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 […]
Poster Offers Spooky Surprise For QR Code Scanners
Although the House Of Nightmares doesn’t open until April of 2015 in Stockholm, Sweden, clever marketers used print and an immersive experience to get some early buzz going! I love stuff like this!
Why You Should Be At GRAPH EXPO 14 This September
by Jonathan McGrew, edp Preparing for this year’s GRAPH EXPO got me thinking; in recent years trade shows have been challenged to grow—or at the very least stay the same size. Many shows have suffered the ill fate of declining attendance or, worse yet, shutting down completely. Shows like GRAPH EXPO and their management have […]
ISA's Brandon Hensley On The 2014 Expo, The Future Of Signage, And Mugshots!
Signs are one of those things so engrained in the world that most people don’t stop to think about how they are concepted, created, and installed, let alone there is a pretty significant industry devoted to signage consistently developing education, tools and technologies. I’ve been involved in a few signage projects and let me say […]
#Dscoop9 – From The Community, For The Community
I am fortunate to be able to attend a few industry events every year. A couple I have the honor to present a session or participate on a panel or two, GRAPH EXPO lets me loose to create The Printerverse as a show floor feature, and for the rest I put on my press pass […]
Meet Jim Raffel, CEO Of ColorMetrix And Renaissance Road Warrior!
As promised in my LinkedIn group, this year I am going to share a lot of information from, and about our community through PrintMediaCentr. There is no better way to kick this off than to introduce you all to Jim Raffel. I met Jim in person at SGIA Expo 11, (here is video proof) and […]
#PrintBig: Printerview With Washington Graphics
Your resident Print Geek has some very special people to introduce to you today. I met the wonderful Washington Graphics team at #PrintChat, the inkiest Twitter chat in social media land (shameless plug: join us on Wednesdays at 1pm Best Coast Time, 4pm East Coast). Their CEO Bob Morgan and Marketing VP Kate Gansneder impressed […]
Absolut Originality Campaign Adds NFC To Their Cross Media Marketing Cocktail
Working in advertising for so many years has taught me many valuable lessons about the world. One of the simplest yet significantly important is… BRANDS RULE, and BIG BRANDS EVEN BETTER! For example, an ad agency might have Southwest Airlines as a client, but will drop them like a rock to have American Airlines on […]
SGIA EXPO 2013 Delivers The Goods
For a few days last week the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando was the happiest place on Earth – at least for the specialty graphics crowd. In fact, the show floor was like one giant printing theme park with sounds of machines and moving parts, bright lights and flashing screens, and crowds that made […]
PRINT 13 Garners Upbeat Reviews
Graphic Communications Industry Event of the Year Draws Positive Feedback from Exhibitors and Attendees Reston, VA – PRINT 13, together with first time co-located CPP EXPO, wrapped up its run at McCormick Place in Chicago on September 12, 2013 with a feeling of optimism for the future. “Two common themes seemed to be repeated by […]
Watch The #Printerverse LIVE From The Show Floor of #Print13
Greetings Earthlings, Alternative Lifeforms, and Citizens of The Printerverse!! With the support of GASC and our friends at Canon USA, we will be broadcasting ALL of our sessions and events LIVE from the show floor of PRINT 13 Sept 8-12th! Check out the Livestream event page: LIVE FROM THE PRINTERVERSE AT #PRINT13 Follow us there and […]
The Printerverse Announces Line Up of Events, Activities and Presentations at #PRINT13
CHICAGO—August 19, 2013—PrintMediaCentr (PMC) is pleased to announce the schedule of presentations and events taking place in the Printerverse (booth # 5540) at PRINT 13 and co-located CPP EXPO, coming September 8-12 to Chicago’s McCormick Place. The Printerverse provides a unique show floor venue where attendees can come throughout the show to connect with the […]