Welcome back to a new school year and another season of Tuesday Tips!
We’re here to inspire, guide, and equip you with everything you need to make your 2026 yearbook truly unforgettable. With new students, new themes, and your yearbook kit in hand, now’s the perfect time to jump-start your year.
Adviser Guide — Your ultimate yearbook playbook, packed with everything you need to plan and produce a standout book. Inside, you’ll find theme ideas, a master style planner, marketing strategies, a budget worksheet, design tips, portrait basics, and a month-by-month calendar with helpful reminders. The master style planner also gives you space to sketch layouts and record your font and graphic choices, keeping your creative vision consistent from cover to cover.
Posters — A vibrant set of tools to spark creativity and keep your team on track. This collection includes a color chart with CMYK values, a font guide with all available typefaces, and a poster featuring 2025 cover designs for inspiration. You’ll also receive a yearbook sales plan poster to boost marketing efforts and a school-year calendar to help you stay organized and meet every deadline.
SimplyCreate Catalog—This piece showcases Balfour’s line of standard covers and endsheets, along with the thematic design templates and graphics for each of the 22 fully-developed packages. At the end of the catalog there is a notes section!
SimplyCreate Cover Collection—This piece showcases Balfour’s line of standard covers and endsheets, along with the thematic design templates and graphics for the fully-developed packages.
Ladder Diagram—A vital guide to planning the year, this paper ladder allows you to chart the contents and deadlines of every page in the yearbook.
Sell it! Marketing Plan—This marketing document features an on-campus resources checklist and tips on how to increase your yearbook sales compared to the year prior.
Sales Manager Guide—Our all-in-one marketing plan is packed full of suggestions for marketing your book throughout the school year, including pre-sale, promotional and wrap-up sales ideas.
“Start Here” Tri-fold Tip Sheet—The perfect place to start your year, this tri-fold has a 5-point checklist and information about marketing, StudioBalfour and color trends.
Marketing items—To get you started on promotions, we’ve included sales posters!
With your yearbook kit in hand, you have everything you need to start the year strong. From creative inspiration to practical planning tools, each resource is designed to guide you every step of the way. Here’s to making your 2026 yearbook your best one yet!
