Tips and Tools for Becoming an Integrated Project Manager – Part 1

This is a re-post of Part 1 of this series which was originally posted over at AtTask. In all honesty, I caused a little confusion by sharing from over there, so my AtTask friends suggested I continue the series here on PMC, and they would sponsor it! BONUS! This is yet another reason why I […]

Company Folders Creates A Cool Portal For Print Buyers And Designers

Vladimir Gendelman, CEO of Company Folders, is also a fellow member of my LinkedIn Group Print Production Professionals. He reached out to let me know about his new Folder Design Gallery, and after a few emails back and forth we ended up having a nice phone conversation. There were several things that sparked my interest, […]

Meet Robert Hunt: Creator Of Awesome Industry App @PrintApply

As I often mention, one of the perks to having a website that’s dedicated to sharing cool things with our community is that cool things come along! Such is the case with Print Apply – an App for print professionals and graphic designers!  I’ve had the App and have been sharing info about it for […]

Are Maps The Key To Unlocking Higher Marketing Conversion Rates?

As I mentioned in a recent post Personalization Is About To Get Real Personal, one of the cool techs I learned about at the Xplor 13 conference was locr Maps presented by CEO Rolf Richter. At first I was a little skeptical, especially since he claimed “marketing campaigns using locr maps have proven to be […]

@MillcraftPaper on Making the Right Paper Choice

 by guest contributor Jill DiNicolantonio With so many printing papers available, specifiers can easily get overwhelmed. Many end up relying on a few favorites, usually opting for a white, gloss coated stock. Looking at it in further detail, you’ll see a bunch of paper qualities that can make all difference between a dream job and a […]

I WANT YOUR PRINT SAMPLES!

  Greetings Citizens and Artisans of The Printerverse! PrintMediaCentr is honored to be working with Graphics of The Americas at this year’s event February 21-23rd in Orlando FL. We are creating a show floor feature co-located with the Expo Theater in booth 317, and our theme is PRINT INSPIRATION! This is an OPEN CALL for […]

Design And Print Production Salary Reports

I’ll keep it short and sweet since you will want to go right to the pertinent info: US and Canada 2013 Design Salary Guide: http://www.creativegroup.com/marketing-salary Design Salary Guide: The real-time resource for design compensation: http://www.coroflot.com/designsalaryguide From HOW Magazine: For an even better idea of what you should be earning, be sure to consider more than one design salary survey. […]

Print Producers: Make The Best Of Your 525,600 Minutes In 2013

Assuming the Mayans were wrong, in a few short weeks we change the calendars and start a fresh new year with a rejuvenated and hopeful outlook for things to come. Here are a few things Im anticipating, examining, and planning to immerse myself in during the next 365 days. Technology is moving so fast and […]

New Paper Unveiled Made From Olives

  Leave it to the Italians to work olives and other food into paper!  The Favini site is really cool too, oh but it’s in Italian. So unless you can understand that, or have retained enough Spanish to recognize some of the words, just look at the pictures and imagine the smells of slow cooking […]

Interpublic Launches Unit Focused on Lowering Print Costs

All the times I have been in-between Agencies and Freelance jobs, I have day-dreamed about becoming a Gun For Hire Print Production Auditor – I know, kinda print geeky and not as many travel perks as an astronaut, which was second on my day-dream job list. My plan was I to go into a company […]

Will Verizon’s New Data Pricing Be The Real QR Killer?

Beware of the new threat in town… MOBILE DATA PLANS!  In the new pricing structure, a consumer can choose to pay MORE for a super-sized data plan and life goes on for them as normal.  If they choose a tiered option, then they pay for the amount of data they will access –  like choosing […]