Today we get to celebrate a big birthday and milestone: Printingforless.com turns 10! (And, for those who know him, our very own Boyd Badten, here from the beginning, celebrates a birthday of his own, and a bit more than 10 years old…)
Here are a few interesting facts about Printingforless.com:
-we went online on March 4, 1999
-our first [...]

As markets tumble out of control you may be wondering, what can I do to turn the tide? 
 If my experience in customer service here at PrintingForLess.com has taught me anything it is that referrals are the life-blood of small to medium businesses.  As much as 40% of our own new customers are a product of [...]

I’m a big believer in “first who, then what.” (From the wonderful book Good to Great) This means that having great people in place is more important than having a super-duper strategy. Why? If you have a great strategy but you don’t have the people who can execute on that strategy, you’re out of luck. [...]

I’ve been focusing a lot on sales and sales training lately and sales in the 21st Century is full of old school techniques where face-to-face is back and a hand-shake-is-bond mentality is more than just a passing fad. 
In my research for upcoming sales training a quote jumped out at me, “In today’s economy, it’s getting harder [...]

Doug Fletcher found fly fishing, or more appropriately, fly fishing found him. And it changed his life’s direction.
In 1996 he and his wife left Atlanta, a high paying job, security and a safe career path for Montana, blue ribbon trout streams, mountains and a large measure of uncertainty. The momentum behind this big move was [...]

Ok, so I’ll label myself biased right off the bat, but when an idea is great, you just have to get the word out.
The point of the $700 billion dollar bailout was to ease the pressure on the banks and free them up to extend credit to Small to Medium Businesses (SMBs) in order to keep our [...]

In today’s economy it’s all about getting more out of what you’ve got. Finding ways to stretch your hard earned dollars and making the business assets you already have work more efficiently is a key to ongoing success no matter what economy we’re in.
The people at SPRANQ think they have an answer. It’s Ecofont. This [...]

The team asked me to do an occasional post on the Print Soup blog. I told them that as the president of PFL, I’m a generalist, not a specialist, and that others know more about design, printing technology, and even Montana recreation (nice assignment, Tim!) than I do. So they told me to write about [...]

These days everyone is looking for a way to make their marketing pieces stand out from the crowd. Adding custom elements to your next printed piece can give you the “wow factor” that will help to get your customers attention and distinguish you from your competitors. In my first few posts I’ll cover some of [...]

Given recent developments, I would remiss if I didn’t lay down my thoughts on the current state of the economy. There is enough blame to go around, no matter where you fall within the political spectrum. The very real credit market connection between Wall Street and Main Street will affect Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs). [...]