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A guide to providing your logo in the correct vector format?

A guide to providing your logo in the correct vector format?

If you're ordering anything custom-branded through Tradie Packs, one of the first things we'll ask for is your logo in vector format. But what exactly does that mean—and why is it so important? A vector format logo is a logo file created using mathematical equations and curves, rather than pixels. This allows the logo to be scaled to any size without losing quality or becoming pixelated. Common vector file formats include .AI, .EPS, .SVG, and .PDF. 

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Someone Has to Be the Most Expensive. Could That Be You?

Someone Has to Be the Most Expensive. Could That Be You?

Historically in some sectors within the trade and construction industries, pricing work can be a race to the bottom. Plumbers, electricians, painters, landscapers, and other skilled professionals are stuck in a cycle of providing free quotes, aggressive discounting, and competing on price alone. 

If you want to win more work at higher margins, then keep reading…

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How Your Accountant Could Be Sabotaging Your Business

How Your Accountant Could Be Sabotaging Your Business

When you think of your accountant, words like “reliable,” “advisor,” and “expert” may come to mind. After all, your accountant is ideally trained to assist you with managing your financial reporting, ensure you comply with tax regulations, lodging tax returns and to advise you on financial strategies and cash flow.

But possibly your accountant could be holding your business back?

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How to Ensure you Price for Profit | PROTRADE United Partner Article

How to Ensure you Price for Profit | PROTRADE United Partner Article

This article is designed to give you a brief and general overview of how to price your work profitably. I would like to emphasise that is a brief overview and that your individual business and situation will have to be considered. As your work projects become more complex it is vital that you invest time to understand your project costs together with your overhead expenses to ensure that you price profitably every time.
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Overtime: Curse or Creative Way to Generate More Profit?

Overtime: Curse or Creative Way to Generate More Profit?

Coming into the summer period in Australia & New Zealand, together with the ‘silly season’, can lead to a frantic energy in many areas. Attempting to ‘get it all done by Christmas’ means a potential for increased overtime in many businesses. So, is overtime a positive or negative for your business? Well, it depends!
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Create a Training Division to Keep Your Best People

Create a Training Division to Keep Your Best People

As you may have experienced over the past few years, there is a significant shortage of skilled workers in almost every industry. Your ability to hire and more importantly keep great people will become a necessary component for longevity in business, regardless of your trade.
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