Bill Prettyman

Bill Prettyman

Bill Prettyman is President and CEO of Wise, Alpharetta, GA. Wise manufacturers industrial/prime labels and tags, traditional forms, and digitally printed products and services for resale only. Its core business is primarily focused on relationships with independent business forms distributors.

Maximizing Sales to Educational Institutions: Understanding the Purchasing Cycle

There are more than 100,000 education institutions in the United States. From elementary schools to graduate and specialty schools to everything in-between, all of them need printed forms and labels. But if you want to sell into this market, timing matters. Schools don’t operate on the traditional calendar year. They operate according to the school…

How LCV Changes How You View Your Customers

Are you familiar with the concept of Lifetime Customer Value (LCV)? If so, have you thought about it in terms of your own business? Have you ever thought about why LCV would even be important to understand or calculate? LCV is the value of the customer to your business over the lifetime of that relationship.…

Culture: The Print Industry Leader's Best Growth Opportunity

What creates the greatest opportunity for long-term success for a print industry company? Culture. Culture, as defined by Merriam-Webster, is “the beliefs, customs, arts . . . of a particular group” and “a way of thinking, behaving or working that exists in a place or organization.” It is the industry leader’s responsibility to set the…

Make Creativity a New Year’s Business Resolution

Have you ever thought about the value creativity brings to your business, to others, and to print industry as a whole? Without creativity, we would not have inkjet printing, data collection to measure and report on important KPIs, continued press automation to improve productivity and quality, and AI-driven data analysis to drive targeted marketing, and…

Transforming Your Business with a Single Question

As the year winds down, it’s time to do an honest assessment of where you are in your business in light of where you want to be. This will put you in the best position to start planning for 2024. The key to achieving the best results is to use the two P's—purpose and priorities.…