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01/17/2012

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John Stewart, the Quick Consultant

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Visit my blog and read about...

Early info from NAQP/NAPL Wage Study (really new!)
Visiting My Bank
(just a funny story)
Digital vs. Offset - New Trends Developing
Recent Valuation Tables - Discouraging for some
(Interesting)
Two recent valuations - polar opposites
(Wow!)
plus many, many other interesting posts!



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For other industry news and blogs by others in the industry,
click the link above. I still think my blog is the most interesting! <g>

 

Would you like to receive a FREE copy
of the soon-to-be-released
NAPL/NAQP
2012-2013 WAGE & BENEFITS STUDY?
Then click this link and submit your survey
No later than February 4, 2012!

 



FREE CHART OF RECENT VALUATIONS (Full version)
This chart lists a range of print shop valuations conducted in the past 18 months... some real shockers!

FREE FINANCIAL GOAL SHEET FOR 2011-2012
Visit my download page above and download a useful PDF

FREE - NEW SLIDES ON PROFITABILITY
Click on the above to view current and future slides used in a series of videos titled "Checklist for Survival." The slides illustrate key ratios on industry profitability and productivity. I'm still working on some captions. Be patient!

KEEPING YOU UPDATED ABOUT
INDUSTRY SURVEYS, VIDEOS & RESEARCH

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CLICK HERE and go to our special sign-up page.

SIX NEW VIDEOS - See Below
(ipad users go here)

"Hello John. I wanted to send a quick email thanking you for a great video on Sales Per
Employee. I have been reading your columns for some time now, and I find that your info
and insight is among the most clear and concise I've found."
Jeffry Brant, AlphaGraphics, Westlake, OH

 


 

Unquestionably the industry's most popular study:

2011-2012 Quick Printing Industry Pricing Study

"An excellent resource to help assure your price strategy! Thank you."
Kevin Goers
Service Prinring Corp.
Huntley, IL

See More
Testimonials Below

Regular Price: $179

NAPL Member
 Price*: $143
(Prices Include
Shipping & Handling; You must
provide your NAPL # in order
to qualify for this price.
)

100% Money Back Guarantee!
*You must supply your NAPL Membership #  on the order form to qualify for this price.

PDF Copies are available in lieu of hard copy, but you must call our offices at 321-727-2442 and confirm you have placed a web order but you are requesting PDF instead.

MORE TESTIMONIALS FROM
FOLKS WHO HAVE RECEIVED
THEIR STUDY:

"Would you know if your business was sick? More than ever, every business needs to be in top condition. The Pricing Study published by John Stewart is one of the best means for keeping your printing business in shape.

I want to know my business is as healthy as it can be and this Study is an EKG, CT Scan, X-Ray and complete blood analysis wrapped in one package! Purchasing a current study is a necessity, and is well worth double the price.

The Pricing Study is the best and most inexpensive insurance you can buy to protect the health of your printing company."
Jace Prejean
Bayou Printing & Graphics, Inc.
Houma, Louisiana

"Another outstanding study. An absolute must have if you are serious about evaluating your firm’s pricing and determining if there are areas that need to be adjusted. Using the study to analyze your own pricing is akin to getting a thorough medical exam. How else can you quickly find out if your pricing is sick or healthy?"
Brian Ebbers
Cascade Printing & Graphics
Grand Rapid, MI

Released in late Spring 2011, this brand new 125+ page study is packed with the very latest pricing information on dozens and dozens of products and services offered in the quick printing industry.

The 2011-2012 Quick Printing Industry Pricing Study features pricing info on digital color and black & white printing, 1-color and 2-color offset printing, plus detailed pricing practices for both graphic and bindery services.

Specific pricing detail is provided for the following:

  • Min. & Hourly Graphic DTP Services

  • Pre-flight Fees

  • Regular and Aggressive pricing for seven distinct digital color products

  • Regular and Aggressive for B&W Digital Printing

  • On-line Digital booklet-making fees

  • 1-C & 2-C envelope pricing (#10, 6x9 & 9x12)

  • Letterheads & Matching Envelopes, 1-C & 2-C

  • Coated Text and Cover

  • Plus charges for 10 separate bindery operations, including creasing charges

This year's Pricing Study is designed to help you check & compare your pricing against competitors as well as help you to fine-tune your computerized pricing in order to maximize your profits on every sale! Don't be fooled by the old wives tale that, "Prices are different in my market." Generally speaking, that's simply not true, and that is why this type of study can be so useful. Find one error in your pricing practices and pay for this study many times over!

Place your order now

100% Money-Back Guarantee if not totally satisfied.

Go here to view sample graphs


Table of Contents
 

List of Qualified Participants*

*All qualified participants received an email on April 18th providing them with a link directing them to a site where they could download their PDF copy. If you do not see your name on this list, please email us and we will check our records. Please be prepared to provide a fax copy of your worksheet if requested.

TESTIMONIALS

"I find this survey a very useful tool. I know I struggle at times with pricing my services...worrying about keeping customers, being price competitive in the market place, and oh yeah, shouldn't I make a profit too! We sometimes get fixated on a particular competitors pricing strategy. And in this day & age, pricing is all over the board. The wealth of pricing info in this survey helps you to step back and take a more objective view of your own pricing strategy."

Gary
Sir Speedy
Orland Park, IL

"This is one of the most valuable tools that I get and I appreciate all the effort that goes into it. Sincerely..."

Ed Weaver
Advantage Copying & Printing, LLC

"Read your Quick Printing Magazine article today. I want to tell you that this year's pricing study was the best ever... This information is so valuable in helping me gauge what is good or bad with my business that I would have no problem paying a fee to participate. I need this type of report just like I need paper to print!!  I would bet that those who have been involved in these surveys over the years would agree.  Hold on another 10 years until I can think about getting out of this damn business. Thank you."

John Mina
Curry Printing
Portland, Maine


"Good Morning John. Just a quick note to thank you for the excellent work on this year's survey. My own fault not doing one to get the "free" copy. It has been worth every penny paid for the book. The increase in NCR prices that I need to make will pay for it. Not to mention how low I am on envelopes. Yipee! I hate envelopes, now I will get a better price.

My digital color prices are dead on, so no more worries when customer says "how much?" Anyway, many thanks for all your hard work to do this for all of us, and a quick thanks to your sponsors also."


Joe Dominick
Dominick's Quality Printing
Ontario, OR

"I'm concerned that my prices have dropped too low. I have been participating in your surveys for more than six years and I have always been just below the average, but never by such a high percentage. The times are difficult and I've tried to hold prices, but this study has made me see reality."

J. M. Y.
Daytona Beach, FL

For additional info, contact
John Stewart at
:
qkconsult@aol.com Johnstewart@quickconsultant.com

 


 
The mailing industry's most popular study
 
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Price $179
Including S&H

 

Print Shop Owner
Praises Mailing Study

"The 2010/2011 Mailing Services Pricing Study is the best I have seen in 30 years in the industry."

Geno Baiamonte
Premier IMS
Houston, TX


"All of the Q.P. Consulting pricing studies are extremely valuable tools, but it seems the Mailing Services Pricing Study is the one that I refer to the most. Because these services have shown the most growth in my company in recent years, I really depend on the study to help me be confident that my pricing in this department is comparable to my market, and that I am competitive when I get a chance to bid on an especially large job. One time I even showed it to a customer who thought my price for his mailing was too high. It sure is nice having a regional and national study to show where your prices are in comparison with everyone else." -

Brad Krantz, Owner
Tampa Print Services

 

It is difficult to get competitive pricing on mailing services. This survey provides us with the information we need to price our work properly.

               Bob Weingard, Print Tech, Pittsburgh, PA



Printing and mailing companies who have had a chance to preview this new study say it is the best, most comprehensive study we've ever published!

This valuable, just-released 100+ page report contains detailed pricing information on more than 38 key services provided in the mailing services industry.

Plus, we are providing this year for the first time national breakouts and pricing for three categories of firms - All Firms, small firms (those with mailing sales less than $100,000 per year), and large firms (those firms with mailing sales in excess of $400,000).

Please note this study is now available for sale, and orders can be placed immediately by using the Order Line Offered below. Remember, this study is offered on a 100% Money-Back Guarantee!
 

ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANT LIST



Download Free Sample Page

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Table of Contents


Sample Graphs

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The most detailed study of pricing practices in the mailing industry ever published!

*Sponsored by MFSA, Mailing Systems Technologies and Quick Printing Magazine

A good link for parts and
training information...

 
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Print Shop for Sale

 
 
 


ONLY $89
(Including S&H)
 
Revised, 2nd Edition
 
For Additional info...
 
 

Whether you're planning on selling in the next six months or three years from now, this 286-page book is packed with detailed information on how to arrive at a "fair market" price for your business, one on which both you and a prospective buyer can agree.

Now includes new 16-page supplement containing examples of four additional company valuations!

"Print Shop for Sale is hands down the best reference for valuing a printing business that I have ever read. And this endorsement comes from a top Certified Business Broker who has successfully completed over 25 printing company transactions himself. This book is a must have whether you are acquiring a shop, selling yours now, or are doing financial planning for an exit strategy."

Best Regards, 
George Hicks, CBI, CBB, Sr. Vice President
Business Team - Business Sales & Acquisitions
Torrance, CA
“Broker of the Year, 2008”

Click here to learn more...

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So Exactly What Does Stewart Do?
 
     

INTRODUCTION

 
 

John Stewart
John C. Stewart

 

Whether you're searching for a consultant, a speaker or someone to conduct a special research project, don't make a final decision until you talk with John Stewart.

John is recognized as one of the most popular and widely respected consultants and speakers in the Printing Industry.

Stewart is a long-time Senior Contributing Editor to Quick Printing Magazine, and has authored more than 300 columns in the past 25 years. He has also published virtually every key statistical study in the quick printing industry, including studies dealing with industry pricing, operating ratios and wages & benefits.

He is the co-author (along with Larry Hunt) of a book titled Print Shop for Sale, the only book published for valuing printing firms in the $250,000 to $5,000,000 range. Stewart offers a wide range of consulting services and has conducted more than 50 print-shop valuations in the past 24 months.

Stewart combines excellent communication skills with an in-depth knowledge of where the industry is, and where it's going.

As president of Q.P. Consulting, Inc., Stewart has been providing consulting, speaking and industry research services to the quick and small commercial printing industry for more than 25 years.

If your organization or company is looking for a consultant, a speaker, or just someone to conduct a special research project, you owe it to yourself to contact QP Consulting today!

 
 

Contact Information
Telephone:
(321) 727-2444
Fax: (321) 727-2166
Address: 2110 South Dairy Rd., Melbourne, FL 32904
Contact: John Stewart at qkconsult@aol.com or JohnStewart@quickconsultant.com

 
       

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