2020 CMYK Manifesto: Research, Regroup, Relax, Reinvent
Greeting Citizens of The Printerverse and welcome to a New Year! My role as your Intergalactic Ambassador gives me a pretty unique vantage point since it allows me to be able to meet with, speak to and learn from so many of you out there each year. This annual post is my contribution to the […]
Is Your Marketing Program as Attention-Grabbing as a Tricorn Hat?
Create a three-cornered marketing communications powerhouse to open doors, get recognized, and make yourself indispensable. I am a huge believer in print plus email as a powerhouse marketing combination, and I write about that topic a lot. When you add a third element, you become irresistible. Adding a third marketing channel to your powerhouse combo […]
2019: A Year of Setbacks, Comebacks, and Givebacks for Print
Greetings Citizens of the Printerverse! It’s almost time to close the books on 2019 which means it’s a perfect opportunity to look back at some of the subjects that drove discussions in the Printerverse this year, and what we can learn from them moving forward. Setbacks While some manufacturers may have reason to boast about […]
Project Peacock Print Fair to Conclude 2019 Tour in Toronto, Canada’s Creative Capital
The Printerverse – October 16, 2019 – Project Peacock Print Fair, the traveling ‘roadshow-and-tell’ event from Print Media Centr, is heading to Toronto, Canada. The final event of 2019 will bring tangible Printspiration to print-loving Canadian creatives, print buyers, marketers, students, and print service providers on November 7 at Steam Whistle Brewing from 6-9 PM. […]
How to Add Seasonal Content to Print and Email for Fresh Engagement
Using seasonal content across your marketing program — in print, direct mail, social content, and email — helps our audience engage, remember our content, and share it. The key is to create seasonal content that is fresh, original, memorable, and with a unique point of view. Here’s how to add seasonal elements to your printing […]
When It Comes to Pricing Print Projects – Stand Your Ground!
Printers, Service Providers… lend me your ears. For far too long you have focused on price over value. Your need to ‘win’ the job has come at a great expense, literally, not only to your business but to the industry. The race to the bottom is not one you should be winning, or participating in. […]
Christine Yardley is Standing Out with Specialty Print and Inspiring the Industry with Eat, PRINT, Love
Deborah spoke to Christine Yardley, Owner and President of Print Panther, at FSEA #OdysseyExpo. A genuine passion for print and not being afraid of change are two of the essential ingredients for longevity and success in this industry. Christine Yardley has an impressive supply of both, as she demonstrates in this Podcast from the Printerverse, […]
Whether it’s Time or Tea… Always Leave Them Wanting More
Freshman year in college, a friend “willed” me her work-study job in a campus library. Located in a beautiful white marble building, the library was a simple room with glass-front barrister bookcases, glossy wood tables, and clerestory windows. In the afternoons, the sun would shine from above, illuminating the director of the library and giving […]
Heavenly Printspiration Awaits Brands and Agencies as Project Peacock Print Fair Heads to the City of Angels on September 12
The Printerverse – August 28, 2019 – Print Media Centr’s show-and-tell event, Project Peacock Print Fair, will be held in Los Angeles, California on September 12, at Sony Pictures Plaza, as the industry’s dedicated innovation and education roadshow rounds off its US-based events for 2019 with a bang. Project Peacock Print Fair will be joining […]
The Compound Benefit of Raising Your Rates
“Marilee is distraught,” said my friend, “So I gave her your name.” My friend’s boss, Marilee, published a highly-targeted magazine, printed and mailed to a paid subscriber base. She wanted to talk to me not about her readers but about her advertisers. Marilee had not raised her advertising rates — ever — although all her […]
Print, the Cool King of Content
My client, King, sold new and used videos, games, and fan collectibles. He printed a newsletter every month. When I started working as his marketing consultant, King’s newsletter was mostly canned, with syndicated reviews. He wanted to produce something original, distributed in-store to bring customers in the door. The world was changing, though, and people […]
The Sad Truth About Paper Options and the Paper Supply Chain
I AM MAD AS HELL AND I CANNOT TAKE IT ANYMORE.. and I am not alone! At a recent event I attended, a panel represented by 5 paper mills and 1 merchant heard from a vocal crowd of printers who were less than thrilled with the current state of the paper supply chain. I am […]