By Peter Wagner Many of today’s print advertising sales people aren’t selling. They’re not getting face-to-face with potential customers and they are not telling their story. Too many print advertising professionals are simply getting by, slowing losing their customer base, soliciting new and repeat advertising by email. You and I know how that works. We […]
by NCMA National Community Media Association by Brandon Gaille The newspaper is ultra-competitive today and the margins are incredibly low for many communities. Your ability to succeed depends on two things: the amount of circulation that you have and the number of advertisers that are willing to work with you. These proven marketing ideas will […]
by MSadmin As technology continues to modernize how information is accessed, advertisers are faced with the constant challenge of how to best reach and engage customers. While there are a variety of mediums to choose from, newspapers (print and digital) still reign supreme, providing a number of significant benefits that cannot be found elsewhere, including television, […]
Study: Consumers prefer print to digital when it comes to ad circulars Author By Cathy Siegner Published Jan. 10, 2018 Dive Brief: When making grocery purchasing decisions, 80% of U.S. households use printed advertising circulars more than they do any digital sources of information, according to a Nielsen Homescan study reported by Food Navigator. Consumers tend to […]
U.S. Newspaper, Book Printers Buying Canadian Uncoated Groundwood Are Up in Arms By Mark Michelson U.S. Newspaper, Book Printers Buying Canadian Uncoated Groundwood Are Up in Arms. A preliminary determination on Jan. 9 by the U.S. Department of Commerce to impose countervailing duties (CVD) ranging from 4.43% to 9.93% has U.S. newspaper, book and commercial […]
Article reprinted from Printing Impressions: Reading Preferences and Habits of U.S. Consumers. The recent Toluna survey commissioned by Two Sides showed that 62% of U.S. consumers between the ages of 18 to 55+ preferred to read books in print versus electronic devices, including 63% of the youngest age group (18- to 24-year-olds). Both groups strongly […]
For commercial printing with Florida Sun Printing you should be using a CMYK color mode? NEVER use an RGB color mode which is better for screen viewing. Images and art saved in RGB can print dull and muddy. Be sure to either re-save your images as CMYK images in a program like Adobe Photoshop or […]
(portions reprinted from SAPA) … Successful people are often described as “self-made” men or women. I think it is more accurate to describe them as “self-making” people because one of the things that makes them rise above their peers is their dedication to constant self-improvement. In some of my training classes, I have had people with over fifty years […]
This article was written by Jim Busch, taken from “Paper-Chain” a SAPA publication. Many, many, many years ago when I landed my first sales job, one of the “old-timers” gave me some advice that I forgot, “This job is simple kid, the more you tell, the more you sell!” He went on to explain that […]
OLIVER GIVES JOURNALISM SOME NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT August 10, 2016 JoeyYoung Comments 0 Comment John Oliver is just one of the funniest people on television now. I have slapped my knee many times during his “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” show on HBO, and a segment about journalism had me both sad and laughing at […]