Printers Monetizing Social Media
While Cappel has found his greatest success through Linked–In, he does engage in Twitter and Facebook, and also maintains an active blog. In fact, many companies engage in more than one social platform, although, like Cappel, most use one in particular for their deepest engagement.
Quad/Graphics maintains very active social engagement on many platforms (see its social media Website, www.qg.com/socialmedia/), but seems to have built a real community through its weekly #PrintChat meetings on Twitter.
- Companies:
- Quad/Graphics
Julie Shaffer is Vice President, Digital Technologies at Printing Industries of America. She heads up the Digital Printing Council (DPC), as well as the Center for Digital Printing Excellence at Printing Industries headquarters in Sewickley, PA. In her position, Julie plays a lead role in developing programs and tools to help members grow their businesses with digital technologies.
Known for her graphic production expertise, Julie has a 20-plus year background in pre-media and print. She is often called upon for training, presentations and to provide on-site consulting throughout the industry on diverse range of topics, including PDF, color management, digital printing, social media and Web-to-print implementation. Julie is co-author of several books, including "The PDF Print Production Guide" (1st, 2nd and 3rd edition), the "Web-to-Print Primer" and the forthcoming "Field Guide to Social Media."
