What Can $250,000 Buy You?
The board of directors of Printing Industries of America (PIA) recently allocated a quarter of a million dollars to support a variety of activities which will continue to spread the word of why print...
View ArticleMore Thoughts On The iPad
It’s been a little over 30 days since I’ve had my iPad, but I’m truly beginning to realize how much of a game changer this product is/will be. I have a high speed connection at home and 3G on the road...
View ArticleBest of Times. Worst of Times
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times . . .” Thus starts Charles Dickens “Tale of Two Cities,” and this phrase immediately came to me when I heard that Newsweek was contemplating...
View ArticleMaking The Connection
I attended a Meet & Greet event this past week sponsored by the DFW American Marketing Association, and its location was at one of our members Blanks Printing & Imaging. Now we have all been...
View ArticleScattershooting in September
I am seeing signs that our industry is stabilizing, which is good. We may not be back to where we were in ’08, but it is important for future growth for there to be balance between capacity and market...
View ArticleScattershooting – February 2013
No one was really surprised with the recent USPS announcement of going to five day delivery this coming August. At this point in time, no one really knows what the affect will be to the print and...
View ArticleAccepting Loss
Loss. It’s something we all experience in our lifetimes. It could be the loss of a parent, sibling, or spouse. Over the past few years, my siblings and I have lost both parents. While we understand the...
View ArticleUSPS Is Right
I hope you were sitting down when you read the headline, but it’s true. The move to five day delivery, whether we like it or not, is necessary. USPS has to reduce its operating costs because the...
View ArticleHometown Gets Chastised For Printing
I live in the City of Plano, Texas and we made the local TV news last Wednesday over how print was used by the city. It all started after 100,000 brochures were printed and mailed to citizens about an...
View ArticleThe Good. The Bad. The Ugly
Last week’s good news was celebrating the achievement of the companies which won “Best of” recognition at this year’s Graphex Awards Competition. It was recognizing Chuck Chalifoux and the role that...
View ArticlePartially Privatize USPS?
A recent article in Time brings up a unique argument about “saving” the US Postal Service. A non-partisan Washington think tank recommends a radical departure for USPS: a public-private partnership...
View ArticleScattershooting
Wow. 2013 is half over and we’re still here! Although with all the fireworks going on (not the ones in the sky) in Austin and Washington it looks like we’re going to be in for a HOT summer! Baseball...
View ArticleAnd The Beat Goes On
It was 1967 – a lifetime ago – when Sonny & Cher performed “The Beat Goes On.” Although extremely simplistic, the lyrics spoke of the changes happening in society, while other aspects of life...
View ArticleSocial Media Is Dying
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that social media IPOs are no longer garnering the dollars as they were two to three years ago and that VC dollars are also tailing off. The article implied...
View ArticleWhat Do You Think Of . . .
The Washington Post. No, I’m not talking about its editorials which are not tolerated by many Texans. I’m talking about its acquisition by Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos. Bezos is an avid news hound –...
View ArticleSign Of The Times
“International Paper to Close Alabama Mill” was the headline on the Wall Street Journal article on Thursday September 12. The subhead read “Weakening Demand in Digital World Displaces 1,100...
View ArticleMedia Wars
Over the past few years, it seems like the print industry has been fighting a constant battle to prove that print is a valuable media. Remember, we’re not the only ones in the media wars. Radio and...
View ArticleTroll Bashing
This past Tuesday, PIA’s Michael Makin made a trip to Washington D.C. to testify at the Senate’s Judiciary Committee hearing on “Protecting Small Businesses and Promoting Innovation by Limiting Patent...
View ArticleIt’s More Than Print
If you are not familiar with the largest marketing execution firm in the U.S. (they used to be the largest print management firm in the U.S.), you need to be. InnerWorkings employs over 1,500...
View ArticlePrint IS Everywhere, But . . .
I recently received a link on a blog by Mark Vruno, editor of Quick Printing, which spoke about the pervasiveness of print and the size of our industry. I did have a bit of a problem with him stating...
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