How To Effectively Use Banners For A Ceremonial Grand Opening

A grand opening is an important event for any business. It's the best opportunity to make a statement in your community and promote your store, your products, or your services. How to effectively use banners for a ceremonial grand opening event? Grand opening banners are a strong visual impact that gets you as much attention as possible, and will pay off in big ways. For this, grand opening banners, especially customized banners of various sizes appropriate for your business are the number one, most essential items for a grand opening event! Not only do they shout out the name of your business, but you can also create banners with a message that will encourage sales, or some other interaction that can lead to sales. CeremonialSupplies.com is the best one-stop shop on the web to get customized grand opening banners of different sizes, made from high quality 13 oz, matte vinyl with 1000 by 1000 denier that make these banners light to handle, and durable. Waterproof and fade-resistant, these banners can be used outdoors for long periods of time, as well as indoors to decorate the business during the first opening weeks.

It is a proven marketing fact that people are visual beings and our eyes function in a certain way and respond to color impulses. For example, eyes will pick up the color yellow first. This is the reason why road warning signs are in yellow. Many sales signs are yellow with red lettering, especially "Final Clearance," and "Going Out of Business" signs because these colors communicate "urgency." For grand openings, we see the color red used predominantly. Red is a color that demands attention. With CeremonialSupplies.com wide assortment of pre-printed "grand opening" banners, and extra-wide banner-size silk ribbons, and customizable vinyl banners, you can create a combination kit for your grand opening event that will help you draw eyeballs to your location, and then to specific areas inside your business.

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Effective Use of Banners For A Grand Opening Event

The grand opening day is here. You've spent the previous month in final preparations for the grand opening event of your shop or business by sending out invitations to local government officials, local medial, business partners, friends, family, and you have advertised your business on the radio during morning and afternoon rush hour traffic, as well as taken space in at least three (3) local papers that target the general public. The store's supplies and goods started to arrive a month ago, and you completed the hiring and training process during this time. For the front of the store you have set up a horizontal banner, boldly customized with the announcement "Books Galore Grand Opening" and you will want this banner to be waterproof and fade proof because it's going to hang outside, over the entrance. The 5' x 2' grand opening banner is perfect to go over the entryway, and in order to use the additional front wall space to each side of the doorway, the same size banner printed vertically will perfectly frame the location outside. Pick the best color combination you want, whether you want the maximum impact of red on yellow, white on red, or whether you want to introduce your logo and company colors, this decision is a personal choice.

Inside the store you want to draw people to certain areas and for this, you can use smaller sized vinyl banners, or a spool of customized banner-size extra wide ribbons of 12" (1 foot) by 25 yards. These personalized printed ribbons can be customized with the name of your business, in this case "Books Galore" and can include a logo if there is one, and other additional text you want such as "Grand Opening Sale" and have the design repeated over the 25 yards. This way you cut and choose the length that best suits your needs. One single spool may be able to yield up to 75 - 1' wide signs, 50 - 1.5' wide signs, or 25 - 3' wide signs. The choice is yours, CeremonialSupplies.com just gives you the flexibility.

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An important part of your grand opening will be the ribbon-cutting ceremony, and the dedication and the speeches by VIPs and people closely related to the business. For this, CeremonialSupplies.com has several choices of ribbons, including a pre-printed ribbon with the words "Grand Opening" repeated throughout the length of the ribbon. This is recommended as a quick, grab-and-go solution, as are our ready to go grand opening kits that include the Essentials, the Stage kit, and the Full Suite, ready to go kit. If you will have news coverage at your grand opening event, it would be to your benefit to have the name of the business printed and visible on a personalized ceremonial ribbon, and have this ribbon be between 6" to 8" wide. This way, the name of the business will be seen on the outdoor, main grand opening banner, on the vertical banners, and on the ceremonial ribbon. The number of impressions count because they stay in the audience's 'top of mind' awareness. The best way to hold the ceremonial ribbon on each end is with stanchions. This eliminates droopy or awkward positions of the ceremonial ribbon when it's held by two or more people. With the stanchions the ribbon can be held straight and taut to make the actual cutting of the ribbon smooth and easy. You can decorate the point where the ribbon is attached to the stanchion (this can be done with tape, grommet, or a protruding half "T" cut at each ribbon end to simply tie to the stanchion) with a beautiful, color-coordinated giant bow, or large pull bow.

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A grand opening ceremony is complete when the star of the event, the ceremonial ribbon-cutting scissor takes center stage, and, it does this several ways. Before the actual ribbon-cutting, the scissor should be on display for everyone to see, photograph, and take selfies. After all, it isn't just any scissor that is used for a grand opening. It's a scissor that will be a memento of the occasion and kept for posterity. CeremonialSupplies.com has the best selection of giant, grand opening scissors with colorful scissor handles to match the ceremonial ribbon. Our ribbon-cutting scissors come in 25" or 30" sizes, with silver or golden blades to choose from, and yes, they are sharp and in fact do cut ribbon! The blades can be customized with the name of the business, or you can choose from 2 pre-printed texts that read: "Grand Opening" or "Ribbon Cutting Ceremony." The ceremonial scissor is a beautiful prop that should be used for promotional purposes. This is the reason why they are gigantic! Before and after the actual ribbon cutting, the ceremonial scissor should be displayed, and here's your opportunity to expand of promotional opportunities.

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Every event should have official photographs. The staging of an official photo area is easy to put together with the use of a few ceremonial supplies such as a backdrop, a red carpet, and a display stand for the ribbon-cutting scissor. CeremonialSupplies.com offers vinyl step and repeat banners of 4' x 4' or, 8' x 8' (for more information on what "step and repeat" means click here.) These banners have grommets for easy hanging, or can be used with banner or backdrop poles. The design of a step and repeat backdrop banner includes one or more logos, printed throughout the banner so that no matter from what angle a photograph is taken, at least one or more logos will be visible, and will appear on the photograph. This is done for name recognition and publicity. In front of the banner, the ceremonial scissor can be displayed on a stand specifically designed to hold giant ribbon-cutting scissors. This is a great spot for all the guests to take their official photo, and for the guests that will be addressing an audience to stand and speak in front. The best place to have this set up is outside, right next to the main entrance. A red carpet (or other color carpet for event decor combination) can be placed in front of the step and repeat banner for a true red carpet event photo!

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A grand opening ceremony is an important step for your business. It represents a great accomplishment, and it is also the best shot you will have to make a big impression in your community. Use it wisely and shop CeremonialSupplies.com for high-quality products and supplies used in grand openings and groundbreakings, all at wallet friendly prices, and shipped promptly and efficiently to wherever you are in the world. Click here for shipping quote, or call our attentive and knowledgeable customer service 877-373-4273 and have a truly Grand Opening!