NPOA has Joined as Merchant Member
http://www.printowners.org/
We are happy to now be full Merchant members of Signs101.
You may want to take at look at our membership. While not a forum like signs 101 or strickly a sign shop we offer some member and non-member benift you may want to check out. One is the most active email list serves in the industry, the print owners list. Free to join for all printing or sign shop owner/members. Absolutely no vendors allowed on it.
http://www.printownerslist.com/
[h=1]What is the PrintOwners list?[/h]
[FONT="]The PrintOwners list is a free, members-only, online discussion group, created for the owners of printing businesses. We currently have more than 500 owner-members in our online discussion group. Every day, list members ask and answer each others’ questions using our group email forum. Membership is free. The PrintOwners list is easy to use, and members are free to participate as much or as little as they like. We define an owner as a person who has at least a 5% share of ownership in a printing company, with hiring/firing privileges and complete access to the company’s financial records.[/FONT]
[h=1]How does the PrintOwners list work?[/h]
[FONT="]The easiest way to understand the PrintOwners list is to think of it as another way to send and receive email. The only difference is that when you send an email to the PrintOwners list, our powerful list servers will simultaneously send your message to every other member on the list. Sending an email to the list is called posting. Currently, there are an average of about 75 posts a day to the PrintOwners list. The discussions cover a variety of print-related topics, and the PrintOwners list is considered an extremely valuable resource by those who utilize the service. Testimonials can be read here.[/FONT]
[h=1]Why is it so valuable?[/h]
[FONT="]The list is a great place to discuss any problems and issues you’re facing at your printing firm. You can find out what equipment works and what doesn’t. Sales and marketing ideas are often shared. And if you need to get a second opinion on a complicated estimate, you can ask your fellow print owners. Everything is discussed on the PrintOwners list. The discussions are not approved by a moderator before they are posted to the list, and content is read only by other list members. It’s not available to the general public.[/FONT]
[h=1]Who is eligible to join the PrintOwners list?[/h]
[FONT="]Our membership is exclusive. It is “owners only.” The PrintOwners list is not intended for employees, managers, vendors, suppliers, sales reps, editors from trade publications, and printing industry consultants; if you’re not an owner of your printing company, we respectfully ask that you do not attempt to join the PrintOwners list.[/FONT]
[h=1]How can I keep from getting my inbox flooded with too many emails?[/h]
[FONT="] You can expect about 60-80 email messages from the list to come to your inbox every day. Most list members set up a rule in their email client that automatically routes PrintOwners messages into their own separate folder. Having a file folder just for the PrintOwners list accomplishes two things. First, it allows you to read the messages at your leisure without (second) creating an ’emailoverload’ burden because they are co-mingled with all of your personal and customer emails.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]You can also use an alias email account to help you manage the increased volume of emails you’ll be receiving. An alias account is a secondary email address that you set up for your PrintOwners list membership. If you choose to use an alias account, we ask that you provide the list manager with your primary email address, so it is possible for him to contact you without his email “getting lost” among the 60-80 emails a day that will fill your inbox.[/FONT]
[h=1]Are there any obligations for joining?[/h]
[FONT="] Yes, there is one expectation of all list members. Your only obligation is to participate in the “Question of The Week” surveys that are periodically requested. Usually, the surveys take less than two minutes to complete. The more printers who participate in our surveys, the more valuable and accurate the results of the survey will be. The Question of The Week surveys will provide you with a lot of helpful information. Your participation in the periodic survey is your only obligation for joining.[/FONT]
[h=1]What does it cost to join?[/h]
[FONT="] Nothing–membership is free. How do I subscribe? It’s easy, and it will take less than five minutes! Join now![/FONT]
[h=1]The National Print Owners Association, Inc.[/h]
Be sure to visit our Member Benefits Page to get a good overview of some of the services we provide. NPOA is the fastest growing non-profit trade association serving the printing industry. While some associations are facing stagnant or declining memberships, NPOA has grown from 19 original members in late December 2012 to almost 400 by the Spring of 2015. Our association was founded "by printers for printers." Click here to read the rest of the story, or you can go directly to our membership page and join NPOA today! Interested about our membership and who they are and where they come from? Check here to view a list of our newest members.
[h=2]The 2016-17 Signs & Wide Format Pricing Survey[/h]
This is the ONLY nationwide survey of its kind that reports pricing practices in the signage and wide-format markets. It is published by the National Print Owners Association (NPOA) for the benefit of our members as well as for all firms participating in this survey. All survey data is treated with strict confidentiality and all personal data is deleted from our database. To receive your FREE copy of this study, please follow these instructions carefully: (The firm deadline for submitting this survey is August 19, 2016)
Download the Survey
