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Deluxe Business Checks
When you want to impress your clients and potential investors and financial partners, always pay close attention to details that convey stability and professionalism for your company. Start with the design and quality of your business checks. They may be small details, but they are good tools to get your message across.Attention to detail is often regarded as good business sense. From the color of your checks to the paper weight and kind used to the additional information printed on them (your company logo, name and address), each feature and element should reinforce the image you want to project.Impressive printing, raw-material processing, and security features are just a few ch

n local / cable TV….. Then 60 seconds….. And on…and on.

Get a domain name, a website, software, design, hosting, auto responders, mailing list, Flash, Audio, Video, Keywords, Meta Tags, Keyword Density, Pay Per Click, Search Engine Optimization…

Ask a few friends to hand out some leaflets for you, create a reseller program, an affiliate program, an introducer scheme, get the software, the systems, Advertising Agencies, Copywriters, Professional Marketers, International Business Promoters…..

Where will it all end? With an army of Armani suited Harvard Graduates jet-setting all over the planet, trying to sell your widget?

Once the virus infects, it spreads, it grows

Email Etiquette in the Workplace: The Email Creed
I will give email communication the respect and value it deserves as a quick, acceptable and reliable form of internet communication.I will reply to an email within 24 hours or sooner, even if the reply consists of a few words (i.e. Great, Thanks, Sorry, Yes, No, Call me, etc.).I will use spell check and I will reread my emails prior to hitting the send button; because I understand that my email communications are a reflection on me.I will refrain from using abbreviations and email slang in my work related emails.I will address the person by name whenever possible and when appropriate in my email communications.I will work on developing an email voice that is

Stay with me on this, the ‘penny may drop’ about half-way into the article!

Target - in very general terms, this article is targeted at anyone involved in business, whether it be offline ‘real-world’ business, or online ‘cyber’ e-business.

Let’s define the title.

“jigsaw” - a puzzle with multiple parts which requires some element of skill to correctly piece them all together in the right way, making one complete ‘picture’.

“virus” - an infection which grows, replicates and spreads.

Make sense yet? No!

One of the key fundamental basics in business starts with this. Business is based on the law of ’Supply and Demand’.

In simple terms, this means that if people have a demand (need or want) for something, then someone (perhaps you, or other businesses) supply them.

In simpler terms…. Have a product or service that customers want, then provide them with it.

JIGSAW…. Now has 2 parts / pieces…. Product (or service) and customers (people who want / need it).

If YOU are the business supplying customers with what they want, you may look at other products which complement or contrast. You may also look at adding new ways to deliver your product or service, perhaps new markets / countries / demographics…..

You may also want to have different versions / types of your product…. Plus you may want to promote / market your company in new / additional ways.

Also, you may want to have added computer systems, take payments in different forms, different currencies….. translation (remember - stay with me on this!)

You have seen competitors using ‘800’ Freephone numbers….. You’ve read about fax-back services, call-centers, fulfillment services….. You want to get involved in these.

JIGSAW….. From the original (and simple) 2 parts / pieces….. Your jigsaw now has many more, even dozens (or more) of pieces. The simple puzzle is infected. It’s spreading and growing. .. It’s out of control.

The original focus you had, is now a distant blur. Even if you had as many arms as an octopus, you still wouldn’t piece together THIS puzzle.

Let’s take just one piece of a small, simple jigsaw puzzle, and call it “Advertising, Marketing, Promotion”. They all mean the same…. ‘spreading the word’.

This single piece can start like this. Put a simply poster in the back of your car, on a notice board, in a shop window.

Then, get business cards, then marketing ‘postcards’…….then leaflets, a brochure, a full-color glossy brochure….a catalogue…..CD Rom business cards, interactive multi-media…

Advertise in the local ‘free papers’, then a small ad in the town newspaper, then a half-page….full-page ad…. Full color……. Then a 10 second ad on radio….. Then 30 seconds…..

Then 20 seconds on local / cable TV….. Then 60 seconds….. And on…and on.

Get a domain name, a website, software, design, hosting, auto responders, mailing list, Flash, Audio, Video, Keywords, Meta Tags, Keyword Density, Pay Per Click, Search Engine Optimization…

Where will it all end? With an army of Armani suited Harvard Graduates jet-setting all over the planet, trying to sell your widget?

Once the virus infects, it spreads, it grows

Designers Help Market Commercial Real Estate
During a time when the commercial real estate market is competitive, agents often hire designers to create the right atmosphere. While designers often make a residential home seem more livable, their goal when dealing with commercial properties is to make the space seem workable. Investors want commercial real estate properties that are in a good location. But they want the interior design to match the tenants whether they are doctors, lawyers, dentists, and insurance agents or massage therapists.Texture in office spacesOne key design element for office spaces today is the use of texture. Designers work to achieve a tactile response to a room by cladding walls in Pend O’Reille’s

ople have a demand (need or want) for something, then someone (perhaps you, or other businesses) supply them.