Blog | Tips & Ideas to Help You with Your Yearbook

Hints + Tips for Creating, Marketing & Selling Your Yearbook

Working Off the (Ladder) Grid

So you’re in full design and layout mode with your yearbook. You’ve got yourself all organized… you have candid images getting uploaded, you have your student portraits uploaded, and your page ladder is organized. Except… it turns out that your school added...

“That’s a Wrap” – Yearbook Cover Layout Parameters

Your yearbook cover can set the tone of your entire yearbook. It establishes the theme and invites people to see what’s inside. So let’s make sure that all of your hard work doesn’t get trimmed away and that all of the components of your cover – front, back, spine,...

Let the Pictavo Help Menu Help You

Let us help you find the answer to your Pictavo question! Did you know that Pictavo has a very extensive Help Menu that can be accessed from any Pictavo page? Just click on the "Help" button in the upper right hand corner. This will open Pictavo's help section in a...

Yearbook Cover Art Idea – Student Drawings

One of the more common cover art design options is to use student artwork. Many schools will suggest a theme for their cover and conduct a student art contest. The drawings are then judged and the winner, or winners, drawing is placed on the cover as the design. But...

Ads for Sale, Ads for Sale, 50 Cents an Ad!

Not quite… but yearbook ads are the best way to make a profit! Let’s face it, the goal of selling yearbooks isn’t to price gouge your students and parent. You want to be able to sell your yearbooks at the lowest cost possible to make it accessible to as many students...

There Is No “I” In Team

So you have chosen, or been appointed, to be the Administrator of your school’s yearbook. Whether you have come to this position voluntarily or by assignment, it’s time to realize (if you haven’t already) that this is not a one man show! Designing, organizing,...

4 Holiday Ideas for Your Yearbook

The holiday season is upon us. You’ll be busy shopping, cooking, and visiting with family and friends. The yearbook often takes a back seat during this time of year, but there are a few things you should keep on your Yearbook Holiday “To do” list. 1. Pictures,...

Pictavo BuyTheYearbook Online Sales and Ad Design – You’ve Got Nothing To Lose!

Pictavo BuyTheYearbook is our online portal that allows parents to: · Purchase yearbooks online · Design and Purchase ads online · Upload Photos for the Yearbook You decide which options you want to make available, or all three. Since there is no charge to...

Organizing the Pages that Create Your Yearbook Story

A well designed yearbook contains more than just some candid pictures of the first day of school and holiday shows. You are telling the story of your school’s year, in pictures. Therefore, it must contain many elements, including student portraits, staff portraits,...

Snippets, Current Events Pages and Yearbook Enhancements

Snippets Snippets — Pictavo’s new collection of customizable design elements—has quickly become a customer favorite! In response, we’ve created the attached informative and inspirational Snippets Guide that showcases them and how they can easily be used to create...