Market Your Brand With 3D Printing

I will go over how to market your logo using a 3D printer.

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Marketing is a significant aspect of building a business. Brand recognition matters and can drive sales even when different brands produce identical items. This article will show you how to use 3D printing to make a keychain of an image of your choice cost-effectively. Such keychains can improve customer engagement with minimal investment.

Steps:

1. Pick the image you would like to market. Given how much logos can define a brand, this can be a good choice. For purposes of this article, I will be using a logo for “Northland” that I found on Wikimedia Commons. I chose this logo because it is black and white and not too complex, which will make it easier to print and come out nicely. More complex logos could also be done, although it would likely require a bit more work.

2. Now, we want to convert this 2D image into a file format that will allow for 3D printing, i.e. STL. We can do this via a free online file converter, like ImageToSTL that I am using.

3. You will want to upload the file and then set the output file’s dimensions. You could edit the width and depth (i.e. length and height) if you wish, although this can be done before 3D printing, so I will leave it alone for the moment. I…