PrintMediaCentr Zones Out At Graphics Of The Americas 2013

NEW! In its inaugural year, PrintMediaCentr (PMC) brings its action-packed, fun-filled networking zone live to the GOA show floor February 21-23, 2013! Co-located with the popular GOA Expo Theater in Booth 371, PMC is the place for an interactive experience like none other. Here, attendees can see, firsthand, the use of print-based marketing technology – […]

The 12 Days of Printmas 2012

  Although the 12 days of PRINTMASTM hasnt officially begun, I am calling for some Holiday fun… and you have time to prepare! Make a video of you, your company, or whomever singing the song below. Post it on YouTube, send me the link, and we will create a playlist of all the participants to […]

Dscoop, Social Media and Barcelona

It’s not everyday that print industry veteran and twitter personality X offers to represent you at an event and blog for you. I do admit, I was wondering if I would be liable for any potential international incidents, but it seems he kept on his best behavior and no Dscoopers were “harmed” during his visit. […]

All Roads Lead to The Printerverse

by Terri Spaulding Graph Expo is full of energy even before you step onto the showroom floor.  Oh the sights, sounds, buzzes, hums, groups of smiling people, piles of awesomely displayed swag, and endless twists and turns of carpeted booths! I have to admit I was a little overwhelmed, where does one start?  My first […]

Engagement Science: Making the Most of Your Social Media Strategy

Our friends over at Shawmut sent out a tweet that has thrown me for a complete loop… uconnectShawmut 10:45am via HootSuite From the Worldwide Social Media Study: Nearly 47 percent of B2B companies neither tracked nor followed up on social media leads. Im actually just staring at my computer screen because Im at a loss […]

Meet Stanley, The World’s First Tweet Powered Piano

This is too cool! Stanley was created for an event so you cant request songs now, but he will be back so Im following on Twitter and when he is I will try it for sure! Now what song is the big question??? The World’s First Tweet Powered Piano Stanley’s no ordinary piano. It plays […]

Social Customer Service [infographic]

via Social Customer Service [infographic]. Social media has allowed companies to become more responsive than ever before. Today’s infographic Social Customer Service: The Next Competitive Battleground shows us that companies are responding quicker than ever to their customers complaints. In fact about 84% of social media use is geared towards improving customer service.  

The Most Social Cities & Landmarks Per Facebook

Some of these make sense Landmark wise: Times Square, The Colosseum … some of these make sense as being Stadiums and Concert venues so people would “check-in” and there are consistent audiences… but in Oslow, Norway TGIF Friday’s is the social hot spot? They must make one hell of a burger! Any one even been? click […]

Infographic: The Social Media Gender Divide

The study for this infographic was done in the UK about the UK, so there is that to consider, but seems like the percentages swing the way you would assume they would – except for the gaming category. That was a bit of a surprise.  Infographic via : MediaBistro  

#PRINTCHAT 2.0 – New Host, New Time, New Opportunities

If you are unaware, in January of 2011 Quad/Graphics created a weekly “tweet-up” for the purpose of exchanging ideas and information within the world of print. Aptly named #PrintChat, word spread through networking circles and soon enough a nice weekly crowd began to gather and participate in intelligent discussions and relevant knowledge sharing. The Background Quad/Graphics founded […]

The Updated Facebook Page: Top 10 Things You Need to Know

Withe the impending doom of Facebook Pages being switched to the timeline view, Integricity put together this very handy infographic that will solve some of the mystery’s as well as provide specs for profile (if its even called that anymore) images.  I didn’t have this info and basically took screen shots to figure mine out… […]

Infographic: A Case Study in Social Media Demographics

This is a bit difficult to read at least for me as I had to keep scrolling back to read the color key. Also, I have NEVER seen 0-24 as an age demographic bracket and I imagine that would skew things quite a bit. But besides that, there is information in this chart that could […]