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Online Print Excellence – Update 2025!

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Online Print Excellence - Update 2025!

Masterclass


"Are you ready to make your online print business fit for the future – or will you wait until the next big market change takes you by surprise?"

If you are now wondering how to respond to new customer requirements, social selling and the growing importance of white-label and mass customization solutions, then our masterclass “Online Print Excellence – Update 2025” is perfect for you! Because one thing is clear: only those who address tomorrow's trends today will be able to act confidently even in stormy times. The topics of security and resilience are also covered: Bernd Zipper reports on how companies can react to hacker attacks and changing living conditions and why a flexible, digital infrastructure is becoming a decisive competitive factor. The master class is rounded off by exciting use cases that show how the online print market will develop in the coming years..

Look forward to an inspiring and trend-setting master class in which Bernd Zipper not only highlights decisive trends from current market studies, but also uses his many years of expertise to provide the right impetus for operating confidently and successfully in the online print business in 2025. Together, we will shape the next chapter of the print industry. Let Bernd Zipper and his vision for the online print industry inspire you! Join us and change the game in online print with us – now and in the years to come.

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Seminar content

  • Revamped basic business models: Find out from Bernd Zipper how established online print concepts are being further developed and transferred to the next generation.
  • Social selling & social bubbles: Discover how to reach your target groups with targeted strategies and build long-term customer relationships.
  • White-label and mass customization solutions: From quickly entering new markets to highly customized print-on-demand production – this is how you tap into additional revenue streams.
  • Figures, data, facts: Get a clear view of your opportunities in 2025/2026 with the latest market forecasts and benchmarks.
  • Use cases & success stories: See real-life examples from across Europe of how online print providers and platforms are already successfully transforming their business models.

Why participate? 

  • Stay calm in stormy times: Now, more than ever, it is important to adapt your online print presence to new market conditions and technologies in order to achieve sustainable success.
  • Get forward-looking inspiration: Trends such as AI, social selling and mass customization are more than just buzzwords – Bernd Zipper shows how you can optimally integrate them into your business model.
  • Network with: Exchange ideas with like-minded people in the industry and learn from exciting best practices from across Europe.
  • Industry expert at your side: Bernd Zipper is considered one of the most renowned consultants and analysts for the print and online print industry. Benefit from his in-depth expertise and many years of practical experience.

What can you expect? 

  • Clear strategies and recommendations for action: No dry theory, but concepts that can be implemented immediately and are based on the real challenges in the print industry.
  • Exclusive market analyses: Bernd Zipper presents the latest figures and studies that you can use to substantiate your business decisions.
  • Hands-on examples: Concrete use cases are used to show how print companies or online shops operate successful online print portals and what opportunities lie in cooperations with marketplaces (e.g. Etsy) – especially in the area of print on demand.
  • Mass customization in focus: Find out why customized products in large quantities are the business model of the future and how you can use this development to your advantage.
  • A look beyond the end of your nose: New forms of sales strategies and marketing, such as social selling in social bubbles or white-label concepts, are explained in a practical way and placed in the overall market.

Prices

  • Members: 220€
  • Non-members: 264€

This initiative is supported by the #Industrypartnership led by VLAIO so there is no KMO-P is possible. VLAIO's contribution is already included in the prices mentioned above.

Who is this seminar for?

  • Advanced beginners and young talents in the online print segment who want to take their basic knowledge to the next level.
  • Managers and decision-makers from print companies who want to tap into new business areas or sustainably develop existing models.
  • Operators of online shops and platforms who are looking for future-proof solutions for their print portals and need inspiration for expanding their platform strategy.
  • Innovation and project managers who want to use practical and market-oriented information as a basis for new developments.

Do you have to cancel unexpectedly?

Please inform us at info@vigc.be as soon as possible. Cancellations made less than two days before the course will be charged the full course fee.

Train​er

Bernd Zipper, CEO Zipcon

BERND ZIPPER is the author of beyond-print and writes on his blog about fascinating topics, new trends and technologies, innovations in the print and media industry, and much more. In addition, you’ll find numerous e-business print videos on his YouTube channel and Facebook. Bernd Zipper is a consultant, speaker, and the founder and CEO of zipcon. His expertise lies in e-business print, web-to-print, online print shops, mass customization, and interdisciplinary media projects. He develops concepts and strategies for stakeholders in the print production process across various industries. He gained hands-on experience as a print stage manager and managing director before founding zipcon in 1998. From 2008 to 2014, he was a lecturer at the University of Wuppertal in the Faculty of Print and Media Technology. Bernd Zipper is globally recognized as a practice-oriented and critical technology and strategy consultant, innovator, speaker, and moderator. His visionary lectures are regarded as trendsetting management recommendations for the print and media industry..

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