Will The Resurgence of QR Codes Have Value For Marketers?
This might be the only PMC post about QR Codes in 2016! The undead are ugly. This is certainly true of the shambling “walkers” on the cutting end of Michonne’s blades. But these guys were ugly back when they were alive and popular with marketing departments. We’re talking about QR codes. Have you noticed chatter and […]
How Big is the Print Industry? Big. Really Really BIG!
With digital media being such a large part of our lives it’s hard to remember how BIG the printing industry really is. The truth is that print is all around us all of the time. From the clothes we wear to the food we buy and even the art that we hang on our walls. Print […]
#UKvUSA: Do Print Buyers Care About Social Media
Welcome to #UKvUSA – my monthly blogging duel with TEAM UK’s Matthew Parker. If you have been following along you can skip right to the post… and if you are just joining us, here is some background… Matthew and I haven’t always seen eye to eye when it comes to Print Buying. He comes from the […]
#drupa2016: The Hype, The Hope, And The Social Media Revolution
To paraphrase Jan Brady… “All I hear is drupa is so big, drupa is so great… drupa, drupa, drupa.” Well Jan, and anyone else who isn’t sure whether or not to believe the hype, get out a tall glass and get ready to guzzle down some drupa Kool-Aid, I’m pouring. To get you up to […]
Are You Creating Meaningful Experiences For Your Followers On Social Media?
Is it possible that you are not connecting with your audience in a way that is meaningful to them? If you feel like your social strategy is becoming stale it could be time to look towards a greater source for inspiration as I had to do just recently for a client. This might seem off […]
Add Color To Your Life with Next-Generation Inkjet
Guest post by Clive Stringer Regional Vice President for Enterprise Solutions, Pitney Bowes Colour and its impact have been the subject of study for hundreds of years. Colour can generate an emotional, powerful and uncontrolled response. And it’s fascinating: did you know, for example, that grasshoppers have white blood, that crocodiles are colour blind or […]
How to Incorporate MORE Video In Your Social Media Marketing
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 […]
#UKvUSA: Stop The Presses!
Welcome to my monthly blogging duel with TEAM UK’s Matthew Parker. If you have been following along you can skip right to the post… and if you are just joining us, here is some background… Matthew and I haven’t always seen eye to eye when it comes to Print Buying. He comes from the UK procurement […]
Caution: Dangerous B2B Marketing Fail Ahead
This is a story many of you will be uncomfortable with. It touches upon the BIG FEAR many companies have in the digital age regarding negative press, comments and reviews freely flowing through the blog and socialsphere. While some of these stories end up in the horror genre, this one about Mindfire has a very happy […]
TRENDING: Today’s Startup Print Customers Are DEMOCOLLABORATING!
We’ve talked about how to woo start up companies and cultivate a love of print. Now that you’ve won a startup customer, there’s more work to be done. First and foremost, you need to understand and manage the “democollaboration” style of today’s young and new companies. Yes, I invented the term, and I’m going to use […]
Print is a Lifestyle Choice Part III
Print in the World of Marketing, Yesterday and Today Here we have reached the last, yet probably most relevant, segment of Print as a Lifestyle Choice. Last month we talked about how print revolutionized the world. It’s true that Gutenberg changed the course of human civilization with his invention of the printing press. How print […]
Web to Print Solutions Benched by New Tech
Guest Post by Alex Almada, Propago YES, we offer the services to help you, but this post is not about that. This post is about why Marketing Asset Management matters and what you as a printer need to know. Web to print, web2print, or W2P, whatever you call it, they all mean the same. What […]