Business Management - Marketing/Sales

A New Way to Promote Your 
Open House
May 1, 2011

YouTube is the most popular video-sharing Web site available right now. It allows you to upload as many videos to the Internet as you want, for free.

Adding Marketing Services? Minimize Your Risk
May 1, 2011

In my last article ("Should In-plants Offer VDP and Marketing Services?") I suggested that a better question might be, "Will this increase the value of the in-plant?" The answer, of course, is yes.

Seven Tips to Help 
In-plants Get Social
March 1, 2011

EVIDENCE OF how social media is taking the business world by storm is everywhere. Facebook "Like" buttons, Twitter links and invitations to follow RSS feeds seem to grace every Web site.

Letters to the Editor
March 1, 2011

Topics our readers cared about, including the Washington State Printer and issues with in-plants and their inherent value to their parent organizations. Also, the effect of social media is discussed by our readers from around the country.

University of North Texas Open House Draws Impressive Crowd
January 1, 2011

In December, University of North Texas Print & Mail Services held its most successful open house to date, bringing 140 people into its in-plant for tours, demonstrations and food. Director Jimmy Friend says he targeted vice presidents, deans and department heads this time.

QR Codes: 
Become the Expert
January 1, 2011

DWAYNE MAGEE first heard about QR codes at last June's IPMA conference. "It was the most exciting thing I'd seen at a conference in a long time," he recalls. Watching a demonstration of how the two-dimensional barcodes could be scanned with a smart phone and instantly open a specific Web site on the phone's browser gave Magee lots of ideas.

Social Networks and the In-plant
December 1, 2010

By some estimates, blogging and social networking sites account for about one in every six minutes of the time spent on the Internet. Social networks can be used to spread information about your organization to customers and to enhance customer interaction and brand recognition.

Cross Media: A New Role for the
 In-plant
October 1, 2010

In-plants have the opportunity to change the scope of their offerings by adding the same kinds of non-print services offered by many commercial operations. These new offerings—often termed cross-media or integrated services—typically involve some type of outgoing marketing offers or other communications to customers or prospects.