Choosing a Brochure Design Template

Looking professional and sharp, without breaking the budget, is the goal of any small business with a limited marketing budget. Using a brochure design template is a sure fire way to look good, communicate your services, and land new clients.

With the huge variety of brochure design templates on the market, how do you know which one is right for you? Sure, there are plenty of free templates out there, but how can you be sure they will be compatible with your system, or, even worse, won't contain viruses, Trojan horses or other damaging scripts?

Features of the Best Brochure Design Templates

When choosing a brochure design template, look for the following features:

• Offers hundreds of ready-made and beautifully designed templates
• Offers a wizard to walk you through the process start to finish
• Allows you to customize any of the templates to your own liking, or lets you start from scratch to create your own look
• Provides a good selection of design and imaging tools, including photo editing
• Integrates easily with your home printer, or professional printing services

Where Can I Find Good Brochure Design Templates?

Broderbund offers The Print Shop 2.0 Deluxe, which helps you create sophisticated print projects for your home or small business. Choose a ready-made template and pop in your content and graphics, or use the Wizard Design Tool to take you step by step through creating your brochure. This software is fully compatible with Windows 7.