by Shuchi Sarkar | Digital Media, Featured, Marketing, Print & Digital, Print Media
The title sounds a bit like a paradox! But the idea came to me this cold winter morning as I sat with my parents pouring over old photo albums. The power of print to rebuild human connections. Every January I order photobooks of my Facebook photos. They select, print,...
by Sandy Hubbard | Customer Communication, Direct Mail, Marketing, Print Media
Remember the 1980s public service announcement: “This is your brain on drugs. (Egg sizzles in a hot frying pan.) Any questions?” Sure, we all made fun of the ad, and it became the meme of its time. But it made an impression. It had a short, simple message with a...
by Sandy Hubbard | Employment, Print Media, Slider
How do you create the kind of business that people want to work for, sell for, and advocate for? You have to start with people. In my experience, when my clients work on improving themselves, the ripple effect creates a distinct marketing advantage for the business...
by Sandy Hubbard | Buyers, Creative, Marketing, Print Media, Print Sales
In the past, my client sent top prospects a glitzy book — a sales-oriented white paper. It was packaged in a royal purple turned-edge leather binder with a branded silver clasp. Bling-a-bling-bling! The white paper (created by a big-name agency) was crammed with...
by Sandy Hubbard | Marketing, Print Media
Many years ago my printer called me to ask me to help Ed, a customer who was struggling financially and more than 120 days behind in payments. “Ed’s a great guy,” the printer said, “It’s a long shot, but if there’s any hope of getting his business turned around, we...
by Sandy Hubbard | Print Media, Print Sales, Sales
Assumptions about pricing can kill your business. Here’s an example. Recently I helped a printer get rid of half of his business that was dragging him down. He had spent ten years using loss-leader pricing on half his products. For an entire decade, he made...
by Sandy Hubbard | Marketing, Print Media, Printers
Timing. Is. Everything. Do your print customers know this? Do they know the clock is ticking? Do they know that time is flowing and tomorrow things may look very different? Are you prepared to educate them so they can get time on their side? Then and now. I help a...
by Deborah Corn | #PrintSales, #ProjectPeacock, Featured, Marketing, Print Media, Print Sales, Print Services, Project Peacock, Sales
Sometime during 2018 a woman walked up to me in the airport and struck up a light conversation about how often she sees me, and we compared our travel schedules while waiting for our pick-ups to arrive. I easily lost in who travels more, but I certainly consider...
by Deborah Corn | #PrintSales, #ProjectPeacock, Buyers, Customer Communication, Direct Mail, Featured, Marketing, Print Buying, Print Media, Print Sales, Print Services, Project Peacock, Tips
Even with Americans being vaccinated at an astonishing pace, we are not out of the woods regarding businesses reopening and people returning to offices. As a matter of fact, some companies are choosing to give up the brick and mortar and panoramic views from office...
by Deborah Corn | #ProjectPeacock, Buyers, Click. Learn. Connect., Creative, Design, Education, Events, Featured, Future of Print, Marketing, Marketing Automation, Paper, Print & Digital, Print Buying, Print Media, Print Services, Printers, Printerverse, Project Peacock, Sales, Sustainability, Training
The Printerverse – April 13, 2021 – Print Media Centr announces that its print customer education initiative, Project Peacock, is now a free platform accessible 24/7 and available to print and marketing professionals around the world. The new Project Peacock Platform,...
by Deborah Corn | Customer Communication, Featured, Future of Print, Marketing, Operations, Print Buying, Print Media, Print Sales, Print Services, Printerverse, Sales, Tips
Greetings Citizens of the Printerverse and welcome to a New Year! It is a new year, right? The calendar has changed but, in many ways, it feels like 2020 is still lingering. This annual post has traditionally focused on what is in front of us, but honestly, there is...
by Sandy Hubbard | Creative, Marketing, Print Media
Doing a small project — even one with a ridiculously cheap budget — can be a way to show customers that creative marketing gets direct, measurable results. Having some fun in the process makes you endearing and spotlights you as a preferred vendor. Helping...
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