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Disaster Recovery Tabletop Exercises Help Close Gaps Before a Disaster

Posted November 15, 2019 by Michael Henry in Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

From a Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) perspective, one of the most effective means of ensuring a strong, actionable plan is to regularly conduct tabletop exercise scenarios for business continuity. A tabletop test, business continuity planning (BCP) test, or disaster recovery tabletop exercise is a scheduled event …

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Give Your Direct Mail Marketing a Lift with Promotional Cards

Posted November 13, 2019 by Marcus Johnson in Creative

You know from our reporting on direct mail response rates that direct mail works better than other channels for getting response. That doesn’t mean there aren’t ways to improve it even further. Today’s topic: using cards to captivate your audience …

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Optimizing Customer Experience with a Customer Journey Leader

Posted November 8, 2019 by Maggie Stack in Direct Marketing Trends

We spend a lot of time talking about how to improve response and conversion in your direct marketing efforts, but equally as important is the customer journey. It can feel like a daunting task, but it’s achievable with the right planning, execution, and guidance by a customer journey leader …

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Problem-Solving Training is Helping Teams and Individuals Deal with Issues More Effectively

Posted November 6, 2019 by Meg Hanaman in Announcements

Continuous Improvement (CI) is all about empowering individuals to identify, analyze, and solve problems. The real power and impact of these elements become apparent when they strengthen the quality of our processes and products, reduce cycle time, facilitate change management, mitigate risk, and improve the customer experience – all while improving the efficiency, effectiveness, and […]

PRINTING United 2019 Really Was a “Bigger, Better, Bolder” Look at the Possibilities of Print

Posted November 5, 2019 by Steve Malec in Direct Marketing Trends

The first-ever PRINTING United promised to be “bigger,” “better,” and “bolder” than any print industry conference before it—and we think it definitely delivered. Here’s what Color Technical Support Manager Steve Malec thought of the inaugural event […]

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Retailers Can Use These Proven Tips to Boost Their 2019 Holiday Marketing ROI

Posted November 1, 2019 by Michelle Peel in Direct Marketing Trends, Strategy and Analysis

With Halloween in the rearview, it’s prime time to roll out your holiday marketing plans. Do your campaigns leverage multiple channels to increase response? You could be missing out […]

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Five Gruesome Grammar Rules You Can Bury

Posted October 30, 2019 by Ashley Leone in Creative

Horror! Terror! Grammar! Halloween is supposed to be spooky, but you don’t need to be filled with fright at the thought of mastering grammar. In fact, some of the more terrifying grammar rules you were told around campfires as a kid (…No? Just me?) aren’t even real. Here’s a list of five grammar rules that have been slaughtered, slain, or were never really there in the first place [...]

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Direct Mail Never Died—It Evolved

Posted October 29, 2019 by Deborah Quinn in Omnichannel Marketing

Remember in 1999 when the internet was “invented” and the advent of “you got mail” changed the world of print and direct mail forever? Advertising experts were convinced that the direct mail channel would quickly become extinct and email marketing would take its place. As you might have guessed from the title of this post, I’m here to remind you: that didn't happen.

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Supporting Graphic Arts Education with Printing Industry Midwest’s Paper Drive

Posted October 25, 2019 by Karen Weil in Sustainability

Fall brings with it a special opportunity to give back to the community by sharing resources with teachers. We have been donating paper to the Printing Industry Midwest (PIM) Paper Drive for the past ten years. PIM members donate paper to support the needs of teachers from schools across the Midwest [...]

How I Plan to Embrace the Future of Print with APTech

Posted October 23, 2019 by Steve Myrvold in Direct Marketing Trends

When APTech announced it was accepting nominations for its Board of Directors (BOD), I was honored to be nominated. When I was informed that I would be joining the Board (pending ratification by the members at PRINT 19), I started making a list of industry issues I hear about from our employees, clients, and business […]

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