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You communicate to your audience in a variety of ways. We write about a variety of media formats and communication tools with an emphasis on print. We also cover paper and distribution, the USPS, social media, and more. We hope you’ll find enlightening posts that can enhance and educate you and your business.

“Your Magazine is NOT Your Product”
[responsive][/responsive]Four years ago, Makeshift magazine started as a Kickstarter-backed project, and has morphed into a...
Prof to Students: Leave the Laptop in the Bag
[responsive][/responsive]Look inside any college classroom in America and you'll see not a sea of eager...
Tide Turning for Print Ads?
[responsive][/responsive]In an industry where huge agencies direct massive amounts of advertising spend, one man or...
April USPS Rate Hike Less Likely?
Most of us in the direct mail and catalog industries have been bracing ourselves for...
Some Common Sense on Commas
[responsive][/responsive]“A lot of people are taught that a comma goes anywhere you want to indicate...
Plenty of Specialty Titles Debuted in March
The trend toward niche and specialty magazines continued last month, with a fantastic array of...
Traveler Puts on Weight in all the Right Places
[responsive][/responsive]There’s nothing like that unexpected upgrade to first class. Room to breathe, a little space...
The More Things Change…
“Humans are incredible,” writes Sacks (or as we know him around here, BoSacks) for Folio:. “We...
A Brief History of Typography, via Print
[responsive][/responsive]Yesterday we told you about Print magazine’s 75th anniversary issue; today we expand on one...
Smithsonian Announces Photo Content Winners
Vibrant, surreal and magical: just a few of the words that spring to mind as...