Packed With the Latest In Digital Printing Pricing Info!

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This Is the Most Detailed Pricing Study Ever Published by QP Consulting, Inc. This brand new 114-page study is one of the most comprehensive pricing studies we’ve ever published. Dedicated strictly to pricing of digital products and services, this new study is now available for immediate shipment (hard copies and PDFs). Retail price of this study is $229. However, for a limited time, you can SAVE 25% on this study if you place your order between now and Nov. 23rd. Orders are shipped same day as received. Instead of paying $229, you will pay only $171.75! “The Digital Printing Pricing Survey is the Continue reading →

Turning Printing Companies Around…

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The Quick Consultant Turning Printing Companies Around One Firm at a Time! By John Stewart Between the late 1990s and well into the first decade of this century I made my living providing individualized, on-site consulting services to printing firms throughout the U.S. and abroad. I sometimes joke with folks that while my short-term memory has really gotten bad recently, I can recall almost every single detail, including the layout of the shop and the problems encountered, involving the 400+ consulting visits I undertook in those days. I consulted with printers in almost every state in the U.S. including two separate firms Continue reading →

FREE Sample Pages from 2016-17 Digital Pricing Study

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Four Free Sample Pages – Would you like a very brief glimpse of what’s contained in the latest 2016-17 Digital Printing Pricing Study? All you have to do is click on the artwork below or click here to download a FREE 4-page PDF demonstrating the tip of the iceberg as to what is in store in the complete study. “I immediately raised my digital envelope prices 5%… More than paid for the study in less than a month..” Bob Rosenfield, Edison Press, Standford, ME This 114-page study is one of the most comprehensive pricing studies we’ve ever published. It’s also one of our most Continue reading →

Closing the Print Shop – Download Report

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You can now download and print our 12-page report titled, “Printers Report Strong Shift to Digital,” by clicking here. If you wish to read it on line, the full article appears immediately below in the adjoining column. The file is currently 12 pages, 8.5×11. To print as 3, 11×17, 2-sided pages from Adobe Acrobat > Print, > Page Setup in lower left corner, > Tabloid, landscape orientation. then > OK. Under Page Sizing and Handling, select Booklet. Then just choose 2-sided from your printer. Continue reading →

The Offset Printing Department – Alive & Well or in the ICU?

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Printers Report Strong Shift to Digital Printers Split on Shutting Down Offset Department By John Stewart “Is offset printing alive & well, or is it in intensive care” is a question we posed in a recent industry survey conducted Aug. 18-24, 2016. Well, the answers and comments we received were mixed, and while not all printers are ready to “pull the plug,” many recognize the patient is not doing too well and probably will not walk out of the hospital! Some are already making plans for the funeral! Our 15-question survey was more detailed than many we have conducted recently, Continue reading →

Printers Tell Us That Industry Studies & Polls Are Top Picks!

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Are Associations Meeting the Needs of Members? Printers Place High Value on Research Studies According to Latest Survey by QP Consulting By John Stewart Please note this article is confidential and copyrighted. Please do not share or redistribute. Thank you. Printers in our industry, at least the 163 firms who responded to our most recent survey, told us they still place a high value on research studies, as well as surveys and polls about printing related topics. In fact, those two services, combined with the desire to share “confidential information” with fellow members, receive the highest ratings when compared to Continue reading →

Early Stats from Digital Printing Survey

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Preliminary Results at a Glance With less than 12 days to go before the July 18th deadline, we can report some very brief, preliminary results from early participants in our 2016-2017 Printing Industry Digital Pricing Survey. Average Sales – If you think you’re too small in terms of sales to participate think again. Survey participants report their average 2015 sales at $1,444,900 and are projecting sales of $,1,556,340 for 2016, an increase in sales of 7% – 2016 compared to 2015. Median Sales – Median sales, a probably more reflective picture of our survey participants, for 2015 was $854,480 and Continue reading →

Printing & Politics – A QP Poll

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The One Question We Forgot to Ask! It looks like we may have set a record of sorts with our most recent survey titled, “Printing & Politics – Your Choice for President.” More than 270 printers responded within 48 hours, the largest number of responses to a survey in the past four years. “More than 270 printers responded within 48 hours, the largest number of responses to a survey in the past four years.” Unfortunately, after the survey “hit the streets,” and we were already processing the results, it suddenly dawned on us, especially after seeing the early trends, there Continue reading →

Selling is All About Price!

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Ryan Sauers – Our Guest Columnist OK, I Will Say It: Sales is ALL About Price By Ryan T. Sauers You see this article title and know it is true. Many of you tell me this from all across the country. Today, sales is quite simple. It all comes down to who has the lowest price, right? If you get your pricing tight/right, than you have a chance of winning/earning some business, right? If you cannot do this, then buyers will not consider you. Simply said, it is all about price these days. Are you feeling better about your sales Continue reading →

Stewart Banned From PO List

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Stewart Banned From PO List Is NPOA Kidding? They Want to Ban Me From Posting to PO List? Dear Fellow PrintOwner List Subscriber, Tuesday afternoon I posted the following heads-up notice about a new survey I am conducting…. it is one of hundreds of educational surveys I have conducted over the years, including a couple of dozen surveys conducted on behalf of NPOA. So imagine my surprise that within minutes of my posting the email below I received a “WARNING” email from board member Chuck Pappas who noted that, Continue reading → Continue reading →

New Workers’ Compensation Report

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Workers’ Compensation rates vary dramatically according to a special 11-page report just-released by QP Consulting, Inc. However, contrary to popular opinion, owners still have options, to control or even lower annual premiums. The new industry report includes a number of charts and graphs, including a special table detailing 35 states and the most common codes and NCCI rates per $100 for the four major classifications available in the printing industry – Clerical, Sales, Printing and Delivery.  Continue reading → Continue reading →

Profit Leaders vs. Laggards – It’s Your Choice!

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Leaders vs. Laggards in the Printing Industry I’ve been actively involved in the printing industry since the early 1970s, so I guess you would definitely consider me an “old-timer.”  Although relatively old in terms of physical age, I believe I am younger than most in the industry in terms of my enthusiasm for the industry and the belief that one can still make a very, very good living as the owner of a printing firm. Sure, the industry has changed dramatically in terms of how we produce many of our products and services. But for every AB Dick or Ryobi Continue reading →