Recognition & Motivation Ideas
It’s time to take a step back in time. You know, when MTV played music videos and MC Hammer balloon pants were cool. For your next company awards recognition party, slip on your vintage jelly shoes, don that side ponytail proudly and dig out your New Kids on the Block cassette tape. Here’s six office award ideas inspired by the…
Designing Your Business Communication
As a small business owner, it doesn’t matter whether you’re hosting a spring sale, a promotional giveaway, or sending a teaser about upcoming products, it’s important that every contact you make conveys a professional and consistent image. How you communicate is an integral part of branding. This doesn’t mean the brochures or greeting cards you mail out need to be…
After the last gift is exchanged at your company’s Christmas party and everyone heads to their cars, you can finally relax on way home. The event was a success, and spikes in morale and team spirit are sure to follow—at least for awhile. Unfortunately, the status quo is always waiting for a chance to level any gains that in enthusiasm…
Happy, engaged employees who feel appreciated are at the heart of every successful business. Enthusiastic employees pass on the good energy to the customers. Unfortunately, many office environments cultivate disengagement and apathy. The Gallup organization has reported that only 29% of workers feel actually engaged with their jobs. The good news is that you don’t have to spend a lot…
Seasonal & Special Events Ideas
It’s barbeque season again, and it’s time for you to throw a great neighborhood BBQ! Dust off your grill, sweep off the deck and pull out the plastic silverware; because it’s time to party! Every great BBQ starts with festive invitations from PaperDirect. They add excitement and anticipation to the celebration while making your guests feel honored to attend your…
Seasonal & Special Events Ideas
After four years of late nights and last minute study jam sessions, your day to celebrate has finally arrived. Whether you are graduating from high school or college, you want to make sure your friends and family are aware of your special day. Unlike your cap and gown, your graduation announcements can reflect your unique sense of style and capture…
Whether you’re printing wedding invitations, business flyers, brochures or greeting cards, PaperDirect has printable design templates for just about every occasion. You can download our designs and instantly print anywhere for a low price. In just a few minutes, you can go from a blank sheet of paper to a professional-looking, beautiful, colorful invitation or flyer that will catch everyone’s…
In this age of everything electronic, the act of sending greeting cards via regular mail has fallen by the wayside. It seems that now everything from party invitations to thank you cards are sent via email, or even worse, text message. But most people will tell you that they really enjoy receiving greeting cards via “snail mail.” PaperDirect has a…
Marketing & Sales Promotion Techniques
Flyers, a multi-faceted method of getting a message to the masses, are a highly under-utilized tactic for sales promotion and marketing. If you design flyers to advertise a product or service or use them for more personal events such as birthday parties or other special events such as a concert, you can reach a lot of people in a short…
In a world where technology rules and handwritten notes are practically extinct, there is one handwritten note that will never go out of style or become obsolete–the handwritten thank you note. There is absolutely no acceptable replacement to writing a thank you note to show your appreciation for a gift you received or a kind gesture someone extended to you…
Marketing & Sales Promotion Techniques
When you think of vinyl banners, you usually think of the big banners that say “Welcome Home!” or those advertising banners at high school football and basketball games. While those are exactly the banners in question here, there are a lot more ways you can use vinyl custom banners than you would think. Since they’re customizable, you can use them…
When it comes to keeping things flowing at work, production up and employees happy, nothing helps like finding ways to boost employee morale. These could be big things like parties and celebrations, and they could be little things like a card in the paycheck expressing appreciation. Here are 20 sure fire ways to increase employee satisfaction and morale: A raise…