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 designed for any post press operations including, binderies, graphic finishers, and custom loose-leaf manufacturers looking to network with industry peers, brainstorm ideas about operating techniques, gain advanced knowledge from leading-edge speakers, and connect with top suppliers and industry experts. […]

The 2015 CMYK Manifesto: Invest In The Future Of Print

The Following Topics Are Over And Done With For 2015! MSP/PSP… WTF! Enough already. No acronym is going to change the perception of what you do if you have presses in the building. Printing is NOT a dirty word! If you think it is by all means change your company name and help your competition […]

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 ago. This is not only a matter of new technology, but also a matter of a shift in the direction of advertising and marketing itself. There’s now an emphasis on customer engagement and storytelling […]

Easy Ways to Freshen Your Email Newsletter

if you haven’t freshened up your email newsletter recently, it’s TIME! Give your readers something to look forward to, something new and interesting, while retaining your branding and everything that’s uniquely YOU. We have a great advantage with email because it’s easy to update the look of the newsletter, and there are so many great […]

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 things you can do with print that it’s sometimes hard to realize that there are still new ideas being realized with technology that involves putting marks on paper. Much of my work involves digital […]

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 healthier. Procrastinate less. But what about your print resolutions this year? At this juncture it would be easy to jump to the green initiatives. Print double-sided, print less or perhaps use FSC […]

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 planning for it, it’s always nice to hear some print prognostications from a wide range of industry pros. You can use this info to validate your direction or adjust it, seek out events to help […]

#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 post… and if you are just joining us, here is some background… Matthew and I haven’t always seen eye to eye when it comes to Print Buying. He comes from the UK procurement world, and I […]

Print Media Centr Visitors Pick The Best Posts Of 2014

Greeting Earthlings, CMYK Enthusiasts, and Print Media Centr Readers… Happy New Year! It’s a brand new year and no better time to look back and share some 2014 history with you. Here is a bit of statistical site info and some quick links for the top 10 posts on PMC in 2014! PMC attracted readers from all over 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 between sender and recipient. Christmas has always been a time for sharing and connecting with family, and every year marketing agencies across the globe take it upon themselves to remind consumers of this fact. Once in […]

Bookmaking Part 2: Everything You Need To Know About Sizes And Signatures

Bookmaking  Part One / Part Three / Part Four By Francis Atterbury Let me say straight away that I can’t tell you everything you need to know about sizes and signatures. Not only do I not know everything, but it would be a pretty dull thing to know everything about! But, I do know quite about them, so here […]

Why Printers Should Stop Telling People What They Do, And Show Them Who They Are

Video may have killed the radio star, but it’s providing longevity for the promotion of print! Mark my words – VIDEO – will be the most important tool for your marketing communications next year. Let’s kick this off with some numbers you can’t ignore… According to Invodo’s Video Statistics: The Marketers Summary 2014 74% of […]

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