Biting Off More Than You Can Chew
November 20, 2013

Are you managing all of your commitments well? Are you leaving yourself enough time and energy and attention so that everything is done well? If not, how would you decide what to let go of?

Easing Your Etailer Client into Direct Mail
November 20, 2013

To capture an audience, there is no better vehicle than a high-quality, visually alluring catalog. Of course you and I have always known about the distinct advantage catalogs have thanks to their photography, paper and print quality. And of course their attention-grabbing size.

Offset to Aqueous Inkjet...the Basic Differences
November 20, 2013

Do you currently sell both offset and inkjet? Are you confident that your sales staff understands the basic differences? Not knowing will affect your sales and integration of new technology.

Postal Reform Encounters Another Major Setback
November 19, 2013

Legislation to overhaul the Postal Service has hit yet another roadblock, with the agency’s oversight committee once again delaying its markup of the reform bill.

The markup—which gives Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee members an opportunity to offer and vote on amendments to the bill, and ultimately decide whether to move it to the full Senate—was originally scheduled for November 6, but was delayed indefinitely due to a lack of support from Democrats.

Aides said the committee would vote on the bill—the 2013 Postal Reform Act—before Thanksgiving, and Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., rescheduled a markup for Wednesday. But Carper, who

First Order Screw Ups
November 19, 2013

There is no good time for a job to go bad and there was no worse time than what happens to a new customer and a first time order. You, the salesperson, have a role in its prevention. Read all about it in this week's blog from Bill Farquharson.

Lazy Man LinkedIn
November 19, 2013

When someone sends me a Lazy Man LinkedIn request and it requires my thinking of who they are, how I know them, if I have ever met them and more, it likely that I will not connect with that person.

Appleton Coated Lauded for Environmental Transparency by WWF
November 19, 2013

Appleton Coated has been recognized as one of 25 companies recognized worldwide by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) for its environmental transparency leadership as demonstrated by its voluntary participation in the WWF Environmental Paper Company Index (EPCI) 2013.

Cannibalize Print to Grow Bigger
November 18, 2013

If we buck the trend that makes business sense for our customers, sooner or later they will see us as aging dinosaurs and will find other partners that are more progressive. Investments are always necessary to keep your products and services in growth mode.