by Deborah Corn | Customer Communication, Featured, Marketing, Operations, Print Sales, Print Services, Sales, Tips, Trends
Authenticity for brand, personal, and print business messaging has become more important than ever. Whether it’s in advertising, social media, or everyday conversation, people want to feel that the messages they receive are genuine and truthful. Last week was...
by Deborah Corn | Buyers, Creative, Customer Communication, drupa, Education, Events, Featured, Marketing, Operations, Print Production, Print Sales, Print Services, Sales, Tips, Trends
Do you see print everywhere? Do you count down the days until the new printing press or finishing equipment arrives at your print shop? Do you know what Pantone color the sky is? Do you make vacation plans around printing industry events or incorporate them? Do you...
by Deborah Corn | Customer Communication, Digital Media, Featured, Future of Print, Marketing, Print Media, Print Sales, Print Services, Sales, Tips, Trends
Greetings Citizens of the Printerverse and welcome to a New Year! For the first time in 3 years, it feels like an actual NEW year and not a continuation of what I refer to as the uni-year. The uni-year covers anything that happened between March 2020 and December 31,...
by Sarah Ohanesian | Featured, Operations, Tips, Tools, Training
The new year is meant to be a time of renewed purpose and energy but, in reality, it can be overwhelming catching up with all the things we didn’t want to deal with in December. Organizational productivity and goal setting can quickly get pushed to the side. I’m...
by Deborah Corn | #PrintSales, #ProjectPeacock, Buyers, Customer Communication, Direct Mail, Featured, Marketing, Print Buying, Print Media, Print Sales, Print Services, Project Peacock, Tips
Even with Americans being vaccinated at an astonishing pace, we are not out of the woods regarding businesses reopening and people returning to offices. As a matter of fact, some companies are choosing to give up the brick and mortar and panoramic views from office...
by Sandy Hubbard | Marketing, Print Sales, Sales, Tips
No matter what’s going on in the economy, there’s money to be made for printers who can get in the door with real estate brokers. To sell deeply and profitably, you must develop relationships and earn a seat at the project planning table. To do that, you need to work...
by Deborah Corn | Customer Communication, Featured, Future of Print, Marketing, Operations, Print Buying, Print Media, Print Sales, Print Services, Printerverse, Sales, Tips
Greetings Citizens of the Printerverse and welcome to a New Year! It is a new year, right? The calendar has changed but, in many ways, it feels like 2020 is still lingering. This annual post has traditionally focused on what is in front of us, but honestly, there is...
by Pat McGrew | #PrintSampleTV, Buyers, Creative, Customer Communication, Design, Marketing, Print Buying, Print Sales, Sales, Tips
Over the decades I’ve developed a love affair with print samples. It started back in high school when I worked in a print shop that had been in business since the 1700s. We ran a web press in house, though the newspapers were done over at Princeton Packet. Promotional...
by Karis Copp | Data, Marketing, Operations, Tips, Trends, Uncategorized
What comes to mind when I say ‘influencer’? It might be impossibly perfect people in designer gear on Instagram, gamers racking up millions of views on YouTube, business thought leaders who represent brands and organisations at corporate events – the list goes on,...
by Deborah Corn | #PrintSales, Buyers, Featured, Marketing, Operations, Print Buying, Print Sales, Print Services, Sales, Tips, Trends
Imagine having to drive 45 minutes for a haircut, or to get clothing altered. Imagine no malls or shopping centers to stroll through on a rainy Sunday. Imagine no family-owned restaurants to bring out of town guests, no local bars to watch the big game, no local small...
by Sandy Hubbard | Print & Digital, Printers, Tips
A printer came to me with a dilemma. One of his customers wanted to buy his family printing business and turn it into an in-house print-design department. Since he had the only print shop in his small town, he felt a responsibility to stay independent and serve the...
by Sandy Hubbard | Sales, Tips
Is it possible to get new customers in this topsy-turvy time? Here’s a story about a little kid who not only did it but created a winning nine-point formula. My son, Nate, was nine years old when I was laid off from my corporate publishing job. The business had not...
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