The Year Ahead: Q&A With Eric Hawkinson, Canon Solutions America
Was 2015 a good year for print? How do you measure success? For Canon Solutions America, 2015 was about launching new technology and connecting more with our customers. 2015 marked a year in which we released three new products that both we and our customers are excited about. We released the Océ VarioPrint i300 – […]
2016 Is Going To Be Terrible! Or, Is It?
Hi! I’m Chloe! This year is starting off with a bang – big projects, cool customers, even neater technologies… but I am afraid this is going to be a terrible year! Why? Because this is a drupa year, and in a drupa year it seems like everyone is paralyzed with fear that if they make […]
2016 Print Advice From Awesome Writers
Can you believe that we are already half way through the first month of the new year? I am sure you have thought about it already. How will your print be different this year than the year before? How should something that has been around longer than your grandparents be changed for the better? More, […]
Looking Across The Digital And Print Chasm In 2016
There is no doubt that today we live in an omnichannel world. From our mobile phones loaded up with apps, photos and text messages to the physical print we still receive, the average person is being stimulated by information every second of the day. Hey! Put the phone DOWN…Unless you are reading this on your […]
3 Sweet Reasons To Use Email Plus Print
Remember Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup ads? “Hey! You got peanut butter on my chocolate!” Yum! That’s how I feel about email and print together. Adding email to print (or print to email) magnifies the reader’s experience and improves your marketing success. They really are two great tastes that taste great together. Let’s talk about how to […]
In Memoriam: Print 220–2015 AD
After almost 2000 years since the first evidence of printing was discovered in China, with a joyous heart I am here to report that PRINT IS DEAD. It didn’t go easy and I’d bet even now some of you refuse to believe it’s gone, but trust me… print, like Elvis, has left the building. Print […]
Four Galactic Concepts Star Wars Can Teach Us About Print Media
This past Friday was December 18th. Do you know what that means? If your answer is “no” then what’s wrong with you?! I mean keep reading, there might still be hope for you. Seriously, it was the premier of the new Star Wars movie—The Force Awakens– and as you probably already guessed, I absolutely did […]
Were You Naughty or Nice? 2015 in Review
Hi! I’m Chloe! It’s hard to believe, but this is our second Holiday Season together! Merry Christmas! Happy Hannukah! Felicitations for whatever you celebrate! 2015 has been a roller coaster of a year. Let’s look at what hit and what missed for me! The big hit for the year is the growth of more solutions […]
3 Things You Should Know About Marketing To Us Millennials
Millennial. A term first coined by Neil Howe and William Strauss in 1991 in their book “Generations” to describe the generation born between 1980 and 2000; however, the most common birth range for the generation also known as Generation Y is 1982-2000. Despite how much I loathe the term (I mean, does anyone really enjoy […]
Can We Talk? Are You Too Timid?
Hi! I’m Chloe! I live in a world of print and I’m starting to get annoyed. Maybe you are too? Too much of what is coming across my desk is b-o-r-i-n-g! It’s the same look, same feel, same format, same color schemes – over and over again! When did brands become so timid? There are […]
[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 excited about print in an electronic world. Panelists from: http://dreamingincmyk.com • http://hp.com/go/indigo • http://www.chili-publish.com • http://hp.com/go/pagewidewebpress – Hosted by Deborah Corn
[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 business, and how to measure results. We had some issues with sound, so I trimmed this video to where it was fixed. Panelists: http://www.avantisystems.com • Marifer Rodriguez http://pitneybowes.com • Bill Michael http://xerox.com/production – Vanecia Carr http://domtar.com – Hosted by […]