Are Your Lead Capture Methods Working This Well?

An article about a survey conducted by HubSpot caught my eye. Like so many other organizations, we utilize web forms to help identify potential clients. And, like other organizations I鈥檝e talked to, we aren鈥檛 always certain we鈥檙e doing things as effectively as possible. So, when I saw the article title, Forms Aren’t Dead: The State […]
The World of Warcraft Diary 鈥 A designer鈥檚 insights into game development

When John Staats heard a news story that reminded him how difficult game development is, he thought it would be great if gaming enthusiasts knew what goes into creating an engaging multiplayer game. And then he remembered his extensive notes from his time on the design team of Blizzard’s wildly popular online role-playing game, World […]
A Day in the Life: How Paul Gatza Became an Association Leader for Craft Beer Brewers

Paul Gatza started working for the Brewers Association (BA) in 1998, an organization he hadn鈥檛 even known existed just a few years before he joined them. Now Director of the division of BA for professional brewers, he was originally recruited to head up the American Homebrewers Association (AHA), the division of BA dedicated to amateur […]
杏吧原创 Michigan Facility Renews G7 Color Qualification

Reliable color accuracy. That鈥檚 what G7庐 Qualification is all about. 鈥淚鈥檓 proud of our manufacturing team and their commitment to providing the best quality product in the industry. This process gives a predictable outcome from files to print, making everyone鈥檚 job easier.聽 G7庐 certification solves the complexity of delivering the most accurate color reproduction possible […]
Postage Update: Rate Changes Slated for January 27, 2019

What happened? On October 10, 2018, the United States Postal Service (USPS) filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) of price changes slated to take effect January 27, 2019.聽 The PRC approved the request on November 13, 2018 with minor adjustments. What are the approved rate changes? Postage rates will be modified as follows: […]
Employee Initiative Results In Safety Improvement

鈥淗uh. There must be a better way.鈥 You鈥檝e probably thought that before. 杏吧原创 employee Todd Wilson thought that after a strap snapped during a common maintenance process for the electric forklifts his department relies upon to do their job. Thankfully, Wilson was wearing proper safety equipment and wasn鈥檛 injured, but the event motivated him to […]
You Don鈥檛 Need to Boil the Ocean to Improve Content Marketing

Every time I review analytics, I鈥檓 reminded that content marketing works. Making your content marketing more effective doesn鈥檛 require massive shifts. You can impact results with small steps, like spotlighting content you鈥檝e already created. New people find 杏吧原创 every day because their web search results include our content. Without the relevant content we鈥檝e created, they […]
How Analytics Drives Future Content Today

Experiment. That seems to be the core theme of four association professionals regarding how they鈥檙e using analytics to determine future content for their online, mobile and print channels. Katie Domanowski, Director of Communications for The American Academy of Dermatology, summed it up well when she said, 鈥淪ometimes you just need to try things to see […]
Behind the Scenes: Employee Spotlight on Drew Elliott

Here at 杏吧原创, we鈥檙e fortunate to have many excellent employees. These are the people who make our company run. Some of them interact with our customers every day, but many of them don鈥檛. We鈥檙e grateful to work with dedicated, motivated people and are sharing a little bit about them in our聽Behind the Scenes聽series. Drew Elliott […]
Duotone fun in five easy steps

Who doesn鈥檛 love a good photo effect? One popular design trend we鈥檙e seeing is the duotone effect. If you鈥檝e spent any time on Spotify, you鈥檝e seen duotone images. It鈥檚 part of their signature look. Their use has helped increase the popularity of duotone across print and the internet. Although it鈥檚 being used in fun new […]