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online eNews - Which articles below are most relevant to your current business issues? If none are, what topics would you like to see curated? Focused on print’s business issues, Andy & Julie Plata, Co-CEOs Technically Brilliant is Not Always the Best Manager Profits are the result of excellent team management. Print tech and related systems are critical, but long-term success depends on leaders who can understand, develop, and manage their teams.

By Sid Chadwick Our Legacy News organizations, in my opinion – protected the Teachers Union. They also protected our great industry’s associations….by telling only half the story. Neither group, nor the reporting news media – wanted the real background story (check-out the link below) to be brought forward, and part of the narrative – last Tuesday.

By, Debbie Nicholson Well, the owner handles some of it, a salesperson posts something on LinkedIn, an office administrator orders promotional products, someone updates the website occasionally (okay, if you say so), and an outside company sends an email campaign. I guess you could say they're "doing marketing." But nobody owns marketing. And that's a significant distinction. Why Does Someone Need to Own Marketing? A true Marketing Manager isn't simply the person who posts on social media.

For more Debbie Nicholson By Debbie Nicholson Ask almost any printing company owner(s) what's hurting profits today and you'll hear a familiar list… "Ink costs." "Material increases." "Tariffs." "Labor." "Equipment payments." Those expenses certainly matter, but if you have the time, let’s dive even deeper! The greatest threat to profitability isn't sitting on your balance sheet. It's happening hundreds of times every single day. No alarms. No flashing warning lights. No emergency meetings.

By Sid Chadwick “Keep showing up. Be diligent. Only 25 out of 100 people are your competition. The other 75% just quit.”………Mort Drucker, Mad Magazine Artist INTRODUCTION: You should not let your Newly Hired Reps – see this Article. Our great industry is hard-wired to Technology & Equipment, and seldom focused on how Print can improve a customer’s performance.

online eNews - Expect each issue’s curated articles to provide actionable business principles to help strengthen your business. If not, please let us know. Promoting print profits, Andy & Julie Plata, Co-CEOs Accelerating Print Profit Creativity Gaining a competitive advantage to maximize print profits requires creativity, planning, and disciplined execution.

For more Sid Chadwick By Sid Chadwick “People do not decide their future…they decide their habits…and their habits decide their future”…..F.M. Alexander, Top Leadership Quotes for 2021 INTRODUCTION: Most organizations’ Sr. Management understandably like to review “New Customers and their Sales” – “for the last 12 months”…. or “Y-T-D.”  That process usually has positive numbers. …It lets them feel good.

Greetings - This issue’s curations include three articles to help power your team’s decision-making. Also included is a webinar to help you evaluate potential embellishment profits. Promoting print profits, Andy & Julie Plata, Co-CEOs Measuring Return On An Operational Initiative An important management task is determining the return your company is receiving from fully operational initiatives.

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Will High-Speed Inkjet Actually Kill Offset and Flexo? Walk into any modern print shop from Düsseldorf to Bangkok, and you’ll hear the same debate. Inkjet presses are getting faster, wider, and ridiculously good at quality. The "crossover point" where digital beats analog keeps creeping higher.