Take Advantage of the 2017 USPS Emerging and Advanced Technology Promotion

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Are you taking advantage of USPS’s Emerging and Advanced Technology promotion? Oh, you are? Well, I’m not talking to you at the moment. Everyone else, we’re calling the “Emerging and Advanced Technology promotion” “EAT” for the rest of this post. Just go with it. Earlier this month, a print pro and I were discussing how […]

Holograms and Print – An Interview with Scott Manduck of VideoPlusPrint

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I (virtually) met Scott Manduck of Video Plus Print a year or so ago. I was exploring the prospect of using video brochures in a campaign. He noticed my interest and sent me a LinkedIn message. We kept in touch and recently I received an email from his company that included a video of a new […]

Beacon Technology: The Next Wave of Interactive Marketing is Here

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When I decided to write a column on recent use and discussion of QR codes, I knew I wanted to follow it with a piece about fresher technology that is used with similar intent. Beacon technology was the first thing that came to mind. I thought of beacons in part because several people I had […]

Print Helps Broadcast Emails Deliver Important News

Is there a better way than impersonal, mass emails to communicate important news to customers and residents? Our school district here in Portland, Oregon collects parent email addresses and bombards us with information. I would opt out, but every once in awhile something important shows up. A few months ago the district notified us that […]

Use print to capitalize on the #PokemonGO craze

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Do you know about PokemonGO? PokémonGO is a mobile app game that uses augmented reality to view the world through your phone and see Pokémon creatures. You capture the creatures, gain points for activities, and use your creatures to claim points of interest in your city. You get out in the world, walk around, and […]

Still Tight With People In Tights, But Floppy Print Isn’t A Fit

I’m enjoying a refreshed appreciation for printed books as a whole. After a few years of reading electronic books almost exclusively, the luxury of quiet paper bound for a single purpose feels very real. I relish still moments with hardcovers in particular. That said, I’ve mostly phased out the long-loved type of book that led […]

How to Incorporate MORE Video In Your Social Media Marketing

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As marketers we have to consider the world that we live in. With smart phones, tablets, high def monitors people are flocking to YouTube for, well, just about everything. Think about your own personal style of internet research. Be honest. How often do you click on the “Videos” tab in the Google search option? Do […]

15 Content Ideas for Your Printing Blog

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Starting a blog can be intimidating. Finding the time to sit and write can seem impossible. And when you finally DO have the time, you’re often left scratching your head wondering what to even talk about. Is it even worth the frustration? Well – in short – ABSOLUTELY. By strategically writing about things that are […]

APP Turns Your Phone Into a Lightsaber To Celebrate Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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It’s times like these that you have to LOVE the “digitals” and the awesome things they can do – especially around the Holy Grail of Uber-GEEK fandom, Star Wars! This post is from Digital Synopsis, and the site is a great resource for advertising information, inspiration and fun, covering multi-channels. Check it out… but first, […]

[VIDEO] Digital Schmigital: Marketing Print to Millennials

This Graph Expo panel focuses on “The New Print Customers” – what they know, what they don’t, and how to keep them excited about print in an electronic world. Panelists from: http://dreamingincmyk.com • http://hp.com/go/indigo • http://www.chili-publish.com • http://hp.com/go/pagewidewebpress – Hosted by Deborah Corn

Printers Win By Being More Involved

Global Brands are Becoming More Involved in Their Customers’ Businesses, Driving Higher Profits and Quicker ROI During my four days volunteering in Deborah Corn’s Printerverse at Graph Expo, I came away with a new vision of customer care and customer experience. Panel discussions from Alliance partners addressed a variety of topics in the Printerverse, but a […]

How Print And Digital Work Together

Last month I wrote a blog explaining some misconceptions of the print industry (did you miss it? If so, you can read it here). As these are all big topics in our industry, I’ve decided that for the next few months I will explore each of these topics a little more in depth. I think […]