by Pat McGrew | #PrintSampleTV, Buyers, Creative, Customer Communication, Design, Marketing, Print Buying, Print Sales, Sales, Tips
Over the decades I’ve developed a love affair with print samples. It started back in high school when I worked in a print shop that had been in business since the 1700s. We ran a web press in house, though the newspapers were done over at Princeton Packet. Promotional...
by Karis Copp | Augmented Reality, Automation, Data, Future of Print, IoT, Operations, Packaging, Uncategorized
Happy New Year, Printerverse! Certainly here in the UK we still find ourselves at home, living our lives through screens. I’m sure all of us have friends, family, and colleagues that we haven’t seen from below the shoulders for the best part of a year, if not longer....
by Sandy Hubbard | Customer Communication, Employment, Marketing, Operations, Print Services
It’s the pandemic, people! Marketing departments in printing businesses — and in your client’s company — are being disrupted. Employees are being reassigned, laid off, taking paid time off, or pivoting to address urgent priorities. In this environment,...
by Kelly Mallozzi | #PrintSales, Operations, Print Sales, Print Services, Sales, Training
What’s your “word”? You can’t spend five minutes on social media in January without having ten of your friends, especially those in direct sales, ask you what your WORD of 2021 is going to be. My WORD? Yes, your word. Your word of focus. The word that will make all...
by Deborah Corn | Digital Marketing, Elevate Print, Featured, Future of Print, Girls Who Print, Operations, Print Media Centr, Print Sales, Print Services, Printerverse
I am counting the days to 2021 as if it were my release date from prison. I’m keeping my head down, not rocking any boats, just trying to make it through the next few weeks without being sent to the hole or getting shivved. This year has truly been unprecedented and...
by Tod Cordill | Direct Mail, Marketing, Marketing Automation
Last year I wrote about how print technologies are integrating with other digital marketing technology tools. While these technologies are becoming more mature and easier to implement, they still are not commonly used. There are two primary ways that digital marketing...
by Sandy Hubbard | Creative, Marketing, Print Media
Doing a small project — even one with a ridiculously cheap budget — can be a way to show customers that creative marketing gets direct, measurable results. Having some fun in the process makes you endearing and spotlights you as a preferred vendor. Helping...
by Kelly Mallozzi | #PrintSales, Customer Communication, Operations, Print Sales, Print Services, Sales
The year that seemed it would never end, and that most people said was the worst they have ever experienced, is ending. Let’s take a moment to sit with that. Let it wash over you. It’s almost over. And now, it is time to start making plans for 2021 and beyond. Don’t...
by Karis Copp | Data, Marketing, Operations, Tips, Trends, Uncategorized
What comes to mind when I say ‘influencer’? It might be impossibly perfect people in designer gear on Instagram, gamers racking up millions of views on YouTube, business thought leaders who represent brands and organisations at corporate events – the list goes on,...
by Deborah Corn | #PrintSales, Buyers, Featured, Marketing, Operations, Print Buying, Print Sales, Print Services, Sales, Tips, Trends
Imagine having to drive 45 minutes for a haircut, or to get clothing altered. Imagine no malls or shopping centers to stroll through on a rainy Sunday. Imagine no family-owned restaurants to bring out of town guests, no local bars to watch the big game, no local small...
by Sandy Hubbard | Marketing, Print Media
In the children’s board game Chutes and Ladders, players strive to systematically make it to the top of the game board. Through rolls of the dice, they can have their route accelerated with ladders for shortcuts or hindered by chutes, which drop them back in their...
by Tod Cordill | Digital Marketing, Marketing, Marketing Automation, Operations
Earlier this year, after COVID seemed to change everything, I wrote about communication lessons learned during these unusual times. While we may see the light at the end of the COVID tunnel, things will be getting worse before they get better. While the...
