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 […]

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 […]

No, No, No, No! Black Typewriter Font – Just No!

Hi! I’m Chloe! I just got back from a trip and did my usual scan of the mail, and someone sent me, in 2016, a DM piece that is done in a typewriter font laser printed onto a preprinted shell. And then I opened a credit card statement for a new card I opened and […]

2016 Is Going To Be Terrible! Or, Is It?

Hi! I’m Chloe! This year is starting off with a bang – big projects, cool customers, even neater technologies… but I am afraid this is going to be a terrible year! Why? Because this is a drupa year, and in a drupa year it seems like everyone is paralyzed with fear that if they make […]

2016: The Year of Automated Relevance

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I’ll never forget the first time I sat down with a Fortune 500 company to discuss the idea of implementing hyper-personalized direct mail marketing to the millions of people in their loyalty rewards program. They were the largest advocate for direct mail communications I had ever seen in my brief four years in printing sales, […]

3 Sweet Reasons To Use Email Plus Print

Remember Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup ads? “Hey! You got peanut butter on my chocolate!” Yum! That’s how I feel about email and print together. Adding email to print (or print to email) magnifies the reader’s experience and improves your marketing success. They really are two great tastes that taste great together. Let’s talk about how to […]

Print Takes Center Stage

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Print is moving into the spotlight in cross media campaigns. Print has stepped into the spotlight and proved it plays with others. In every integrated campaign I’ve done, the key to success has been to create high quality content and engage with customers regularly. Print is a key part of this strategy. WHY PRINT Because […]

2015’s Shining Stars in Print

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Ahh, another year is coming to a close. I love this time of year. Not only do I truly cherish the additional time with family, but I also love looking back on the year that practically just flashed before my eyes. This year was strange, to say the least. I’ve done everything from selling print, […]

Ramping Up For The Holidays? Make It Count!

Hi! I’m Chloe! I’m already knee deep in holiday catalogs from a host of people I’ve never done business with! But, that’s OK! Catalogs that arrive during the holidays give me a chance to expand my horizons and think about gifts I might not have targeted through my online browsing or shopping excursions. Of course, […]

Can We Talk? Are You Too Timid?

Hi! I’m Chloe! I live in a world of print and I’m starting to get annoyed. Maybe you are too? Too much of what is coming across my desk is b-o-r-i-n-g! It’s the same look, same feel, same format, same color schemes – over and over again! When did brands become so timid? There are […]

Get Ready For International Print Day (#IPD15) October 14, 2015!

INTERNATIONAL PRINT DAY 2015, A 24-HOUR SOCIAL MEDIA EVENT, TO EMPHASIZE THE INDUSTRY’S LOVE FOR AND DEDICATION TO PRINT AND PAPER Print, paper and design professionals encouraged to share their awesome examples of print and marketing via social media and help CMYK love trend the planet! THE PRINTERVERSE – Print professionals around the world are being […]

Are You Listening To Your Customers?

Over the past few months I have been in full-blown prep mode for The Printerverse at GRAPH EXPO 2015. Part of that preparation entailed formulating panel topics, and now that they are announced, I want to take a moment and share some things I’ve learned. First and foremost, just because you think something is a […]