The Art of Controlled Failures
Leadership can improve their training by allowing their trainees to learn from their mistakes.
Creating a Nimble Company
How can I create a company that can change on a dime and be able to do it on a consistent basis and, at the same time, minimize mistakes? Here are 5 things I made sure to do that have worked well to help me achieve this.
Company Culture and Success During a Crisis
No matter how your organization is built, if you know who is first, second, and third, and you act consistently to prove it, there’s a good chance the company will weather the storm and will rebuild on the other side.
We Started a Retention Campaign for Current Clients – Here’s What Happened
Automation is a huge buzzword in the marketing landscape today, and with good reason. If you can minimize cost, time, etc. and maximize your output, why wouldn’t you?
6 Lessons in Business I Learned the Hard Way
I’ve composed a list of the biggest lessons I had to learn the hard way, so that maybe you won’t have to.
How Maintaining Good Vendor Relations Benefits Your Clients
From last minute paper to complete an important rush job to fast turn times on outsourced work, it’s important to have partners that you can count on in a pinch, and it all starts with creating and maintaining that relationship.
Our Weird (But Effective) Approach to Marketing
I wanted to be able to help clients who had very customized needs, but also offer the flexibility and speed you couldn’t usually find with highly customized jobs. As we developed our customer base, we helped a lot of clients who checked all these boxes.
7 Key Ingredient to Forming a Cohesive Team
Arguably one of the greatest advantages for any business is a team that works well together. I’ve done a lot of learning to narrow down some key points of focus that can really make or break your team.
6 Mistakes You Are Making With Your Direct Mail Marketing
If you want your mailing campaigns to succeed, it’s important to have an offer that appeals to your audience. You see this all the time with credit cards, insurance, etc. The most successful campaigns are the ones that offer something that none of their competitors are offering
How To Properly Set Up Overprint
Foil stamping, adding spot colors, maybe a varnish? The best way to get on your printer’s good side is properly setting them up to make the prepress process easier. Here are the steps to properly set up your InDesign file.
Minor Marketing Changes, Large Business Returns
Tackling your marketing strategies by making changes can seem daunting, but with our knowledge about human behavior expanding every year it is important to make informed marketing decisions that can yield strong response and large returns.
Using Outlook Rules to Get Organized
Outlook rules are a powerful organizational tool for any work environment. If you’ve ever searched for an email to no avail, scrolled through spam to get to the emails you need, or confused conversations with people, you could benefit by using Outlook rules to organize your inbox.
How to Setup InDesign for Perfectly Bound Books
Most designers set up perfect bound books using InDesign’s “Facing Pages” option in the document set up. The advantage of this is getting a feel of how the pages will look when the finished product is being viewed.
Lesser-known Uses for Outlook Rules
If you’re trying to accomplish something a little unusual in Outlook, the standard rule options may not be able to do what you need. Before you try to create a solution tailored specifically to what you want to do, make sure there aren’t any conditions and/or actions that will accomplish what you need.
Don’t Miss an Important Email Again! How to Use Outlook Rules to Prioritize
When you receive hundreds of emails a day, it’s not hard for an important email to get lost somewhere in the shuffle. By utilizing Outlook rules, however, you can prioritize your email so that you see the most important emails first.