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A Couple Facts about Vinyl Window Signs

Vinyl signs are ubiquitous on windows and doors of businesses and organizations across the land. While they...

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The ONE thing killing your business success!

If there’s one thing we’ve learned over the last two decades of doing business in this ever-changing market, it’s that too many companies (and their owners) are operating blind.

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Amazing Map of Progression of Unemployment by County

A printer buddy just sent me this map which shows a lime lapse video of the change in the unemployment by county across the country....

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Waiting on Line

Did you ever pick the wrong line in a store? It happens to everyone. Stores that care about their customers are trying to do something about it.

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The Post Office to Shut Down?

The United States Postal Service (Post Office) has announced that they will have to shut down this winter if Congress does not bail them out. This won't happen. At least not permanently.


This is a scare tactic. 

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5 Cost-cutting Strategies for Mailing

In my last post, I gave you some tips on saving money on printing. Here are a few tips on saving money on direct mail marketing....

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9 Tips to Save Money on Printing

There are lots of ways to save money on your printing costs. Here are a few easy ideas....


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Why Pictures and Words Got Separated

We had quite a few people call and stop by and comment on our post Words and Pictures. In light of that, this is backfilling—a brief history of printing and why images were downplayed.

Early on in the history of printing, pictures went away. Grown up books, serious books did not have...

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Words and Pictures

Putting images with text is an ancient idea. First came the pictures—think hieroglyphics or cave drawings. Alphabets grew out of pictorial representations. Words came from pictures. Then pictures were used with words to explain or add meaning or context to the words. 

Along came printing and pictures were still there, but

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Leadership by Making Sense

The job of the leader is not just to make decisions it's to make sense.

— John Seely Brown

At the recent Willow Creek Association (WCA) Global Leadership Summit we were able to witness great leadership in action....

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  1. Re: 4 Traits of Good Design

    Great synopsis. As an amateur designer, I look for simple methods to follow so I don't look foolish.

    --Showtime Bob