
B&B Printing John Cleese of Monty Python fame shares some remarkable thoughts about creativity.
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The amazing John Cleese shares his wisdom on writing, creativity, getting in the zone, and interruptions. It’s great to see advice that we hear all the time reaffirmed from outside the tech industry.

B&B Printing Glad the Outer Banks didn't get hit too hard, and hoping everyone still in the path of hurricane Earl stays safe!

B&B Printing In a video interview with the Wall Street Journal, WPP CEO Sir Martin Sorrell discusses the online marketing environment, and the state of the economy.
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In an interview with WSJ's Alan Murray, WPP CEO Sir Martin Sorrell conceded that advertisers must do better to inform customers about the tracking and mapping of online behavior. On the U.S. economy, he characterized the last 6-7 month...

B&B Printing Video interviews with font designers highlight the creative process behind font creation.
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FontFont represents some of the most talented and interesting type designers in the world. And for most of the year, that’s where they are: scattered all over the globe. In celebration of FontShop’s 20th Anniversary, FSI’s Ivo Gabrowitsch took the opportunity of a rare gathering this spring to talk ...

B&B Printing Nonprofits are looking to mobile platforms for new contribution possibilities. What do you think, will more and more online efforts go mobile?
Nonprofits Continue To Ramp Up Mobile Efforts For Charities And Mobile Donations | Mobile Marketing.
Nonprofits are moving into the mobile realm like never before, ramping up efforts to leverage the medium for its immediacy and direct response

B&B Printing Hard numbers show that personalized campaigns, including those with personalized URL's show impressive returns.
Print in the Mix: Research Summary - The Response Rates of Personalized Cross-Media Marketing Campai
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A random selection of 670 cross-media campaigns across 27 vertical markets drawn from MindFireInc's large database of media campaigns (more than 550 companies and 3,200 users worldwide use MindFireInc marketing intelligence software and services to manage thousands of marketing campaigns).

B&B Printing Social media brings unique challenges in dealing with customer communications. Here's 5 tips on dealing with complaints on Twitter.
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It can be hard to deal with complaints on Twitter without getting frustrated or taking it personally. Here are a few tips for successfully dealing with Twitter complaints.

B&B Printing The use of personalized URL's is rapidly expanding. When used with good planning and marketing savvy, they can provide impressive returns.
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The use of personalized URLs as the latest way to grab attention and market products started as a trickle and turned into a flood. These URLs take recipients to their own individual landing pages (www

B&B Printing Adobe adds new capabilities to the Adobe Online Marketing Suite.
Advanced Bid Strategies for Facebook Ads and Real-time Personalization of Android and Blackberry Apps; All Omniture Products Inherit Adobe Branding with “powered by Omniture” Nomenclature

B&B Printing B&B's own Cathie Pappert is retiring. We'll miss her, but wish her all the best!

B&B Printing See a side-by-side comparison study of email marketing effectiveness for Sony a whichtestwon.com.

B&B Printing Large marketing companies vie with boutique firms for their piece of the social media market.
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As more and more advertising dollars flow into social media, some Madison Avenue firms are trying to grab a piece of the action. But it will be a tough fight as the space is overrun with companies seeking to own the segment, from start-ups to public relations firms.

B&B Printing Apple responds via a press conference concerning the iPhone 4 antenna issues.
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Watch the July 16 press conference held at Apples campus in Cupertino, California.

B&B Printing Environmental awareness is a hot topic. Here are articles on eco-friendly marketing from Deliver magazine.
Timberland created the “Green Index,” which lists such information as the amount of energy consumed to manufacture a particular shoe, and shares the database with competitors to set a transparency standard for the shoe industry.

B&B Printing B&B participates in "Demand Response Events" to help stave off widespread blackouts in the summer heat.
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A look at how the power keeps flowing during heat waves.





















