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Perhaps the toughest part of the job…

There are glamorous “ideas” that people have about a variety of jobs, a couple that come to mind is the critical courtroom scene for a lawyer or judge (or I suppose the defendant as well), the revival of a fading patient in the operating room, or the capture of a most wanted criminal for a police officer.

Unfortunately, many jobs (yours and mine likely included) have a lot more opportunities for less glamorous grunt work.  Here’s an article about how to help your team manage the less desireable workload.

https://hbr.org/2018/09/how-to-help-your-team-manage-grunt-work

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Fall Recycling season

As we enter the 2018 Political season, we want to make sure you’re aware of how you can get a real reward from being a loyal ink4mail.com customer.

Place a ink4mail.com recycle label on a box or two around your production facility (We’ll send you a label in your next order), and encourage your team members to place (not toss 🙂 ) the empty cartridges into the recycle box, rather than the trash.

Once the political mail season has settled down in November, check and see if you have 50 or more to send in, let us know and we’ll send you a pre-paid UPS label to ship them to us.

Please have the number of boxes, their individual weights, and the number of cartridges you are returning when you ask for the label.

We appreciate you consolidating smaller boxes together to help us control shipping costs.

We’ll credit your account 75 cents for each OEM cartridge that is not physically damaged. Previously recycled / refilled cartridges are eligible for a 25 cent credit per cartridge.

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Simple Tools for Print Marketing Impressions

Like us, I’m sure you’re all trying to leave a lasting impression on your clients and potential clients. One of the longest standing ways to do so is personalized print marketing, which with the dawn of digital personalization has gone by the wayside. According to this article, 56% of consumers trust print over any other kind of marketing…

https://www.bornsgroup.com/5-print-marketing-materials-that-leave-an-impression/

Here are some simple ideas to make lasting impressions with traditional marketing materials.

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Happy Father’s Day!

Happy Father’s Day to all you dads out there!

Recently, a touching story coming out of the NHL reiterates the importance of our fathers in our everyday lives. Tim Oshie, father of former St. Louis Blue and 2018 Stanley Cup Champion TJ Oshie of the Washington Capitals, is battling Alzheimer’s, and struggles with memory loss. The Capitals first Stanley Cup championship means a little more to this family, and an emotional interview following Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final with TJ Oshie shows just how special it is for TJ to share these moments with his dad…

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/watch-new-footage-micd-t-j-oshie-sick-father-cry-tears-joy/

Congratulations, TJ!

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What’s in a name? 2.0

Two days ago I posted about the bizarre yet successful IHOP name change. Today we’re going to the baseball diamond to explore one of the obscure trends finding its way to minor league ballparks across the country: one day name changes.

(I will admit, minor league baseball is a fascination of mine, which may or may not come back into play later on in this blog)

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/23721592/the-minor-league-syracuse-chiefs-give-locally-made-institution-moment-spotlight