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Top 10 Printing Blogs
- Hotcards.com Blog
Anne Stewart never fails to bring an interesting topic to light while delicately balancing the information with a sprinkle of promotion for Hotcards ample print capabilities. Consistently one of my favorite reads.RSS
- Print CEO
Touted as a blog for C-level executives, while the Printing Office if for the rest of us, the opinions truly hold universal worth to anyone in print. The topics are varied since the best of the WhatTheyThink journalists contribute to the blog. - Grow Your Biz
Kodak’s blog is the only industry supplier blog to make the list. Why? The company understands the value of a social media presence that offers industry perspectives from their brain trust of employees. While other players are thinking of a blog, or have abandoned their once lofty goals, Kodak offers information on a steady basis.
RSS - Mobile Marketer
Want to know why advertising dollars have shifted toward electronic delivery? Better yet, want to know how to capitalize on the infant mobile internet business, then follow this blog.
RSS - Graphic Arts Online Blogs
Keeping a beat on many aspects of the industry, this a feed containing posts from all of Graphic Arts Online blogs – one stop shopping.
- A Printing Office: a blog for small and medium printers.
Written by award winning journalist, Patrick Henry, this blog finds topics that represent the largest segment of the printing industry – mom & pops to medium sized printers. Posts span all aspects of running a business from governmental policy decisions to trade association talk.
- Tough Love for Xerox
If you can read past the sometimes rambling narrative, this blog by Michael J, offers an interesting perspective with a frequent posting schedule (even more so on Twitter). Contrary to the name, the posts tend to be a potpourri of industry news with a particular interest on the educational market.
RSS Twitter - Quality in Print
Gordon Pritchard wants to help printers achieve better quality in their work with an easy to understand posts on technical information. Hopefully, the site will continue on as it seems to be on an NPR-style fund raising drive at the moment. - Going Green
Another WTT stable of blogs written by Gail Nickel-Kailing that is focused on all things green and sustainable within the world of print. The blog is worth following even if you care more about saving money than greening the planet.
RSS - The Dieline
A must if you are into packaging printing. Gathers examples of interesting packaging design from around the world. Guaranteed to charge your creative juices.
- m-Bossed
Ok, this would make 11 but a little self promotion never hurts.
Update: This post has garnered a lot of attention and questions on other blogs and Twitter. The Top 10 were evaluated on content quality, frequency of posting, social media reach, and overall design aesthetic. In retrospect, there are additional blogs deserving an honorable mention so here is the list.
Honorable Mentions
- Poor Richard’s Print Shop
Down right funny postings from this print shop in central Georgia. Poor Richard’s wit captures the essence of living in the South with the ups and downs of running a print shop.
- Prepressure
Laurens Leurs has hosted this site since 1997, so it deserves an honorable mention for simple longevity. Luckily, the site also provides ample information on Postscript, PDF, JDF, and other important prepress topics.
- Digital Print 360
Digital printing is at the forefront of printer’s plans, so this site should be toward the top of your bookmarks. The site offers “daily editorial content of interest to the digital printing community, and to provide a meeting place for digital printing service providers and print buyers.”
RSS - Social | Print Experiment
Andrew Simmons, who also started Digital Print 360, is taking his latest print endeavor public for anyone to see. Follow his startup digital print shop as it explores ways to exploit Web 2.0, social media, and digital printing, to create a unique (and highly profitable) business.
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