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Diversify or liquefy says Colourtone Aries

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:10:00 +0200

Printers offering a range of diversified services will not find themselves in a meltdown. This is the view of Western Cape's printing and packaging company, Colourtone Aries. Commercial printers are rolling with the punches and identifying additional services that open up further revenue streams.
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Combining print and digital advertising

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 06:05:00 +0200

In order to stay abreast of developments in the fast-paced media landscape, traditional print advertisers are investigating the best ways to offer a well thought out combination of print and digital offerings.
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PIFSA introduces Printing SA Pledge

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:15:00 +0200

To reassure consumers that printers will provide an ethical honest service, the 800+ members of the Printing Industries Federation of South Africa (PIFSA) have subscribed formally to the newly introduced Printing SA Pledge.
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What does the future hold for printing? Colourtone Aries looks into a crystal ball

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:43:00 +0200

The world of print in our future will look strangely and vastly different. Traditional paper usage has already shown signs of decline and will continue to do so in the next five years. Magazine, newspaper and book publishers are destined to reduce print quantities as the use of tablets and other mobile devices increases.
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D&AD Awards: The nominations

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:05:00 +0200

LONDON, UK: Here are the nominations for the D&AD Awards. See this year's In Book winners and Nominations below. Yellow Pencil winners will be revealed on Wednesday 12 June at the Awards Ceremony.
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Recycle paper for Green Office Week

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:16:00 +0200

Estimates from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) predict total paper consumption to rise from the current 400 million tonnes to between 450 million and 500 million tonnes by 2020. As a result, South African businesses are being urged to realise the vast environmental and business benefits of recycling unwanted paper, as paper consumption shows no signs of abating.
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The thing about brand guidelines

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:46:00 +0200

With our highly competitive marketing landscape, and the ease with which anyone with a PC can create marketing collateral, it has become more important than ever before that your company has a strong brand identity.
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Paperight wins international award

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:51:00 +0200

Paperight, a South African start-up has won the Digital Minds Innovation Award at the 2013 Digital Minds Conference in London. The showcase was held on Monday night, 15 April, as a precursor event to the London Book Fair.
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Why print will never die... Colourtone Aries explains

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:50:00 +0200

You may think that a printer will want to state this as obvious... so of course they will say it. But, Colourtone Aries, printing and packaging powerhouse in the Western Cape, says that it just takes a look around to see that print is everywhere. It is going nowhere, not anytime in our lifetime anyway, or the next even.
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Seven stages in becoming an industry expert

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 06:31:00 +0200

From Amoeba to Icon; where do you currently rank in your industry's natural progression? In this piece, I walk you through the seven stages of development as you strive to position yourself as an industry expert. [video]
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