Tips for Selling Labels to the Food and Beverage Market

Want to sell custom labels to the food and beverage market? Here are expert tips on understanding regulations, focusing on design, and using technology to grow your business.

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Durable Labels, Heavy-Duty Labels, Waterproof Labels and More – Discount Labels

When you need a heavy-duty label that will stand up to forklifts, excessive handling or Mother Nature, you need what the industry calls a Durable Label. To sift through all the jargon and overlapping specifications, I’ve made specifying Durable Labels easy by breaking it down to just four things you need to know to order the right label.

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New Label Facestocks Give You New Selling Opportunities

I get excited when suppliers bring us new and interesting materials. We immediately gather our application engineers to discuss new custom label solutions we can take to customers. Here are a few stocks we think have great potential to land you new business.

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5 Habits of Successful Distributors

Did you make a News Years Resolution? If so, how’s it going?  I’m not one for annual resolutions – but I am a big believer in developing good habits that lead to continuous improvement and success. While at several trade shows this year, I’ve been talking to customers to understand: What are the habits of our most successful distributors? Here’s what I found that might help your sales success, too.

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Going Bold and Personal in 2015

Happy New Year!
I took some time off over the holidays and found myself doing a little more shopping than usual. More and more, I am astounded by the number of unique products displayed on the shelf – about 30,000 – 40,000 in a typical grocery store! As a consumer, I almost drown in a sea of choices. As a custom label printer, I’m studying the “hows” and “whys” of the products that stand out. I’ve gone from being an interested observer to a fanatical student of prime label innovation.

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The Pancake Connection

Every holiday season, our senior managers serve breakfast to our entire team. Over 500  employees, three shifts, 1,600 pancakes, 1,200 sausage links, 2,400 ounces of orange juice and one important reason: to say “Thanks!”

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LabelExpo: 4 Key Takeaways to Share with You

Recently, we attended LabelExpo 2014 in Chicago to meet up with suppliers and partners, and expand our knowledge. We come to these shows so that we can continue to be your trusted source for smart, cost-effective label solutions. The show was full of great exhibits, sessions, and demonstrations. Here are our biggest takeaways we wanted to share with you about the future of the label business.

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Welcome to the Discount Labels Blog

I’ve been with discount labels for over 20 years now, and I wish I had a dollar for every time we brought a customer through our facility and heard “I didn’t know you did that!” so, since it wouldn’t be realistic for all of our distributors to visit us — as much as we’d love to see you — we’re bringing our expertise and ideas to you.

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