Print Producers Stressing You Out? Here Is A Good Reason Why…
If you work in Advertising or have Advertising Agencies as clients, you have probably seen and dealt with your fair share of “stressed out” maniacs. It really wasn’t a surprise to me that Advertising Account Executives made the top ten most stressful jobs list on the infographic below, and it’s definitely poignant stress level wise […]
The Paper Merchant's Brain is Yours for the Picking
I was invited to give a presentation at the Paper Distribution Council’s Annual Meeting back in January of this year. The PDC is part of the NPTA (National Paper Trade Association) which is the distribution arm of the paper industry, and known more commonly as Paper Merchants. It is through Merchants that Printers buy the […]
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 […]
Taking Control of the Phrase "Because We've Always Done it This Way"
Taking Control of the Phrase “Because We’ve Always Done it This Way” The Pitfalls of “Step and Repeat” Process Control by Sandy Hubbard, Print Futurist “Focus over here in this corner and shoot here, and then move the copy over here and shoot this corner and go all around the edges of the copy. Then we […]
Xplor to Host CCM Track at 2012 Conference and Vendor Forum
For Immediate Release Xplor to Host CCM Track at 2012 Conference and Vendor Forum Lutz, FL —February 7, 2012—Xplor International, the worldwide electronic document systems association, today announced that theassociation and conference organizers will host a CCM (Customer Communications Management) track at their upcoming Conference and Vendor Forum, March 27-29 at the TradeWinds Island Grand Hotel […]
The PODi AppForum is back in the UK after a 7-year gap
Leading international organisation for digital printing announces one-day conference in London on March 29 Customer case studies will take centre-stage at the PODi European AppForum which takes place in London on March 29. The last time PODi ran a major event in the UK was 2005. PODi returns to the London College of Communication for […]
PMC's Documobi Webinar: The Recap
Thanks to all of the 250ish attendees on the Documobi webinar Wed Jan 11th, and to the other 200 that registered but couldn’t make it! That is a pretty big response in webinar terms and it gives us some good street cred to bring more cool stuff to you as the year goes on! So […]
Xplor Reports Sold-Out Exhibits for 2012 Conference and Vendor Forum
For Immediate Release Xplor Reports Sold-Out Exhibits for 2012 Conference and Vendor Forum Lutz, FL – January 10, 2012 – Xplor International, the worldwide electronic document systems association, today reported a sold-out exhibition for their 2012 Conference and Vendor Forum, March 27-29 at the TradeWinds Island Grand Hotel and Conference Center, a 4-Star, 585 room […]
RIT Study on VDP Now Available
Jeanette Bredsten is a member of my LinkedIn Group Print Production Professionals and Graduate Student, School of Print Media, at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She, along with Patricia A. Sorce, PH.D, have completed a study on VDP. Jeanette wrote “The survey-based study investigated the amount of personalized print produced by printing companies in Europe, the challenges these printers are facing […]
Printed Business Cards Based on Facebook Timelines
Well, this is quite a coup for Moo.com! And of course a win for PRINT! According to PrintWeek “Moo.com currently does 100% of its printing in-house on four HP Indigo 5500 presses, although it has previously outsourced its UK print production to its neighbouring Clerkenwell digital printer 1st Byte. Moo expects to manage the bulk of […]
