Printing Impressions Kelly Mallozzi

Are You a Unicorn?

Wed, 23 May 2012 15:11:07 EDT

By Kelly Mallozzi
Most young girls at some point in their lives go through a “unicorn” phase. A spectacular woman that I skated with in the roller derby never left hers. She still loves her some unicorns. Unicorns have secured their place in folklore,...

How You Say It Matters

Wed, 16 May 2012 12:12:29 EDT

By Kelly Mallozzi
If you know me at all, you know that I LOVE a good cliché. And today’s observation centers on this one... “It’s not WHAT you say, it’s HOW you say it. For Mother’s Day, we packed up the twins and the car and...

Five Lessons My Oldish Self Would Teach My Young Self

Wed, 09 May 2012 14:58:23 EDT

By Kelly Mallozzi
Something about having kids causes you (or least me) to reflect quite a bit on the past. I imagine that a lot of it has to do with thinking about how I want my kids’ lives to be different from mine, and in what ways I would like it to be the...

Five Things I Learned from ‘Moneyball’

Wed, 02 May 2012 08:57:41 EDT

By Kelly Mallozzi
As soon as I got wind of this movie, starring Brad Pitt and recounting the 2002 Oakland A’s pioneering use of sabermetrics, I knew I would get a blog out of it. But I never got to see the movie until last Saturday night. Let me back up a...

Groupon Takes Customer Service to a Whole New Level

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:24:46 EDT

By Kelly Mallozzi
I assume that everyone reading this knows who and what Groupon is, but just in case you’ve been living under a digital rock, here is a Wiki-definition. Actually, it’s investopedia, but who’s checking? Groupon—“A...

These Guys Get It!

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:48:18 EDT

By Kelly Mallozzi
I’m not sure if it is cool to name names in these blogs, but hell—I’m doing it anyway. I got an invitation to an event by Rider Dickerson a few days ago. Check this out. This is such a great example of how a printing company...

Don’t Let Puking Dogs Lie

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:01:32 EDT

By Kelly Mallozzi
It was a fantastic Easter feast. We had ham, baked ziti, my mother in law’s delicious spinach bread, and tons of chocolate. As we were packing everything up, we had some ham bones left over, and we put them aside for the dogs. My husband...

Pinterest – It’s not Just for Bored Stay-at-Home Moms

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:41:43 EDT

By Kelly Mallozzi
I’ll admit it; I was a skeptic. My friends kept talking about Pinterest and I thought, “Good God, please, not another time suck!” I was not looking for recipes, craft ideas or super sweet pictures of basements converted to...

Why Do You Do What You Do?

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:19:21 EDT

By Kelly Mallozzi
I took last week off from writing because my daughter was hospitalized with breathing problems, called Restricted Airway Disorder (RAD). She is home now and responding well to medications, so we are all doing much better than we were last week....

Google It! Print is Alive (Part II)

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:37:23 EDT

By Kelly Mallozzi
As you know, I like to use items that I get in my mailbox to illustrate good ideas for marketing campaigns—or as proof that companies are still using print. Imagine how thrilled I was when I got a direct mail piece from...GOOGLE! The...

When All Else Fails, Remember These Five Things

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:20:07 EST

By Kelly Mallozzi
As some of you know, I am a big reader. I just devoured “11/22/63” by Stephen King. Gorgeous book. If you like him at all, I highly recommend it. There was a little snippet in there, though, that got me thinking about simplicity and...