Bless your heart! February’s content is filled with heart-filled articles ready for you to spread to your magnificent customers. Created with love to help you grow your business, every package below is a superb option to save you time and effort in attracting customers and contracts. National Direct Mail Go big this month and show your customers the benefits of living larger than life with posters and banners. Large size prints are perfect for spring marketing campaigns, and the February issue of National Direct Mail puts the power of large print on display. National Direct Mail can get your printing firm’s name in the hands of potential buyers across the entire country with no zip code restrictions and included direct mail and social media marketing. This versatile mailer is poised to capture a wider audience and help you expand your market. The sky’s the limit. Printer’s Press This compact newsletter is designed to grab your customers’ attention! With print ideas, customer care articles, and a little light-hearted fun thrown in (such as trivia and “Can You Guess the Year?”), the Printer’s Press newsletter is the perfect combination to stay in touch with your buyers. Get February’s Printer’s Press package today,


Before the holidays sneak up on you and overtake your schedule, check out the new direct mail packages you can rely on for increasing your print customer base! Take comfort in knowing that someone has your back this season and is ready to make your life run smoothly (at least in one area). Take a peek at the themes and content for the upcoming December issues and get your favorite offerings downloaded today. National Direct Mail It’s the marketing staples that keep businesses running, and this month, it is a push to get your print buyers ready for the new year ahead. Holiday sales are upon us. Remind your customers to get their print inventory stocked up with the December issue of National Direct Mail. And, remember, National Direct Mail is the perfect marketing mailer to expand your audience. There are no zip code restrictions, and you can take advantage of the included social media and email marketing content. Go for it and bring home a ton of new customers! Printer’s Press It’s time to let your customer orders take flight with the December issue of Printer’s Press emphasis on flyers (available now!). This compact newsletter is the perfect size


Most business owners understand the necessity of social media. Social media offers you an easy way to connect to your audience on a more personal level, whether your buyers are across town or across the globe. Though it can be work, several benefits make it worthwhile, including: Social media helps your business establish a reputation. Social media creates an ongoing conversation with your audience. Social media allows you to learn more about your print buyers. So, why can creating and maintaining social media accounts be so draining? There are really two main reasons: time and not knowing what to post. How to Save Time with Social Media To help with the time aspect of social media, consider a monthly social media subscription service. This easy, effective, and relevant tool allows social media to become a no-thought process for your business, and all it requires is about a minute a day and a couple of clicks from your mouse. This type of time-saving solution is great when you’re short on time, just getting your feet wet in the world of social media, or you want a constant steady stream of things to post when you’re out of ideas. >> Check it


Being the trusted calm in the storm is one of the best things your business can do for others that are trying to find their way through it. With great options to help your customers remember that you’re still here and have the solutions they need, these latest trusted content packages will do the trick. National Direct Mail “Over 90% of people would consider leaving their job if offered a position in a company with an outstanding corporate reputation.” Yikes! That’s how vital branding is! The theme of August’s National Direct Mail (available now for download) is on encouraging businesses to renew their focus on branding from top to bottom. You can grab their attention and their business no matter where they are with this postcard. It is the perfect way to go big. (Plus, there’s the added bonus of no zip code restrictions!) Printers Press How do you present your business to the world? Encouraging your print buyers to think about their presentation assets is the theme of the latest Printer’s Press (available now), including tips for what to put into presentation folders and how to use them effectively. Printer’s Press is not all business, though. There is a


Ready to add depth and vibrancy to your bottom line? Socrates once said that the secret of change is to focus all your energy not on “fighting the old” but on “building the new.” Are you sowing seeds of sales through high-quality direct mail and digital marketing? As you motivate customers to sharpen up through print, here are some of the fresh messages you can build on through upcoming content selections: National Direct Mail Messages resonate when you put them in print! The April National Direct Mail marketing package features tips on targeting customers, ideas for personalizing a message, and the tactile benefits of putting print in their hands. Get your clients excited about print marketing so they can stop chasing trends and start catching customers. New to National Direct Mail? The National Direct Mail package offers no zip code limitations, as well as multi-channel social media and e-mail marketing pieces to combine with your mailings. When you want to expand your influence, go national! Printer’s Press Did you know that multitasking can decrease productivity by as much as 40%? Researchers believe multitasking is really just task-switching, which inhibits concentration and enhances stress. The April Printer’s Press coaches your readers


Let’s face it: it can be drudgery to come up with new, relevant marketing content regularly or to build the online ordering technology needed by your print buyers today. But it shouldn’t be. Instead, these things should take care of themselves. They should happen automatically, so you (and other printers like you) can focus on all of the other items it takes to run a successful printing company. Now, there’s a new and innovative way to access the content and online ordering solutions that will help you sell more printing without the expense or hassle of doing it yourself. Introducing the WordPress Plugin for Printers The WordPress Plugin is a free download that features paid subscription options for auto-updated marketing content and online ordering solutions for your WordPress website. It does exactly what it sounds like by removing all of that worry, drudgery, and overhead for a minimal investment of both time and money. Content + Online Ordering = More Sales While the WordPress platform is great for helping printers of all sizes launch a pretty new website quickly, often those websites are missing something… something BIG! You see, while these websites may look great on the surface, they’re missing


When you need to grab the attention of your print buyer, you need a great headline. Whether your message is making its way to your audience through email, web copy, or direct mail, a great headline will snag the interest of your reader enough for them to want to read more. Here are a few tips to ensure you hit the mark with your headline every time. 7 Tips and Formulas for Writing Effective Headlines TIPS 1. Write for the Need Instead of trying to communicate value when writing your headline, go for the print buyer’s need. All of your print buyers are in need of something, and your product or service will solve that need. If you keep your focus on addressing the need, your headlines will practically write themselves. Remember, great headlines tell you the end result in a way that you want to see or read more about. 2. Be Clear and Concise Headlines are not the place to show off your fantastic wit. While some might get your cute idiom or play on words, more often than not, they can miss the mark for those who don’t get it. Be sure your headline is clear, concise,


Looking to upsell current clients or expand variety in the orders you receive? Keep your marketing creative and your voice consistent with the wide range of superior content coming your way in the August editions of content from Marketing Ideas For Printers: Printer’s Press This issue highlights must-have conference promotional tools, an alarm clock that prompted a three-year treasure hunt, and the top 10 phobias of all time. The August Printer’s Press also brings a sanity-saving article on letting go of perfectionism: “The opposite of perfection isn’t imperfection or mediocrity; it’s reality. It’s possibility. It’s all the magnificent points that exist all around the bull’s-eye. When psychologists suggest striving for excellence over striving for perfection, they are not trying to take away our ambitions, drive, and desires to succeed, they are trying to preserve our sanity and keep us in the game.” (Author & Psychologist Tamar E. Chansky) Business Forum How do you get seen from anywhere? By dazzling them with well-placed posters and banners! The August Business Forum shares four fun ways to spread the word with big print, and highlights the rich history of the entire print industry over several centuries. Your clients will enjoy tips to get


Help your clients win at business and life while you position yourself as a competent, reliable business partner. Here’s a rundown of excellent content to motivate your customers this month: Printer’s Press Does spring fever have your heart pumping? The May edition of Printer’s Press offers helpful articles on how to get ahead in work, family, and life. Featuring car care myths debunked, home remedies that actually work, and vacation destination highlights, this full-color newsletter is refreshing, contemporary and fun. Tip your clients toward postcards with feature articles on incorporating postcard coupons, employing variable-data personalization, or tips on postage-saving oversized options. Encourage them to communicate their next big idea with the power and affordability of postcards! Business Forum Everyone wants to come out on top, and Business Forum motivates your customers to win in LIFE. From personal to professional, the May edition features articles on maximizing family time as a busy entrepreneur, original options for one-of-a-kind brochures, tips for staying recharged while avoiding business burnout, and dos and don’ts when considering a side job. The book review offers a peek at The Messy Middle by Scott Belsky, exploring the turbulence that happens between the launch of a great idea and


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As the Marketing Director here at Marketing Ideas For Printers (MI4P), there’s one question I get asked a lot: How do I get more traffic to my website? It’s a valid question. With numbers like 1,630,322,579 websites created in 2018 alone, it makes sense that printers would be asking how to make their website unique. Sometimes that question is followed up with an additional question similar to, “Rachel, could you take a look at my website and see what could be improved upon?” Recently, a prospect asked me that very thing, and I agreed to offer any insight I may have on their website. While the geeks at MI4P can look at a website and tell you how everything’s working from a technical perspective, I tend to look at websites from a human perspective (like your prospects and customers!) What I found when reviewing their website was a key component was missing. A key piece so critical that I had to write about it here to make you all aware of it. The Good First, let’s start with the good things I found. This printer’s website was well-designed, informative, and for the most part, easy to navigate. You could tell


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