by Jason Keith on June 1, 2012
This week’s Micro Business Roundup features tips for successful out-of-the-box thinking, how to win customers for life, why posture might be the key to your success, and more. How to Pave the Way for Innovative Thinking — How can (or do) you encourage on-the-job innovative thinking? Here are a few tips from Open Forum. 3 [...]
by Jason Keith on May 31, 2012
Since we celebrated Memorial Day on Monday and kicked off summer, the team started discussing how micro businesses experience seasonal demand and how they account for it. For this edition of Micro Business Tips Thursday, we asked our Facebook community if their business relied on seasonal demand. Our favorite response came from Roger Taylor. Roger says, [...]
by Jason Keith on May 30, 2012
As a small business owner, you might think that an internship program isn’t something you should consider for your company. Why not? Many businesses, both big and small, can benefit from having an intern (or two) in the office. With summer around the corner, and graduations happening every weekend, here are five reasons to think [...]
by Jason Keith on May 25, 2012
Find your business card personality! Browse fresh designs like the ones featured above by going to www.vistaprint.com/MyPersonality And to embed this image on your site, just click here.
This post was written by Lynne O’Connor, Senior Director of Client & Brand Strategy at Vistaprint. There is a lot of buzz about branding, and while it might seem to be the domain of large corporations, small businesses can harness the power of branding too. The fundamental principles are essentially the same whether you’re a [...]
by Jason Keith on May 24, 2012
In honor of National Small Business Week, this week’s Facebook and blog posts have all centered around the first step to building a small business — business cards! For this edition of Micro Business Tips Thursday, we asked our Facebook community what they thought the biggest benefit to using business cards was, and we received [...]
This post was written by Keith Manning, a creative director at Vistaprint. 1. Start with a great logo. Logos have the near-impossible task of simultaneously saying everything and nothing about your business. Good logos depict a particular business attribute or industry commonality — like a tree for a landscaper, or scissors for a hair stylist. [...]
by Jason Keith on May 22, 2012
Ever think there were over 30 creative uses for business cards? Check out this fun graphic for inspiration! Click here for code to embed this image on your site.
by Jason Keith on May 21, 2012
In honor of National Small Business Week, we sat down with Don LeBlanc, Chief Marketing Officer of Vistaprint’s North American Business Unit, and asked him a few questions about business cards, and why they’re essential for small businesses. Here, he offers some valuable marketing insight: Why is building a brand via print and digital products [...]