The Blanchard Blog
Taopix Extends Its HP Graphic Solutions Partnership to North America
eading photo book software specialist, TAOPIX, has extended its participation in the HP Graphics Solutions Partner Program. The company, which is a Silver-level partner in the program based on solutions it creates for HP Indigo users in Asia, will now offer North American HP Indigo users solutions that integrate with the HP SmartStream workflow portfolio....
AdDirect Powered by SendMyAd Wins the Ted Rogers Innovation Award
NEW ORLEANS, LA – August 11, 2010 – SendMyAd, LLC (www.sendmyad.com), the provider of the innovative digital ad portal for print, web and e-reader ad materials, announces the Magazines Canada AdDirect ad portal received the Ted Rogers Innovation Award for Best Process Improvement. Rogers Communications of Toronto, Canada handed out the award to its employees...
DALiM Software – Approval to Go
Kehl, Germany – DALIM SOFTWARE, makers of highly efficient, scalable software solutions for the media and graphic communication industry, announced the availability of its first application for Apple’s iPhone and iPad in the App Store – DIALOGUE Touch. First shown at DALIM SOFTWARE’s annual user group meeting, DIALOGUE Touch is the mobile approval client for...
GMG FlowConnect integrates color management solutions in DALiM TWiST workflows and ES
Tuebingen – GMG, developer and supplier of high-end color management and proofing solutions, is pleased to announce that the workflow integration software GMG FlowConnect is now available for DALiM TWiST and DALiM ES. DALiM TWiST is a fully-automated often used premedia job processing system, designed to automate the internal production workflow processes. Based on job...
SendMyAd Ad Portal Announces Support of Web Ads
SendMyAd, LLC (www.sendmyad.com), the provider of the innovative digital ad portal, announces support for web ads utilizing the same easy to use browser based user interface. Advertisers and publishers using the industry leading ad portal can upload both print and web ads from the Advertiser Dashboard. File formats supported by this new functionality are .swf,...
Blanchard Systems Appoints Hybrid Integration to Resell Dalim Software Products
Blanchard Systems, the North American Distributor for Dalim Software, is pleased to announce that it has appointed Hybrid Integration of Yardley, PA as a reseller of Dalim Software products. Blanchard Systems is a systems integration and software company providing productivity solutions to the printing and publishing industry. Blanchard Systems supports a network of resellers in...
SendMyAd Hosts Users Meeting in New York City
SendMyAd (www.sendmyad.com), the industry leading ad portal, hosted its first users meeting in New York. The event was hosted at the Time Inc.’s headquarters. More than 40 people from 20 companies attended the daylong meeting. SendMyAd planned the event in conjunction with representatives of Time Inc., Hachette Filipacchi Media U. S. and Meredith Corporation. Keith...
SendMyAd Transaction Volume Grows While Magazine Ad Pages Decreased in 2009
A recent report issued by the Magazine Publishers Association sited magazine ad pages had decreased 25.6% in 2009 compared to 2008. During the same period SendMyAd, the Software as a Service web based ad portal added more than 500 new titles. SendMyAd improves and streamlines the process of advertisers supplying ad materials to publishers. Michael...
SendMyAd Used by More Than 500 Magazine Titles
SendMyAd reports that it has over 500 magazines titles currently offering the SendMyAd ad portal service to their advertisers. Titles ranging from newsweeklies to monthly consumer, lifestyle, special interest, and B2B publications have adopted SendMyAd to improve and streamline the advertising materials production process. This process includes automation of sending, approving, and receiving ad materials...
Digital Ad Portal Proves Effective for St. Joseph Media
By Joe Keenan Looking to improve the efficiency of its production cycles, magazine publisher St. Joseph Media targeted advertising processing—specifically, simplifying the process of how print ads were received into its system. So in August, the publisher ditched a more traditional approach in favor of a digital ad portal managed by industry association Magazines Canada....
How Hachette Increased Production Efficiency by 30 Percent
As part of a major effort to revamp its operations, Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. decided to bring advertising management in-house and in March implemented the SendMyAd ad portal, supported by a DALiM TWiST workflow engine. Hachette rolled out the systems-integrated by digital prepress company Blanchard Systems-to advertisers in April. Since then, the publisher says it...
Meredith to Offer SendMyAd to Advertisers
Publisher signs multiyear deal with Web-based system Meredith today said it has signed a multiyear deal with a Web-based ad portal to provide its advertisers improved delivery and receipt of print advertising. The deal–with SendMyAd–covers all Meredith titles, including Better Homes and Gardens, Family Circle, Parents and Ladies’ Home Journal, among others. The portal allows...