Don’t You DARE Tell Me I’m Lucky!

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In this, the best of all months, because it contains my absolute favorite holiday of all time (ST.PATRICK’S DAY), I have been reflecting a lot about LUCK. Today, it seems, people are very willing and anxious to tell other people how lucky they are. When someone finds out I have 4 children, they either make […]

Print is a Lifestyle Choice, Part II

How Print Advanced Civilization and Expanded the Human Mind The famous Wendell Phillips wrote, “What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.” From books, to articles, to theories, to how people view the world and life in general, civilization as it is today would be far different without the influence […]

#UKvUSA: Does Your Teamwork, Work

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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 […]

Print Media Centr, Domtar Paper and Avanti to present Pre-Conference Program at Xploration® 16

The Ultimate Marketing Workshop for Printers: Solid Strategies for Sales Success  Xplor International, the worldwide electronic document systems association, today announced, a pre-conference program presented by Print Media Centr, Domtar Papers, and Avanti as part of Xploration® 16, being held April 5-7 at the Caribe Royale Orlando in Orlando, Florida. Deborah Corn, Principal at Print […]

Partner Pre-Nups Ensure Easy Break-Ups

At a recent #PrintChat I presented questions for the topic of “Moving Mayhem” (see chat questions, stats and replay here) and our discussion centered around print customers moving their work from vendor to vendor, and the process for a professional break-up. With the waft of love hanging rather thick in the air thanks to Valentines […]

6 Things to LOVE About Print Sales

It’s February! The month of love and devotion and heart palpitations and romance. No, not the month of snow storms and iced driveways and snow days and being trapped in a long desolate winter that will never end. No, fine people. Today we are talking about love. I am here with good news for you. […]

4 Signs A Printer’s Website Needs Refreshing

Your website often serves as the initial handshake between your company and your prospects. Are you serving up a strong and confident grip, or does it leave your visitors hoping for just a little bit more? I’ve recently spent a lot of time looking at the websites of various commercial printers, and I have to […]

A Vision of a Perfect World of Communication

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Communication has changed a lot over the years; we now have smartphones that can do just about everything except brush our teeth. Our inbox replaces our mailbox in many cases so that we can funnel communications through our preferred channel—and our text message and push notifications serve to remind us when we forget to dig […]

Print is a Lifestyle Choice, Part I

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Print and Neuroscience Emily Dickenson once said, “The brain is wider than the sky.” Of course she was right. The statement is as true today as it was then. The human brain is as much a mystery to us as are the cosmos. In fact, The Society for Neuroscience wrote on their website that “The […]

#UKvUSA: Is Triple Bidding a Waste of Time?

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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 […]

The Year Ahead: Q&A With Amit Shvartz, Scodix

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Was 2015 a good year for print? How do you measure success? Printing and print is a challenging business. In Scodix, we focused our efforts on delivering new products and solutions to our customers who were primed and ready for change – and for growth. During 2015, we introduced the new Scodix Foil™, an inline […]

The Year Ahead: Q&A With Eric Hawkinson, Canon Solutions America

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Was 2015 a good year for print? How do you measure success? For Canon Solutions America, 2015 was about launching new technology and connecting more with our customers. 2015 marked a year in which we released three new products that both we and our customers are excited about. We released the Océ VarioPrint i300 – […]