The Time Suck of Social Media

Social media is a tremendous investment in time but so critical to most small businesses today. There’s no question you need social media for your marketing,branding and PR efforts. But what is the best way to get the most out of social media for your venture?

Boosting Your Social IQ

The time suck of social media. We all know the value of social media for small business. This said,learning about social media has become a real time suckRead More

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The Time Suck of Social Media

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Greece Update:ECB to make a contribution

From the WSJ:Concession Smooths Way Toward a Greek Debt Deal The European Central Bank has made key concessions over its holdings of Greek government bonds ... The ECB has agreed to exchange the government bonds it purchased in the secondary market la... [...]

NY AG cancels statement on Mortgage Settlement

From MarketWatch:New York AG cancels bank settlement statementNew York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman late Tuesday postponed a much anticipated conference call with reporters that was set up to announce whether the state would participate in broad... [...]

Solve for X:Google’s Answer to All World Problems

Google believes that we can solve some of the world's greatest problems by working together. We Solve for X appears to be more focused on global problems,using them as opportunities to encourage “moonshot” thinking. [...]

2012 Trends:Romantic Neutrals

From Wedding Style,Planning & Inspiration | the Wedding Paper Divas Blog by Anum

Set a romantic tone for your wedding right from the beginning. Opt for simply elegant wedding stationery in soft,dreamy neutrals and shades soaked in the sun.

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2012 Trends:Romantic Neutrals

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Personalized Cards

From Personalized Stationery Blog - Gifts In 24 by

Author:Vinnit

It’s a great feeling to make quick and easy personalized cards. To create exclusive and special personalized stationerypersonalized cards simply select images from the websites with witty messages or just upload your own image.  The cards can be done for you family and friends and for every occasion. The cards with humorous lines are well liked by all,but without being too personal. The cards can be made for birthdays,romance and holidays and numerous other occasions. A little bit of affection on the card certainly warms up the heart of the recipient.

Personalized cards can be made to express kindness or simply to say hello or to thank someone.  You can create birthday cards to show love and affections and brighten by the day with a smile for the special person. A card received for the store is quite mundane and one is not excited to get one like this. So to make it a unique experience birthday card with a personalized touch make a great difference.

Send an online gift with the birthday card and you would not measure the joy of the recipient. Add personalized message to the birthday card and you will never know how you will touch someone emotionally that is important to you.

Even corporate people are indulging themselves in the new trend of personalized cards. It is necessary to make your client feel special as this is something most entrepreneurs forget while creating a personalized card. The card can also be used to invite them it you are inviting your client for an event and this way you can ask them graciously in the card.

If you browse online you will find online shops that are willing to send gifts and cards to the particular person. The online shops are very easy to go through and shop around from the interiors of your home. This way you will certainly stand in the crowd instead of sending the traditional items like chocolates and flowers as these are not exciting anymore.

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Vinnit Alex is a well known author and has written articles on ,Digital Camera ,Greeting Cards,Jewellery ,Camera Batteries,Birthday Cards online shop and many other subjects.

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Valentine Cards Party Printables

From Paper Crave by kristen

Valentine Card Party Printables Paper Glitter

If you’re looking for super cute Valentine’s Day printable goodies for the kiddos (and kawaii-loving adults),Paper Glitter has you covered. The Valentine Cards Party kit is packed with cutie patootie cards featuring robots,monsters,owls,pandas,and bumblebees,as well as invitations,chocolate bar labels,a milk carton box,bag toppers,labels,circle tags,and more –pretty much any decorative party piece that you’ll need to throw a fun Valentine’s Day party!

Printable Valentines

Printable Valentine's Day Cards

Monster Valentine's Day Cards

Printable Milk Carton

Printable Treat Bag Toppers

images from Paper Glitter

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The Ampersand Collection

From Paper Crave by kristen

The Ampersand Collection

My ampersand-loving heart is going pitter pat for The Ampersand Collection from 55 Hi’s. This curated package of 9×9 ampersand prints features work by 10 designers,including:Ryan Brinkerhoff,Riley Cran,Scott Hill,Kendrick Kidd,Anthony Lane, Drew Melton,Chris Sandlin,Sergey Shapiro,and Michael Tabie.

Each ampersand illustration is hand printed on cover weight stock,and the prints come packaged in a really cool custom folder. This collection is a limited edition of 200,so be sure to snap up your ampersand prints while you can!

The Ampersand Collection

The Ampersand Collection

images from 55 Hi’s

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Writing outside the (white) lines

From Stationery Scoop,the blog for people who love stylish stationery and living green by Heidi Reimer-Epp

I love it when I find something new in the world of stationery and this Swedish company called White Lines has done it with their cahiers and drawing pads.

White lines

The big thing about this paper is that instead of grey lines on white paper,it’s white lines on grey paper. Get it? The whole page is light grey,then the lines are white.

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The above photo is of the Orange Glue blocks of carbon-neutral paper bound with orange glue.

It took me a moment to wrap my head around the idea of white lines on grey paper,and then I got excited. I’m eager to give this a try and while the books don’t seem to be sold in Winnipeg where I live,I found several online retailers who sell the product. Alternatively,I’ll stop by Notables on my next trip to Edmonton. And let me know if you’ve used one of these before;I’d love to hear what you think.

 

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Oracle introduces game-changing integration;Open Group sees a sea change in the market

Three things this week have individually and collectively really made me think I was seeing something both interesting and important. Two of them are down to Oracle and the third was at the Open Group meeting inSan Francisco. Let’s start with a press release by Oracle last week,which as far as I can see didn’t make any headlines in the industry press. I guess that’s because being the huge operation that is Oracle today,…

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