WhatTheyThink.com today announced the opportunity for industry professionals to attend a free printing industry webinar. Managing Smarter: Magic Numbers to Live By will feature CEO advisor and mergers & acquisitions consultant Bob Rosen and Dr. Joe Webb, the director of WhatTheyThink's Economic and Research Center. The event will be held Wednesday, April 9th from 2:00 to 3:00 pm EDT (-4 GMT).

No-charge registration is available here:

http://members.whattheythink.com/WebCasts/FrmWebinar.cfm?id=81

This one-hour event will provide printing business owners and managers with valuable insight into successfully managing a printing business and the importance of metrics in that management process.

"Bob Rosen and Joe Webb are both industry icons that have a wealth of information to share," said Randy Davidson, President, WhatTheyThink. "This will be an important session for business owners and managers to attend. We are pleased that Press-sense has agreed to sponsor this event, enabling us to offer it at no charge."

Hundreds of printing executives regularly attend these quarterly events and access the archived material for later review. In addition to the valuable insight gained during the session, those who register will receive a copy of an article on the subject authored by Rosen.

"Bob's extensive background in the printing industry as an advisor to senior executives and an active participant in many high-profile mergers and acquisitions gives him a unique perspective on what it takes to make a business successful in this highly competitive marketplace," said Dr. Webb. "During the session, we will use the most current economic data to emphasize important actions that CEOs must take based on, Bob's advice and commentary. It will be a lively discussion between the two of us. You will not want to miss this event!"

Dr. Joe Webb is the director of WhatTheyThink.com's Economics and Research Center, where managers, researchers and analysts can find free and premium content about industry trends, including forecasts and more. Dr. Webb is a recognized marketing authority, forecaster and one of the best known speakers in our industry. He also contributes a weekly column at WhatTheyThink.com for Premium Access Members entitled "Mondays with Dr. Joe" as well as a regular writer on PrintCEOblog.com.

Bob Rosen is also a WhatTheyThink contributor. He is the former owner of six graphic arts companies, and his career began on Wall Street where he was an investment banker. His ground-breaking book for industry CEO's—The Graphic Arts CEO—has received rave reviews and highlights many of the reasons certain graphic arts businesses are successful, and others are not.

Participants will be able to participate in this session using a standard Internet browser with streaming audio through a PC.