Help with designing a leaflet

vail3r · 9 Nov 2011 at 18:02

Here is what I have managed so far:

Made in fireworks as it's all I have access to. Can provide the full size PNG if anyone would be able to help with anything.

Any help, comments, criticism all welcome.

cats_five · 9 Nov 2011 at 21:26

I would match the spacing of the mobile number with the landline - the 5 digits block is harder to read - and I would add an email address. The spacing isn't quite right below 'From only' - the red is overlapping. Boarder should be border, '& much more' should be the same size font in my view, and I don't understand the significance of 'fixed rate'. Fixed per what? Per hour? Per job? Que? If that came through my letter box I'd want a clue as to how much you are charging.

And whilst my grass needs cutting, once it's dry enough (whenever that is) I live far too far from Manchester to be tempted.

Chanc3 · 10 Nov 2011 at 11:22

Colours are wrong also. I count 7. You need this to be more like 3/4. Lose the pale yellow as the background colour and use white. Removed the grass at the bottom, or make the colour match the other greens / make the greens match the grass.

Confused · 10 Nov 2011 at 11:59

Space your mobile number correctly:

07422 213164

And yeah, keep the colours to a small number, 3-4 maximum.

vail3r · 10 Nov 2011 at 16:19

Is this any better, thanks for all the input!

Baplad · 10 Nov 2011 at 16:56

Looks ok, could do with a little more work though!

If I have time later I'll give you a hand, drop me a message in trust to remind me

m4rkw7 · 10 Nov 2011 at 16:57

The tasks you can do are small and overpowered by other large text. Do you have a website or business name or is it called "garden maintenance"?

vail3r · 10 Nov 2011 at 22:26

m4rkw7 said:
The tasks you can do are small and overpowered by other large text. Do you have a website or business name or is it called "garden maintenance"?

I didn't really want the tasks to be a huge point on there, I mean the list could be endless..

Never bothered with a website, I don't think there are many of my customers that even have the internet, allot of them are retired elderly people.

Obviously I have a company name but was trying to sort of keep the leaflet simple-ish. Is having the company name on there essential?

m4rkw7 · 10 Nov 2011 at 22:43

Well, "Oh your grass is nice Janice, who did that?" ermm... it was ermmm... I think they were called "garden maintenance".

cats_five · 11 Nov 2011 at 08:12

You can do a basic website for free - Wordpress.com for example - and you can register a suitable .co.uk domain very cheaply, 2 years for the price of a reasonable bottle of wine. For what it will cost you I'd say this is well worth doing, and all sorts of surprising people use the Internet. An old friend of my fathers (the friend is in his late 80s) for example - though since he lives in a flat with a small balcony nowhere near Manchester he's not a potential client.

BTW I think there are still some issues with the leaflet. "From only £10! Per Visit" should be "From only £10 per visit!", and I'd put it all in black. Changing colours chops the sentance in two. "From only £49.99" should all be in the same size font, and I'd put it all in the same colour. Surely 'from only' is as important as the price?