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The Bureau – March 2017
Webster defines the word extraordinary as something very unusual, or remarkable. Election results and the Cubs winning the World Series are two examples of the many amazing things that happened over the past year. BEB had an extraordinary year as well. Our service offerings became more strategic to align with the changing needs of our clients. We saw a return to “good old fashioned” direct mail marketing as our mail processing services increased by double digits for a second year in a row. Direct mail does work. Our digital and offset printing orders remained steady, and clients utilized our wide format and signage capabilities more than ever before. Attendance to our Marketing for Small Business classes surpassed over 200 and we plan to incorporate additional topics for the Fall and Winter Advanced Series this year. We expanded our capacity with the addition of another high-speed ink jet, and upgraded our
digital press as well. We are extremely grateful to our clients, partners, and staff, and sincerely appreciate your business and collaboration.
As we look ahead, we approach the coming year with cautious optimism and are focused on controlled growth while enhancing our quality in manufacturing and client service. We will continue to strengthen our core competencies as a marketing production company, and focus on new ways to remove pain points for our new and existing clients. Agility and strong customer alliances have been at the forefront of our success, and remain our primary focus throughout 2017.
In this issue of The Bureau, we’ll introduce you to some new faces at BEB. We’ll outline the recently changed postal rates and give details of the upcoming Marketing for Small Business curriculum schedule, for both the spring and summer advanced series. We will share some of the honors earned over the past 12-months, and reveal more about the beautiful images of Texas used in this year’s calendar. Lastly, we’ll share some of our favorite moments and people from 2016.
We take pleasure and great pride in servicing our customers, and we hope you enjoy this edition of
The Bureau. Thank you for your business and partnership.
Sincerely,
Ron Royall | President & CEO
Happy Valentine’s Day
From all of us at BEB-Business Extension Bureau; have a fantastic Valentine’s Day!
BEB Wins Platinum for Holiday Video
We are excited and very proud to announce that we have been honored with a Platinum AVA Digital Award for our 2016 Holiday video!
The AVA Digital Awards is an international competition that recognizes outstanding work by creative professionals involved in the concept, direction, design and production of media that is part of the evolution of digital communication. Work ranges from audio and video productions- to websites that present interactive components such as video, animation, blogs, and podcasts- to interactive social media sites- to other forms of user-generated communication.
AVA Digital Awards is administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP). The international organization consists of several thousand production, marketing, communication, advertising, public relations, and free-lance professionals. AMCP administers recognition programs, provides judges and rewards outstanding achievement and service to the profession.
Judges are industry professionals who look for companies and individuals whose talent exceeds a high standard of excellence and whose work serves as a benchmark for the industry. This year there were 2,500 entries from throughout the United States, Canada, and 16 other countries.
The AVA Digital Award was designed to pay tribute to the magnificent history of the audio-visual and web industries. The elegant woman holding a film reel or media disk that morphs into an array of cubes, is symbolic of the evolution of digital interactivity and the web.
Check out our award video below!
New Faces at BEB
Nina Cannady
Welcome Nina Cannady! Nina recently moved back to Houston after living in Anchorage, Alaska. A graduate of Benny Benson Secondary School, Nina studied accounting at the University of Alaska-Anchorage. Nina has three sons, Maties (12), Jaiquin (5), and Lamont (2).
Nina handles A/R and other accounting functions as well as managing the day-to-day office happenings. Welcome to the family Nina!
Jorge Flores
Join us in welcoming our new Operations Manager, Jorge Flores. Jorge comes to BEB with over 20 years experience in the Houston direct mail industry.
Married to Adrianna for 20-years, they have a son, Jorge Nicholas Flores in his senior year of high school. An avid music and basketball fan, we are very excited to have Jorge join the BEB family!
Welcome Jorge Flores
Join us in welcoming our new Operations Manager, Jorge Flores. Jorge comes to BEB with over 20 years experience in the Houston direct mail industry. His career started at National Mail. He moved up the ladder and moved to PMi. He managed the letter shop through several transitions including the Seebridge Media and Thomas Printworks mergers.
Married to Adrianna for 20-years, they have a son, Jorge Nicholas Flores in his senior year of high school. An avid music and basketball fan, we are very excited to have Jorge join the BEB family!
Our Year in Review – 2016
We hope you enjoy our 5 minute, Year in Review! Thank you for your business and partnership throughout the year.
The Year in Pictures 2016
Sharing some of our favorite moments and people from 2016!
L-R: Lilly (Accounting); Ann Swanson (Swanson Graphics), Kathy (Sales), Diane (Client Services), Joy Z (VP), and Angel (Client Services) at the PIGC Graphic Excellence Awards; Nina (Accounting); Walter (Postal); Shannon (Operations) & Kristin (Data Processing); Ron, Scott Fancher (Suncoast Resources) & Pat Amante (Tasman Sign &Graphics); Rama (Client Services); Ron’s (CEO) winning chili cook-off team from the Epicomm-SW Conference; Lupe, Olga (Operations) & family at The Texans game; Melvin, the Marketing Chimp; Olivia (Operations); Kathy & Terry Hall; Bill (Print) & Chris Washam; Angel & Diane; Rachel (Operations); Jasmine, Helen, Patty, Noreen, Liz & Laura (Operations); Sharon, Ro (EVP), Randall, and Roy Royall & Larry Corbin.
Check out our Year in Review Video!
Happy New Year
From all of us at BEB-Business Extension Bureau, we hope you have a safe and happy New Year holiday. May 2017 be your best yet!
Images from Texas & BEB Partner for 2017 Calendar
We are so excited to have partnered with native Texan and professional photographer Rob Greebon of Images from Texas for our 2017 Calendar. Rob’s images have been published internationally, nationally and in regional publications including Texas Highways. Texas strongholds such as Texas A&M, University of Texas, and Texas State have also used his amazing photographs. We hope you enjoy this special view of Texas as seen through the eyes of a fourth-generation Texan. You can see more of Rob’s images at imagesfromtexas.com.
Also, be sure to scan each month’s QR Code because we have placed fun and special messages for you to enjoy throughout the year. Last year the BEB Calendar QR Codes were scanned over 1,200 times!