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Five Steps to Wide Format Growth

InfoTrends enumerates the keys to success in wide-format printing, from developing a strategy, to choosing equipment, to picking partnerships, to effectively training the sales staff.

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

To achieve success in the wide-format graphics market, businesses must continually monitor the internal operations and external market forces that influence customer spending. In addition, investing in the latest technological advancements can help improve profits. In today’s competitive marketplace, business growth is a necessity for survival. Wide-format graphics arean integral part of today’s marketing mix, and they create opportunities to drive business growth and increase profits.After extensively monitoring market trends, surveying wide-format buyers and practitioners, and conducting consulting work, InfoTrends has identified five essential steps to profitable growth.

Achieving business success starts with your customers—you must win them, foster a sense of loyalty, and cultivate their spending over time. Maximizing business growth involves uncovering fresh opportunities with existing clients while also identifying new customer targets with a high likelihood of success.

At the core of all successful business decisions is a strategy based on an accurate understanding of current information, valid data, and solid market research. Print service providers who have learned to infuse their business plans and strategies with a constant flow of useful data are in a much better position to unlock growth potential and guard against declining sales.


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About Steve Urmano

Steve Urmano is the Director of InfoTrends’ Wide Format Printing Consulting Service. He develops InfoTrends’ annual global market forecasts for hardware and supplies used in the wide format printing markets. He is also responsible for conducting multiple research studies on a custom basis and as part of InfoTrends’ syndicated research.

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