I work in a small town in Montana that has struggled for years to solve the problem of “economic development.” It seems like everyone wants to talk about the issue as if it is something you can magically solve with more meetings, focus groups or quasi-governmental agencies. I disagree. It is the jobs, stupid. Create [...]
Archive for June, 2010
Five Tactical SEO Tips
How do you actually get your Web site ranked high in search engines? The answer is quite simple, but getting there requires real work. With the basics in mind, here are 5 SEO tips that will help you get “found”. 1. Choose the right page titles Your page title is probably the single most important [...]
Execution: The secret to a long and happy business life?
Last week we installed the single biggest and most complex systems change in the history of PrintingForLess.com, revamping some of the very core of our internal systems. The change represented well over 10,000 hours of work from a number of team members and the change went very smoothly, thankfully. But that success wasn’t luck. [...]
Blown Away by Fed Ex
As a customer-centric company, Printingforless.com is always on the lookout for other businesses that are creating remarkable experiences for their clients. Recently, our Fed Ex rep Mary blew us away by going above and beyond for PFL to make sure we were able to meet a customer’s deadline. After experiencing an unforeseen software snafu, PFL [...]
Zip
Zip Self Storage in Ridgecrest, CA asked us to help them put together a postcard. The subject was everyone’s Spring favorite: getting organized. They faxed us an idea for a single-sided postcard. We thought that they would get a better response by printing on both sides of the postcard, so we found an eye-catching image [...]
How fast can YOU make a loaf of bread?
Printingforless.com customer Wheat Montana, still holds the Guiness Book of World Records for cutting, milling, mixing and baking 13 loaves of bread in 8 minutes and 13 seconds. Don’t worry, nothing else about their food tastes fast or processed. If you are hungry for great homemade taste made from healthy ingredients, and driving through any [...]
Free National Park Days!
One of the great things I love about living and working in Livingston, Montana is that we are about a one hour drive from Yellowstone National Park. I was just there this past weekend hiking around the Old Faithful geyser basin and fly fishing in the Madison River. It typically costs $25 per car to [...]
PFL Customer Profile: The Gourmet Cellar celebrates 6 years!
Business owner and Printingforless.com customer Debbie Endres just celebrated her six year anniversary of owning and operating The Gourmet Cellar located on Park Street in scenic Livingston, Montana. Deb carries over 400 wines to meet the needs of any palate and any wallet. Not in the mood for wine? Choose from a wide range of [...]
3 Tips for Smart Hiring
How many of you fell in love and asked your future spouse to marry you all in the span of 45 minutes? I would venture to guess not many. For those who have, congratulations–you are rare. So my question is why you consider interviewing a prospective employee to be any different? I have spoken to [...]
Customer Service from a Website?
As an online print provider you would think we wouldn’t have a ton of interaction with our customers, but we do—countless phone calls and emails are the norm here. PrintingForLess.com started out basically as a vending machine for printing. As time went on we realized that something was missing—to truly satisfy customers, we needed to interact [...]
