By Howie Fenton on June 30th, 2010 - 4 Comments
On the Marketing Powers site there is an article entitled “Social Media Marketing: Good Idea or Bad?” In that article I wrote about some recent feedback from presentations, “… for every person singing about the advantages there were 5 people complaining how much of a waste of time it was.” In response Chuck wrote, “no…
By Cary Sherburne on June 29th, 2010 - 2 Comments
I have been trying to get information about the status of the confirmation of James Boarman as 26th U.S. Public Printer. There have been comments posted following the hearing (all positive) but I have been unable to get the committee to respond. Silly me, I thought I could do a Freedom of Information Act request…
By Cary Sherburne on June 29th, 2010 - Comment
I recently interviewed an enterprising author who is making her way to fame by self-publishing electronically after failing to catch the attention of traditional publishers. Karen McQuestion has sold more than 36,000 copies of her ebook, A Scattered Life; Amazon’s Encore imprint will publish it in paperback on August 10th; and she even has a…
By Cary Sherburne on June 28th, 2010 - 13 Comments
The Quick Printing segment of our marketplace has been around for some time, but I often wonder if the term is now obsolete. We joke amongst ourselves in the consulting community, wondering what a Quick Printer is compared to, a slow printer? (no disrespect intended) These days, most “Quick Printing” firms might better be categorized…
By Patrick Henry on June 26th, 2010 - 4 Comments
On June 24th, The Print Council brought the sixth edition of its “Print Delivers” series to New York City in a “lunch and learn” program hosted by Sappi Fine Papers North America. The session, presented to more than 200 people at the Art Directors Club in midtown Manhattan, reiterated the Council’s message about the place of print in the marketing mix and its unique abilities to influence consumer behavior.
By Cary Sherburne on June 26th, 2010 - Comment
I was interested to read Patrick Henry’s article on WhatTheyThink about due diligence in the M&A process. We are delighted that New Direction Partners will be joining us as presenters at the Print CEO Forum, October 2nd and 3rd in Chicago, not only to talk about M&A strategies, but also succession planning, both extremely important…
By Howie Fenton on June 23rd, 2010 - 9 Comments
After over 2 dozen comments, last weeks blog entitled Kindle vs. iPad – One Frequent Flyer’s Opinion, was one of the most controversial posts on Print CEO. Before I get beaten up again, let me start by stating that the Apple iPad offers many features including movie watching, internet access and it works as an…
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