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05/06/2024
Profit in Print Webinar
Date: June 18, 2024
Time: 2:00 pm
Cost: Free for Members, $30 for Non-Members
Location: Zoom
Pricing is critical to the success of any business. Every company needs its own strategy based on its own unique set up and set of conditions. This seminar will help you to create your own WINNING STRATEGY based on YOUR business and contributing to YOUR success.
- How to develop your strategy to recover fixed costs and understand the threats
- How to understand the real value of your services
- How much your customers are willing to pay
- How to keep ahead of inflation
- How to find more profitable sales
- How to YOUR data to optimize your prices and avoid underselling
Presented by Simon Taylor & Margin Improvement Ltd
Simon Taylor has 19 years experience in the UK and European print services sector. Formerly VP of Sales and Regional Director for a European $200m Print Services Group for 14 years, he founded Margin Improvement in 2018 recognizing a knowledge gap in the market. He started his career as an engineer with Rolls-Royce, moving into Procurement roles in the aerospace and car industries with Ford Cosworth and has held senior commercial roles for over 30 years. He has trained Print Company Executives in USA , UK and Europe to increase margins and Corporate Procurement Professionals to drive better value. Simon is an experience speaker, a thought leader and creator of unique and successful methodologies that drive profit growth. He is a passionate advocate that there is healthy Profit in Print if you know how to release it.
Margin Improvement Ltd specializes in improving profits in Print. We are a small team that work mainly with Printing companies and large corporates that purchase Print. Clients include Paragon, Walmart, Office Depot, Linney Group, Asda, RRD and SMEs within the USA & UK. We provide ‘Done for You’ programs onsite with clients and remote programs for company owners and CEOs. We also provide Energy Procurement support for several Printing Companies.
We are trusted advisors to Europe’s largest printing group with $1.5Bn sales, approved vendor to Georgia Tech and licensor of the successful RAISEITUP© Profit Improvement Process.
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