{"id":578,"date":"2010-10-18T12:16:41","date_gmt":"2010-10-18T16:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/?p=578"},"modified":"2010-10-18T12:16:41","modified_gmt":"2010-10-18T16:16:41","slug":"get-happy-with-affinity-express","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/2010\/10\/18\/get-happy-with-affinity-express\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Happy with Affinity Express"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How many times do you wish you had an extra pair of hands to manage heavy workloads? If you\u2019re like me, extra work and projects that need to be done \u201cyesterday\u201d have a habit of arriving when you\u2019re already struggling to keep your head above water.<\/p>\n<p>Additional orders are always welcome, but the reality is that in addition to more sales, they mean more artwork. Obtaining perfect (or even usable) artwork can be as painful as a root canal \u2013 putting even more strain on you and your design department.<a href=\"http:\/\/cdn.asicentral.com\/MKTGemails\/890-818604\/form.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/Cathy.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since we\u2019re in the midst of the industry\u2019s peak season, I thought this would be a good time to let you know about a secret weapon that many leading industry companies are utilizing: outsourcing artwork to ASI affiliate\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cdn.asicentral.com\/MKTGemails\/890-818604\/form.htm\">Affinity Express<\/a> helps businesses enhance turn times, improve product quality, save money and, more important, keep customers happy by meeting and even beating deadlines. Happy customers mean repeat orders!<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how they can help:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affinity Express can produce embroidery digitizing files<\/strong> for almost all machines and garment types. They have over 800 designers on staff who are experts in Wilcom, Pulse, Punto and Ethos, as well as Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, CorelDRAW and dozens of other software programs. And each digitizing order receives a\u00a0 sew-out swatch so you\u2019ll know what your item will look like before you even sew a stitch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Need vector artwork?<\/strong> No problem \u2013 Affinity Express can take raster images or raw input and recreate, or redraw, to provide vector artwork for any product\/any size. I\u2019ve seen beautiful artwork Affinity Express created from drawings on a cocktail napkin (which looked like they were done by my 6-year-old grandson). And, you can store all your artwork in a free password-protected design locker so it\u2019s at your disposal 24\/7, all year round.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to fast, realiable turn times, Affinity Express offers very competitive pricing. As a matter of fact, they\u2019ve recently taken pricing to a new level with \u201cAffinity Express Basic,\u201d which can save you 66% on vector artwork and 38% on embroidery digitizing.<\/p>\n<p>Now that you know the secret, be sure to contact Affinity Express to help you continue to keep things flowing smoothly. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cdn.asicentral.com\/MKTGemails\/890-818604\/form.htm\">Click here<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 or call Kelly Glass, 847-930-3205, for more information.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Cathy<\/p>\n<p><em>Cathy Martino is <\/em><em>ASI<\/em><em>\u2019s affiliate relations manager.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many times do you wish you had an extra pair of hands to manage heavy workloads? 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