{"id":1302,"date":"2011-03-21T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-21T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/?p=1302"},"modified":"2015-07-07T16:51:19","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T22:51:19","slug":"4-tips-to-make-your-image-more-professional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/4-tips-to-make-your-image-more-professional\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Tips to Make Your Image More Professional"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Colorful<\/a>When a business is small, being a bit informal and relaxed is totally acceptable. However, when your business grows, or you\u2019ve developed a lead for an important client, up scaling your image is necessary. There are a few professions where having your own \u201cspace\u201d is reasonable, as with artists and highly skilled individuals, but most of the time, clients expect to work with a certain level of professionalism. That\u2019s where making your image more professional will profit you greatly. Here are 4 quick tips:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 While kicking around in a t-shirt and jeans can\"Full<\/a> work with various professions, when it comes to working with the public, there needs to be a level of cleanliness and orderliness to your appearance. While a suit and tie may be needed under certain circumstances, many times a simple button down shirt or polo with khaki\u2019s or even jeans is perfectly reasonable.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Change the quality of supplies you use for correspondence. Instead of using plain white paper, use personalized stationery<\/a> on good quality paper. Using a higher quality paper will add a level of professionalism to any document. Don\u2019t rely entirely on electronic correspondence for everything. Clients and customers appreciate being able to hold something in their hands as well.<\/p>\n

\"Tattersall<\/a>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Send a physical\u00a0thank you card<\/a> or\u00a0letter of appreciation will add a layer of professionalism to your approach. There are lots of great thank you cards available and adding a hand written note inside will ensure your clients know you appreciate their patronage.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Don\u2019t do everything on a PDA. Carrying a portfolio or leather covered pad to make notes on will show the customer you\u2019re truly paying attention to their needs<\/p>\n

There are lots of little things you can do to sharpen up your image but these four are a quick and dirty list that really has a visual impact on what your customers and clients see. Regardless of how high the quality of your work actually is, appearance is everything.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When a business is small, being a bit informal and relaxed is totally acceptable. However, when your business grows, or<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[221],"class_list":["post-1302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-designing-business-communication","tag-resume"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1302"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14767,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1302\/revisions\/14767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}