Best Digital Advertising Strategies for Printers to Reach Targeted Print Buyers

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Part 2 of a 2-part series  How can your print business reach print buyers by using digital advertising? There’s no shortage of opportunities to spend your money on advertising, but which options are best for your business? In part 1 of this series, we presented the advantages and disadvantages of pay-per-click (PPC) digital advertising. Now […]

Print Samples: Why You Need Your Own Magazine

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Many years ago, as we were getting ready for Drupa in 2012 one of the sales team members I was working with in Europe arrived with boxes of a very cool magazine, But it wasn’t just any magazine – it was one that had versions based on the target recipient. That magazine was Signal Etique […]

Print Samples: Love Letter to All Our Pals in Print

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Have you ever been specifying a print job and couldn’t remember how to spec an element? Do you want A4 or B4? How do you allow for bleed? What are the layer requirements to spec for multiple layers of varnish? There are so many options in print. Sure, you could go to dozens of websites, […]

How to Help Overworked Print Customers Buy From You

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Making print sales isn’t easy these days. Supply chain issues are disrupting the process and the ability to promise everything will be ok with 100% certainty. This situation can make even the most seasoned print customers nervous especially if they work as a print producer at advertising agencies, brands, or corporations that plan their print […]

Should Your Print Business Pay to Advertise with Mark Zuckerberg?

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Part 1 of a 2-part series  Paid digital advertising is one of the most effective and cost-efficient ways for a print business to reach large targeted audiences of print buyers in a short period of time. Yet for a lot of owners of smaller print businesses, paying to advertise on Google, Facebook, or LinkedIn just […]

Marketing to the Lucrative SaaS Sector

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Marketing to the SaaS sector starts by understanding the everyday challenges of this type of business. Today let’s learn about Software as a Service – SaaS, and how they can solve their most significant problem with print. Why should SaaS care about print? To get in the door with SaaS companies, you need to demonstrate […]

Print Samples: Create Your Own Magazine

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When was the last time you told someone about a great magazine article you read online? For many, reading online is done in snippets between other activities, and the content seems more fleeting. And, then there are printed magazines. Those lovely to-touch pieces of print inform, entertain, and intrigue. We used to think that magazines […]

Combine the Powers of Digital Printing with Digital Marketing

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If you’re like most print service providers, you are trying to grow your business. You want new customers while strengthening the loyalty of your current ones. Beyond those simple goals, you also want to expand your share of your customers’ print wallet by increasing order size, building order frequency, and cross-selling your capabilities portfolio. Overall, […]

Is Empathy in Your Marketing Toolkit?

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I was brought in as an expert by another marketing consultant. He was working with an international company, and one of their tried-and-true lead gen programs was not doing the job anymore.  We met with the corporate marketing people, and they explained the program. Then we got on a Zoom call with the salespeople, and […]

Print Samples: The Wonderful VIGC Member Package

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Do you belong to an association? A bowling league? Intramural golf? What about a print association? Is that association keeping you educated? Are they helping you lift your business? One group that I love does this. It’s the Flemish Innovation Center for Graphic Communication, known as VIGC. I love this organization because they are active. […]

The Real Cost of Print Customer Acquisition

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What does it cost you to get a new lead to your website from your digital marketing campaigns? The cost equation depends on a list of variables, such as your timing, your offer, your target audience, your competition, and your unique value proposition. Success also depends on factors like the creativity and appeal of your […]

Print Samples Danish Style

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Print shows in Europe often bring out displays of amazing print samples gathered by passionate people who want to share and educate. One of those passionate people is Janne Høgshøj, the Danish Connection. At the 2019 Danish Sign, Print & Pack, Janne brought her amazing collection of print. It spanned marketing, packaging, and conceptual art […]