One Printers' Journey From PSP To MSP And Back Again
A while back one of my LinkedIn group members, Ashely Horton, shared a really cool VDP campaign his printing company created and executed. I reached out to him immediately in hopes of sharing his story as an inspiration to Printers, and while the story is still inspiring, it definitely took a turn I didn’t see […]
A Digital's Confession: How I Evolved into a Certified Print Geek
by Katherine Tattersfield Hello everyone! I’m Katherine and I’m a digital marketer who somehow morphed into a giant print geek. It all started a few months ago when I landed a job at a commercial printing company. At first I felt a strong sense of irony. I considered print advertising a waste of time and […]
Using PR to Grow Your Business – Start with a Press Release
By Marion Williams-Bennett In our last blog post, How To Create A Successful PR Campaign For Your Business, we looked at some of the fundamentals of how and why a company would want to start a public relations program. As we learned, PR can help you create awareness of your company and your services, PR […]
Five Sure Fire Ways To Ruin Your Reputation On LinkedIn
Most of you reading this have found me, and PrintMediaCentr, through a connection of some sort on LinkedIn. Hopefully we are directly connected or you are in my Print Production Professionals Group. If not, you can rectify that after this post! As a group manager I walk a diplomatic fine line. I sometimes stay neutral […]
3D Printers: What I Thought I Knew, But Know Now
Brian Rothschild has been a connection of mine on LinkedIn for quite a while, and he always has something lively and topical to add to the discussions he participates in throughout the platform. I was totally psyched that I would finally be able to meet him face to face at Graphics of The Americas, and […]
LinkedIn’s Recent Marketing Promotion Proves People Suck At Math, And Love Themselves
Did you recently receive an email from LinkedIn congratulating you for having one of the top 1%, 5% or 10% most viewed profiles for 2012, and share that through social channels? Congratulations might not exactly be in order then, since you are also among the masses of people who fell into the brilliant trap of […]
Twitter Gives The BIRD to LinkedIn And Cuts Ties
The recap: Twitter allowed LinkedIn users to use their API and send Tweets directly to LinkedIn using #in or #li in their messages, or automatically for every Tweet if you set it that way on LinkedIn. Whenever a Tweet was sent to LinkedIn, it showed up as the Tweeters status message, and in the LinkedIn […]
The ROI of Social Media? How about a Print Industry Award!
This story is too cool not to put on blast and teaches a valuable lesson… You never know who is watching! Despite my love/hate relationship with LinkedIn, as a channel for professionals to connect and network I cant deny it’s value or importance. My LinkedIn journey has been pretty remarkable – enough so that it […]
Infographic: Linkedin Facts And Figures
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LinkOUT on LinkedIn
If you think LinkedIn is just an online version of your static résumé, then think again. It is a way to search and connect with a much wider network than possible in person. Keeping connections alive through LinkedIn is much more passive than traditional networking since the service delivers updated and timely information about your […]