Reviewing Your Business Model So You Can Become More Successful!

By Terry Rayner I just read a relevant post by Greg Cholmondeley “What the heck is a print manufacturer?” In the article Greg examines the difference between a manufacturer and a craftsman along with why choosing to be a manufacturer will make your printing company more successful! As I read the article it makes me think […]

PrintMediaCentr Joins Two Sides As A Partner Member

I am really honored to be a part of TwoSides and help Phil Riebel any and every way I can to slay the greenwashing dragons out there! You can help too! Follow TwoSidesUS on Twitter and Facebook, join the LinkedIn Group, share their cool EcoGraphic and see how you can become a member. We are […]

Print Industry Unites For International Print Day

Born out of the desire to share, connect and learn from our colleagues around the world, I had the honor to announce the initiative, International Print Day: A Global Celebration of All Things Print! at #printchat last week. International Print Day (IPD) will be held annually the second Wednesday of October, with the first official […]

Include Everyone if You Want to Build a Better Company

By Terry Rayner If there is one thing I have learned during my career in the printing industry – it is that we are in a business of constant change. From the technology that we use to produce printed products, to the way our customers perceive and purchase printing, our business has changed dynamically! Yet when […]

ASK ROCK: When The Family Business Gets Personal

Welcome to ASK ROCK, a monthly advice column where industry expert Rock LaManna will answer your questions on topics such as: key financials for business, and how it can lead to profitable organic growth, M&As, strategic alliances, succession plans, and exit strategies. He will also talk about leadership and present family business case studies. Do you have […]

When The World's Largest Camera Meets #HP Latex Technology

As a Print BUYERologistTM I spend a good amount of time speaking and writing about the importance of relationships between buyers and service providers. This project just may be the pinnacle example of that relationship, and it goes one further.   As explained in the video, the photographer and inventor of the camera Dennis Manarchy called […]

#PRINT13 WEBINAR: Hot Technology Highlights

It’s simply impossible during PRINT 13—with 603 top suppliers, 49 MUST SEE ’EMS, plus over 140 new worldwide introductions—to see every exhibitor’s demonstration of their hot new innovations in equipment, technology, software and related products at the show. BULLSEYE THE “BEST OF THE BEST” TECHNOLOGIES!This fast-paced Executive Summary session will present the “best of the […]

How To Write A Killer Customer Case Study [infographic]

Thanks to the fine people over at Daily Infographic for posting this. It’s pretty self explanatory – so only thing I am going to add is – Do you create case studies at your company? Has it helped with new business?

Are All Salespeople #CATFISH?

For anyone not up on pop culture, CATFISH was a film about a guy named Nev (pronounced Neeve) who believed he found true love on Facebook only to later find out she wasn’t all she claimed to be. At the end of the movie, we hear a story about how commercial fisherman sometimes place catfish […]

Winner of $5,000 @Fastbind Workstation Announced by #Print13

Attendees Explored New Photo Finish Pavilion and Vied for Chance to Win Complete Binding System Valued at $5,000       Reston, VA – PRINT 13 has announced David Thompson, Production Manager, American Color Imaging in Waterloo, Iowa, as the winner of the special show floor giveaway, a complete Case Express Workstation valued at $5,000, provided courtesy of […]

PRINT 13 Garners Upbeat Reviews

Graphic Communications Industry Event of the Year Draws Positive Feedback from Exhibitors and Attendees      Reston, VA – PRINT 13, together with first time co-located CPP EXPO, wrapped up its run at McCormick Place in Chicago on September 12, 2013 with a feeling of optimism for the future.      “Two common themes seemed to be repeated by […]