by Joi on December 21, 2009
Here’s news that’ll make your budget smile: The wonderful Endo Magnet Clip on SALE. But you can’t let any grass grow under your feet, you have to be John Wall fast. You can get a pack of 3 for only $8.99 but the sale ends today…. at 4:00pm EST.
Go to www.TheEndo.com and place your order pronto.
- Now shipping PINK, BLACK, WHITE, YELLOW, GREEN & RED ENDO
- Endo Magnet Receives MATERIALICA Design + Technology Award and iF Material Award
- Named one of the Year’s Most Ingenious Products by I.D. Magazine
- Shipping fees have also been updated and reduced.
Click HERE to read my review of these ultra cool magnet clips. I love mine!
***If you’ve happened upon this post after the sale… where were you!?!?! Don’t fret, these magnet clips are very reasonably priced even when they aren’t on sale. Visit www.TheEndo.com and see for yourself.
by Joi on December 15, 2009
My closest co-worker is a total sweetheart. She’s less than two foot tall, doesn’t shave, always sleeps on my desk in front of me, and her breath smells like tuna. We get on famously, so I really have no experience with office warfare or with the desire to ambush someone by the water cooler.
However, if you are more in touch with those feelings than you even care to admit, I have a post you’re going to love. It’s A LOT of fun and will give you some pretty remarkable ideas.
See The Office Arms Race, soldier, and go get ‘em.
Hmmmm. You know, a few of the ideas in this particular post are kind of inspiring me. See, I have a score to settle with my dentist… Mr. “This won’t hurt much..” – The last words I remember hearing right before my face was pulled off of my skull. I’m just not sure if I’ll set up a USB Missile Rocket Launcher beneath his desk or go at him head on with a Nerf N Strike Raider Rapid Fire CS-35 Blaster.
Hehehe… ouch… heheh… ouch….
by Joi on December 8, 2009
Below is a guest post by Kevin Baker. Enjoy!
Ah, the holidays. That wonderful time of year when families gather ‘round the fireplace to drink a little eggnog, trim the tree, and experience the joy of being together.
For most of us, the holidays are also a very hectic time of year. Especially the 12 days leading up to Christmas. And that’s true even if you don’t happen to celebrate Christmas, because it still sets a very short deadline for getting business done since most of the business world seems to come to a stop from December 25 until around January 3.
How do you reconcile the high-pressure needs of your small business with your family’s desire to roast chestnuts on the open fire? Having a virtual phone service can help. Toward that end, we offer up these 12 small business phone tips ‘til Christmas. Hope they help make your season a little brighter.
1. Pre-record a message and make it an option on your phone system’s virtual receptionist. It’s great for businesses with a small staff and different hours during the holidays.
2. Use an extension to tie to ads and/or direct mail/email promotions. Encourage customers to call a specific extension you set up to promote the door buster of the day.
3. Give Santa an extension. Let kids call to listen to Santa directly at the North Pole. This will work even better if you have an 800 number through your virtual phone service provider.
4. Instead of having personnel on the phone when they could be helping live customers, set up your phone system to post updates on current inventory levels of hot items. Add the date and time so customers know how current the information is.
5. Create an FAQ recording with answers to common questions for customers. Just remember to leave them a way to opt out and talk to someone live if they want.
6. Customers often gather information on the Web then use other means to make the purchase. Make it easy for them to call by adding a Web call button (a “Call Now” type button) to your Web site.
7. Make a quick business call while you pick out a Christmas tree. With virtual phone services for small business, customers will see your caller ID and will likely assume you’re calling from the office.
8. Instead of missing out on holiday parties you can step aside with your peppermint hot chocolate in hand and finish-up last minute business with the your phone’s conference call feature.
9. Don’t stay behind waiting to receive a fax in your home office while your family heads out to the in-laws for a pre-holiday feast. Treat your virtual phone service as a fax delivery the same as you do with your voicemail messages, and receive your faxes via email on your cell phone or laptop. Never wait around for a fax again!
10. Use smart call forwarding to offer 24×7 customer support. Smart call forwarding connects to any phone you choose. Have each person on staff take a night to provide that support during the holidays – then advertise it’s available.
11. Use smart call forwarding to carve out a little time for yourself. With smart call forwarding you can sneak out to do a little extended shopping, trim the tree with the family, or a holiday lunch without losing touch.
12. Make your holiday bright. Not a phone tip just good advice. Take the time to relax, enjoy and refresh yourself for 2010. Happy holidays!
Kevin Baker is my1voice Product Marketing Manager for Protus (www.protus.com), provider of the highest quality Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) communication tools for small-to-medium businesses (SMB) and enterprise organizations, including my1voice, the cost-effective, feature-rich virtual phone service that travels with the user from phone to web, award-winning MyFax, the fastest growing Internet fax service and Campaigner, an email marketing solution with advanced automation features. Kevin can be reached at kbaker@protus.com
by Joi on November 27, 2009
Digital frames remain one of the most popular gifts for Christmas and for good reason – they’re beyond clever. Everyone loves showing of their pictures.. whether they’re of their spouse, son, daughter, cat, dog, hamster, Mustang, or all of the above. At heart, we’re pretty much all show offs.
Features:
- Built-in memory: This frame comes with integrated memory to store up to 15 photos so you don’t have to leave your flash media inserted in the frame. This frame is compatible with your SD, MMC, MS, XD, and CF cards.
- Interchangeable frames: Switch between two decorative frames–black or wood–to match a range of decors and color schemes.
- Put on a show: Create a cool slide show or just let your pictures just auto rotate.
- File compatibility: JPEG, MP3, MPEG1, MP4 and WMA.
- Resolution: HP DF750A2
Specifications:
- Media Formats: JPG, MP3, MPEG4
- Internal Memory: Up to 15 photos
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Contrast Ratio: 400:1
Package Includes:
- HP DF750A2 7″ LCD with MP3 Digital Frame
See HP DF750A2 7 Inch LCD with MP3 Digital Frame
for more information.
by Joi on October 30, 2009
Okay. Hold onto something. Philips is working on an unbelievably cool gadget they’re calling the “Rationalizer”, a device that’s basically a “mirror for your emotions”. It’s a mood ring gone high tech – very high tech.
Here’s the rundown: The employee wears an Emobracelet on their wrist which measures the “arousal component of the user’s emotion through a galvanic skin response sensor”.
I told you to hang onto something.
This EmoBracelet is synced (wirelessly) with the EmoBowl, the beautiful bowl you see in the picture above, with lighted patterns to show a user’s emotional readout. The range is a soft yellow, orange, or deep red.
When the bracelet wearer sees that the bowl is flashing red, it serves as an alert. Someone needs to chill the heck out! Or, to be more precise, the individual should take a break – maybe walk around for 10 minutes, play solitaire, or simply take a couple of deep breaths. The idea is for them to catch themselves before they make a decision that might be the result of emotions rather than the result of common sense. Check themselves before they wreck themselves.
Oh the ramifications! This is, honestly, a brilliant concept. The Mirror of Emotions is for Investors, but just imagine if everyone in your office were plugged up to one?
Let the games begin!
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by Joi on October 12, 2009
by Joi on August 12, 2009
This gorgeous stapler is Swingline’s Collector’s Edition based on Milton’s Red Stapler seen in the movie “Office Space”. This Rio Red Stapler
combines the quality of the Swingline 747 Series with advanced ergonomic features. It’s a great looking stapler from a very respected brand – and, at $12.99 – the price is more than right… it’s ridiculous.
This little beauty can be found at Buy Online Now – an Office Supply Superstore. Everything I’ve read about Buy Online Now is flawless. Customers rave about their customer service, quality merchandise, and speedy shipping. Sounds like a combination that’s hard to beat.
Personally, I’m all about bright, enthusiastic, cheerful colors – but if you prefer more subdued colors in your office, you can find Swingline staplers in a variety of colors at Buy Online Now. Click through the link above (or below) and check them out.
Features:
Superior styling provides maximum stapler comfort.
Staples 2-20 sheets.
Stapler includes contoured cap and padded rubber base for comfortable, convenient, hand-held stapling.
Red Stapler – 747 Series Stapler, Rio Red Collector’s Edition
*** For those who don’t have 80’s music as their psyche’s soundtrack, the title of this post is playing off of a Prince song, “Little Red Corvette.”
Kindle: Amazon’s 6″ Wireless Reading Device (Latest Generation)
Everyone’s talking about the Kindle for good reason – the dude’s cool. It’s about as slim as a typical magazine and about as light as a short Dean Koontz novel. You can download your favorite books in under a minute with no wires, no hunting for Wi-Fi hotspots, no monthly fees, and no annoying “plans.” I hate “plans” – it seems like they never have ME in mind.
The new Kindle now has 16 shades of gray for clear text and even crisper images.
Other Features:
- Long battery life
- Holds over 1,500 books
- With the new text-to-speech feature, Kindle can read every newspaper, magazine, blog, and book out loud to you! Unless the book’s rights holder goes all party pooper and makes the feature unavailable
- Free book samples
- Newspapers and magazines available as well as books
- The Kindle store has over 300,000 books – biographies, thrillers, classics…
Amazon’s incredibly ambitious – they want to have every book ever printed, in any language, all available in under 60 seconds on Kindle. They’ve gone on record as saying that they won’t stop until that happens. I totally believe them.
Click through to learn more about the Kindle: Amazon’s 6″ Wireless Reading Device (Latest Generation). It’s currently under $300, so I’d take complete advantage of it and grab at least one. It’d make an ideal Back to School gift for a college or high school student or for the mom who’ll find herself in a suddenly quiet house when September rolls around.
I was introduced to a new web site this evening and I couldn’t wait to tell you about it. The name is See Jane Work and the merch is as clever as the name. I’m sure you couldn’t tell by the name, but the site is geared toward women in the workplace.
You’re going to absolutely love everything See Jane Work has, including the sassy attitude.
The ShemergencySurvival Kit (above) is not only clever, it’s downright practical. If I were to throw in my Starbucks card and a chocolate bar, I’d be set for anything life threw at me, even Mondays.
From the Web Site:
This compact case is stocked with 24 items including; a folding hair brush with mirror, hair spray, clear elastics, earring backs, hand lotion, nail clipper, an emery board, clear nail polish, nail polish remover, a mending kit, a safety pin, double-sided tape, lint remover, shoe shine wipes, stain remover, static remover, breath freshener, lip balm, dental floss, pain reliever, deodorant wipes, a tampon, adhesive bandages, and facial tissues.
Brilliant. This includes all the things we’re always caught without! (Have you ever had to use a tiny bit of eraser to substitute for a lost earring back? Works well. Looks stupid.)
Check out See Jane Work asap. Be sure to grab some of the notebooks and journals before I snatch them all up. What can I say, it’s a bit of an obsession.
Have you laid eyes on a netbook yet? These streamlined little geniuses are designed for the Internet, so you can stay connected on the go. That means you can get up-to-date news, the latest scores and weather information whenevery your heart desires. You can also access your e-mail, twitter, blogs, and so on when you WANT to – not just when you HAVE to.
Netbooks may look like laptops, but they don’t have the full capabilities of a computer. Instead, a netbook specializes in mobility and the Web, so it’s great for travel or as a supplement to your main PC.
The Acer Aspire One 751h – Netbook with Intel Atom Processor Z520
pictured here is from Best Buy.com.
From the website:
AO751h-1153 LU.S820B.101 Genuine Windows XP Home Edition; Intel Atom Processor Z520; 1GB DDR2 667 SDRAM; 160GB hard drive, multi-in-one card reader; 11.6″ WXGA (1366 x 768) TFT display, Acer CrystalBrite Technology; Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 500; 802.11b/g WLAN, 10/100 LAN, webcam; ruby red chassis; three-cell battery; one-year limited warranty
Breathtaking sights and sounds The Aspire 751h breathes life into your favorite movies! Get picture-perfect visuals on the 11.6″ high-def display with 1366 x 768 resolution, and plug in your headphones to relish realistic 5.1-channel surround sound.
Pushing performance limits The Aspire 751h is equipped with a small-yet-powerful processor. You can store massive files on the large hard disk drive, share multimedia via the multi-in-one-card reader and conduct a videoconference with the integrated webcam.
Center of attention Only one-inch thin, the slender shape and gleaming chassis of the Aspire One 751h has futuristic appeal.
Keyboard comfort The full-size Acer FineTip keyboard has flat, broad keys for enhanced typing comfort. In addition, the multi-gesture touchpad supports circular-motion scrolling, pinch-action zoom and page flip.
Features
- Intel System Controller Hub US15W
- Multi-in-one card reader:
- Supports optional MultiMediaCard, Reduced-Size MultiMediaCard, Secure Digital, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO or xD-Picture Card
- With optional adapter supports optional Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO Duo, miniSD, microSD
- Interface ports: DC-in, RJ-45 LAN, VGA, headphones/speaker/line-out, microphone, three USB 2.0
- 11.2″ (284.0mm) W x 7.8″ (198.0mm) D x 1.0 (25.4) H / 2.8 lb. (1.3kg) with three-cell battery, 3.0 lb. (1.3kg) with six-cell battery
- Six-cell – up to 7.0 hours life depending on configuration and usage or
- Three-cell – up to 4.0 hours life depending on configuration and usage
- Multi-gesture touchpad pointing device with two buttons supporting circular-motion scrolling
- One-year limited warranty
Click through the link or the image to learn more.
