Early in my career I fantasized about the possibility that 100% of the businesses in the world, their economic output and profits were all the efforts of one person. Seems a bit farfetched but I always deemed it plausible. Some of the United States most influential industrialists like Andrew Carnegie and Rockefeller had that dream, […]
A Mobile App or The Hot Dog Guy One of the big joys in my life is attending sporting events whether it baseball, football, hockey, arena football. There are some things I love and I hate about the experience. • I LOVE to sit in the stands, do the wave, eat a hot dog and […]
Are You Excited About Print13? You Need To Be! You book a flight, a hotel room and make sure you register for the free exhibit hall pass. You even sign up for a few conference sessions. Where are you going? To a tradeshow! If you are in your mid-20’s you are absolutely pumped. A trip […]
Last week when I was in Haiti I had an interesting conversation with one of the people in our group about the whole subject of marketing and in particular the best way he could solicit funds for his not-for-profit organization. He shared that he had researched the concept of multi-channel marketing and was keen on […]
One of the buzzwords or phrases that has made the rounds the last several years is “multi-channel marketing”. I have watched dozens of presentations on the subject, spoken about it and have debated it’s attributes. What is Multi-Channel Marketing? According to our friends at Wikipedia – Multichannel marketing is marketing using many different marketing channels […]
Despite the fact that they are in all 50 states and 35 countries I have never had a Papa John’s pizza. The only reason I can cite is that they came late to our relatively small community where I have bought from our local New York pizzeria, Pizza Supremo, for 10+ years. I will admit […]
Many of my blogs talk about the future of print and the other opportunities that may be out there for the “masters of ink” to grow and expand their business. I came across something that is a bit on the fringe but it is print per se and has an unlimited number of applications. While […]
Is The Tablet Becoming a Small Boat Anchor? (That floats intermittently) Last week the motherboard went out on my PC which caused the usual chaos and scrambling to find a new PC, load programs, backup files, etc. It was painful, but it too has passed. While researching what my next PC would be I ran […]
He who controls the data wins …. I started to look at content for the upcoming issue of E-Document News and I was not surprised that I ran across yet another article on the demise of the transactional document industry and the impact on print service providers. I must admit I am a ½ glass […]
Well the Graph Expo 2012 is history, and the Graphic Arts Show Company should be extremely pleased with the results. I had the opportunity to see Ralph Nappi and Chris Price on the show floor and both had this kind of “Cheshire Cat” look on their face of satisfaction. Attendance on Sunday, was the best […]
