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2010 Print Tips

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08-30-10   Do Yourself a Favor & Don't Drop In

08-23-10   Spotlight on Sponsors: X-Rite and Solo Printing

08-16-10   Labels of a Different Dimension: Doming!

08-09-10   Insights from a Professional Print Buyer

08-02-10   Why It Takes a Team to Print Something

07-26-10   Print Buyers as Persons of Influence

07-19-10   Resume for a Print Rep

07-12-10   Directed Buy Paper Programs (Part 3): The Paper Guru Speaks Out

06-28-10   Directed Buy Paper Programs (Part 2): Customers Speak Out

06-21-10   BPOs in the Print Space

06-14-10   Standout Printers

06-07-10   A Little-Known Specialty: Graphics Installers

06-01-10   Simply Delightful Service Surprises

05-24-10   Recipe for a Successful Conference? "Get with the Program"

05-17-10   Getting Creative Using Digital Printing for Your Marketing Materials

05-10-10   Making Sense of Directed Buy Paper Programs

05-03-10   I Was Just Thinking

04-26-10   Defining Print? Not So Fast. Not So Easy.

04-19-10   Buying Print As a Nonprofit: Are There Special Concerns?

04-12-10   Branded Media: Q&A with Andrew Davis of Tippingpoint Labs

04-05-10   Take a Second Look

03-29-10   Do Print Buyers Share Names of Print Providers with Other Print Providers?

03-22-10   Easy, Low-End Security Printing

03-15-10   A Layperson's Guide to E-Readers

03-08-10   Is Dawn Breaking for Downsized Print Buyers?

03-01-10   All I Am Saying Is Give P's a Chance

02-22-10   Top 6 Communications Tips when Working with Commercial Printers

02-15-10   QR Codes: More Than a Cool Gimmick

02-08-10   Should the Lacey Act Scare Print Buyers & Designers?

02-01-10   Working with Printers for the First Time? 3 Things to Keep in Mind

01-25-10   To Tour or Not to Tour (a Printing Plant): That Is the Question

01-18-10   Teaching Designers about Print. One Day at a Time.

01-11-10   Do Print Buyers Share Information with "Battling Bidders"?

01-04-10   With Eyes Wide Open, We Welcome 2010

2009 Print Tips

12-21-09   Why Printers Should Twitter

12-14-09   Say Thanks

12-07-09   The Top 5 Reasons Why Print Buyers Should Be on Twitter

11-30-09   Pick Printers Who Do Their Homework

11-23-09   When the Curtain Went Up: After-the-Conference Impressions

11-16-09   You Know Print Buying Is Your Passion When

11-02-09   Bypassing the Print Buyer

10-26-09   Why Companies Are Choosing Digital Printing

10-19-09   You Know You've Found the Right Print Sales Rep When

10-12-09   Transformative Change for Corporate Print Buyers

10-05-09   Getting Social with Peter Muir: 5 Questions about Professional Social Networking

09-28-09   What a Long, Fine Trip It's Been

09-21-09   14 Things I Learned from Print Buyers at PRINT 09

09-14-09   Samples - Sinfully Simple Tools for Prospecting

09-08-09   From eBook to Book. Say what?

08-31-09   Last-Minute Tips (Leave No Stone Unturned)

08-24-09   9 Ways for Print Buyers to Boost Their Careers Right Now

08-17-09   Driving Value for Your Company: Print Buyers Weigh In

08-10-09   What Does VDP Mean?

08-03-09   Small, Medium and Large Printers: What's the Meaning of This?

07-27-09   How to Buy Printing in a Recession

07-20-09   Dazzling Varnish Techniques: A Q & A with Daniel Dejan of Sappi Fine Paper

07-13-09   Setting Up Shop as a Print Production Expert Part 2: Are You Cut Out for This?

06-29-09    When Loyalty Leads to Laziness

06-22-09   Color Me Conflicted

06-15-09   Introduction to Varnish

06-08-09   Setting Up Shop as a Print Production Expert Part 1: Things to Consider Before You Hang that Shingle

06-01-09   The Lighter Side of Printing - Stories from the Trenches

05-26-09   Margie Dana’s Print Buying Made Simple —#2: The Domino Effect

05-18-09   A No Sell Zone

05-11-09   Margie Dana’s Print Buying Made Simple — #1: Work with a Professional

05-04-09   Do Special Stretching Tables Spring Up for Your Customers?

04-27-09   Fourteen Fascinating Facts about Paper

04-20-09   This Direct Mail Piece Gets an A+!

04-13-09   Behind the Scenes at a Large-Format Visual Communications Firm

04-06-09   "I will follow him…" — Why Twitter Is a Powerful Resource

03-23-09   6 Ways for Printers to Flourish in Any Economy

03-16-09   Pick Printers Who Do Their Homework

03-09-09   G7™: What Is It - and Why Should Print Customers Care?

03-02-09   Three Lists to Entertain & Enlighten You

02-23-09   16 Ways to Save Money on Your Print Jobs

02-16-09   Who's the Boss?

02-09-09   Staying Relevant As a Print Buyer

02-02-09   Untangling Web-to-Print

01-26-09   17 Things I Look for on Printers' Web Sites

01-19-09   Hail to the Customer-in-Chief! Printing the Inaugural Invitations

01-12-09   Move Over, Mother Teresa

01-05-09   Happy 2009 (We Hope)! - Career Advice for Print Buyers

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