
Ep. 28 | Prompt AI Smarter to Prospect Better | THRIVE: SALES
Learn how AI sales prospecting can improve outreach, accelerate qualification, uncover opportunities, and help sales professionals work more efficiently.

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The Print & Packaging Lab is a place where ideas are tested, challenged, and refined—together. Each episode explores the real decisions and practical information facing print and packaging professionals today, from operations and production to leadership, sales, marketing, and workforce development. This isn’t theory or hype. It’s thoughtful conversation grounded in experience, experimentation, and what’s actually working across the industry. Whether you run a company, manage a team, or are building your next phase in print, The Print & Packaging Lab offers perspective you can use.PIA MidAmerica helps print and packaging companies run stronger, more connected businesses—through workforce programs, leverage, data, and industry collaboration. Bottom line, whether a company is focused on growth, workforce, or operational clarity, PIA MidAmerica is here to support and to identify ways to reduce costs, improve performance, and strengthen teams.
PIA MidAmerica hosts The Print & Pkg Lab - Practical conversations for print and packaging professionals - Powered by PIA MidAmerica, a business show with 29 episodes published.

Learn how AI sales prospecting can improve outreach, accelerate qualification, uncover opportunities, and help sales professionals work more efficiently.

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Jessica Sanchez, PIA MidAmerica, discusses workforce development, changing job roles, technical skills, and the future of careers in print production.

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Filip Buyse, Venture 10, explains how print business owners can prepare for a sale, improve valuation, and avoid common succession planning mistakes.

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Learn modern B2B prospecting strategies that help sales professionals stay visible, build trust, and connect with buyers through multiple touchpoints.

PIA MidAmerica Board Chairman, Rob Styacich, discusses business relationships, reputation, leadership, and the realities of growing and owning a print business.

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Learn how sales habit stacking helps build consistency, improve prospecting activity, and create sustainable business development results over time.
Jessica Sanchez
filmmaker and musician, former Creative Pastor, founder of Renaissance Canada · Daughters of Both Suns
1 appearance on this show
Filip Buyse
Venture 10
2 appearances on this show
Zach Fargo
Trabon
1 appearance on this show
Zan Post
Clean Earth
1 appearance on this show
Chris Manley
Graphco
1 appearance on this show
Rob Styacich
PIA MidAmerica
1 appearance on this show
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