If you’re looking for CD manufacturing, DVD replication, or CD duplication in the Toronto area, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve had a few of our Toronto based clients ask some questions related to print work included in many audio CD projects and data CD projects. The decision on CD packaging or DVD packaging [...]
If you’ve Googled “Custom USB Thumbdrives U.S.A.”, “Customized USB Flash Drives with Logos Canada”, or “Printed USB Flash Drives Canada”, then you’ve come to the right place. Standard Media Services is one of the leading USB flash drive sources in North America, and we take great pride in assisting our customers with making informed decisions [...]
If you’ve Googled “Adding CD text to your audio master”, “CD duplication services Canada”, or “Short Run Audio Duplication”, we’re glad you found us. We specialize in short run Audio CD duplication with eco wallets, printed jackets, digipaks, and jewel cases. Request a Quote or contact us directly for an estimate at info AT standardmedia [...]
I wanted to talk about something that I am passionate about. Music. This is the beauty of Myspace, Facebook, and every other social media element that exists within the web. It’s meant to share information, expose at a high level, and get conversations going. Independent musicians and artists are increasingly finding themselves better positioned and [...]
As a musician, I’ll tell you, there’s not many things out there that will help you as much as CD baby. CEO Derek Sivers founded the company in 1997 in New York City, and hasn’t looked back since. This is the real deal. If you don’t know what CD baby is, then let me bring [...]
Every company is a customer service organization. It’s as simple as that. A testament to a good one is how seriously they take that. I’ll give you an interesting example of what I’m talking about. I recently went into my local convenience store, where for the last 3 years, I have been greeted with a [...]
In one of our initial posts, I was talking about meeting the guys from Freshbooks, a trusty online based app that we use at Standard Media Services, for our invoicing and estimating. It’s great, and you should check it out. Well, this week, I was introduced to another great idea on the web. Customizable online [...]
We had the pleasure recently of doing a small run of CDs for local Ottawa artist Ana Miura, who I’m of the firm opinion is one of the best undiscovered musicians in Canada currently. I worked in the music industry for about four years with a small independent label that I founded back in 1999, [...]
I was having a discussion with a client recently about the state of the independent film industry, and in many ways, it’s in virtually the same situation as the independent music industry. It’s thriving. More so than ever before. Indie film makers are more empowered than ever. The internet has exposed smaller, formerly almost invisible [...]
Every marketing or communications team will brainstorm on the development of new and interesting ways to deliver content. That’s pretty well what it comes down to. In the golden age of advertising and communications, you had television, print, and radio. These were predominantly the ways that companies communicated their products or services and maintaining awareness [...]
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