Do you have a restaurant, hotel or resort? Do you provide special services for people like spas, hair styling, and any other personal services? If your business is in the service industry in general, then brochure printing should be familiar with you. Brochure printing is one of the most ideal promotional tools that service oriented businesses use to spread the word to people about services. In this guide to brochure printing, I will teach you how to create a specific kind of color brochure that is great for your business. From brochure templates to complex printing techniques, you should learn quite a lot. So without further ado, here are the things you need to know.The raw materials: First you will need to gather your raw materials to create your service product color brochure. There are three main items that you may need.1. Brochure template - It is good to have a brochure template initially for the start of the design. Brochure templates help you make the design process faster by giving you a simple foundation for a design. Look for these at brochure printing company websites.2. Text Content - You of course will also need your content. Make sure that you write your text in a clear, detailed and concise manner. Print everything that is needed with the simplest words possible to prevent from becoming boring. Of course make sure that you have to font files and effects to back it up.3. Image Content - Finally, a brochure needs images. If you do not add images and logos in your color brochures, they will look very boring. So always acquire all the images you may need for the layout early on so that you do not waste time trying to get a good image. Use images of your facilities, your main amenities or your main attraction as a good base for your collection. Make sure of course that it is in high resolution.The tools: Secondly, you should know about the tools that you can use for brochure printing. Use these things carefully.1. Desktop publishing software - The main thing you need is desktop publishing software to create a good brochure printing draft. Good examples of these kinds of software include, Microsoft Publisher, Adobe Indesign and even image editing applications like Adobe Photoshop or Corel draw. Buy the software you need so that you can create your color brochures.2. Brochure printer - the next thing you need is a brochure printer. I find that it is best to just look where you acquired the brochure template and see if the brochure printing company is worth dealing with. Try to haggle for the best price for online brochure printing and you should probably have a good estimate for your color brochures.The Design Principle: With all the materials and tools ready, you should then begin your design. The basic principle to designing color brochures for the service industry is to keep the text simple and colorful while at the same time encouraging them to do something (call to action). You must promote your service while at the same time giving out useful details. Make sure you create lists and comparisons so that people will find the brochures useful. Be original and unique and you should have a good time in designing your color brochures.The Printing: Lastly, we come to printing. Before going to the brochure printing company, you should review everything from your content, your draft, your template and of course your printing options. Decide on the best and cheapest options for printing and it should come out quite ok. With all your options are set, you can then just let the brochure printing companies do their job. For comments and inquiries about the article visit: Brochure PrintingJanice Jenkins is a writer for a marketing company in Chicago, IL. Mostly into marketing research, Janice started writing articles early 2007 to impart her knowledge to individuals new to the marketing industry.