ASK ROCK: Should I Invest In 3D Printing?
Welcome to ASK ROCK, a monthly advice column where industry expert Rock LaManna will answer your questions on topics such as: key financials for business, and how it can lead to profitable organic growth, M&As, strategic alliances, succession plans, and exit strategies. He will also talk about leadership and present family business case studies. Do you have […]
1/1 With Thaddeus Kubis – Author, Guide To Integrated Marketing And Media Convergence
Thaddeus Kubris is a fellow blogger on Printing Impressions, and an active member of my LinkedIn Group Print Production Professionals. Thad is extremely passionate about the evolution of communications, and recently authored a book to help Printers adapt and profit in the integrated media world. I am still in the process of reading my copy, but […]
DAM Equals Dollars For Print
If you follow PMC or my posts with any regularity, you already know my strong belief that “Those who hold the assets, hold the Power!” When it comes to adding revenue generating services, the easiest place to start is looking at what you have, and if you are a Printer one thing you have in […]
#PRIMIR 2014 Summer Meeting To Reveal 'Vision' Of Evolving Printing Industry
This looks cool… if anyone is going PLEASE let me know!! Program Theme Explores “Print’s Evolution—Changing Markets, Firms, Technologies and Applications” Reston, VA—PRIMIR, the Print Industries Market Information and Research Organization, the research arm of NPES, announced its Summer Meeting to be held July 21-23, 2014 at the DoubleTree Downtown-Lakeside Hotel in Cleveland, Ohio. […]
[infographic] The Five Most Dangerous Creative Productivity Myths – BUSTED!
Our friends at AtTask have produced a series of cool infographics I’ll be sharing here and there. I started with this one because it’s something I am currently being challenged with – TIME MANAGEMENT! #4 in particular strikes a chord. I have to admit then when I worked in Ad Agencies project management tools and […]
Go Global: Tips And Tools For Streamlining International Shipping
by Marc Zazeela Every day, the world is getting smaller and smaller. Businesses are going global. The Internet has spawned a brave new world of business opportunities. Why then, the anxiety about shipping internationally? Many companies find that international orders account for 30% of their total business. Surely, it must be difficult to serve an […]
GPA Shows Us How A Little Heat Can Be Cool At #Dscoop9 [video]
One of the best things about Dscoop 9 was being able to literally see how the HP the partners fit together, because many of them were in the same room! Such was the case with GPA, Specialty Substrate Solutions – a good friend of PMC and really fun Paper People! GPA has many of the […]
Newsweek Is BACK In Print And Positioned As A Luxury Product
This is a great story and it’s all about “re-thinking print“… my 2014 theme for PMC! Let’s recap: 1. Giant publishing family sells Newsweek to media mogul who spends millions trying to revive readership. 2. Mogul gives up and sells to IBT Media, a small digital publishing company. 3. IBT recreates Newsweek to be web-only. […]
Are We Our Worst Competition?
Amidst all the chatter about the poor hotel conditions in Sochi, the spring-like weather in Russia where it should be winter, Bob Costas’ terror alert worthy pink eye, and of course – the ring #fail, there is another Olympic story I’ve been tracking: Team USA’s Mach 39 Hi Tech Speed Skating Suits! To give a […]
When Is The Time For Commercial Printers To Consider Adding Inkjet?
by Elizabeth Gooding If you’re a commercial printer, let me first thank you for not skipping this article. I understand that the knee-jerk response to my question for a lot of you is an emphatic “NEVER!” I’m just here to say that never is a very long time. For all the PR coverage that digital […]
How To Create And Deliver Great Presentations
by Marion Williams-Bennett We’ve all been there. You are held captive in a dimly lit room listening to a presentation. The presenter has his back to the audience and is reading each and every one of the bullets on his slide. And the sub-bullets. Just when you think you are free, the next slide flies in […]
Customer Experience: Does Yours Start With A Wait?
by Chris Echevarria For those of you who follow my posts, I shared with you that I am in the process of obtaining my certification in Customer Experience and that I would share some of the most interesting practices and take-away. From the second weeks’ materials I want to share with you something that really struck […]