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Preview: “Disrupting the Future” by This Week's Excerpt: Disrupting the Power of Print Please add your comments about the excerpts of the forthcoming book “Disrupting the Future” by Dr. Joe Webb and Richard Romano. Watch for the announcement of the book's release, and for its free download. Weathering the Employment and Printing Shipments Data The employment report was better than the cable channel talking heads thought it would be. Printing shipments continued their unfortunate relationship with economic growth. The Postal Service continues a summer sale initiative that only fat cats can like. This Week's Data Table: Canada Commercial Printing Shipments
Econospinning, by Gene Epstein. If you really want to dig into economic reports and get the sense of what they really say and what others think they say, this is the book for you. Okay, it's for geeks, at least at the start. The first eleven chapters are about the unemployment report and how the press reports about it. The rest of the book digs into more general issues about the press, columnists, and examples of how data have been misinterpreted, sometimes with nefarious purpose in mind. Someone asked me what they should read to become develop their analytical skills. This is the book for that when it comes to economics. Epstein works for Barron's, where his work has been quite impressive, and most every week has a unique perspective that makes one think. Updates to the Economy Snapshot  The WhatTheyThink ERC Economy Snapshot includes the latest data for GDP, inflation, ISM indices, unemployment, and leading indicators for the USA, Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, and United Kingdom. View Snapshot Latest updates: Updates to the Industry Snapshot
The Industry Snapshot is a collection of regularly updated industry data about shipments and various measures of business activity....View Snapshot Printing Industry For All Print Executives Marketing Services is the Easy Answer, Just Like Buying New Equipment Always Was Adjusting Your Company Financials for Inflation, And Why You Should Do It About Dr. Joe Webb Dr. Joe Webb is one of the graphic arts industry's best-known consultants, forecasters, and commentators. He is the director of WhatTheyThink.com's Economics and Research Center. To inquire about availability of Dr. Webb for an event or private company meeting, contact Cary Sherburne. Note: To ensure that your spam filter doesn’t mistakenly block future email messages that we send you, add the sending email address to your approved sender or “white list.” Did someone forward you this newsletter? Get your own free subscription. For assistance or sponsorship information contact Dr Joe Copyright (C) 2010 WhatTheyThink.com All rights reserved. |
Upcoming Dr. Joe Sightings WhatTheyThink Economic Webinar, Wednesday, April 7, 2:00pm Eastern US time Xerox Real Business Live! Building Your Customer's Business: Don't Just Survive... Thrive! Dr. Webb's presentation is Directions to the Future: Creating a Fresh Role for Print in the Hyperconnected Marketplace; Vancouver, British Columbia, April 13, 2010; location and registration details available soon. Ondemand Show, April 20-22, 2010, Philadelphia; events to be announced View all upcoming sightings for Dr. Joe Latest Report WhatTheyThink Special Report Offers a Detailed Overview of Social Media for Printers Social Media for Graphic Communications: A WhatTheyThink Strategy Summary Report—The Hows and Whys of Social Media explains the difference between “outbound” and “inbound” marketing, and discusses the changing trends in advertising and marketing that are causing wholesale shifts in how businesses cultivate customers and build relationships that lead to sales.. Frank Interviews Dr. Joe about Social Media and Printers Frank Romano interviews Dr. Joe Webb about books he's been reading. They have a conversation about the impact social media is having on the media mix and how printers need to get involved in this and other new aspects of communications to engage the marketplace and offer new services to clients and prospects. Economic Advisory Program The Economics & Research Center offers private services to CEOs, strategic planners, and investors, who need an independent view of the printing and content creation markets for their organizations. These can be one-time engagements, or continuing services with quarterly reviews. The recent press release has details of the offerings and can be viewed here. Print09 Event Archive manroland sponsored our annual breakfast
event titled "Entrepreneurs Welcome: Opportunities in the New
Printing Industry." It was the seventh time that manroland
generously offered the event. Xerox Opportunity Panel: This event was moderated by Xerox vice president Gina Testa and included NAPL's Howie Fenton and Margie Dana of Boston Print Buyers Dr. Joe's pre-event answers to Xerox' questions are posted here questions The audio can be downloaded here. Webinar Archive Bright Ideas from It’s not the equipment per se that is the differentiator anymore; it’s what the printer does with that equipment. Order "Renewing the Printing Industry" today B&W digest-size version, $24.95. Order today! This digest version is now available through amazon.com! Praise for "Renewing the Printing Industry" |
