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 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 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...
by Deborah Corn | Buyers, Customer Communication, Employment, Featured, Jobs, Marketing, Operations, Print Buying, Print Production, Print Sales, Print Services, Sales
Making print sales isn’t easy these days. Supply chain issues are disrupting the process and the ability to promise everything will be ok with 100% certainty. This situation can make even the most seasoned print customers nervous especially if they work as a print...
by Deborah Corn | Education, Events, Featured, Future of Print, Trade Shows
Community is a word that gets watered down through overuse in the print industry, but there is honestly none better to describe Dscoop. These are passionate, innovative, and creative people working towards a collective common goal – forging a path to a successful...
by PMC Blog | Creative, Design, Education, Featured, Marketing, Training
MarketWise Academy was founded out of the desire to help creative communities navigate and thrive in a post-pandemic world, and to help busy creative and brand professionals stay up-to-date on training and advance their careers. “There’s a learning gap in our...
by Deborah Corn | Customer Communication, Education, Employment, Featured, Future of Print, Marketing, Operations, Print Sales, Print Services, Printerverse
This annual post has traditionally focused on what is in front of us in order to help customers generate business results with print. While there is still some uncertainty when it comes to planning meetings and events and when/if there will be a return to offices, we...
by Shuchi Sarkar | Digital Media, Featured, Marketing, Print & Digital, Print Media
The title sounds a bit like a paradox! But the idea came to me this cold winter morning as I sat with my parents pouring over old photo albums. The power of print to rebuild human connections. Every January I order photobooks of my Facebook photos. They select, print,...
by Deborah Corn | Customer Communication, Featured, Marketing, Operations, Print Media Centr, Print Sales, Print Services, Project Peacock, Sales, Slider
This year has, in many ways been one giant blur. It was January, yada-yada-yada, and here is my year-end wrap-up post. What did I do? What did I accomplish? What did I learn? I took a look back at 2021… Project Peacock morphed into a resource and education...
by Deborah Corn | Customer Communication, Featured, Operations, Print Buying, Print Sales, Sales
I have had vast conversations with big-budget buyers and print buyers buying on a budget over the last two years. I have spoken to designers, marketers, and decision-makers on all levels. One thing most have in common – uncertainly regarding their futures, and where...
by Deborah Corn | Featured, Marketing, Operations, Print Sales, Print Services
I recently wrote an article about the return of the theater experience for the Ricoh Business Booster site where I am an active contributor, providing info and intel for developing long-term relationships with print customers and sharing creative ideas for generating...
by Deborah Corn | Featured, Girls Who Print, International Print Day, Project Peacock
The global print community will gather to celebrate Girls Who Print Day on October 7, and International Print Day on October 20, hosted online by Print Media Centr Two print industry milestone events hosted and produced by Print Media Centr are scheduled for October....