Social media wrap-up

Here are just a few of the gems you might’ve missed in social media this week…

Tweets

  • Forensic accountants KordaMentha now working for Gunns as well as Blue Star and ACP’s owner
  • Readers Digest printing more pages and editions as it pulls in almost 30% more print advertising
  • Book sales growing 6.1% in the UK thanks to a surge in e-book sales
  • Gibraltar equipping its tourist attractions with QR codes connected to Wikipedia
  • The Age’s printers considering striking this weekend

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Facebook fun

  • Steve Wozniak’s ridiculously cool business card
  • Our photos from Visual Impact Image Expo and PrintCom
  • ProPrint columnist Frank Romano exploring the Queen Mary 2’s print shop
  • Milwaukee Magazine featuring augmented reality on all 146 pages of its latest issue
  • The UK city of Bristol launching its own currency

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LinkedIn discussions

  • Is it right to outsource work overseas?
  • What clever marketing ideas have you used?
  • What separates a successful print business from an unsuccessful print business?

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Our top five stories this week were…

1) Geon grows in direct mail with MetLife insurance contract as staff cuts continue

2) Gunns calls in administrators after $1.2 billion of losses

3) Government’s $6m printing cuts ‘pour salt into wounds’ for industry

4) Pegasus eyeing profit growth and $13m of new business after shocker 2011

5) Snap CBD Printing jobs and centres saved as former boss buys in

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