Monday, August 27, 2012

NAPL Bans Lifetime Member from List Serv

NAPL Bans Consultant

Wouldn’t it be neat if you could flick a wand and all your competitors would just go “poof!” Well, it looks like that’s exactly what NAQP/NAPL is trying to do by banning me from the NAQP list serv.

According to Mitch Evans (Managing Director of NAQP), I have been officially banned from posting to the NAQP List Serv. I was banned for what Mitch termed was, “an inappropriate post.”

The post that resulted in my banning was titled, “Adventures in Surveying – A humorous break!” It was posted on 8-21-12 at about 5:30 p.m. If you are a member of NAQP/NAPL you'll have to look that email up yourself since it is too long to append to this blog.

I didn’t actually realize I had been banned until Friday when I went to post a very informative article that had nothing whatsoever to do with pricing surveys but rather in learning how to deal with stress in the printing industry. It even included a fascinating 1-minute survey that readers could take.

Within minutes, with no prior warnings or emails from NAQP, I received the following message:
----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
members@printimageintl.org
(reason: 550 Sorry, QKCONSULT@aol.com (headers) is not allowed to send mail to members@printimageintl.org)

I couldn’t believe it, I quickly dashed off an email to Mitch asking what was all this about, and he confirmed that I was banned and this decision was supported by everyone at NAPL. I still wonder if this meant that he had checked with the NAQP board, but I already know that he didn’t.

Oh, Mitch did mention another reason for banning me… “We do not allow industry vendors or consultants to post anything that can be construed by our members to help sell themselves.” Ok, I plead guilty, but I’ve been doing exactly that ever since the first NAQP list went live.

I am awaiting a call from NAPL headquarters so that's all the news I can share with you at this moment.

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Quick Consultant's BP Hits 188/100!

MEDICATION IS NOT ENOUGH
I NEED YOUR HELP!


Dear Fellow Printer,

No, I’m not kidding about the blood pressure. The nurse who took it last week asked me if anything was wrong, and I said “Yes” and was then tempted to ask her if she would complete a pricing survey that I am conducting.

I refuse to rely on nurses and guys mowing our lawn to complete the 2012-2013 Quick Printing Industry Pricing Survey, but in order to do that I really need your help!

You’ve most likely completed or seen one or more of the many surveys I have published in the past, and you know the valuable information they contain, and that’s why I am once again asking you for your support. I can’t do surveys like these without your help.

You’re not going to find out the critical answers to questions like these anywhere else, and the answers can affect your future profits:

• What digital printers are folks using to produce 4C envelopes
• More important, how do they rate these devices?

• More printers are turning to 2nd and 3rd digital printers – what are they choosing?
• How much are printers charging for variable data postcards?
• What are printers charging for today’s six most popular binding services
• What has changed in the pricing of popular 1-C and 2-C products like NCR, letterheads?
• How many printers broker out business cards as opposed to printing them in-house and what are they charging.

You’ll find the answers to these and dozens and dozens of other critical questions about pricing, and you can get all of this information absolutely FREE – All you have to do is visit our web site, complete the worksheet we provide, and then return you electronic survey no later than the Sept. 5, 2012 Deadline! What could be simpler?

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We won’t hide the fact that this survey is longer than most, BUT we’ve liberalized our rules regarding completion. Fill-out those sections most appropriate to your operation, give us your help on a couple of other sections, and you will receive, as you have in the past, a copy of the 2012-2013 Quick Printing Industry Pricing Study absolutely FREE!

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Please visit www.surveyadvantage.com/2012pricing, download the PDF worksheet, return your survey by the Sept. 5, 2012 Deadline. I am counting on your support more than ever. Please don’t let me down.

Thank you so very much for your help.

Sincerely,
John C. Stewart
QP Consulting, Inc.
2110 S. Dairy Road
W. Melbourne, FL 32904
321-727-2442

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

New Pricing Survey Expanded

2012-2013 Quick Printing
Industry Pricing Survey
All good industry studies start off with great input provided by previous participants, and this year's 2012-2013 Quick Printing Industry Pricing Survey does just that. These are just a few of the new additions we've incorporated into the new survey:


  • Identifying & Rating 2nd (back-up) Color Printers

  • Variable Data Charges and Pricing

  • Discounts Used for Aggressive Pricing (revised)

  • Pricing for Digital 4C Envelopes and Devices Used

  • In-Line Booklet Making Charges on Digital Printers

  • Pricing for Industry's Six Top Binding Methods

  • Expanded Business Card Pricing

  • Scoring and Creasing Charges for Digital Products

Visit our landing page for addtional details on participating.
CAUTION: The deadline for submitting your survey is Sept. 5, 2012
www.surveyadvantage.com/2012pricing