by Deborah Corn | Customer Communication, Education, Employment, Future of Print, Marketing, Operations, Print Sales, Print Services, Printerverse
Greetings Citizens of the Printerverse and welcome to a New Year! This annual post has traditionally focused on what is in front of us. While there is still some uncertainty when it comes to planning meetings and events and when/if there will be a return to offices,...
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 Tod Cordill | Direct Mail, Marketing, Tools
It’s no secret that direct mail has been an effective marketing channel for decades. While the twenty-first century saw the rise of digital marketing, digital variable data printing technology allowed extreme segmentation and personalization of direct mail. Large...
by David Murphy | Customer Communication, Marketing, Operations, Print Sales, Print Services, Sales
This blog is part 3 of a 3-part series: Maximize New Opportunities Through Current Customers. Catch-up here: Part 1 – Is Your Print Business Maximizing the Value of Your Customers?, Part 2 – How A Customer Reference Program Can Help You Sell More Print...
by Sandy Hubbard | Customer Communication, Direct Mail, Marketing, Print Media
Remember the 1980s public service announcement: “This is your brain on drugs. (Egg sizzles in a hot frying pan.) Any questions?” Sure, we all made fun of the ad, and it became the meme of its time. But it made an impression. It had a short, simple message with a...
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 David Murphy | Customer Communication, Digital Marketing, Marketing, Print Sales, Print Services, Sales, Slider
This blog is part 2 of a 3-part series: Maximize New Opportunities Through Current Customers How many print buying prospects have you quoted that say they want to “think about it.” Maybe they do, maybe they don’t, but delayed buying behavior like this often occurs...
by Pat McGrew | #PrintSampleTV, Marketing, Operations, Print Production, Print Sales, Print Services, Sales, Slider
A few weeks ago, we had a chance to create a bucket of new episodes of Print Sample TV! We have some cool things coming, including a look at some new options for enhancing print with foil, new inkjet technologies, and some great ideas for how to create your own print...
by David Murphy | Customer Communication, Digital Marketing, Email Marketing, Marketing, Sales
Many printing companies rely on email as their primary communications tool for reaching customers and prospects. Generally, email is used more than phone calls and face-to-face meetings combined. But email is hard and it’s getting harder. As old and omnipresent as it...
by Sandy Hubbard | Buyers, Creative, Marketing, Print Media, Print Sales
In the past, my client sent top prospects a glitzy book — a sales-oriented white paper. It was packaged in a royal purple turned-edge leather binder with a branded silver clasp. Bling-a-bling-bling! The white paper (created by a big-name agency) was crammed with...
by Kelly Mallozzi | Customer Communication, Marketing, Print Sales, Sales
Sales Notes from a Campaign Trail Having just run for a seat on my town council, campaigning for two solid months, and having not only won but having received the most votes of anyone in my district, including two popular incumbents, I can tell you that the metaphors...
by Pat McGrew | #PrintSampleTV, Direct Mail, Marketing, Print Sales
The folks at the Envelope Manufacturer’s Association have a mission – envelopes. But it is more than that! They share ideas, compare notes on things like keeping staff motivated, finding staff, and finding that all-too-precious commodity – the paper and other...
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