The new year is meant to be a time of renewed purpose and energy but, in reality, it can be overwhelming catching up...
Two Great Resources That Help Your Direct Mail Stand Out
It’s no secret that direct mail has been an effective marketing channel for decades. While the twenty-first century...
A Hybrid World: Print and Extended Reality
Well, we’re not together again just yet. Who else is nostalgic for the naivety of spring, when we thought the...
Print With a WOW at Dscoop with Design Strategist Vicki Strull
We only have eight seconds to catch someone’s attention. Still with me? In this Podcast from the Printerverse episode,...
Profitable Print Relationships with Print Champion Matthew Parker
This PMC podcast travels over to my side of the pond to hear from Matthew Parker, print consultant and founder of the...
Building a Better Print Business with Dawn Olson, Konica Minolta
At the InPrint USA show in Louisville, Kentucky, Deborah spoke to Dawn Olson, Director of Production Print/Industrial...
When it Comes to Email Marketing, Set a Date With Customers
Email marketing falls into two basic categories: calendar-based or behavior based. Calendar based emails are sent...
Project Peacock Print Fair; A One-Night Only Pop-Up Event for Print Customers and Printers
The Printerverse - Print Media Centr (PMC) is expanding Project Peacock by taking it beyond the conference rooms of ad...
Project Peacock Peeks: Applications with Canon Solutions America
https://youtu.be/yOimy9mVDwQ See some of the print possibilities with inkjet presses from Canon Solutions America....
How to Invest in Marketing for Short and Long Term Results
When you or your clients plan how to spend marketing dollars a decision needs to be made whether to spend for...
Color Management: The Intersection of Technology and Intent
The Printerverse at Print 18 was a resounding success. Our panels, interviews and events were attended by almost 2000...
Training the Next Generation of Workflow Wizards
Across the years of doing workflow reviews and assessments one question comes up frequently: Where is the next...
You Are a Print Workflow Magician! Here is How I Know!
In my last post, I said that not all document composition engines or word processing products or even creative layout...
12 Tips and Tools For Becoming a Successful and Prepared Print Professional
We increase our odds of being successful when we're prepared. The right tools make a difference when you are a recent...
Alexa is a Workflow Wizard and Wisdom From IPEX
A while back I wrote a blog on how it wasn’t yet possible to walk up to an Echo Dot or Alexa tower and ask where your...
Wizards of Workflow at SGIA Expo 2017
We are experiencing change in the print world! Forces are gathering to enable workflow automation in every segment,...
Workflow Wisdom From Print 17
There are only a few tradeshows that attracts not only printers and print buyers, but an entire range of hardware and...
What You Missed at Print 17
What’s that you say, my friend? You didn’t make it to Print ’17? You were too busy to make it? You didn’t want to...
How Many Printers Does It Take to Print a Light Bulb?
Q: How many Printers does it take to print a light bulb? A: You don’t know, you don't print light bulbs... right?...
Understanding The Magic Inside Your Digital Front End
If you own a digital print device, somewhere in your life is a Digital Front End. The Digital Front End (DFE) is the...
Inspiration Starts With a Blank Page
A few weeks ago, I came across a post on LinkedIn describing an exercise with a blank sheet of paper geared toward...
The Day the Workflow Stood Still
The print hardware often gets the blame when there is a shop slowdown. Misfeeds, wrong stock loaded, paper transport...
The Way for Smaller Printers to Make Workflow, Work
A question came up over in the Print Production Professionals Group on LinkedIn that came down to this: there is a lot...
Color, Quality and Consistency: 2017 Print Buyer Survey Results Are In
For the past two years I have sent out some poignant questions to the print buying community with two goals in mind;...
Are You Augmenting Your Sales Metrics With Reality?
Multi-sensory print with holograms. Beacons. Haptics. I’m a sucker for cool experiences enabled by technology. Feed...
[VIDEO] The drupa Effect: What’s Next Is Now
This panel focuses on all things drupa – what Alliance partners showed, what they saw, and what the print community...
[VIDEO] Social Climbing: Reaching The Top One Share At A Time
This panel focuses on social media as a collaborative channel for education, marketing, sales and communication with...
[VIDEO] Print Ninja Warrior: Adapting To The New Game
Print Ninja Warrior: Adapting To The New Game This panel focuses on the state of the industry, the equipment and...
[VIDEO] Are Your Bits Fit? Workflow Integration Without Perspiration
Are Your Bits Fit? Workflow Integration Without Perspiration This panel focuses on the tools that help print shops...
[VIDEO] Vini, Vidi, Varnish: Conquering The Art Of Finishing
This panel focuses on all aspects of finishing and provide thought leadership on where the industry is...
[VIDEO] Cleansing Your Palette: The Fresh Taste Of Color
This panel focuses on specialty inks, creative color use, and color management across multiple devices and...
[VIDEO] HP and Webcom Present: OneBook Case Study
HP, Webcom, and the authors of “Unsquaring the Wheel” discuss how digital printing driven by HP OneBook technology was...
[VIDEO] Optimize Prime: Transforming Your Workflow
This panel focuses on helping printers understand how to optimize their workflow and maximize their...
WWDSD (What Would Dr. Seuss Do?)
As some of you might know, I have 4 kids under the age of 7. And that means I read a lot of children’s books. I mean,...
How to Incorporate MORE Video In Your Social Media Marketing
As marketers we have to consider the world that we live in. With smart phones, tablets, high def monitors people are...
TRENDING: Today’s Startup Print Customers Are DEMOCOLLABORATING!
We’ve talked about how to woo start up companies and cultivate a love of print. Now that you’ve won a startup...
1/1 Interview with Sabine Geldermann – Director, drupa
Thanks to my new best friend Anne Meerboth-Maltz from Messe Düsseldorf North America, I was able to score an interview...
Web to Print Solutions Benched by New Tech
Guest Post by Alex Almada, Propago YES, we offer the services to help you, but this post is not about that. This post...
110% Can’t Miss Totally True Predictions For 2016
Thank you for joining me for my pseudo-triumphant return to The Printerverse Blog Party. I know I tried to...
Print Takes Center Stage
Print is moving into the spotlight in cross media campaigns. Print has stepped into the spotlight and proved it plays...
Understanding Print File Formats
Printing may seem very straightforward but the reality is there are some technical considerations to printing that are...
Three Ways To Effectively Maximize Your Twitter Reach
Depending upon what you do, and whom you are trying to engage with, Twitter can be a very powerful social media tool....
[VIDEO] Meet the Movers and Shakers From the Inaugural thINK Conference in NYC
The first thINK Conference - appropriately called thINK First, was held in NYC Sept 8-10, 2015 in the Roosevelt Hotel...
[VIDEO] Post-Press Success: Winning With Finishing
This Graph Expo panel focuses on the wonderful world of finishing, and the ROI it can bring. Panelists:...
[VIDEO] Print Smart: Evaluating Tools for Saving Time and Money
This Graph Expo panel focuses on tips, best practices for printers to assess their workflows and processes in order to...
[VIDEO] Digital Schmigital: Marketing Print to Millennials
This Graph Expo panel focuses on “The New Print Customers” – what they know, what they don’t, and how to keep them...
[VIDEO] Behind the Social Curtain: Introducing the Wizards of WOW
This Graph Expo panel discusses what it takes to develop and maintain a successful social media presence for your...
[VIDEO] An ROI River Runs Through It: Mapping Your Multi-Channel Marketing Streams
This Graph Expo panel focuses on helping printers market themselves through print + additional channels by sharing...
[VIDEO] Reinventing World Class: A Conversation with Pitney Bowes
What does world class look like? Whether you’re a family-owned small business, a growing global enterprise, or...
[VIDEO] Incoming! Print Techs and Trends You Cannot Ignore
This Graph Expo panel focuses on just launched/upcoming technology, and provides thought leadership as far as where...
[VIDEO] 2015 Girls Who Print Day “Girlie Award” and Mentor Panel
This yearly award presentation and panel is on everyone’s must see list! Our 2015 panel features: Mary Beth Smith,...
[VIDEO] I Can’t Believe It’s Not Offset! Everything You Need To Know About The Inkjet Revolution!
This highly anticipated discussion at Graph Expo touches upon the value proposition of Inkjet, who it’s right...
[VIDEO] Wine, Books and Beers
Learn how to enter the short-run bookmaking arena with panelists from: Fastbind USA http://fastbindusa.com • GPA...
[VIDEO] Best Practices from HP PageWide Web Press Customers
David Murphy (http://hp.com/go/inkjetwebpress) interviews the innovators in Production Inkjet! Meet two customers who...
[VIDEO] Evolution/Revolution: The New Age of Industry Orgs and Associations
This Graph Expo panel focuses on how the industry orgs and associations are helping the print community adapt to the...
[VIDEO] Zooming In: Bringing The Value of Digital Print Into Focus
This Graph Expo panel focuses on sharing the amazing and creative marketing that can be achieved with Digital Print...
[VIDEO] Discover The Possibilities of Digital Print with HP Indigo
Boris Hughes, Americas Business Development Manager shows us some of the amazing things you can do with HP Indigo...
[VIDEO] 50 Shades of YAY! Color Management, Paper and Digital Print
This Graph Expo panel focuses on the value of color management, and how to manage color across multiple devices and...
[VIDEO] Breach Is The New Black: Data, Privacy and The Cloud
This Graph Expo panel focuses on helping printers understand how to protect their customers and their data by sharing...
[VIDEO] Protecting and Perpetuating The Prosperity of Print and Paper
Hear from the industry advocates on what is being done to educate consumers, and fight corporate greenwashing....
[VIDEO] What Have You Done For Me Lately? Adding More Value to Customers Beyond Service.
This Graph Expo panel focuses on ways printers can expand their relationship with customers to create loyalty and...
[VIDEO] Blazing The Trail To Profit: Discovering New Customer Channels
This panel from Graph Expo focuses on helping printers open new revenue streams with customers, and enter new markets...
Get Ready For International Print Day (#IPD15) October 14, 2015!
INTERNATIONAL PRINT DAY 2015, A 24-HOUR SOCIAL MEDIA EVENT, TO EMPHASIZE THE INDUSTRY’S LOVE FOR AND DEDICATION TO...
#UKvUSA: 3 Ways Print Buyers Can Deliver a Happy Holiday Season
Welcome to my blogging duel with TEAM UK’s Matthew Parker. If you have been following along you can skip right to the...
Three Must-See Panels From The Printerverse at Graph Expo 15
Greetings Citizens of The Printerverse! Graph Expo 2015 is in the books, and what a show it was. From our first panel...
Print Media Centr Announces Line Up Of FREE Expert Panel Presentations And Special Events At Graph Expo 2015
Print Media Centr (PMC) announces a robust line up of expert panel presentations and special events that will take...
GRAPH EXPO 15 MUST SEE ‘EMS Winners Announced
Congrats to all - but especially our GRAPH EXPO 2015 Intergalactic Alliance members: HP, Xerox, Scodix, Pitney Bowes...
#UKvUSA: Who Really Chooses Paper?
Welcome to my blogging duel with TEAM UK’s Matthew Parker. If you have been following along you can skip right to the...
Top 5 Tips for InkJet Success
If you aren’t already working with an inkjet web press, this is a great time to get onboard the inkjet train....
Six Ways To Productively Use Summer Downtime
by Deborah Corn Although June 21 is officially the first day of summer, I can already see the activity on social...
AR: Closing The Gap Between Virtual And Reality
by Jennifer Grace For those readers who are not familiar with Augmented Reality (AR), I would like to explain....
Four Fast Business Blogging Etiquette Tips
Guest post by Jeff Lewis, Group M Public Relations & Cross Media Marketing It’s been a while since my last post...
Yes, Business Cards Still Matter, Here is Why…
By Roberto Blake Despite whatever you've heard from your favorite marketing guru, business cards are not DEAD in 2015,...
Why Printers Should Attend A DAM Conference
I reached out to Henry Stewart to help me find a company that has helped PRINTERS successfully become Digital Asset...
Meet The New Print Pioneers
I’ve been thinking about how to tell you all about my incredible experience at Jetcomm and Dscoop since I got into the...
Print Fight Club: Round One Recap And Replay
Last week, with the support of our friends at eLynxx Solutions, I launched #PrintFightClub with the topic "Will Print...
Upcoming Events And Happenings In The Printerverse And Beyond!
I sent this as a group announcement to my LinkedIn group today, and it's too packed with awesome event info NOT to...
VIDEO: Unique Inkjet Technologies Featured At ISA Expo 2015
Although I cannot make it to ISA Sign Expo this year, Chris Price is carrying on without me!! GRAPH EXPO is hosting...
1/1 Interview with Bill Borrelle, Brand Transformer and Strategist at Pitney Bowes
A few weeks back I had the honor to be invited by @PitneyBowes to participate in their first #powerofprecision chat on...
Printing Impressions Launches PI Xchange with an EXCLUSIVE Interview with Thomas J. Quinlan III, President and CEO of RR Donnelley
Attention Printerverse!!! There is something very GROOVY coming your way… #PIXlive! Printing Impressions has recently...
Winning Customers With High Speed Inkjet And More
A few weeks ago I had the honor of working with Pat McGrew M-EDP, CMP to bring you a panel discussion with printers...
[Video] HP High Speed Inkjet, Hunkeler and POSTERS!!
I love that Pat McGrew says "I hope this was interesting" at the end of this video. I have never printed POSTERS on a...
[Video] HP Printing Books With High Speed Inkjet At Hunkeler With Some Help From Meccanotecnica
More videos from Pat McGrew M-EDP, CMP, from the show floor at Hunkeler InnovationDays in Lucern, Switzerland. This...
How to Use Twitter Hashtags to Attract Leads
Do you remember Stan Lee’s Amazing Fantasy issue #15? On the back panel was written one of the most memorable quotes...
Data, Data Everywhere And Not A… Actually, A Lot to Leverage
We are surrounded by data. In fact, I think I hear my iPhone 6+ buzzing as I write this. As communicators, the...
#UKvUSA: Should Printers Talk About ROI?
Welcome to my blogging duel with TEAM UK’s Matthew Parker. If you have been following along you can skip right to the...
Kelly Mallozzi From Success In Print On Why Sales Is Dead, But Telling Stories Isn’t
Two years ago I undertook what I thought would be a simple task of finding partners to work with me/PMC for Graphics...
#INKJET 101 Video Replay Now Playing!
This Webinar, presented by Pat McGrew, M-EDP, CMP created quite a buzz with almost 250 registrations, plenty of...
PrintMediaCentr to Feature Interactive Workshop Focused On Online Marketing Strategies For Printshops.
New Pre-Conference Program Debuts at Xploration® 15 Lutz, FL —January 29, 2015—Xplor International, the worldwide...
The Future Is Yours at the 2015 BIA Annual Conference
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January 29, 2015 — The 2015 BIA Conference, presented by Printing Industries of America, is...
Creating Value And Opportunity For Graphic Design in 2015
By Roberto Blake It’s 2015, and the landscape of graphic design has changed dramatically from how it was even a decade...
Want To Fall In Love With Your Job Again? Act Like A Rookie.
By Kelly Mallozzi Are any of you out there old enough to remember the awesome song You Don’t Bring Me Flowers with...
Welcome To The 2015 World Of Print!
By Chloe Mahendra-Fuji, Print Diva Hi! I’m Chloe, and love to watch how people communicate in print. There are so many...
New “Print” Year’s Resolutions We Should All Consider
By Jonathan McGrew, EDP This is the time of year when we all make our resolutions, right? Go back to the gym. Eat...
Innovation, Personalization And The Cloud + More Predictions For Print In 2015
Greetings Earthlings, Prink Geeks and Citizens of the Printerverse! It's a new year and while I am sure you have been...
#UKvUSA: Why Aren’t Buyers Reading Your Blog Posts?
Welcome to my blogging duel with TEAM UK’s Matthew Parker. If you have been following along you can skip right to the...
Christmas Card Phones Friends And Family When It’s Opened
via springwise.com Telecoms company O2 has created a Christmas card with an integrated SIM, capable of making a call...
Bookmaking Part 4: Cover and Finishing
If you need to catch up: Bookmaking Part One / Part Two / Part Three By Frances Atterbury Finally, a hand made book...
Bookmaking Part 3: Picking Paper And Grain Direction
Bookmaking Part One / Part Two / Part Four By Frances Atterbury Paper is vital. The paper you choose will have a...
#UKvUSA: Three Critical Buying Tasks To Kick-Off 2015
Welcome to my blogging duel with TEAM UK’s Matthew Parker. If you have been following along you can skip right to the...