Good Small Business Marketing Means Doing the Math
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"While social media is sexy, and advertising is easy, there’s still tremendous power in printed materials,” states small business marketing consultant Rhonda Abrams in USA Today.Certainly not earthshaking news there; even among high-level ad agency experts the tide is turning...
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Key Takeaways on the State of Print Ads
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The American Marketing Association has a message for publishers: print remains a solid top-of-funnel channel, maybe even more so now that readership has declined in recent years. “Print circulations are down, but in many cases that means that publications’ readership...
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Postal Service Statement on Postal Regulatory Commission Ruling
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Yesterday's ruling by the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) approving the proposed prices and classifications for Standard Mail, Periodicals, and Package Services enables the Postal Service to move forward with a new pricing strategy to capitalize on strong mail and package growth....
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The Beauty of the Booklet – Some Design Inspiration
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“My shop is bustling. The presses are rolling, the folders are humming and the saddle stitcher is doing its dance. We are up to our ears in books, catalogs and magazines and it has me dreaming of gorgeous layouts,” writes...
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6 Tips to use Pinterest Like a Rock Star
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“Pinterest is the only social network your grandma understands; it’s also the one your mom jumped on before you did.” So claims Holden Page in Contently, explaining why the social media site has seen such meteoric growth – like 70 million...
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A Bold New Paradigm for Fashion Mags
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For today’s online shopper, any extra degree of separation between the buyer and the product causes carts to be abandoned….and fast. Digital consumers expect to be able to see the product and buy a product with no clunky interference. This...
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9 Changes Print Must Make Now
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Samir “Mr. Magazine” Husni certainly has a way with words. “Digital is a beautiful and seductive mistress,” Husni told the audience at a recent Media24 editors forum. “In 2010 we fell in love with iPads and smartphones – but our...
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For Associations, Print Remains Vital
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Here’s the thing about technology and humans: just because the technology exists to do something in a new way, that doesn’t guarantee that consumers will make the switch. It appears that this is the case with reading, as Debra Stratton...
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70 New Titles in April; 20 with Frequency
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Print is on the rise, notes Samir “Mr. Magazine” Husni as part of his Launch Monitor series, with several large publishers launching new titles and enjoying “a good old-fashioned print revival” in the month of April. “A total of 70...
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Magazine Brand Influence Higher Than Ever
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Now this is how you bust a myth. “Contrary to the prevailing narrative in some quarters ('magazines are print, print is dying, therefore so is the magazine industry'), consumer engagement with magazine brands is growing rapidly,” notes Sue Todd in...
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