When it comes to presentation folders having them printed in a professional fashion is something that is best recommended by all and also one can say that is mandated. The fact of the matter is that when you are really trying to make a favourable impression on your client during meetings and also trying to leave a lasting impact — printing an arresting A4 or A5 folder becomes a pre-requisite that you just cannot ignore. In fact, a presentation folder doubles down as the best tool to hold all kinds of marketing and presentation materials that are needed by you to make a formidable impact.
Presentation folders give you a more organised appearance by holding in all your documents together — imagine arriving at a meeting with loose documents in your hands, flustered all over the place — this would leave such an unfavourable impression in the minds of the client, and they would definitely not deem you to be professional or business worthy. All that hard work that you have put in your presentation will have gone down the drain then! Hence, so as to avoid such a scenario, it is best that you invest in a quality A4 folder.
A Presentation folder is generally made out paper stock that is heavy in nature or sometimes it can also be printed on a thin material which is quite stiff as well, so as to give it a bit of support. A traditional presentation folder will generally come in a standardised size of 9″X12″ and generally with two pockets inside that help in holding the documents in place. Now talking about some of the various types of presentation folders that exist in the market today:
- The traditional manila folder is created by taking a large sheet of paper that is quite stiff in nature and then folding it into half. Traditionally the well-known beige colour was always what the manila folder was about, however, nowadays it comes in other colour variants as well that is generally used to signify what kind of documents it contains within it. Why was the folder named Manila, one might wonder — well the answer to that is that the folder was traditionally used, comes from hemp fields in the Philippines and since the capital of Philippines is manila the presentation folders got their name Manila from there.
- File folders are often seen in circulation in the UK and are either made out of a thin stiff material or heavy stock — on a regular basis you will witness the heavy stock variants more than the thin variants. Commonly used for the organization of documents pertaining to business deals, presentation or even office correspondence they are quite handy when it comes to filing them away inside filing cabinets. They also contain on them spaces in which labels can be affixed that would help in identification of the kind of documents are stored inside it. The most basic use of file presentation folders hence, owing to the fact that their labelling is generally present on the folders would be for filing away important documents in an organised manner.
- Last but not the least, ring binder presentation folders are the ones which have punched holes in them and rings run through them. There also are clamps on these kinds of presentation folders that help in holding in all the sheets together. One of the biggest advantages of these folders is that they can be used to hold a vast volume of all kind of documents together. In fact, when it comes presentation on legal negotiations ring binders are some of the most efficient presentation folders in the market today when talking about utility. They come in various sizes as well, the most common of which is 8 1/2″ X11′, for papers that are larger in size rig binder have other variants with lever arch system which can accommodate all kinds of documents properly.
Thus, you can utilize various kinds of presentation folders for various kinds of purposes. The best policy is to design your folders in the most attractive way possible so that they leave a lasting impact on the potential clients who get to see it while you are doing a presentation.
