PIA/SD Annual Golf Tournament Wrap Up!

PIA/SD just wrapped up it's 28th Annual Golf Tournament on May 10 at the Rancho Bernardo Inn. This full day included a shotgun tournament and contests followed by dinner, raffle, and prizes! Many thanks to our players for coming out and our sponsors for making this annual event a success!

Thank you to our Sponsors!
Hewlett Packard, RICOH, Sappi Fine Paper, Iginisis, UPS, Jenco Productions, PIASC Insurance Services, Xerox, Prudential Overall Supply, Allan Company, Creative Coatings, Unisource Worldwide, America's Best Printing Products, Kieran Label, Spicers Paper, Kodak, and PTI Printable Technologies.

Congratulations to our winners!
1st Place Gross (-13): Steve Cady, Jon Cady, Min Lee, Lon Tubbs
1st Place Net (-5): John Takayama, Al Gamboa, Tommy Atilano, Pete Pickslay
Closest to the Pin: Steve Cady
Longest Drive: Jon Cady
Putting Contest: John Takayama and Tim Mulligan

Brand Your Company Through PIA/SD!

PIA/SD has the best industry resources for promoting you products and services, and establishing brand recognition among your customers! With popular news outlets like The Messenger and Bulletin Board that are distributed to over 500 print professionals in San Diego – and a website that averages over 2,500 hits each month – gaining leverage through PIA/SD advertising packages is well worth the reasonable investment.

Our new year of advertising in our monthly printed news publication, The Messenger, is now open – and the first issue of new ads is slated for November. Check out our fantastic rates on display advertising that ensures your message remains prominent throughout the year. We have static display ads, options to personalize your ad, and we've even introduced QR codes this year! Download the rates and contract to start building your brand through Messenger advertising.

Want to go viral? We have a Premier Web Package where your logo will be placed in high traffic areas, and link back to your website, twitter page, facebook and more through packaged advertising on our website, social media sites, Print Access and our electronic news publication, The Bulletin Board! Get the word out via web on all your products and services, and all your integrated communication outlets! Download the rates and contract to start building your brand through our Premier Web Sponsorship.

Take advantage of targeted industry advertising that directly reaches print buyers and solution providers today! Questions? Call Caroline at 858-571-6555!

Communicating the Truth About Print

Print is often criticized for its loss of value and importance in the market, as well as its impact on the environment. It is essential to convey the message that print is important to brand recognition and the sales process, and that we are an environmentally and socially responsible industry.

Value of Print Poster: Renewable, Recyclable, Effective
from PIA: download poster and download brochure.

Combat Print is Bad
A Washington Post article "iPads and Kindles are Better For The Environment Than Books" beat up printed books. The article provides more ammunition for "print is bad." Printing Industries of America's CEO Mike Makin wrote a response which answered why print has a better story to tell. The data Makin provides in his letter needs to be communicated to more and more individuals to help them understand that being "green" does not mean doing away with paper. Download Makin's letter and share it with as many on your team as possible. Just as important, make sure you find ways to communicate key data in his footnotes with your customer's key decision makers. They need to hear the other side of the story.

The following tools and resources have been developed to help printers convey these messages to the media, your customers, the government, and other industries.

Also, please take a moment to read a special announcement from President & CEO of Printing Industries of America, Michael Makin, regarding this matter.

PrintPAC: Pro-Print, Pro-Business

Did you know that the legislation being debated right now in Congress includes:

• Mandated employer-provided health insurance
• Required levels of premium contributions
• Federally-set standards of coverage businesses must provide
• And tax hikes

Is your business ready to let this happen or do you want a second opinion?  If your answer is YES on a second opinion, please visit the PrintPAC website for more information on the only political action committee dedicated solely to representing the interest of our industry.

One hundred percent of PrintPAC funds go to support pro-print, pro-business lawmakers who walk the walk on policies we advocate.

Visit www.printpaconline.org for more information.