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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=168 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="0ada11c3.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Benguiat Frisky ATT" ><B>Artrageous     Women</B></FONT><B> </B> </div> <div>   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Benguiat Frisky ATT" >Autumn 2001</FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="04d797f0.jpg" border=0 width="121" height="127" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Artrageous Women"><U>Home</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> <div> <B>The Birth of Gibbs Ink </B></div> <div> <B>by Mary Gibbs </B></div> <bR> <div> In October of 2001, my first novel came out. While exciting, it also proved a </div> <div> challenge. After all, I had to market my work - and myself. But professional </div> <div> business cards and such are not cheap. I had virtually no budget for </div> <div> materials. I'd have to do it myself. </div> <bR> <div> A favorite, and cost effective, past time of mine has been the creation of </div> <div> greeting cards. I use some of the great publishing software that is </div> <div> available. With everything that the software could do, I had a great time </div> <div> creating whatever I needed for marketing my book. </div> <bR> <div> I soon realized just how time consuming it was to create the material, and </div> <div> market the book on top of that. Especially with a family. I found that I had </div> <div> little time to do what I really loved: Writing. This very topic came up in </div> <div> one of the online writing groups I belong to. Authors like me had the same </div> <div> basic complaint; no time to write while marketing, and very little money to </div> <div> produce the material they needed. </div> <bR> <div> Then it occurred to me. Why not offer to make the materials I made for myself </div> <div> for others? Enter Gibbs Ink. </div> <bR> <div> For my basic services, I chose business cards, fliers and brochures, as well </div> <div> as scanning, book reviews and critiques, and media kits. All made to the </div> <div> customer's specifications. Customers were welcome to be as involved in the </div> <div> process as they wanted. The media kits included any information that the </div> <div> customer wanted, as well as a mailing service. It saved them time at the post </div> <div> office. </div> <bR> <div> A favorite product became the window decals. Customers transform whatever </div> <div> artwork they want into a window "cling" for their cars, offices or homes. </div> <div> Bookmarks were added soon after. We're always trying to add new things to the </div> <div> growing list of services. That's an important aspect of Gibbs Ink. The </div> <div> willingness to explore and expand. </div> <bR> <div> It quickly became necessary to expand the offerings further. Postcards, </div> <div> magnets, stickers...the opportunities are limited only by the customer's </div> <div> needs and wants. Now those customers include small businesses, organizations </div> <div> and individuals. Anyone who wants to save money on quality advertising </div> <div> materials with a personal touch. </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >For more information, please visit</FONT> <A HREF="http:// www.marygibbs.com/gibbs_ink.htm " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http:// www.marygibbs.com/gibbs_ink.htm "><U>enter here</U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>