Is Print Finally Dead?
Print Is Not Only Stirring But Stirring Up Sales I almost have to laugh whenever this comes up…but it still comes up! Critics, most working far outside their area of expertise, see all the hype about digital this and digital that. They read another article about...
How to Use Personalized URLs for Marketing Enablement
Marketing Enablement Tools for Stronger Sales: Part 5 of 7 “Check out our website.” Many a sales call includes (and often ends with) this seemingly helpful advice. But how helpful is sending someone to your website? After all, we’ve all explored thousands of websites....
QR Codes? Here’s Why They Matter to Your Business
Mashable Says QR Codes are “Cool Again” A few years back, some “in the know” techies pronounced QR codes dead. But to paraphrase Mark Twain after he read his own obituary—reports of its demise have been greatly exaggerated. Plenty of recent evidence suggests that QR...
4 Sources of Help for Businesses Affected by Hurricane Irma
Find Help for Businesses Affected by Hurricane Irma Here Texas is only beginning its recovery from Hurricane Harvey. Now, Hurricane Irma has done its worst to the state of Florida. We’d like to do our best to help in any way we can. So today I’d like to point to...
What Is Print Supply Chain Management?
Print Supply Chain Management: An Opportunity for Profit I’ve given this post a pretty basic headline. And I’ll answer the question it asks in a moment. But first, let’s look at why people are losing money in business by failing to understand what print supply chain...
Print-On-Demand Solution Saves State Agency Nearly $1 Million
Print-on-Demand Turns Creativity into Productivity If you are a regular reader, you know I am a big believer in the efficiency of our variable print-on-demand technologies. The benefits are just so obvious. First, it gives you the ability to update and/or customize...
What Are Managed Print Services And Does Your Business Need Them?
See How Printing Is Handled at Today’s Successful Companies with Managed Print Services You can find many definitions online for managed print services. Some of them come from a very limited perspective, as if maintaining a few printers and copy machines were all you...
12 Proven Promotional Marketing Ideas for Custom Pens
Custom Pens and 12 Proven Promotional Marketing Wins; Part 2 of 2 In Tuesday’s post, I shared the first six of 12 great promotional marketing ideas for custom pens. I also introduced you to Hub Pen, one of our top outstanding custom pen suppliers. You’ll...
Custom Pens and 12 Proven Promotional Marketing Wins
12 Proven Promotional Marketing Ideas for Custom Pens; Part One of Two “It’s just a pen.” If you’ve ever received (or handed out, for that matter) a custom pen and thought that, chances are we weren’t involved. That’s because we...
Ready to Choose a Commercial Printer? Here Are 5 Tips That Will Help
For Commercial Printing, the Right Choice Makes Sense – and Money In Tuesday’s post, I talked about the importance of commercial printing to businesses today, working hand in hand with digital platforms to meet consumers wherever they access information. Today,...
How to Easily Create a Google Maps QR Code for Your Business
QR Codes Are a Great Sales Enablement Tool for Your Business How many times have you heard that old “location, location, location” mantra? Well, one of the reasons for that is easy: it’s true! For a business, your location is critical. Finding you is a pretty...
Think Millennials Don’t Like Print? Think Again
Print Does Wonders For Millennials If you think of millennials as “kids with their faces buried in smartphones all day” you’re missing the point. And you’re likely missing them. Millennials are the people assuming positions of leadership in business today. And...
Print Management Solutions for Growing Companies
To Keep Your Business Growing, Keep It Simple with Print Management Solutions Small businesses and “startups” dominate the news today. That’s a good thing. It’s exciting to see so many fresh ideas emerging and future hopes taking shape. Funny thing happens in many of...
The Power of Print is Back for Marketing
Marketing Departments Counter Digital Dismay With Print I caught a very interesting article the other day on a website that celebrates print media over in the U.K. It talked about how marketers are re-evaluating the benefits of print, and shifting money from digital...What Are IRC Labels and How Will They Increase Sales?
Secret Weapon IRC Labels, Also Known as Instant Redeemable Coupons, Spur On-the-spot Sales! Simply put, Instant Redeemable Coupons or IRC labels are labels affixed to products and/or printed pieces, that customers can just peel off to grab immediate savings or take...5 Reasons Print Needs to Be Part of Your Content Marketing Mix
Digital Is Great – But It Can’t Replace Print! Today, as most marketers know, it’s all about using content to build relationships that will equate to sales. Messages aren’t measured by how catchy your slogan is, or by the number of sales points you can...Technology Is a Choice – #MindfulTech
The pace of new advances in technology is incredible, and that’s exciting. Who doesn’t like the idea of new developments in science, medicine, business and any other field? Sure, the blizzard of new ideas can be daunting, but the benefits brought by many of them are wonderful. I wouldn’t dream of slowing things down.
Top 10 Superior Posts of 2015
Read Our Top Posts of the Year Last week I featured the five most popular posts in our #THRIVE15 series. It was good to revisit those because they contained plenty of useful perspectives and suggestions on work, life, and helping the two co-exist more smoothly. Today,...Visionary Ford Executive Praises Paper
For Ford VP, Progress Begins on Paper It may seem like a recurring theme around here, but my brother Bill passed along another strong piece of evidence to me that even in this e-obsessed world, paper is more important than ever. And it’s time for those who have...How To Turn Your Leads Into Sales
Leads are important to your business, of course, but leads aren’t merely commodities to gather and store like a squirrel stashes acorns. Leads need to be carefully tended to, monitored and developed because only when they grow into conversions do they add any value to your bottom line.