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Produce and Ship Daily

March 2, 2010 By Jim Raffel 4 Comments

With the release of Seth Godin's Linchpin (which I have yet to read) there has been a whole lot of buzz in the Blogosphere about "shipping it." It's good talk folks about the need to produce deliverable product each day and you should be paying close attention if you are not already doing so. Ask … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, motivation, personal development, sales, sustainability, Twitter Tagged With: audience, engagement proposals, inspiration, Linchpin, motivation, priorities, produce, radical, Seth Godin, Ship It

Reputation Matters

February 15, 2010 By Jim Raffel 3 Comments

My reputation is determined in part by my writing about and living a real, authentic, and sustainable life on this blog. Reputation is everything, it can't be bought, it must be earned and once earned it must be guarded with your life. You can lose your reputation in an instant. If you do be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, sustainability, Twitter Tagged With: ColorMetrix, Facebook, Reputation, Twitter

Feature Post: Printing (on paper) vs. Google

February 10, 2010 By Jim Raffel 7 Comments

Authors Note: If you do not work in the printing industry, read this post from the perspective of accepting change in your industry and recognizing who your real competitors are. Your competition is not the printer down the street. Your competition is Google. Right now, they are kicking your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: calibration, color, GRACoL, process capability, sales, sustainability Tagged With: GRACoL, Printing, Sustainabilty

Goals: Finding the Path

January 16, 2010 By Jim Raffel 1 Comment

"It" all came together this week. The path to a goal I have held near and dear to my heart for more than 20 years opened up before me like the Red Sea opened before Moses. About twenty pieces of the puzzle that is my life fell into place over the last five days. Luck favors those who are prepared … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, motivation, personal development, sustainability Tagged With: business, goals, human interest, jeffrey gitomer, passion, peter drucker, raffel, red sea

Hard Work: A Year In the Making

November 30, 2009 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

Tomorrow morning a press release will announce that ColorMetrix and SpotOn! Press have agreed to work together on a project to provide enhanced interoperability between our two products. There will be lots of flowery prose and 50 cent words in the release so I will spare you the sales talk here. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, color, conferences, GRACoL, process capability, sales, sustainability

Real, Authentic and Sustainable

October 14, 2009 By Jim Raffel 17 Comments

Incidents over the last nineteen months have lead me to a new philosophy of life that spreads across my family, spiritual, and business existence. This philosophy is so obvious I sometimes forget to look at situations utilizing this new and powerful tool I have at my disposal. Ask yourself if what … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, sustainability Tagged With: Authentic, inspiration, motivation, Real, Sustainable

#76 Five Ways Color Process Control Impacts A Sustainability Initiative

June 8, 2009 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

Recently I was reading the 2009 PRIMIR/NPES "Sustainable Print in a Dynamic Global Market: What Going Green Means," Executive Synopsis and it reminded me that back in February 2007 I tackled this topic in #68: Sustainable Green Printing. Among other conclusions the PRIMIR study agreed with my #68 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, sustainability Tagged With: cross media, environment, environmentalism, plates, plating, printing plant, process control, proofing, recycling, sustainability, waste management

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