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Printing company leads for print and signage companies

Build your own list of printing companies, fill in missing emails and offer your printing, signs, vehicle graphics and branded materials to them in small, personal batches.

  • Public sources for printing companies
  • Fields that fit the industry
  • No credits, no rented data
Riftjaw dashboard with engagement chart, audience health, lead sources and activity feed

Selling printing, signs, vehicle graphics and branded materials to printing companies

Printing companies run from small digital print shops to large commercial and packaging printers. Owners and production managers buy machinery, paper, inks and software, usually after comparing running costs and reliability.

Print and signage companies depend on repeat orders from local businesses, shops and trades. A lead database of the businesses around you helps you offer the right product at the right time and remember who ordered before.

The printing companies that need printing, signs, vehicle graphics and branded materials are listed publicly. What most print and signage companies lack is a list they own, with the right fields, that shows who was already contacted.

What print and signage companies run into with printing companies

Many potential customers are small local firms without a listed email address.

Derive info@ and office@ addresses from their website with email from domain.

Orders are seasonal and you forget to contact past prospects again.

Statuses and segments show who replied, who ordered and who to contact before the busy season.

Print shops and large commercial printers are listed side by side.

A print type field and saved filters separate them before any campaign goes out.

Sales@ addresses at printers reach account managers busy with quotes.

Tick info@ and your own prefixes too, and log which one got a response.

A week of prospecting in Riftjaw

Monday: collect

Export a batch of printing companies from public listings and import it. Duplicates are skipped.

Paste and collect in Riftjaw: a pasted web page turned into a table of companies
Paste and collect in Riftjaw: a pasted listing page turned into columns of companies.

Tuesday: fill in

Derive missing emails with info@, sales@, studio@ and orders@ and tag the records that look like a fit.

Contacts list in Riftjaw with company, phone, email, segment, campaigns and tags
Contacts in Riftjaw, one row per company with phone, email, segment and campaigns.

Wednesday: reach

Send one mail about your printing, signs, vehicle graphics and branded materials to the new segment, in small batches.

Segments in Riftjaw, each with its own name and number of contacts
Segments such as property managers in London or roofers in the North, each ready to use in a campaign.

Friday: follow up

Opens and clicks show up on each record. Set the ones who answered to Replied or Customer, so the follow-ups of the campaign skip them.

Contact panel in Riftjaw with pipeline status, tags, details and campaign history
A contact in Riftjaw with its pipeline status, tags, details and campaign history.

How to open a mail to printing companies

Write one mail with placeholders and let the details change per record. These openings tend to work with printing companies.

  • Talk about running costs, waste and uptime, which drive every print business.
  • Offer a sample run or test material they can put through their own press.
  • Refer to the type of work they print so the offer feels specific.
Campaign editor in Riftjaw: pick a segment, write the mail and set the button
A new campaign in Riftjaw, with segment, status and tag filters, a test send and a preview.

Fields worth recording for printing companies

Add these as fields in your lead file. Any column in your import can become a field.

FieldWhy it helps
Company nameThe key field. Duplicates are checked on it or on the website.
WebsiteNeeded to derive an email when the export has none.
Print typeDigital, litho, large format or packaging printers buy different kit.
PressesThe equipment on the floor tells you what they may replace.
Trade or retailTrade printers serve resellers, retail printers serve end customers.
StaffShows size and budget.
Production managerOften the person who evaluates new equipment and consumables.

Questions people ask

Import a list of printers, add a field for print type and fill it from their websites. Save a filter per type and send each one a relevant campaign.

Yes. Add a date field or a note on the contact, then filter on that date when the time comes.

If your file has an email column, that wins. If it only has websites, tick the prefixes you want, such as info@, sales@, studio@ and orders@, and Riftjaw derives addresses from each domain. Derived addresses are good guesses, not verified, so start with small batches.

Yes. The Free plan runs the whole pipeline on one list with small campaigns, and you do not need a credit card. Move to Pro when you want more lists, segments and bigger campaigns.

Build a database you own

Create your account, import your first list and see it turn into records you can work.

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