Articles By Elizabeth Gooding

Elizabeth is the Editor and Co-founder of Inkjet Insight. She has a rare ability to see print related issues from many perspectives. She has managed creative teams on complex design projects, selected outsourcers for major brands and helped print organizations to retool operations, focus their market positioning and educate sales teams to accelerate growth. She works with a team of top analysts to translate experiences into tools, data and content to help print organizations evaluate the potential of inkjet, optimize their operations and grow pages profitably. She is a founding member of the Inkjet Summit advisory board, the co-author of an award-winning book on designing for inkjet and a curious consultant constantly seeking innovative ways to drive new pages onto inkjet presses.

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January 12, 2023

December 2022 Inkjet Installation Roundup

The attention for December shifted back to Europe. We are reporting on 17 press installations with 12 of them in Europe as compared to November where 12 of 19 presses were installed in the US.
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January 10, 2023

First, know what is profitable

To sell profitably and reduce risk you need to know what is actually profitable. It’s not always easy. Here are some ideas for doing better.
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January 4, 2023

Immerse your team in customer outcomes

Becoming an industry leader is OSUM, but is your focus clear? Dan Adams discusses two key principles to sustainable growth and understanding customer outcomes to increase your customer value.
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December 29, 2022

The advent of a new year

The team at Druckerei Kyburz AG has shared a video of their Advent calendar running through autowinder, press and finishing to deliver 100% Digital, 100% Inline support for customer innovation.
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December 14, 2022

Sales people are a valuable resource

Remove barriers, build trust and optimize your sales force to sell profitable products and services.
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December 13, 2022

Give your hypotheses the silent treatment

What should you do if you have a product idea? Lead with your idea? Ignore it? What about silently testing it? Dan Adams tells us how we should interview customers by keeping their outcomes in mind – which will help you find the perfect home for your cool new product. 
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December 6, 2022

Getting Better all the Time

Some changes in approach and attitude can yield business benefits without investment in software or hardware. Keep getting better!


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December 1, 2022

November 2022 Inkjet Installation Roundup

The fourth quarter momentum is growing. In October we covered 17 press installations at 16 companies and in November 19 presses at 17 companies. The bulk of the activity reported is in the US (12 presses) but also saw four in the EU, two in the UK, and one in Thailand.
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November 29, 2022

Begin With Customers’ Job to be Done

Leading with the customers job to be done is a powerful concept, but not every business is developing their products this way. Spend more time thinking about the customers outcomes and less time about their product attributes.
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November 15, 2022

Stop Leading With Your Solutions

Are you investing enough research in what the market needs? Or are you developing products and hoping something sticks?
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November 3, 2022

October 2022 Inkjet Installation Roundup

In October, we are covering 17 inkjet press installations at 16 companies with six in the US, nine in Western Europe, one each in Turkey and China.
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October 25, 2022

Production Inkjet Shopping Guide 3: Crossover Presses

Need a press to run the gamut of applications while delivering a great gamut of color? Check out our inkjet shopping guide. 


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October 19, 2022

HP PageWide Web Press T Series upgrades you may have missed

HP announced two upgrades to their PageWide T-series web presses. One targets mono speed while the other expands application opportunities for 42 inch press users.
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October 14, 2022

September Inkjet Installation Roundup

For September, we became aware of six new inkjet installations, four in the U.S. and one each in Germany and France.
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October 11, 2022

Avoid the Faster Horse Fallacy

Selling B2B versus B2C is different, obviously. Customers may not be able to articulate their needs, businesses however, can. When working in B2C, Dan Adams advises think of outcomes instead of solutions in Chapter 17 of his Growth and Innovation series. 
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October 4, 2022

Strategic Concentration and Improving Your Competitive Position

In the last chapter, Dan Adams talked about market segments. Today, Dan discusses concentrating your strategic planning on areas of interest that also better your competitive position using the AMWS method.
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September 27, 2022

How to Segment Customers to Drive Innovation

Market segmentation varies by purpose. Is your purpose #innovation?
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September 16, 2022

Sheri Jammallo on Designer’s Guide to a New Generation of Inkjet – Video

Attendees at thINK Ahead 2022 back in July got a sneak peak of the latest in the Designer’s Guide series. I met with Sheri Jammallo at the event to review the early copies of the book.
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September 14, 2022

Reducing Risk for Inkjet Developers and Implementers – Webinar replay

Sometimes the key to taking risk out of inkjet projects is to learn how to fail faster. As long as you don’t keep making the same mistakes.
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September 14, 2022

August Inkjet Installation Roundup

I think it was too hot in Europe in August for inkjet users or their OEMs to tell us what was happening. It’s also prime vacation time in a log of locations. All of our new inkjet news last month came out of North America with six installations in the US and one in Canada.

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