Let us imagine a typical sales scenario for many printing companies. You are talking about either a new job with a long-standing customer, or perhaps it is a re-print of an existing piece of work. Read the rest of this entry »
Dec2008
It is a case of extreme polarity that we can examine this week as two different sectors of the printing industry illustrate how recessions and struggling economic environments ruthlessly expose vulnerability
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It is a case of extreme polarity that we can examine this week as two different sectors of the printing industry illustrate how recessions and struggling economic environments ruthlessly expose vulnerability, while providing opportunities for those equipped to seize the commercial moment. Read the rest of this entry »
This week brings two contrasting themes as thought fodder that, while not necessarily being of fattening nature (there is too much of that to endure in the next few weeks) I trust might put some sort of perspective on what is happening today. Read the rest of this entry »
Nov2008
On assessing developments in various sectors of the industry over the last few days I was extremely interested to read deeply into various reports of one important sector - newspaper printing
Posted by Ian Mayor.
On assessing developments in various sectors of the industry over the last few days I was extremely interested to read deeply into various reports of one important sector - newspaper printing. Read the rest of this entry »
Workflow. It is an interesting word. Comprising an amalgam of two short words, each of four letters (of the acceptable kind, unless you are a bone idle couch potato who believes that inertia is a desirable condition) its simplicity belies its importance. Read the rest of this entry »
Nov2008
It is particularly pleasing this week to bring you a newsletter packed with a very wide variety of product news
Posted by Ian Mayor.
It is particularly pleasing this week to bring you a newsletter packed with a very wide variety of product news, application articles and company developments. Read the rest of this entry »
Every now and then we all suffer from guilt. On occasions it might be because we’ve made a mistake or offended someone. Read the rest of this entry »
Do you have a news release relevant to the content of Printingtalk? Do you have a picture or illustration to run alongside that release?
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Oct2008
Is the dust settling - or perhaps it continues to be stirred - on the world’s major economies after various governments bailed out a multitude of banks (I never expected to be a part-owner of a financial institution)
Posted by Ian Mayor.
Is the dust settling - or perhaps it continues to be stirred - on the world’s major economies after various governments bailed out a multitude of banks (I never expected to be a part-owner of a financial institution)? Read the rest of this entry »
Oct2008
Well it seems that after three weeks of not feeling obliged to talk about (say it softly) the economic crisis
Posted by Ian Mayor.
Well it seems that after three weeks of not feeling obliged to talk about (say it softly) the economic crisis, it looks like this week I will not be able to avoid it. Read the rest of this entry »
About the Author
Printingtalk and this Editor's Blog are edited by Ian Mayor
Ian Mayor has spent 25 years in industrial and technical PR and marketing, with the majority of his experience within the printing and packaging industries. He has represented companies in the UK and internationally. Ian was a newspaper journalist and spent a number of years as an industrial and business correspondent for a major English provincial newspaper group, with a special interest in manufacturing. He is also a qualified sub-editor and has also worked with some of Britain's national newspapers, national radio and regional TV as a freelance correspondent. He was also an original member of the UK Broadcast Promotion and Marketing Executive committee. His passions include cricket (he is a qualified coach), the great outdoors, writing, landscape photography and music. He travels far and wide in pursuit of his musical interests and, amongst other things, he co-manages a music web site for which he also writes. A lifelong Manchester City supporter, he still has fond allegiances for his hometown club Bolton Wanderers and follows Leeds Tykes rugby union club. His ambitions are many and varied but he still hopes to one day tweak a cricket ball like Shane Warne and to play like Gilson Lavis or Gene Krupa.
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- Let us imagine a typical sales scenario for many printing companies
- It is a case of extreme polarity that we can examine this week as two different sectors of the printing industry illustrate how recessions and struggling economic environments ruthlessly expose vulnerability
- This week brings two contrasting themes as thought fodder that
- On assessing developments in various sectors of the industry over the last few days I was extremely interested to read deeply into various reports of one important sector - newspaper printing
- Workflow
- It is particularly pleasing this week to bring you a newsletter packed with a very wide variety of product news
- Every now and then we all suffer from guilt