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bigDAWGS promotions Got BITE? Add electronic devices to your printed marketing products. Using electronic devices in marketing materials is an ever growing trend.

Over the years we have grown to offer a complete line of electronic devices which includes LEDs (flashing lights) and LCD video screens. They are used in a variety of applications such as printed cards, marketing material, product packaging, displays, signs, media kits, press kits, and more. Realizing this fact, bigDAWGS is dedicated to constantly developing new technologies and innovations for such devices used in marketing.

08/23/2026

Canadian Marketers: stop throwing your budget into a fire. If your physical print can't be tracked or tapped in 2026, your brand is already obsolete.

👇 We just dropped a massive announcement...

bigDAWGS and Print Three have officially joined forces. We are bringing interactive, award-winning print to 37 locations across Canada.

And we have the hardware to prove it: we just swept the FSEA Gold Leaf Awards with 7 Gold wins. 🏆

What we are bringing to your next campaign:

✨ Raised foils your customers can actually FEEL 🌈 5th & 6th color printing (Pink, White, Gold, Silver) 📲 Embedded NFC tech to track print ROI just like Google Ads

The era of flat, boring print is dead.

Watch the full announcement below and see the tech that is taking over Canada. 👇

08/12/2026

Your company's branded apparel is a massive waste of money. Print Shop Owners & Corporate Marketing Directors: putting a logo on a polo and calling it a day is no longer enough. If your team's uniform isn't actively generating leads in 2026, it is just an overpriced t-shirt.

👇 Allow me to introduce the new standard for corporate wear...

At bigDAWGS® Print Three, we just engineered a way to turn your everyday work shirt into a lead-generating weapon. We integrated hidden NFC technology directly into our new line of apparel.

Here is how it works:

You are at a networking event or trade show. Someone asks for your contact info. Instead of fumbling for a business card or spelling out your email, you just tell them to tap their phone to your shirt.

🪄 Boom. Magic.

Instantly, a custom digital profile loads on their screen. No apps to download. No awkward QR code scanning.

📲 Connect instantly on LinkedIn
📞 Call or text with one tap
💾 Download your vCard straight to their phone

This is going to completely disrupt the print and promotional industry across Canada and beyond. We are rolling this out across all Print Three locations nationwide.

Would you wear a smart shirt to your next networking event? Let me know your thoughts on this tech below! 👇

🏆 bigDAWGS ranks #1 in the 2026 FSEA Gold Leaf Awards medal standings!And this was our first year entering. 🚀Our team e...
08/11/2026

🏆 bigDAWGS ranks #1 in the 2026 FSEA Gold Leaf Awards medal standings!

And this was our first year entering. 🚀

Our team earned:

🥇 2 Gold Awards
🥈 2 Silver Awards
🥉 3 Bronze Awards

🏅 7 awards in total

That tied Harris & Bruno for the most awards won by any entrant.

📊 2026 FSEA Gold Leaf Awards — Leading Medal Standings

Ranked by total awards, followed by Gold, Silver and Bronze:

1️⃣ bigDAWGS®
7 awards | 2 Gold, 2 Silver, 3 Bronze

2️⃣ Harris & Bruno
7 awards | 0 Gold, 4 Silver, 3 Bronze

3️⃣ Gravure Choquet
6 awards | 2 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze

3️⃣ Multi-Color Corporation – Americas Wine & Spirits
6 awards | 2 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze

4️⃣ Diamond Packaging
6 awards | 1 Gold, 2 Silver, 3 Bronze

4️⃣ Jostens
6 awards | 1 Gold, 2 Silver, 3 Bronze

5️⃣ Print Panther Direct
5 awards | 1 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze

6️⃣ SunDance
5 awards | 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 3 Bronze

7️⃣ Univacco Technology, Inc.
5 awards | 0 Gold, 2 Silver, 3 Bronze

🌎 The 2026 competition received a record 450 submissions from 15 countries, including entries from some of the largest and most established companies in the global print and packaging industry.

🇨🇦 For a Canadian company entering for the first time, this is an extraordinary achievement.

It confirms that the work being produced by our team is competing—and winning—at the highest level of the global embellishment industry.

🤝 We are also proud to bring these award-winning capabilities to the Print Three franchise network across Canada:

✨ Raised UV
✨ Raised foil
✨ Variable foil
✨ Specialty finishing
✨ Digital die-cutting
✨ NFC and video products
✨ Personalized print

🙌 Thank you to our entire team for the creativity, craftsmanship, technical expertise and persistence behind every winning piece.

This achievement belongs to all of you.

🔥 We are just getting started.

Which embellishment capability would you most like to see us showcase behind the scenes?

Note: This is an independent medal-count ranking compiled from FSEA’s published category results and is not an official overall leaderboard issued by FSEA.

https://fsea.com/gold-leaf-awards-2026/

08/04/2026

[The Foil Hack - Part 3 of 3] We finally beat the expensive print system using a cheap laminator and a wild idea. 🤯🏆

If you are a commercial printer or graphic designer, you need to see this.

Here is the exact formula we used to create the most insane holographic print hack ever.

In Part 1 and Part 2 of this experiment, we discovered that covering holographic foil with soft touch lamination hides the shine. We also learned that printing toner on top melts the lamination to reveal the foil underneath. 🕵️‍♂️

But we still wanted that premium, raised 3D POP that the big, expensive software-driven systems offer. 📈

So we brought in the final piece of the puzzle: The MGI Varnish. 🧩

Instead of just relying on the printer toner, we took our laminated holographic foil and ran it through the MGI to drop raised clear varnish DIRECTLY on top of the artwork.

The results are absolutely mind-blowing. 🤯

The clear varnish acts like a literal magnifying glass. It cancels out the matte lamination and pulls the raw holographic foil straight through the color. We created multi-dimensional dragons and neon iguanas that shift and shine when you move them in the light. 🐉✨

NO expensive proprietary software. NO special white ink needed. Just pure shop ingenuity and a willingness to break the rules of traditional print. 🏆

You have to see these prints catching the light to believe it. Watch the final reveal and the complete step-by-step breakdown using the link below! 👇

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSA65hOqeCs
🔗

A massive shoutout to Taktiful for sponsoring this entire video series! 🙌

If you are serious about mastering digital embellishments and learning hacks exactly like this, you NEED to check out their brand new platform. It is the ultimate dedicated ecosystem for print innovation and networking. Sign up for the community today at http://taktisphere.com and level up your business. 🚀

What do you think of the final holographic result? Drop your thoughts in the comments below! 🗣️👇

07/28/2026

[The Foil Hack - Part 2 of 3] Stop overthinking your print processes and start breaking the rules. 🛑💥

If you are a print shop owner, operator, or designer, stop scrolling.

We just discovered a massive premium metallic hack using a wet thumb and a laminator accident.

In Part 1, our white toner foil experiment was a bit of a bust. It lacked that premium, high-end pop we were chasing and the colors just felt muddy. 📉

But then we stumbled onto a literal happy accident in the shop. We noticed that soft touch lamination completely mutes the shine of a silver foil sheet, making it look like standard matte paper. 📄

Here is the exact scrappy formula we accidentally discovered:

👉 Laminate raw metallic or holographic foil with soft touch film.

👉 Print CMYK toner DIRECTLY over the lamination.

👉 Watch the wax toner cancel out the matte finish to reveal the shine.

We even tested it on holographic foil using a crazy dual-layer printing method. We are getting so close to reverse-engineering a massively expensive embellishment system using just the gear in our shop! 💥

But we still need more POP to make it perfect. You can watch the full experiment and see the final jaw-dropping result right here. 👇

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSA65hOqeCs 🔗

A massive thank you to Taktiful for sponsoring this video series! 🙌

If you are ready to take your print business to the next level, you NEED to join their brand new platform. It is the ultimate hub for digital embellishment education, networking, and industry secrets. Sign up for the community at http://taktisphere.com today! 🚀

Have you ever discovered a print hack completely by accident? Drop your story in the comments below! 🗣️👇

07/21/2026

[The Foil Hack - Part 1 of 3] We tried to reverse-engineer the most expensive print effect on the market. 🛑🕵️‍♂️

If you are a print shop owner or graphic designer, stop scrolling.

Here is exactly what happened when we put our scrappy shop gear to the ultimate test.

We recently saw an INCREDIBLE software-driven metallic system online. It creates flawless, industry-leading effects using special white ink and dedicated software. It is an absolutely top-tier solution and we massively respect the tech behind it. 🙌

But we love a good shop challenge. We wanted to see if we could achieve a SIMILAR metallic look manually for smaller runs using the printers we already own. 🛠️💡

In Part 1 of this experiment, we printed black toner, sleeked it with silver foil, and then used an OKI printer to drop white toner on top. The goal was to use the white ink to block out the shine, then lay CMYK color over the entire sheet to create a custom metallic finish. 🖨️✨

Honestly? The result was just okay. It definitely looked metallic, but it lacked that crazy, vibrant pop we were chasing. The colors felt a little muddy and did not have that high-end premium depth. 🤷‍♂️

But this was just our first attempt, and the next phase of the experiment gets WILD. You can watch the entire journey and see the jaw-dropping final result right now using the link below! 👇

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSA65hOqeCs🔗

A massive shoutout to Taktiful for sponsoring this video series! 🤝

If you want to master digital embellishments and network with industry pros, you need to check out their amazing new platform. It is the ultimate educational hub for print innovation. Sign up for the community today at https://taktisphere.com/ to level up your business. 🚀

Have you ever tried printing white toner over foil? Let me know your results in the comments! 🗣️👇

🏆 A small Canadian print company. Our first year entering. Ranked ahead of entries from some of the biggest names in glo...
07/21/2026

🏆 A small Canadian print company. Our first year entering. Ranked ahead of entries from some of the biggest names in global print and packaging.

At the 2026 FSEA Gold Leaf Awards, bigDAWGS earned:

🥇 2 Gold Awards
🥈 2 Silver Awards
🥉 3 Bronze Awards
🏅 7 awards in total

That tied us for the greatest number of awards won by any entrant.

Using total awards, followed by Gold, Silver and Bronze as tiebreakers, bigDAWGS finished #1 in our independent medal-count ranking compiled from FSEA’s published category results.

But the scale of this achievement becomes even clearer when you look at some of the internationally recognized organizations whose entries ranked below us:

📦 Graphic Packaging International — 2 awards
A global packaging corporation with approximately US$8.6 billion in 2025 sales, more than 23,000 employees and over 100 packaging facilities.

🖨️ RRD — R.R. Donnelley — 1 award
One of the world’s most established printing and communications companies, with more than 35,000 employees in 30 countries and clients that include 92% of the Fortune 100.

🏷️ Multi-Color Corporation — 6 awards
A global leader in premium labels and packaging, with approximately US$3 billion in annual revenue.

💌 Hallmark Cards — 2 awards
One of the world’s most recognizable greeting-card and gift brands, employing more than 20,000 people worldwide and reaching consumers in over 100 countries.

💌 American Greetings — 3 awards
A globally recognized social-expression company whose brands include American Greetings, Papyrus and Carlton Cards.

🎓 Jostens — 6 awards
A 125-year-old organization known throughout North America for yearbooks, class rings and recognition products for thousands of schools and universities.

⚙️ Duplo USA Corporation — 2 awards
One of the graphic-arts industry’s most recognizable print-finishing equipment companies, operating in the United States since 1979.

This is not about diminishing any of these exceptional organizations.

Their size, history and reputation are exactly what make the comparison so meaningful.

It demonstrates that focused expertise, creativity, technical skill and determination can compete with global scale.

🇨🇦 Our Canadian team competed alongside entries from billion-dollar corporations, household brands and some of the most established organizations in print—and finished at the top of the medal-count standings.

To the entire bigDAWGS team: this is your achievement.

And we are just getting started. 🚀

Which matters more in specialty print today: company size or focused technical expertise? 👇

Note: This is an independent medal-count analysis based on FSEA’s published category results, not an official overall company ranking issued by FSEA.

07/15/2026

I went from writing computer code to putting annoying audio chips inside direct mail campaigns. 🗣️🤯 Tech founders and print innovators, you need to hear this origin story. Here is what happens when you try to explain "Phygital" to Morten B. Reitoft.

Morten is a master at pulling out the real stories on INKISH, and we had a hilarious time trying to figure out how to even introduce me.

I started out as a hardcore tech guy, but I ended up falling completely in love with print.

During our chat, Morten joked about my early days creating what he called "two-bit very bad audio chips in birthday cards." But those little chips actually led to one of our biggest, most disruptive campaigns ever for a major telecom company.

We used a physical piece of mail to mock automated phone trees. You have to hear the story of how much chaos it caused.

👇 Watch this clip to see Morten's reaction, and check out our full INKISH interview below!

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/reitoft_inkish-printing-printingindustry-activity-7475869094022582274-DeK6

What is the most creative direct mail piece you have ever received? Let me know in the comments! 💬

07/09/2026

🛑 B2B Founders, Agency Execs & Sales Leaders: Your prospects are swiping past your emails faster than a bad TikTok. Digital outreach is dead. Stop begging for 1% open rates and watch this full-screen. 👇

We are living in an attention economy where your buyers are completely numb to cold DMs and PDF attachments.

To close high-ticket accounts, you have to force them to stop scrolling and start holding.

Enter the "Phygital" (Physical + Digital) Sales Presentation. 🤯

Watch the video below. When you put this physically in their hands, here is why you win:

🔥 Tactical Haptics: Notice that shimmering raised varnish and gold foil? Touching premium packaging spikes the brain's reward center and increases purchase intent by 50%.

📺 The 95% Retention Rule: Open the folder, and an HD video plays instantly. No clicking links. No loading screens. Viewers retain 95% of a video message compared to a miserable 10% of text.

📊 Unignorable ROI: While your competition fights for inbox scraps, Video-in-Print brochures are pulling up to 90% response rates in high-stakes B2B ABM.

You aren't selling a service anymore. You are delivering a premium, multi-sensory experience right to their desk.

The C-Suite will ignore your spam. They will never ignore this.

Have you ever received a "Phygital" mailer? Let me know below. 🗣️



DISCLAIMER: All brand names, logos, and trademarks appearing in this video are the property of their respective owners and are used solely for illustrative and demonstration purposes. No affiliation, sponsorship, or endorsement is implied.

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07/08/2026

🛑 SLOWING DOWN YOUR PRESS WORKS WONDERS... UP TO A POINT. 🛑

ATTN: Print Production Managers.

We know that slowing down the fuser speed fixes toner adhesion on heavy stocks. But what happens when a client brings you a job that is just ridiculously, impossibly thick?

No amount of on-press tweaking is going to save you.

Every digital press has physical, mechanical limits. If you try to force a sheet that is wildly over-spec through the internal gears and transfer belts of your machine, you aren't going to get a bad print—you are going to get a critical hardware stoppage.

Watch the video to see where the physical limits actually lie.

👇 Have you ever jammed a press by pushing media that was too thick?

🔗 Read the full masterclass article here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/perfecting-prints-heavy-card-stocks-physics-fusers-finishing-davin-kn0uc

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