The time and effort you put into marketing woulda put you in a whole new light, not separating your company from the word "Print," but rather separating your company from the prospect of being "Just Another Printer." The clients woulda brought you in at the design stage of the job rather than at the quote stage. Instead, 2013 was another year of racing to the bottom of the profitability pool.
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