"Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door." An ancient mantra of business with one very fundamental flaw: It isn't true. It doesn't matter how good your product or service is. If you don't tell anyone about it, no one is going to buy it. Without marketing, you simply do not have a business. As Peter Drucker puts it: "Marketing and innovation make money. Everything else is a cost."

Collecting information is relatively easy- no one knows your product or service better than you do. At Terrapin Design, our focus is to work with you to transform that information into an effective presentation that can be easily and cost-effectively distributed to prospective clients and buyers.

Several avenues for distributing information are available- some of them are printed materials, web sites, CD-ROM, broadcast media, trade shows and even word-of-mouth. Terrapin Design is richly experienced in the first three: Print Media, Web Sites, and CD Authoring. In addition, we offer peripheral services including Photography, High-Resolution Scanning, and CD Duplication and Packaging.

Take a few moments to explore this site for a more in-depth look at Terrapin Design and what we can do for you. Thank you for stopping by, and we hope you enjoy your visit.
Complete design and production services including site design, HTML coding, e-mail response and forms response.
  • File uploading to the ISP of your choice.
  • On-going maintenance.
  • Affordable and reasonable pricing.

An effective and affordable alternative to mailing large amounts of information using PDF technology.
  • Cross-platform compatibility
  • Easily re-purpose existing materials
  • Reduces printing and mailing costs
  • Custom interfaces
  • Include video and audio clips
  • Can be integrated with print and web sites for a complete information distribution system
  • Inexpensive production costs

Duplication and packaging design services available.
Design and Production for:
  • Catalogs
  • Brochures
  • Mailers
  • Product Data
  • Promotional Materials
  • Technical Specifications
  • Training and Policy Manuals
  • Newspaper Advertising
  • Trade Magazine Advertising

Turnkey services including design, production, printing, variable data labeling, mailing.
On-site or studio photography services utilizing 35mm format or 6x9cm medium format equipment. Products, promotional and real estate photography. Close-up and detail product photography a specialty.

Terrapin Design also offers High-Resolution scanning services for scans up to 1200x2400 ppi for scans from hard copy prints or 4x5 inch chromes, or up to 4000 ppi scans from 35mm and medium format negative or positive film or slides. Scans are archived to ISO 9660 CD-ROM for permanent storage compatible with Windows and Macintosh computers.