yearbook projects give youth and amateur leagues a vehicle to raise money and commemorate their season. The benefits of a yearbook are 1) delighting your players and families, which builds community and revenue opportunity and 2) generating ROI for the project. ROI 1: Yearbooks delight players and families…
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How to Pay League Prints for Projects
How to Pay League Prints League Prints wants your project to be successful and profitable. We accept all major credit cards with no processing fees on your end. Payment is due upon proof approval. Once we receive payment, then we send your project to print. Discounts for Early Payment League Prints is pleased to offer…
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Yearbooks Project Overview
https://leagueprints.com/wp-content/uploads/League-Prints-Yearbook-Overview.mp4 Steps in Project Process Complete Project Timeline Select Theme Submit Page Layout Document (example) Submit Content (E-mail for custom league page) Approve Proof (Sent by e-mail from rep) Steps in Purchasing Process Get Quote Approve Quote (sign or e-mail confirmation) Place 50% deposit at signing Pay final payment at proof approval
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Banner Sample Request
Yearbook / Media Guide Sample Request
3 | Proof
Your Proof will be delivered within 24 hours via e-mail. There is no charge for viewing a proof! Next Steps: Approve Proof - your proof will be delivered by e-mail Pay for Project - pay online via credit card after proof is approved Print & Ship - upon receiving payment, League Prints will print and…
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Soccer Design 1
Instant Order: fill out your team information below
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Yearbook To-Do List
Select Theme- choose the design style that you would like to use for your league Create a project timeline plan (you will receive a template from League Prints) Request volunteers to submit photos for each team Organize the photos on Dropbox Submit the content to League Prints on custom project, or upload it to your…
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How to make an effortless Yearbook for your league
Announce the yearbook project with an e-mail blast Request action photos from all team moms Request yearbook orders online What makes a Fantastic Yearbook? Kids love yearbooks. It’s a fact. They read them at games. In the car. At night before bed. They tear pages. They fold them. They read the rosters. They read the…
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Cover: Example of a Well Designed Cover
A well designed yearbook cover is very important for the success of your yearbook project. The cover is color. The cover is the first thing that people see when they look at the yearbook. Suggested Cover Elements: League logo and colors League colors 1-8 central images to feature on the cover Volunteers face several challenges…
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Editorial Pages – What makes a well designed editorial page in a youth sports yearbook?
Editorial pages feature text stories that a yearbook organizer intends to include in the yearbook layout. Typically, there is a specific topic that will be featured. Examples of editorial pages are: Board of directors President Message Sponsor features Tournament results All Star Teams Editorial Page Examples
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Collage Page – What Makes a Well Designed Page
Does anybody read yearbook articles? Well, ask the kids. After all, they are the target audience. Let us sum it up for you. Photos make up the yearbook! Kids would love a yearbook that was chalked full of photos. It’s almost like they would look more closely if it was more difficult to find themselves.…
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Team Pages: What makes a well designed team page?
A well designed team page features all of the players on the team. Kids like to see themselves, and yearbooks are popular because they display kids. If a yearbook does not include a child, and then the child sees the book, it makes the book less interesting to the child. In fact, it even makes…
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Photo Dimensions
What is DPI for photos? Photos are preferred at 300 DPI (Dots per inch). Cropping - please do not crop photos. They can be cropped in the document, and, with yearbooks, you never know what will be helpful to fill space, so it is better to leave the photo uncropped. Format - please submit photos…
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