Shopping in the Time of Corona: How Print and Tech Give Retail a Lifeline
Most of us are living very different lives than we were a few months ago. Even though the priorities in the grand scheme of things are stopping the spread of the virus, keeping people safe, and caring for those who are sick, it’s OK to miss the little things. Some of mine are: strolling around […]
The Omnichannel Generation – How Young People are Getting Social With Print
Has anyone checked their Screen Time report on their phone lately? I was deeply shamed by my iPhone this week. I’d like to say it was all long-form journalism and educational podcasts, but to be honest, too much of it is pointless scrolling through social media thanks to lockdown-induced boredom. I love being at home […]
The Five People You Meet on a Zoom Call
After over a month in isolation, there are probably not many people who do not know what a ZOOM call is. And you know that a phenomenon has reached its’ peak when the Holderness Family spoofs it. If you haven’t seen it, or you need another giggle, you can see it here. I have been […]
4 Ways Emerging Tech Can Help You Manage Supply Chain Risk
I didn’t plan on writing something that adds to the coronavirus information overload, but unfortunately, it continues to be at the forefront of my mind both personally and professionally, whether I like it or not! From a business perspective, there’s no doubt that COVID-19 is wreaking havoc around the world. Axios reports almost three-quarters of […]
Three Tech Trends for Print… in 2020 and Beyond
Happy 2020! That number alone sounds pretty futuristic – I’m sure if our child selves were asked what 2020 will be like, many of us would have conjured up images of flying cars, robot helpers, and food replacement pills. Well, we’re not quite there with the flying cars, (although the recent CES show did see […]
Printing United Provides Sweet Revenge For Print Lovers
It has been almost a month since Printing United opened its doors and ushered in a long-awaited trade show that brought much of the industry together under one gigantic convention center roof. Powered by SGIA and NAPCO Media, the show expanded beyond the traditional wide format, screen, and specialty printing offerings found at the annual […]
Help Clients Create Unique Customer Experiences
Years ago when I was on the small initial team developing a brand new software product we hired someone to focus on integrating a help and learning system into the product. He immediately started talking about how we needed to integrate a new concept called human-centered design into the product. After listening to his pitch […]
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
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, […]
Managing Print Marketing Performance with MarTech Stacks
The guys over at chiefmartec have been tracking marketing technologies since 2011. Over that time their list of marketing tech solutions has grown from 150 to over 7,000. That’s 7,000 solutions out there competing for a piece of the marketing budget. This presents a problem for any company: What solutions should I buy so I’m […]
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 agencies and in-house marketing departments and bringing it to intimate event spaces, around the US. Project Peacock, a traveling show-and-tell created by Deborah Corn, the Intergalactic Ambassador to The Printerverse at Print Media Centr, began […]
Project Peacock Peeks: Applications with Canon Solutions America
See some of the print possibilities with inkjet presses from Canon Solutions America. Step up your print marketing game… Peacock Long and Prosper! *********************************** Connect with Canon Solutions America: http://csa.canon.com Request print samples from Canon Solutions America: http://samples.printmediacentr.com *********************************** Project Peacock is produced by Print Media Centr. Connect with the Printerverse: https://printmediacentr.com Project Peacock Peeks […]