The fourth annual Good and Green – The Green Marketing Conference is being held October 6^th and 7^th at The LEED-Gold certified Hearst Tower in New York City. Sponsored by The Daily Green and Good Housekeeping, the event promises to teach you “how to increase your brand’s emotional, cognitive and financial connection in today’s ‘greening’ consumer markets.” Attending this event is a wise first step taken in responding to the need for sustainable business practices. If you’re already headed down this path, strategies gleaned can help you emerge as a green leader within your industry.

Think about this: “35% of consumers say they will still pay more for “environmentally friendly” products, despite the recession (Mintel research report, March 2010), while 74% say they would switch to another brand if it helped them conserve resources without having to pay more (P&G and Ipsos Public Affairs’ “Consumer Conservation Survey” 2010).”

Good and Green is the perfect opportunity for you to learn from and network with some of the world’s leaders in sustainable business. Some of last years’ stand-out company participants included: Cisco Systems, General Motors, Jet Blue Airways, NBC Universal, Johnson & Johnson, Sony Electronics, Pepsi-Cola North America, and Nike. For a more comprehensive list, click here.

According to the Good and Green website, while attending you’ll receive:

• Thousands of dollars worth of new research, instruction and know-how to help you improve your green marketing ROI

• Real-world case studies, creative strategies and resources & techniques to help you increase your sales and build market share

• Priceless green marketing connections with speakers, sponsors & marketing peers

To learn more, visit http://www.goodandgreen.biz/.

For a 25% discount on your admission, write “The Daily Green” in the “questions or inquiries” space when you register.

Sign up quick, because there are only 125 seats available!

On May 14^th, FlexPrint, Inc. is hosting a “Go Green Event” in the heart of L.A. Live, at the JW Marriott Los Angeles. While attending, you’ll receive invaluable information on how to be more energy and cost efficient through managed print services (MPS). Not to spoil anything, but when utilizing an MPS program your company has the potential to reduce its paper consumption by 30% and environmental impact by 60%, saving thousands. If this information isn’t enticing enough, lunch will be provided and there is a chance you may win 1 of 5 iPads being given away. Again, iPads, not iPods—wow.

Since being founded by Frank Gaspari in 2005, FlexPrint has quickly risen to the top of the MPS industry. Its mission is to provide comprehensive, strategic office printing and managed print services programs that save your organization time and money. While doing this, they guarantee responsive team members at every level of their organization.

Take this quote from Harry M. Mateer, President and CEO of Altier Credit Union, a FlexPrint client: “Not only have we seen a reduction in our monthly operating expenses, but since we began our relationship with FlexPrint, everyone within your company has done an incredible job of going above and beyond our expectations.”

FlexPrint is here to help and would love to answer all of your questions about MPS, printing’s environmental impact, and whatever else you might be interested to know. If you can’t make it to the event on May 14^th, feel free to call 888-FlexPrint where someone can give you all the information you need.

Event Agenda:

11:00 AM – Arrival

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM – Go Green Presentation

12:00 PM – 12:45 PM – Lunch (To be provided)

12:45 PM – Raffle iPad Giveaway

To learn more about the event, visit the event website

We hope to see you there!

We are excited for the New Year at FlexPrint and are welcoming 2010 with some positive changes, additions and new clients. FlexPrint is expanding in Arizona by adding a location in Scottsdale Arizona. This move will allow us to house all back end operations in Tempe, increase the internal support to our clients while increasing our focus on delivering document management solutions to new clients from our new Sales/Marketing only facility. This new sales office gives FlexPrint two locations in the Phoenix area and a location in Chicago supporting clients in 40 states throughout the country.

 
Additionally, FlexPrint was named one of the best places to work in the valley by the Phoenix Business Journal for 2009. We are grateful to be a recipient of this award and have been fortunate enough to receive this honor consecutively for the past three years.

 
FlexPrint is also updating the website which will be complete the third week of January. The enhanced website will be exceedingly interactive and will feature a more contemporary overall appearance.  The pages will be easier to navigate and will offer a variety of features for the visitor including a brief welcome video.Overall, this last year at FlexPrint has been an increasingly positive one and we are looking forward to 2010 with positive expectations.

If you are interested in learning more about FlexPrint please visit our website at www.FlexPrintinc.com.

How can green printing save the environment and your wallet?

This is an interesting question. After all when you think of a printer and services surrounding this necessity, your first thought is not one of green initiatives. In fact, you would be very surprised to learn that there are endless possibilities to incorporate a green philosophy for your organization.

I know you are thinking, this will be expensive and time consuming right? Wrong. Actually, there are many ways in which you can help the environment and save money at the same time.

But first, we should take a look at the facts. Did you know that every 5 minutes 15 million pages are printed and of that paper 90% is virgin tree fiber (not recycled). This is an obvious problem. FlexPrint recognizes this issue and has developed a strategy to curb unnecessary paper use in the office. We analyze your devices and energy output to incorporate a new plan where you use less paper and reduce your carbon footprint. Carbon footptint, what is this? Well, essentially it is a calculation of the amount of greenhouse gasses your company is emanating into the atmosphere. Obviously, we have all heard of the styrofoam cup and how the particles can take over 100 years before they break up and disentegrate in the atmosphere. This is the same idea, reduce your carbon footprint = helping the ozone layer.

There are many ways going green can help your company save money. Many will experience a 50% savings just from paper reduction. Additionally, ink and toner consumption will be lower and many times our plan will combine printers to create better efficiency for the office. This does not mean that you must acquire new printers, FlexPrint can create efficienty and savings from your current fleet. Although, many new printers today are designed to run from less energy and resources so often times acquiring a new machines will not only be more efficient but may be less to run than your current fleet.

There are other benefits to consider when making the decision to go green with FlexPrint’s document management services. There are new regulations going into effect regarding the environment everyday and this change in your printing infrastructure can certainly assist in meeting regulations. Not to mention, the positive brand image that can be obtained from lifiting your organization to a green one. Many consumers have come to appreciate the additional effort a company makes when exercising green ititiatives and practices. Many will intentionally seek out the organizations which have adopted green policies and procedures.

Please give FlexPrint a call to learn how your company can benefit from green initiatives today! 1-800-FLEXPRINT