by David Murphy | Digital Marketing, Digital Media, Marketing, Print Sales, Print Services, Sales, Search Marketing
People love video marketing. OK, maybe that’s not true for everyone. People love video! Yes, that is true, especially on the internet. Facts: People spend 88% more time on a website that has video. Video generates 1200% more shares than both images and text. By...
by Deborah Corn | Digital Media, Featured, Future of Print, Operations, Print Media, Print Sales, Print Services, Sales, Trends
The viable future of print business is dependent upon how print is used, and what it’s used for. We saw this firsthand in 2020. If printing wasn’t essential, it wasn’t produced. And when things started to open, ‘essential‘ was applied to the spending, not the...
by Sandy Hubbard | Customer Communication, Marketing
A clear marketing message is a challenge for most printers. We write and write and write, thinking that print customers care. They don’t. I’ve talked about brevity and simplicity – and now I want to focus on clarity. When I perform Marketing Reviews, I see printers...
by David Murphy | Digital Marketing, Digital Media, Marketing, Print Sales, Print Services, Sales, Search Marketing
Video is a marketing tool that print business owners should not ignore. Generally speaking, printers just don’t utilize video to its full potential to build their brand and drive new customer demand. Why? Some think video production is difficult, others think it is...
by Pat McGrew | #PrintSampleTV, Augmented Reality, Digital Print, Labels
There are dozens of ways you might create a label. You might do it on your desktop printer using label stock bought online or at the office supply store. If you need more volume, you may look to find a provider who can meet your needs. There are online label printers...
by Deborah Corn | Customer Communication, Design, Education, Featured, Operations, Print Buying, Print Production, Print Sales, Print Services, Sales, Training
The summer is approaching and that typically means a little slow down for most print businesses, but honestly who knows anymore. We will collect metrics as we live through it and reflect on this and past years, like most situations since Covid kicked off. So, I’ll...
by Camille Corr Chism | Consumables, Digital Print, Environment, Packaging, Print Sales, Print Services, Sustainability, Trends
Sustainability is one of the hottest topics in the world of packaging today. Companies proactively seek ways to define sustainability, outline targets, and develop sustainable packaging to meet their objectives. The packaging industry is predicted to surpass $230...
by David Murphy | Digital Marketing, Digital Media, Marketing, Print Buying, Print Sales, Print Services, Sales, Search Marketing
Part 2 of a 2-part series How can your print business reach print buyers by using digital advertising? There’s no shortage of opportunities to spend your money on advertising, but which options are best for your business? In part 1 of this series, we presented the...
by Sandy Hubbard | Customer Communication, Marketing, Operations, Print Sales, Publishing
Your business deserves the very best treatment in telling its story. Elevate it with print! Here’s why, and I believe this with all my heart: Print makes stories memorable. It gives ideas stature. Statistically, most of us have written carefully-crafted...
by Tod Cordill | Digital Marketing, Marketing
The wide range of marketing skills and talents fall into two categories of people, Marketing Creatives and Marketing Technologists. Marketing creatives include branding specialists, designers, creative directors, content writers, and copywriters. While the creative...
by Pat McGrew | #PrintSampleTV, Marketing, Print Media, Print Sales, Print Services, Publishing, Sales
Many years ago, as we were getting ready for Drupa in 2012 one of the sales team members I was working with in Europe arrived with boxes of a very cool magazine, But it wasn’t just any magazine – it was one that had versions based on the target recipient. That...
by Deborah Corn | Events, Featured, Future of Print, Print Sales, Print Services, Trade Shows
Printing innovation and possibilities were plentiful at the International Sign Association’s (ISA) signature annual event, Sign Expo, in Atlanta May 4-6. Even my heightened industry event optimism from attending Dscoop Edge Rockies in March (Dscoop’s Edge Rockies...
