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, Deborah speaks to Vicki Strull, Design Strategist and Brand Visionary at Vicki Strull Consulting, at the Dscoop Edge event in Orlando. She shares some interesting insights and statistics that provide some food for thought on the […]

HP Stitch and Reinventing Dye-Sublimation With Santi Morera and Joan Perez Pericot

Earlier this year, HP made its first foray into the dye-sub textile market, introducing the Stitch family of printers. Santi Morera, General Manager, Global Head of Graphic Solutions Business, and Joan Perez Pericot, General Manager Large Format Graphics Division, explain why it’s the right move at the right time for HP as they speak to […]

War and Peace: What Hamilton and The Print Industry Have In Common

After an utterly fantastic Project Peacock event providing Printspiration to a room filled with print customers and PSP’s eager to learn about, and get their hands on the amazing print and paper samples shared by the Peacock Partners, I had some time to actually hang out in Chicago. One of the unexpected activities turned out […]

Team drupa on Innovation and DNA coming to #drupa2020

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Deborah sat down with drupa’s Vivien Scheffran and Katharina ‘Coco’ Kramer (and I’m there too!) at Hunkeler Innovationdays in Lucerne back in February, to look ahead to drupa 2020 and even further than that with dna. What will the print industry look like in 10 – 20 years? With drupa, print’s largest global trade fair, […]

Print Media Centr Announces Out of This World Partnership with drupa 2020

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Print Media Centr has announced a partnership with drupa, the world’s largest print trade fair, to present The Printerverse™, a dynamic experience providing eleven days of education and printspiration for all at Messe Düsseldorf in Germany, June 16-26, 2020. The Printerverse will co-locate with drupa DNA (drupa next age) which will occupy Hall 7.0 of the […]

Business Cards, Shoe Leather and Dscoop with Larry Vaughn

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Deborah spoke to Larry Vaughn, Strategic Account Executive at Thomas Printworks and one of the founders of Dscoop, at Edge Orlando in this Podcasts from the Printerverse episode. In this podcast Larry talks about his Dscoop session, which was all about educating attendees on how they can reach beyond their locality to become global printers […]

Building a Better Print Business with Dawn Olson, Konica Minolta

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At the InPrint USA show in Louisville, Kentucky, Deborah spoke to Dawn Olson, Director of Production Print/Industrial Print Client Business Development at Konica Minolta Business Solutions. Dawn delivered the first keynote presentation of the educational programme at InPrint USA in April, in which she talked about business development for clients in industrial and production print […]

2018: A Year of Dividing and Conquering for Print

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Greetings Citizens of the Printerverse! It’s almost time to close the books on 2018 which means it’s a perfect time to look back at some of the subjects that drove discussions in the Printerverse this year, and what we can learn from them moving forward. Be prepared, it’s not all pretty. Print Customers. I couldn’t […]

Three Things You MUST Do After a Trade Show

  Whether you attend one trade show a year or ride the wave of many print-related events, there are three things you must do after a trade show to maximize the experience. I’m going to give you three tips for every section. One for beginners (aka the Knowledge Commoner), one for intermediate (aka Show Pro), […]

Serving The Mission of Print to Reach The Summit of Success

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For someone who has lived most of my life at sea level, it’s always an honor to hear from those who have dared to breach the clouds and risk their lives to climb Mt. Everest. It’s also not surprising that with the right personality and message, these climbers are without question amazing motivational speakers. The […]

I Got 99 Reasons to Attend PRINT 18 and Edu-Slacking Aint 1

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You, yes YOU. What have you done for yourself lately? Specifically in the print education department? If you are still thinking about that question, I can almost guarantee you are not doing enough to keep the focus on the future of print and your business. KNOWLEDGE is what separates you from the pack. Sharing it […]

Trade Show Exhibiting 101: F as in FREIGHT

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In my last post, I talked about drayage. What it is, how to calculate your drayage budget, and some of the in’s and outs of what to do to minimize your expenses (hyperlink to last month’s post). This month I’m focusing on how to get your stuff TO the show venue. Getting it home is […]