Printers Monetizing Social Media
Website analytics will also show how many people are visiting via your social links, and vice versa—most of the social platforms offer copy and paste code to implement link tracking. Does your sales team have a formal method for following up on sales leads that come through social platforms? Outside of the company profiles, much of social interaction is personal, so it can be hard to grab metrics of how or whether a possible lead is being followed up on.
- 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."
