One of the funner things about working at PFL is getting to see the creative things people will do to make a living.
This week I spoke with Tracy Travaille in Carmel, CA. (Rough place to have to work…not.) Her company Travaille Transactions helps realtors serve their customers by coordinating the 101 details that must happen before a [...]
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When in doubt, laugh at yourself…(especially when it is funny)
This post may be a bit here and there, so please bear with me. At Printingforless.com, we have a lot of dog owners, dog lovers and dogs running around the office. Everything from a Dachshund to a Corgie, a gigantic Malamute and several Labrador Retrievers, an Australian Shepard, Boston Terrier, and small fuzzy dogs, just [...]
Three Keys to Hiring the Best at Any Size
Almost every small to medium sized has focused a great deal of energy lately on just staying in business. Recessions, layoffs and health care seem to dominate every discussion. However, things are changing. Smart companies are rebuilding and upgrading their work forces with the wealth of talent that is currently available. So how do you [...]
Assisting Hands Assist Each Other
I had the pleasure recently of participating in the annual retreat for one of Printingforless.com’s customers, the Assisting Hands Franchise system. Each year franchisees from all over the country come together to discuss their business, share strategies, introduce new initiatives, and enjoy each other’s company. What struck me about this retreat and the organization itself was two [...]
It’s the Jobs, Stupid.
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 [...]
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 on-page SEO factor. [...]
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. It was [...]
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 labeled [...]
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 and made [...]
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 large [...]
