Time to Golf! Hosting a Tournament is Easy

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A golf tournament is one of the best ways to get the community involved and for golf enthusiasts to show off their golfing techniques. With the summer sun, clear blue skies and manicured greens beckoning, this is the perfect time for hosting a golf tournament. Putting together a golfing event is a piece of cake especially if you use the…

Tips for Summertime Marketing – Keep Business Sizzling this Summer

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As the temperature rises; the days get longer, shorts take over jeans, but business may become sluggish. Turn on the AC and rejuvenate your marketing strategy with a splash of summer-themed materials from PaperDirect. Create buzz with colorful banners and flyers. Customize them with your company’s logo, friendly photos and slogans. Custom print large posters for window displays, and smaller newsletters…

Cover Letter Dos’ and Don’ts–Some Common Mistakes

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When it comes to writing cover letters, there’s simply no room for error. In this highly competitive marketplace, if you have a mistake on your cover letter, or if you have included information that does not belong in a cover letter, then you’re going to be quickly eliminated from the running. Your cover letter must not only be perfectly composed…

How to Brand Your Business Online

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Because your brand is your company’s face, you want people to easily find you. You really cannot put branding on the back burner as many people do. Branding can actually be the key to your success, so here are some tips on how to brand your business online because branding online is absolutely imperative in 2013. One thing that all…

Resume Tips for 2013

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Before you get started updating your resume for 2013, let’s take a look at some tips to help you. The very first thing you need to do is eliminate any part or wording in the resume that is outdated. Replace an “objective” with a statement or a “headline.” So, instead of “Seeking a challenging position…” you should write something about…

Business Cards Do’s and Don’ts

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As Forbes puts it, the business card can be the “entrepreneur’s best friend.” Business cards represent an inexpensive, yet powerful, marketing tool that puts your information out into the world — and into the hands of potential customers, employers, business partners, and other movers shakers in your network. That is, when it’s done right. When it’s done wrong, well… the…

Tips for Writing an Effective Business Slogan

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Having an effective business slogan can mean the difference between being very successful and having to close your business’ doors after just a few months. If you are a small (or large) business owner and in the middle of the exciting process of setting up shop, you may be wondering how to begin writing an effective business slogan that gets…

Innovative Resume Ideas for a Digital World

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In the past, we have posted blogs offering resume tips and ideas on how to get your resume noticed when it’s in a stack of hundreds or even thousands for ONE position. As you surely have noticed, the way in which resumes are being composed, sent and responded to is changing as the world becomes more digital and communication takes…

Professional Business Stationery Design from Top Artists

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In July 2012, PaperDirect and MycroBurst® partnered to provide consumers with better ways to create and design resources for your business that are affordable, attention-getting and effective! MycroBurst® specializes in delivering professional business stationery design from top artists around the country! How MycroBurst® Works The MycroBurst® process really works! Once you’ve decided what project you need, you follow a series…

Best Resume Paper to Get Noticed

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In tough economic times, job hunting can be a daunting task because of the sense of urgency that accompanies the job search, but with the right “stuff” and a stellar resume, you will get noticed by employers. Printing your resume on the best resume paper in the business will show companies hiring that you have got what it takes to…

Ways to Sustain Brand Consistency

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The Marketing Blog defines a “brand” as follows: “Emotional and psychological relationship you have with your customers. Strong brands elicit opinions, emotions, and sometimes physiological responses from customers.” Many people erroneously believe that a brand is a logo, but a brand is so much more than a company logo and tagline. A brand is everything that helps to define and…

Custom Designed Back to School Business Cards

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It’s back to school time, so administrators, teachers, office staff and textbook/supplies representatives should be thinking about getting new back to school business cards to kick off the academic year in style! (And you students who are young entrepreneurs who have your own website or business going already, you could always get Mom and Dad to supplement your allowance with…

How To Get Customers To Open Your Next Marketing Brochure

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PaperDirect is a huge fan of using brochures to market your business: They’re inexpensive, practical, easy to distribute and familiar. In this age of advanced technology and so little face-to-face or “on paper” marketing, the brochure has remained a highly effective marketing tool for both large and small businesses. Have you tried using brochures to market your business, but do…

How to Rebrand a Struggling Business

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The PaperDirect blog has included a great deal of information about what “branding” is when it comes to business, the importance of branding your business, and suggestions for branding your business successfully. If you have done your homework, have read what the experts say about branding your business and are still struggling, then maybe it’s time to considering how to…

PaperDirect® & MycroBurst®: The Quintessential Design Experience

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PaperDirect® is thrilled to announce a new partnership with MycroBurst®, an industry leader in logo, Web and graphic design services. MycroBurst® provides cutting edge, extremely creative design concepts that will amaze you and stun the competition! MycroBurst® has created a streamlined process that allows you to achieve the design you want more quickly and for less money than you ever…