PrintMediaCentr partners with GRAPH EXPO 2012 to create Print Integrated Multimedia Experience
ARE YOU READY TO EXPERIENCE THE PRINTERVERSE? GRAPH EXPO 2012 (http://www.graphexpo.com/), coming October 7-10, 2012 to McCormick Place South in Chicago, Illinois, USA, is the largest and most comprehensive exhibition and conference for the graphic communications industry in the Americas. New this year, for the PrintMediaCentr audience – and all attendees – will be an […]
Infographic: Instant America
Patience, is not one of my strong points. While I always thought that I was a high-level impatient, according to this infographic I might now be need to reclassify as an amateur. Sure, a spinning wheel on my computer can still send me over the edge, but I dont abandon my search! Seems there are […]
Marvel Releases Augmented-Reality Comics
This might just be the fan-boy/fan-girl “Holy Evolution of Comics, Batman” and it wasn’t developed in a cave or a secret laboratory. The marriage of Marvel and AR now takes the whole experience to the next dimension. Check out the video below and imagine your favorite character (if it isn’t Ironman) launching from the printed […]
Printed Magazines or Digital Magazines: Do We Have To Choose?
Love him or leaf him… you cant deny the Mr. D. Eadward Tree is passionate about the subjects he tackles over at Dead Tree Edition. The topic of Print & Digital magazines isnt new, but Mr. Tree has put his own unique spin on it that resulted in an interesting blog post I excerpted below […]
Another QR FAIL (disaster)
Granted this is from This Is AFCA, the official magazine of the American Football Coaches Association, and not People Magazine, but you can’t deny the fundamentals of good marketing are missed here like extra points would be if your kicker only had one leg. Maybe they can understand that analogy.
Playing pop music via Paper Posters with Conductive Ink
PAPER APPS!!! I like that terminology. It’s also interesting to note one of the selling points the creators are using is the “low cost of printing.” Im assuming this is related if not the same thing to printed electronics/printed circuits and not some new invention, but LOVE the adaptation into the consumer realm and the […]
What Apple Didn't Announce: New App Store category for Catalogs
This is one of those good news/bad news things depending upon where you sit in the Marketing industry. For the digital crowd, especially designers – congrats and enjoy your free time while it lasts. For the Print people, well catalogs aren’t going away (at least for now), but I have to imagine the volume will […]
Order Popcorn From Your Theater Seat via QR or NFC!
Finally an APP everyone can get behind! This is from Australia, and if you watch the video you might be more surprised by their snack bar options than the ease of use and MAJOR added value for the movie-goer. Seafood Medley anyone? So yay to MasterCard for the idea and a great reason to sign […]
Embracing Disruptive Forces as a Strategy
Opening your doors to change will prepare your operation for the future of print by Sandy Hubbard In the past you competed with other print shops for jobs. Today you compete with traditional and online marketers, your own customers who are outputting jobs in various ways, in-house printing operations, online discount printers, your local office […]
What caused Grandma to go Social?
Impossible is a word I personally don’t use that often from years of Traffic/Print Production “it has to get done” conditioning, but a few weeks ago I received a Facebook friend request from my Grandmother! This is the same woman who refers to her computer as “the machine,” turns OFF her answering machine when she […]
PMC’s Vendor Spotlight: 1/1 Interview with Mike Peluso, VP Shawmut
Back before we changed our calendars I put out a call for Printers who were family owned and also adding Marketing Technology Services to their capabilities. The PSP/MSP conversation is often had, but rarely do I see anything but the conversation, so I was thrilled that Shawmut responded and was willing to share their journey […]
Postology Report: There Will Be a Postage Incentive Promotion This Summer
If you plan on incorporating or submitting materials with QR codes during this promotion, take HEED – the USPS is now QR Big Brother, and I for one am thrilled! The news is in – the USPS has announced a summer postage incentive program: via Postology Report – February 2012 – Postology Hot Topics: There Will […]