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Get your Desk in Order

For most people, an orderly workspace can make or break their day. If a workspace is cluttered, it can become more challenging to focus and be productive…not to mention finding what you need quickly and easily. Check out these 10 quick tips to get your desk back in order and have you well on your way to a productive, efficient day.

1. Toss what you don’t need. It’s easy to keep around pens, pencils and other clutter that you don’t need. However, if you never use it: toss it.
2. Pocket stuff. Have a place to throw all of your pocket items, such as keys, wallet, and cell phone.
3. Frequency of use. The best organization tip you can practice is to keep items close to you that you will be using every day. Those items should be close than things you use just once a week or once a month. Not only is this useful while you are working, it will also keep your desk less cluttered since you will be moving items you use less, less often.
4. Electronics should be out of sight. Keep items you don’t need on your desk, off your desk.
5. Files should be easily accessible. Without moving from your chair, you should be able to grab a manila folder, label it and file it in your file cabinet. In addition to keeping items within your reach, being able to file quickly and easily will mean you file items away immediately and reduce the risk of clutter that piles up. Keep file folder labels right at your desk so you can print off a new label, attach it to a manila folder and file without ever having to get up.
6. Scratch paper. Keep a notebook for scrap paper handy at all times to avoid writing on random scraps of paper. Keeping all of these notes together in one place is useful if you find yourself needing to go back and find information again.
7. Organize wires. Wires all over your desk can add significant clutter. Use Velcro wrapped around wire to keep wires under control.
8. Lighting. Make sure you have enough light to work comfortable for hours without your eyes becoming tired.
9. Accommodating a lack of drawer space. A file cabinet or even dresser can offer the drawer space you need for filing. If you’re short on space try sticking your filing cabinet under your desk.
10. Organize as you go. Don’t allow clutter and chaos to build up. Make it a part of your daily routine to organize your desk at the end of each day so you have a clean work space to come to the next day.

History of the Postage Stamp

Today we don’t give it a second thought when we peel a postage stamp off a card and stick it onto an envelope. In fact, many bypass the postage stamp altogether and print their postage onto postal labels straight from their printer.

However, we have not always had the convenience of the internet or of adhesive paper stamps.

Have you ever wondered about the history of the postage stamp?

Before the use of stamps, letters were hand stamped or postmarked with ink.

The first postage stamp began with Great Britain’s Penny Post, a stamp released on May 6, 1840. The Penny Black was engraved with the profile of the head of Queen Victoria, whose image remained on all Britain’s stamps for the next sixty years.

The inventor of the stamp, Rowland Hill, was a schoolmaster in England when he invented the adhesive postage stamp in 1837, an act for which he was knighted. In addition to creating the first postage stamp, however, he also created the first uniform postal rates, basing the cost of shipping on weight rather than size. The stamps combined with uniform postal rates made the prepayment of mail not only possible, but also practical.

For more information or to purchase postage labels, visit us online at LabelValue.com.

Veterinary Labels Prevent Accidents and Save Lives

Human errors occur every day in the workplace. Unfortunately, in the field of veterinary medicine, even a small error can result in a life threatening mistake. Medicines must be administered with the exact dosage and as prescribed. For this reason, veterinary labels have come to play an important role in the industry of veterinary medicine.

Veterinary labels come in bright, vibrant colors that cause them to be instantly recognizable to the vets, veterinary assistants and administrative staff, providing vital information such as to give medication on a full stomach only. Brightly colored advisory stickers, warning labels and medication stickers quickly catch the eye and keep staff alert to information that could, potentially, affect the life of the animal.

Other labels applied directly to charts help both the veterinarian and staff to provide the best possible care of the pets, letting them know that bloodwork needs to be completed or that a pet needs the food and water intake recorded for medical records. Diagnostic imaging labels, file labels, billing and collection labels and return address labels keep the administrative side of any veterinary office running smoothly.

Veterinary labels are not only important for the sake of the animal, but for the veterinary staff as well. Quickly recognizable labels such as “Approach Slowly” or “Caution May Bite” quickly alert the veterinarian and staff to be cautious when approaching or handling some animals, potentially helping those staff members to avoid injury.

Veterinarians, veterinary assistants and other staff understand that when it comes to saving the lives of our pets, every second can make a difference. The faster information can be interpreted by the veterinary staff, the faster that individual will be able to provide the appropriate care to the pet. When it comes to communicating in the veterinary world, where the patients can’t speak for themselves, oftentimes a color-coded label will speak louder than words.

To take a look at our extensive line of veterinary labels, visit us online at LabelValue.com.

A Convenient Option: Removable Labels

It’s not uncommon to want to label something in your home, office or warehouse that you might later want to remove. This is a common occurrence on filing cabinets and storage. Unfortunately, with many labels, if you remove them you are left with a sticky adhesive left behind, or even worse, pieces of town label that don’t come off easily.

In situations where you don’t want to permanently label objects and files, removable labels make the most sense.

Removable labels give you the flexibility to mark your files, products and equipment for tracking and identification purposes. Contrary to what you might believe, removable labels are priced economically and can be easily printed on your Dymo printer. The labels can be peeled away to leave behind no marks, paper residue or adhesive behind.

However, in addition to the more traditional uses, removable labels can come in handy for many other projects and are useful to keep stored in your bag or briefcase. In the home, temporary labeling of office files, important books, and storage boxes or bins are just a few ways in which removable labels can come in handy.

For more information or to purchase removable labels for your home or office, visit us online at LabelValue.com.

Feature Friday: Dymo Postal Scales

Do you find yourself making frequent trips to the post office to mail packages? There are few things more frustrating than wasting time and money driving to the post office – especially if you make the trip frequently for business purposes.

Save yourself the time and expense by investing in a postal scale.

The Dymo postal scales work seamlessly with the Dymo Stamps software. All you need to do is place your package or envelope on the scale, click “weigh” from your computer and select the option to print.

Your scale will download the latest postal rates and calculate your postage in seconds. Moreover, if your package is too large for the mailbox or you need to send via express mail, the major postal carriers offer courier pickup directly from your home or business, freeing your time to focus elsewhere.

For more information on postal scales, visit us online at LabelValue.com.

Increase Facebook Fans with Facebook Labels

You know the rules for growing your Facebook fans. You regularly post interesting information. You engage with your audience. Your status updates include useful tips for using your products. However, many of your customers don’t know you have a Facebook page to go to for coupons and information. So what do you do?

Facebook Labels!

Placing Facebook Labels on your products will let your customers know you have a page and encourage them to go try it out.

Lisa from Expedia Cruise Ship Centers writes,

“LOVE these! I use them on Thank you cards.”

Grow your business by placing Like labels on all of your products, packaging, invoices or receipts to drive current and potential customers to your Facebook fan page. With laminate coating for improved durability and water resistance, these brightly colored, vivid labels will hold up on your products and quickly catch the eye of your customers.

And these Facebook labels are completely customizable! We can print a Facebook label in many sizes for your business – just call one of our sales consultants at (800) 750-7764.

Use QR Codes to Sell Products

Browsing the aisles of wine at the liquor store it’s hard to know which bottle to select. However, upon closer inspection, you may notice that some bottles have a barcode on the front. This barcode, commonly known as a QR, or quick response, code is a dimensional barcode that represents information. The codes can be scanned with a smart phone to display text or a website on the phone’s browser.

If you are on the fence about purchasing a product or perhaps just need more information, this quickly accessible information can provide just the information you need to compel you to purchase.

QR codes are expected to take a larger role than ever before in 2012, since nearly 50% of the mobile population owns a smart phone. This change in our mobile population has resulted in a noticeable increase in QR codes. While QR codes have been around for some time, they can now be found on products, billboards and signage wherever you go. It’s anticipated that in the near future, QR codes will be found in the corner of the television during regular programming, especially news programs, where viewers can quickly access more information on the show or news story.

For products, providing customers with information on the product can be all that is needed to convince them to purchase. You can also provide them with coupons or recipes, additions features that enhance the product. QR codes can also allow customers to take part in contests or take them to your Facebook or Twitter pages.

Inexpensive to add, your business is missing out on a prime opportunity if you don’t add QR codes to your product.

For more information on QR codes or how you can utilize them in your own business, visit us online at LabelValue.com.

Top Reasons your Company Should Use Name Badges

Does your business or organization use name badges for identifying employees or visitors? Check out these top reasons for why you should consider using customized name badges.

1. Easy introductions. If you work for a large company, especially if you are new to the organization, it is sometimes difficult to remember everyone’s names. Name badges are helpful to spare employees the embarrassment of forgetting coworkers’ names. Name badges become a vital communication tool, encouraging employees to communicate more regularly with those whose names they might not otherwise recall.
2. Encourages professionalism. Nothing says “cheap” like a name badge with the individual’s name handwritten in marker. Custom name badges with the company name and the individual’s printed name will provide the professional results you are looking for. It is also a cheap form of advertising with your logo proudly displayed.
3. Maintains security. It’s sometimes difficult to know who is an employee and who isn’t in large companies. Requiring employees and visitors to wear name badges for identification purposes will help management better maintain security in the building. Visitors wearing name badges of a different color makes it easy to spot contractors and other visitors.

If you are a small organization, you likely have no use for name badges, but large companies will benefit substantially from requiring employees and visitors to wear name badges for identification. For more information, or to purchase name badges for your company, visit us at LabelValue.com.

Embossing Labels

Label manufacturers use embossing to draw the custom’s eye to a product, compelling them to pick the product up for a closer look and, ideally, buy. This process is commonly used on bath and body or cosmetic labels. If a customer finds a bottle visually appealing and notices details on the surface, the immediate instinct is to reach out and feel the textured surface. If the product is picked up, studies have shown that the customer is twice as likely to purchase the product.

Manufacturers raise the surface of a label by applying a texture in a process called embossing. The process can also include integrating a foil substrate onto another, to create the appearance of a foil stamp that will catch the customers’ eye.

There are three types of embossing methods manufacturers use. The first is the traditional embossing tool that includes two cylindrical die cuts made out of steel. The two are installed into a die station and aligned with the right amount of distance from each other, imprinting the facestock with a pattern that can be both seen and felt. The second type is called magnetic embossing dies, which are commonly used for paper-foil laminates and are ideal for short run custom labels. Potoplolymer is the last method for embossing. This method provides an alternative to steel plates and allows for both hot and cold foil plating, which can be attached to the end of any label feed process.

Embossing transforms products to help them to stand out among all the flat, lifeless packaging on the store shelves. When combined with an attractive label, a textured label works to engage the senses to create a natural desire within the customer. However, in addition to attracting customers to the product, the act of embossing fills microscopic cracks and crevices within the paper that would otherwise cause bleeding. The end result is an accurately printed label.

To learn more about embossing or to get a quote for embossing cosmetic labels, visit us at LabelValue.com.

Feature Friday: Days of the Week Inventory Labels

LabelValue.com is happy to announce our newly released product: Days of the Week Inventory Labels. These brightly colored 2” x 1” inventory labels will make tracking the cycling of perishable goods easy. Eye catching and pre-printed in bold, clear text with the days of the week, these labels will be instantly recognizable on your perishable items. They are made of aggressive permanent adhesive with a service temperature ranging from -65 to 220 Fahrenheit, making them the perfect choice for use in restaurants, grocery stores, or for anyone else who sells perishable goods.

Available as a bundle of seven rolls, every day of the week, you can buy all of your inventory labels at a reduced, “bundled” rate. Free shipping is available for this product.

To purchase the Days of the Week Inventory Labels, visit us at LabelValue.com.