April 17, 2009 Idle Hands Are A Perfect Time to Tackle Projects! Phone not ringing as much as it used to? People kinda hangin’ around looking like they are at loose ends? What are you gonna do? PUT ‘EM TO WORK! During this perceived or real lull in your business, why not tackle some of those projects you never seemed to have time to get to before…remember, when you were meeting rush deadlines?! If you don’t have one handy, make a list for you and your team of all of the things you could be doing if only you had the time (of course, in addition to servicing the…
March 27, 2009 Trying to save money using digital communications with your clients? Here’s something to think about: Email can be an excellent way to stay in front of your clients. But, what makes it good, makes it bad too. Huh? Email pops up about 12 inches from your clients’ noses, wanted or unwanted. He or she might be in the middle of a meeting. Or lunch. Or a conference call. And there it is, YOUR EMAIL, an undesired interruption. Compare that to traditional mail. An envelope, letter or postcard is held onto, put aside, read later. It is not so ultimately intrusive. PRINTED COMMUNICATIONS are subtle and polite….