June 2008 Ezine news for your business

Our best selection of articles destined to help you save time, keep up to date with new trends and new technology!   Busting A Recession, tips about your paper, advertisement, some questions to ask when deciding to purchase a shredder.  If you are receiving this at your email address you are getting all of the complete articles.  If you want to receive your Ezine News For Your Business via email please send us your email address and name.  If you are receiving this via fax, or mail and want to change also let us know.   

Busting a Recession

Here are a few general pointers for keeping afloat and moving forward during a recession when you have to closely monitor the economic climate.

1. Keep a tight cash flow

Try to reduce the credit periods that you allow your customers and use all the credit that you are given by your suppliers.

2. Keep low stock inventories

There is no point in having money tied up in stock before it’s required. It could be in the bank.

3. Look for margins

Is your product under priced? You may not think so, but if it is selling well, double check it isn’t too cheap and narrowing your margins.

It is also a good idea to call your suppliers in and present a case for bigger discounts on the materials or services that you require.

4. Watch your overheads

Look again at your overheads, check extravagances, but also re-check your standing orders and direct debits. The bills will have to be paid eventually, but is paying in advance helping you? It is also easy to let a direct debit or standing order keep being paid, even when you no longer need the product or service that you are paying for. You’re not writing a check so it’s easily overlooked.

5. Keep promoting

Probably most important of all, don’t cut your marketing program. They may not show great instant returns, but research proves that people will remember those who keep advertising through a recession, even if they don’t use the services offered immediately. For every dollar saved in the short term by not advertising, you may well lose much more money in the long term when trading conditions do improve, but your sales don’t. So, keep marketing.

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Partners in Productivity Tips

We have noticed some customers having a similar dilemma with their copy machine that may be avoided by practicing a few simple steps.  A common field problem is paper jamming.  For years we were told by the copier manufacturers that we should fan the paper good before placing it in the cassette, now we find there is a new way. 

Gently bend the stack of paper back and forth to break it apart and put air spaces between the pages.  Always place the paper curl side down into the cassette.  Some of the paper being used today, if you notice, there is an arrow on the label of each ream that says: Use or print this side first.  This is because that is the way the paper curls, and it does make a difference in paper feed efficiency.

HOW MOISTURE PROOF IS YOUR PAPER

The next item to inspect is the inside of the package that the paper comes in, does it have a moisture barrier or coating on the inside of the package.  A quick test for the effectiveness of the barrier is try to write on the inside of the package with a ball point pen.  The more skipping the ball point pen does the better the coating, the better the moisture barrier.  If you, for example write your name and a good parts of it is blanked out that’s a good coating. 

On high humidity days keep opened paper packages sealed it possible or put the paper into a plastic bag to keep moisture out.  We hope this is helpful information.  

Questions to consider when choosing a paper shredder:

Prepared by Fellowes

•        Will this shredder be used at home, at work, or in a home/office?

•        What type of security is needed? Strip or Confetti cut?

•        How many sheets of paper will be shredded each day?

•        Can it shred credit cards?

•        Can it shred CDs?

•        Can this shredder handle staples and paper clips?

•        Is noise level a consideration?

For your office how much paper are you going to shred on a average day?

For additional information on shredders contact us by email day@choiceonemail.com or fax 371-8803 and request additional information on this report from Fellowes.. 

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