Brochures are great for showcasing your boats, but also serve a number of other purposes.

Whether you are an industry leader like Princess Yachts or a small boat rental company, brochures are essential within a medium to large business.

As already mentioned, brochures leaflets and flyers are used by HR departments for staff training and development.

Brochures can be used to show to potential customers, or have at exhibitions or events.  

Even if clients see your boat in the flesh (so to speak), they still want something to take away and reflect on at a later point.

People like to touch, and seeing a promotional catalogue is what people want.

Whatever area of the marine industry you are involved in. Whether it is it boat manufacture, marine navigation equipment, search and rescue equipment.  They do serve an important purpose.

How Much Would Brochure Design Cost?

Brochure design for boating companies really depend on a few factors:

• The size of it (number of pages)
• The quality of the boating photographs
• The quantity you order (these will be printed)
• The fees of the designer (all designers have their profit margins)

It is wise to shop around and compare brochure design prices before deciding on who to work with.

UK Design Sector

The problem you face, as any business does is finding the ‘right’ brochure designer.

If you go onto Google and search for ‘brochure design’ do you go with the top result?  Do you go with them because if they are at the top, they must be the best brochure designer in the UK?

No, that is not how the internet works.

Do you ask the company next door to you who they used, and go with them just because their brochures look nice?

No, marketing does not work like that.

The UK has thousands of graphic designers, brochure and leaflet designers, so many it would take you weeks, months just to message each one for a quote.

We want to help by getting you quotes from a few local brochure designers that have worked in the marine industry in the past.  They should have a better idea of what kind of brochures to go for, what materials and what images/photos will work best.

Different Sorts Of Brochures And Flyers

There are different sorts of brochures and flyers that your maritime business could select:

• Bifold
• Trifold
• Zfold
• Gatefold
• Double Gatefold
• Accordion Fold
• Roll Fold
• Multipage

Depending on what your brochures are for would dictate which type of brochure you would go for.

Brochure and leaflet materials and ink is also to be considered, if your brochures are for an event or promotion, going with a high quality is advised.  If the brochures or leaflets are for internal communication or training, high quality is not advised.

Brochure Design Prices

A few factors will effect how much the design and printing of brochures would be:

• Type Of Brochure
• Material & Ink
• Number Of Brochures
• Agency 

The larges cost when it comes to brochure and leaflet design for your marine company is the agency you select.

All brochure designers set their own fees, and with marketing, you do not get what you pay for.  The most expensive agency will not necessarily be the best.

We want to help you find the ‘right’ brochure designer, not necessarily the cheapest.

Questions To Consider

Certainly there will be lots of questions you will need to ask any agencies you talk with or meet, but here are a few you may wish to consider:

• What marine companies have you worked with before?
• Can we see examples of your work?
• Do you suggest using stock images or actual photos?
• Do you provide digital brochures as well as hard copies?
• What timescales would we be looking at?
• What level of designers do you have?
• What software program do you feel is best for us?

We always advise meeting any prospective agencies.  This should give you a feel for the chemistry you have, what their offices look like and what their staff are like.

Are they a professional agencies in suits, or are the designers dressed in hoodies with piercings and tattoos?

Compare A Few Quotes

We do advise you getting quotes from a few local brochure design companies in order to get a feel for different ideas and prices from different agencies.

One thing to bear in mind is that all brochure designers are independent companies and are profit making.

Shopping around for quotes is essential, as a creative marketing comparison website, we advise this.  

We want to help you to find the best agency for the best price.  One that knows the boating sector.

Like any price comparison website, we are here to help you find the best designer for the best price.