"Canon Solutions America is pleased to offer you complimentary thINK membership. thINK is an independent community of Canon Solutions America inkjet customers, designed to help you accelerate your success with inkjet, and we are a proud Executive Sponsor."
Francis A. McMahon, EVP, Print Production Solutions
We have a robust, action-packed agenda planned for thINK Ahead 2023 and sincerely hope to see you there!
Along with a wide range of educational sessions (including workforce development and retention strategies, postal regulations, sustainability, robotics, profitability strategies, keys to maintaining a healthy business, and more), we will also learn from tours and demos at the Canon Americas Innovation Center, partners in the Partner Pavilion, and some exciting special guest speakers soon to be announced! In addition, we will enjoy health and wellness activities and our well-known and loved lively evening events.
In the meantime, we have several new resources for you this month available on thINKForum.com, including:
Customer Spotlight: JPS Books + Logistics
thINK Forward Quarterly Publication
Print[ED] Program Information on Apprenticeships
NEW thINK Fast! Videos
thINK Academy Live Classes
...and more!
Take a look at the new resources below and be sure to peruse thINKForum.com to see all of the complimentary tools, training, and resources available to you as a Canon Solutions America production inkjet customer and thINK member!
Questions for me or the thINK Board? Just reply to this email.
JPS Books + Logistics Leverages Canon Inkjet to Achieve Consecutive Years of 30% Year-Over-Year Growth
"It started with a conversation with my dad about the family print business,” said Hunter Johnson, CEO, JPS Books + Logistics. At that time, while he was no stranger to the print world, it was in his role as a well seasoned business consultant that the conversation took place. Shortly thereafter, Hunter conducted a six-week consultation for his family’s print business and mapped out a vision and strategic path forward for the company to regroup from COVID and continue building on an already successful business. The consultation quickly morphed into his current role as CEO at JPS Books + Logistics. Learn more about the vision and strategic path Hunter mapped out based on his 15 years of expertise in business consulting.
Be on the lookout for the thINK Forward quarterly publication, which is packed with lots of great information and is hitting your mailbox soon. In the meantime, take a sneak peek!
Got 5 Minutes? Get Key Takeaways and Recommendations in 5 minutes with the New thINK Fast! Video Series
The new thINK Fast! video series gives you key takeaways and recommendations from industry white papers and webinars in just 5 minutes!
Look for these and others in the Video Learning library on thINKForum.com:
Voice of the Print Buyer, What Direct Marketers Want & How to Get Their Attention, Financial Services Marketing, Getting into the Photo Market, Photo Applications Meet Inkjet, Designing for Inkjet: What your Customers Need to Know, Print[ED] program overview — and more!
How Print[ED] is Developing the Next Generation of Talent for the Print Industry
In a major step toward developing the next generation of inkjet printers, production print workers, and designers, thINK and Canon Solutions America have teamed up to support Print[ED] in developing and delivering accredited instruction to high school print and graphics programs throughout the USA. Learn more about how Print[ED] is helping to develop the next generation of talent for the print industry — and how you can participate in the apprenticeship program.
Production Inkjet and the Photo Specialty Opportunity
Thursday, April 20, 2023 | 2PM EST
The potential to pursue high-margin photo specialty applications and new business is huge right now. One reason: production inkjet has evolved into a smarter, more sustainable, and very competitive alternative to traditional photo printing. Join us for a live class on the advantages and opportunities of production inkjet as a photo specialty platform, where we'll discuss photo specialty applications, creating a photo specialty workflow with the Photo Smart Suite, and identifying prospects and customers.
In this live thINK Academy class, Comperemedia will announce how external factors and internal developments will affect acquisition efforts and customer communications in the forthcoming 2023 Telecom and Media Trends. Telecom brands will need to demonstrate their value by focusing on their core products while starting to step away from bundled communications. Register now to join us!
Capitalizing on the Photo Specialty Market Opportunity
The photo printing and merchandise market size is expected to increase to $5.80 billion from 2021 to 2026, and the market's growth momentum will accelerate at a CAGR of 5.12%. This represents a huge opportunity for production inkjet print service providers. In this blog post, Barb Pellow breaks down three key segments where inkjet print service providers can play an important role and capitalize on the opportunity.
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