Help Your Customers Improve Their Content Marketing Results with Print
Content marketing started as an industry buzz word that has continued to gain popularity over the last decade. While it is usually associated with digital marketing, it is commonly accepted that John Deere’s print magazine The Furrow, in 1895. (No, that’s not a typo. Content marketing has been around for at least 125 years now.) […]
Say Bye-Bye to #BlackFriday and Hello to Print Opportunity
For as long as I can remember, the day after Thanksgiving in the U.S. has been the Olympics of retail shopping in malls and stores. When the clock strikes 5 am (or some ungodly hour before dawn) thousands of in-store shoppers go gang-busters for doorbuster deals on electronics, winter clothing, holiday gifts, and more. Stores […]
2020 Marketing Trends to Watch For Print Business Growth
COVID-19 has brought us the future of digital marketing even faster than the rapid pace we were experiencing. These changes are not something we can wait out until things return to business-as-usual. This month I’ve looked at 2020 marketing trends and how a commercial printer can respond. When faced with unknowns, I look at what […]
Help Customers Make a Profit by Using Print in NEW Ways
“If you want me to use print for marketing, make it the kind of print that makes me some money.” My client told me he was leaving money on the table with every purchase. The will-call counter for his specialty parts business was so busy he had no time to upsell customers. “If we’re not on […]
New Event to Elevate the Industry with Help From Print VIPs
August 11, The Printerverse – It’s time for print to raise its game. Elevate Print, a free online event from Print Media Centr and technology partner INKISH with support from 15 industry organizations will be helping the industry do just that from August 25 – 27, 10AM to 2PM ET daily. Special events at 12PM ET […]
Why Digital Marketers Like Direct Mail to Close the Deal
Back in the 1980s, I met my future and current wife who grew up in the family print business. I loved walking around the shop and seeing, and sometimes feeling (I couldn’t help myself!), all the cool jobs flowing through the printing and bindery processes. But I was a design engineer. My world was numbers. […]
Help Local Restaurants Get Their Marketing Message Delivered
A client had Thai food (my favorite!) dinner delivered to my home last Friday as a surprise thank you gift. (Yeah, I know. I’m lucky. We all could use customers like that.) The food was delivered in a plain brown paper bag with “Uber Eats” scribbled on the outside on the outside of it. Inside […]
A Single Toe Can Help You Get a Foot in the Door
In times of uncertainty, look for toe holds where you can wiggle into new verticals or open doors in your market. Small openings can lead to big opportunities. Toe holds are especially important when your competitors are distracted and not paying attention. Stick your toe in their business! To get started, have a meeting with […]
Get Informed on Informed Delivery and Other Direct Mail Enhancing Opportunities
Take a deeper dive into Informed Delivery and other direct mail enhancing opportunities that are available, and profitable! Topics covered: • How Informed Delivery works (the nuts and bolts) • Successful actions when launching direct mail with Informed Delivery • Leveraging Informed Delivery for increased campaign engagement • Postage Promotions for Informed Delivery • Do […]
Five Verticals That Need Prints Help, Now
Greetings Citizens of The Printerverse and I truly hope all is well in your neck of the galactic woods. I have been making good use of my “stay-at-home” time by gathering market intel and translating it into opportunities for printers to generate some new business. With countries and cities currently determining the cadence and parameters […]
Shopping in the Time of Corona: How Print and Tech Give Retail a Lifeline
Most of us are living very different lives than we were a few months ago. Even though the priorities in the grand scheme of things are stopping the spread of the virus, keeping people safe, and caring for those who are sick, it’s OK to miss the little things. Some of mine are: strolling around […]
Solution Selling for Online Conferences: Physical Kits for Virtual Events
COVID-19 has a dramatic impact on the travel, tourism, and conference industries. Coupled with shelter-in-place orders, there is a dramatic increase in video meetings to support work from home. This increased adoption of video collaboration facilitates physical conferences and events moving online and become virtual events. According to Becky Braud, Event Strategist at Sprout Social, […]
