#UKvUSA: Do Your Suppliers Suck?
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 […]
#UKvUSA: Was 2015 A Good Year For Print Buying?
Welcome to my 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 world, […]
Survey Says Print Buyers Care More About Printers Than Price
A few weeks ago I sent out a short survey to my fellow print producers to get a quick temperature take on the things they care about, in order of importance. Matthew Parker and I will present the full results and what they mean to printers at HP’s 2016 Jetcomm Conference and again during Dscoop San Antonio, for […]
Understanding Print File Formats
Printing may seem very straightforward but the reality is there are some technical considerations to printing that are just over looked and as a result sometimes things are not printed and the highest quality they could be. File formats can be confusing and frustrating for the average person to wrap their head around. Hopefully this breakdown will help eliminate […]
3 Things You Should Know About Marketing To Us Millennials
Millennial. A term first coined by Neil Howe and William Strauss in 1991 in their book “Generations” to describe the generation born between 1980 and 2000; however, the most common birth range for the generation also known as Generation Y is 1982-2000. Despite how much I loathe the term (I mean, does anyone really enjoy […]
#UKvUSA: Does The Press Matter?
Welcome to my 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 world, […]
[VIDEO] Post-Press Success: Winning With Finishing
This Graph Expo panel focuses on the wonderful world of finishing, and the ROI it can bring. Panelists: http://mollbrothers.com • http://hp.com/go/indigo.com • http://thefoilexperts.com • http://scodix.com – Hosted by Deborah Corn **Fastbind USA apologizes for missing this panel, but since they were busy signing contracts with new customers, they hope you understand! See how PUR/EVA and […]
[VIDEO] Digital Schmigital: Marketing Print to Millennials
This Graph Expo panel focuses on “The New Print Customers” – what they know, what they don’t, and how to keep them excited about print in an electronic world. Panelists from: http://dreamingincmyk.com • http://hp.com/go/indigo • http://www.chili-publish.com • http://hp.com/go/pagewidewebpress – Hosted by Deborah Corn
Get Ready For International Print Day (#IPD15) October 14, 2015!
INTERNATIONAL PRINT DAY 2015, A 24-HOUR SOCIAL MEDIA EVENT, TO EMPHASIZE THE INDUSTRY’S LOVE FOR AND DEDICATION TO PRINT AND PAPER Print, paper and design professionals encouraged to share their awesome examples of print and marketing via social media and help CMYK love trend the planet! THE PRINTERVERSE – Print professionals around the world are being […]
5 Take Aways From Graph Expo – And One Big Learning
2015 was my first Graph Expo So how would I find the show? Would I find myself in a strange parallel print world, where nothing was quite as I was used to? How would things compare to the UK? Would I understand your American accents?! The sign of a good print show is that you […]
Are You Listening To Your Customers?
Over the past few months I have been in full-blown prep mode for The Printerverse at GRAPH EXPO 2015. Part of that preparation entailed formulating panel topics, and now that they are announced, I want to take a moment and share some things I’ve learned. First and foremost, just because you think something is a […]
Print Media Centr Announces Line Up Of FREE Expert Panel Presentations And Special Events At Graph Expo 2015
Print Media Centr (PMC) announces a robust line up of expert panel presentations and special events that will take place in The Printerverse™ (booth 3867) at GRAPH EXPO 15, and co-located CPP EXPO, coming September 13-16 to Chicago’s McCormick Place. The Printerverse is a highly interactive 2,500 square foot show floor feature providing “Printspiration, Information […]
