What Caught My Eye: Print & Media in the News
From time to time, I come across news items or online posts that I think are important enough to share. Here are just a few. 1. The New York Times reported on Monday, September 29, that there’s a brand...
View ArticleAvoid These 6 Miscellaneous Mistakes at Your Customer Event
For about 10 years, I produced dinner events and conferences for print customers. They took place locally and in Chicago. Their focus? Educating professionals about printing technologies and how to...
View ArticleOut of Detroit: Youth-Based Initiative Breathes New Life into Print
I get a lot of news releases. Most of the time, I scan the email’s subject line and hit ‘delete.’ From time to time, a piece of news demands my attention. This is what happened last week, with an email...
View ArticleWhat Caught My Eye: Print & Media in the News
One of the suggestions I received from many of you who took my recent subscriber survey was to include news items from time to time. Say no more. This week’s post shares a few of the things about print...
View ArticlePrinters: People Who Know People
If I worked for a printing company (I never have), there’s no way on God’s green earth I’d be selling just “ink on paper.” Every printer can print. Increasingly, printers have to define their services...
View ArticleAugmented Reality – Not Just for Special Effects
I don’t recall when I first started following @steedmrspeel on Twitter, nor she, me. She’s a graphic arts professional who’s also a retired guitarist and a motorcyclist. Unusual and interesting for a...
View Article‘Tis the Season to Be Patient
The affable-looking guy manning the cash register at Wegmans seemed perfectly capable of scanning and bagging my groceries. But something about his outfit that day caught my eye. It was that bright,...
View ArticleWhat Caught My Eye: Print & Media in the News
About once a month, my weekly post is a short list of links to news articles and other published pieces that resonate with me. In one way or another, they have to do with printed materials, graphic...
View ArticleHow to Conduct a Phone Interview for a Piece You’re Writing
If you’re a freelance writer as I am, and you write blogs, articles, or columns, sooner or later you’re going to conduct phone interviews for something you’re working on. Over the years I’ve done...
View ArticleHow to Make Your Print Partner a Friend for Life
If you’re new to working with commercial printers, here’s some advice for developing these relationships in ways that will benefit you and your printers. Finding a printer you can count on and work...
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