Dave Hultin — WebsitesForPrinters.com

I heard there was a recession coming. I don’t believe it. Neither do a lot of our WebsitesForPrinters.com customers!

It’s so interesting to study human nature. A lot of times people and businesses will simply buckle down and jettison everything they see as non-essential to prepare for an economic downturn. That’s a valid response of course; however, I find it very interesting that people will often have an incorrect idea on what should be considered non-essential.

Often times it’s the website that’s seen as non-essential. Sometimes that may be true, as in the case of someone that has their own “homemade” website that actually does more harm than good. However, in most cases nothing could be further from the truth. I just finished visiting with someone wrapping up his WebsitesForPrinters.com 60-Day Live Trial program, and he “gets it.” He understands that while his competitors are scaling back to prepare for the downturn, he needs to push harder to be prepared to win his share of the market. There are going to be fewer dollars spent by consumers … he’s positioning himself to be in a position to attract those dwindling dollars. He mentioned more than once it was so easy to get started with a WebsitesForPrinters.com website, and that fact in itself is going to allow him to get a huge jump on any of his competitors that will also be preparing to compete for the dollars available in his market.

That’s what’s so exciting to me. He’s not the only customer that “gets it” … WebsitesForPrinters.com continues to grow because other printers are also wise enough to prepare for the hard times by increasing the vitality and viability of their website presence. Our crew is on mandatory overtime right now, and new employees are preparing to start their careers with WebsitesForPrinters.com. Exciting times indeed! But perhaps the most exciting and rewarding part of all of this opportunity in the middle of an economic downturn is knowing that we’re helping printers succeed, even when times are tough. Maybe it’s better to say this: We’re helping printers succeed especially when times are tough! I take pride in that, and so do my coworkers.

I hope the recession never gets here. But if it does let me know … our customers may have a hard time noticing!

Here are some interesting posts that were provided to me which show the feelings of some PrinterPresence subscribers. To be fair, PrinterPresence has loyal customers that support them, but it’s interesting (and sad, and funny!) to see customers that wish they weren’t with PrinterPresence!

The posts…

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Is anyone using or have reference to offer on PrinterPresence?
I had stopped to see them at the Boston show and I liked the pitch.
Just looking for any pro/cons if you have them.
Thanks in advance!

Bob Herion - Ask me about variable data printing on our iGen3’s
We use Recycled and Certified Papers
Bucks Digital Printing  v.215.579.4200    f.215-579-9510
90 Walker Lane  Newtown, PA 18940
www.bucksdigital.com

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They are based here in Lincoln and because they also own a competing print
shop, I went with Websites for Printers and have been very happy. I believe
the feature offerings are comparable and it is considerably cheaper. Mike
Stevens and his crew had us up and running in only a couple of days and have
always been very helpful.

Hope this helps.

Cyndy

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Cyndy Wendt Harkins
President
Pioneer Printing, Inc.
3133 S. 7th., Suite D
Lincoln, Nebraska 68502
cyndy@pioneerprintinginc.com

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Good product.? But there what we hear a lot from our customers’? They Nickel & Dime you!? Check out websiteforprinters & compare what they charge as part of their package

Copy That, Inc.
“Where the only thing you can’t copy is our service”
3515 E. Tremont Avenue
Bronx, N.Y. 10465
718.892.1859
718.892.2315 Fax
www.copythatnyc.com

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I agree about the Nickel and Dime thing - their service is good - but every
little change is $$$ out of your pocket  - a lot more than I expected - and
I had to do a lot of work for them to convert to their web formats.

I am not in love with their “Front Page” options and would dearly love to
have a more exciting/interactive front page - not possible unless I spend
$$$$!

Their charges are NOT inexpensive, Especially for minor changes (this cost
was not evident in the beginning -!)
If I could go to the “Website for Printers” I would, but have lots of $$$
invested in the variable doc. system, and would have to redo this for the
Customer Portals I have established - also I don’t want to have to pay
another lump sum up front to move over (to get to what I have now!)
I have investigated with a web designer to replicate what PPresence has -
and it is too expensive because their system is quite sophisticated!

I would be interested to hear other users comments!

So I am stuck with them!

sincerely
Michael Wolf

THE WOLF PRINTING COMPANY
email: michael@wolfiesprint.com
Tel:   714.491.0500
Fax:  714.491.7276
1320 WEST SANTA ANA STREET  (Just minutes from the Anaheim Convention
Center)
ANAHEIM, CA 92082
On-Line ordering at WWW.WOLFIESPRINT.COM

PRINT - DESIGN - COPY - LABELS - STAMPS - WIDE FORMAT POSTERS & BANNERS

PERSONAL SERVICE - PERSONAL SERVICE - PERSONAL SERVICE - PERSONAL SERVICE

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Save your nickels and dimes everyone, you may need them again some day!

I’m writing this post late at night. (Or is that early in the morning?) It’s theraputic because I need to unwind before going to sleep after a long day at work. Long days … that’s been the theme for the WebsitesForPrinters.com crew lately … that’s the result of us having more success than capacity! Here are some interesting observations:

• Tomorrow we’ll present a job offer to a well-qualified candidate for Customer Service. If he accepts he’ll be a quick study.
• We’re enjoying the luxury of being able to be very selective on identifying the prospects we want to work with. Everyone gets treated with respect of course, but we’re able to prioritize our calls and pursue only the prospects that are well-qualified.
• Some of our loudest cheerleaders are referring prospects our way, and away from our competitors. Today I had a great visit with someone that was considering PagePath / MyOrderDesk, PrinterPresence, PageDNA and Four51 … until our customer (a former PrinterPresence customer) met up with him and told him to give us a look.
• Speaking of PrinterPresence customers, there are five printers in the queue to leave PrinterPresence.com and move over to WebsitesForPrinters.com.

And speaking of switchers, another one switched late last week … and this time I learned even more about the way PrinterPresence treats their “customers” … and I use that definition loosely!

This switcher contacted us and we gave him the standard Printer Presence Switcher promotion, but discovered that his URL did not display a PrinterPresence website; He insisted he had paid them the startup and was being charged monthly hosting charges. Sure enough, he faxed over the invoice to prove it … he had indeed paid his startup charges. He was also paying monthly charges … even though his website wasn’t live with PrinterPresence! He told us that PrinterPresence starts charging him after 60 days, even if the website isn’t live yet. Now that’s low … how in the world can they charge for a website service that doesn’t even exist?!? It’s no wonder their customers are beating a path to our door.

So back to “Too Much Success” … WebsitesForPrinters.com is looking for a few good employees: Customer Service, Programmers, Developers, Designers / Web Artists … the works! It’s truly exciting times here at WebsitesForPrinters.com!