VIDEO REPLAY: PrinterChat Podcast LIVE from ISA 2024
In this episode of PrinterChat, co-hosts Jamie McLennan, William Crabtree and Deborah Corn discuss signage market trends, new business opportunities and cool things they saw at the International Sign Association’s SignExpo 2024 in Orlando, FL. Ashley Crabtree joins us to share her perspective as a first-time attendee at a printing and signage industry event. […]
3 Critical Takeaways from drupa 2024 for Printing and Marketing Businesses
Greetings Citizens of the Printerverse! drupa 2024 is now in the rearview. As your Intergalactic Ambassador, I want to share a few things I learned that I believe will affect the success of print and marketing businesses moving forward. You may agree, you may not… but you can’t say you weren’t warned. European Union Deforesting […]
How To Find Out What Attracts People To Print
How do you find out what really attracts people to print? As a marketing strategist, I recommend research and data mixed with in-the-moment feedback. Research and data are great, but they’re based on what has already happened. Surveys are fine, but they may give overly positive results. Nothing beats testing a supposition with real people, […]
Antigro Designer to Launch #WeAreDrupa Community Experience at drupa 2024
Kraków, Poland – Antigro Designer, a leading developer of print personalization and customization software for the print industry, is launching drupa’s first ‘printeractive’ community art project, #WeAreDrupa, which will be created in real-time in Hall 7 at drupa 2024. Every drupa attendee and exhibitor will be able to scan a QR code, take a selfie, […]
Creating the Future of Print Together at drupa 2024
Greetings Citizens of the Printerverse! After 8 long years, drupa, the world’s most important global printing event is taking place from May 28 to June 7 in Dusseldorf, Germany. While there will be a staggering number of exhibitors, visitors, represented countries, technology launches, and square meters to cover across the Messe over 11 days, I […]
How Printers Can Start a Relationship Marketing Program
Are you ready to start a relationship marketing program that strengthens ties with your best print customers? We’ll use targeted email and add deeply insightful print to bring customers closer and transform our relationships with them. Here’s how to get started, what to watch out for, and how to take it up a notch once […]
CMYK MANIFESTO 2024: Rewind, Reignite and Represent the Printing Industry
Greetings Citizens of The Printerverse and welcome global print and marketing professionals to a New Year for the printing industry. 2024 already feels like it rolled up in a muscle car, rolled down the window, pointed at us with a baseball bat, and said, “I heard you’ve been talking crap about me.” It’s down to […]
Promote the Cozy Qualities of Print in 2024
When marketing the positive attributes of print, we have to remember that people think of print as “cozy” – and that’s a good thing in 2024. With elections on the horizon, rising interest rates, and the growth of artificial intelligence, this will be a year that tests the most zen among us. We have a […]
Navigating the New Year: Setting Intentional Goals for Lasting Success
The start of a new year often brings a chorus of “New Year, New You” mantras, emphasizing the importance of setting intentional goals and personal transformation. While it’s great to have goals, we also often hear that people can hit mid-January feeling worse. Perhaps they’ve missed their goal line or struggled to add those good […]
2023: A Year of Highs, Lows, and Costly In-Betweens for the Print Industry
Since 2014 I have shared an annual Manifesto in January to set the mission of print for the year, and a recap post in December to measure print industry success and reflect upon what we have learned along the way. The 2023 CMYK Manifesto focused on utilizing the power of print to safely and securely […]
Readers Choice 2023: Top 10 Posts Picked by The Printerverse
The Citizens of the Printerverse have spoken and voted by clicks to pick the top 10 posts shared by Print Media Centr in 2023. These posts are focused on helping the industry elevate and do better in a myriad of ways. From personal to business development, print sales, B2B marketing, the return of drupa, and […]
How Printers Can Save Local Businesses from Themselves
There is a local shopping area of retail stores, restaurants, and businesses a mile from my apt. It’s where I do my grocery shopping, dry cleaning, package sending, eyebrow waxing, get sandwiches, breakfast, Mexican, Chinese, and Thai food, and order pizza for delivery. It’s where I occasionally buy wine, visit T-Mobile, and grab a smoothie. […]
