Podcasts From The Printerverse

Mike Herold, Director Global Marketing, Production Inkjet Technologies at Ricoh USA, shares the legacy of their commitment to inkjet technology and some of the reasons why you should Take a Look at Ricoh for presses... and ultimately partnership.

Ricoh USA: https://takealookatricoh.com / #LookAtRicoh

Isolated as one of the most complicated and critical topics related to the future of the industry, The Association for Print Technologies (formerly NPES) continues its mission to champion education and workforce development through programs like GAERF, PrintEd and SkillsUSA. Judy Durham, CAE, Executive VP, Operations and Membership at APTech, and Laura Roberts Printing Technology Teacher at Mattoon High School, share what they do, how the programs support the industry, and more important how you can help.

Connect: APTech http://www.printtechnologies.org / GAERF http://gaerf.org

Looking for a reason to up your direct marketing game? Ray Bradshaw, Sr. VP of Sales for PostcardMania has $2.8 million to share. Hear how PostcardMania delivers tangible, measureable results for their customers using DirectMail2.0's white label solution. Erica Switzer, VP of Partner Relations at DM2.0 guest hosts.

More info: DirectMail2.0: http://directmail2.com / PostcardMania: https://www.postcardmania.com

Erik Holdo, Senior VP Production Print Solutions at Konica Minolta US, shares about their portfolio of presses and services, how the MGI partnership is benefiting printers and their customers and why transforming to "Marketing Service Provider" isn't an impossible dream.

More info: http://kmbs.konicaminolta.us/

What happens when the HOTTEST online document editor gets into the hands of a crafty entrepreneur? Kevin Goeminne, CEO of Chili Publish and Jason Frueh, Owner of MyCreativeShop.com, discuss the results of this truly unique product and their equally unique partnership from #SpicyTalks18 in Chicago.

Chili Publish: https://www.chili-publish.com/start / My Creative Shop: https://www.mycreativeshop.com

John Fulena, VP Commerical & Industrial Printing Group at Ricoh USA, discusses the state of commerical printing, the value proposition of partnership and some profitable reasons to Take a Look at Ricoh!

Ricoh USA: https://takealookatricoh.com / #LookAtRicoh

Industry icon Frank Cannata on the needs of the dealer channel and how manufacturers can be better partners. CJ Cannata shares how he embraced the family biz and turned The Cannata Report newsletter into a thriving printed publication.

The Cannata Report: http://www.thecannatareport.com/

Industry analysts David Zwang and Ron Gilboa offer some insight into production workflow, equipment must haves and why good PDF files matter.

Connect with David Zwang: http://www.zwang.com / Ghent Work Group: http://www.gwg.org

Connect with Ron Gilboa: http://www.keypointintelligence.com

1:1 interviews with Eric Hawkinson, VP Production Print Solutions and Tonya Powers Sr. Marketing Manager from Canon Solutions America. Hear about their impressive mission to educate the industry on the value of inkjet, digital printing and partnership with Canon.

More info: https://csa.canon.com

1:1 interviews with Sal Sheikh, Senior Director BISG and Rich Reamer, Senior Director Large Format Solutions at Canon USA about the wide portfolio of presses and opportunity their equipment provides for printers and print customers.

More info: https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/products/groups/professional-large-format-printers/