Minor Marketing Changes, Large Business Returns
Tackling your marketing strategies by making changes can seem daunting, but with our knowledge about human behavior expanding every year it is important to make informed marketing decisions that can yield strong response and large returns.
Using Outlook Rules to Get Organized
Outlook rules are a powerful organizational tool for any work environment. If you’ve ever searched for an email to no avail, scrolled through spam to get to the emails you need, or confused conversations with people, you could benefit by using Outlook rules to organize your inbox.
How to Setup InDesign for Perfectly Bound Books
Most designers set up perfect bound books using InDesign’s “Facing Pages” option in the document set up. The advantage of this is getting a feel of how the pages will look when the finished product is being viewed.
Lesser-known Uses for Outlook Rules
If you’re trying to accomplish something a little unusual in Outlook, the standard rule options may not be able to do what you need. Before you try to create a solution tailored specifically to what you want to do, make sure there aren’t any conditions and/or actions that will accomplish what you need.
Don’t Miss an Important Email Again! How to Use Outlook Rules to Prioritize
When you receive hundreds of emails a day, it’s not hard for an important email to get lost somewhere in the shuffle. By utilizing Outlook rules, however, you can prioritize your email so that you see the most important emails first.
Why Good Employees Quit Their Jobs
There are many reasons why good employees quit and extensive research that backs these reasons. We have put together a short list of some of the top reasons why good employees quit their jobs.
Forward and Reply to Emails Without Lifting a Finger
Automating forwarding and replies ensures timely communication with the sender of the email, in addition to easing the burden on the individual. Being smart about applying these rules can save any company or individual a lot of time and effort
4 Benefits of Creating a Personal Brand
Let’s be honest, getting an interview can be the hardest part of a job search. With as many as thousands of resumes to compete with, anything you can do to set yourself apart is crucial. Creating a personal brand helps you to stand out in a sea of boring resumes.
Why Company Culture is Your Best Benefit
At FGS we created an initiative to combat turnover and lack of benefits by focusing on the idea that working for FGS is better than working for a large corporation. We call it the “My Job’s Better than Yours” Initiative.
Get Rid of Spam With Outlook Rules
Depending on the email, you may want to move or copy it to a folder, mark it as read, or delete it altogether. Setting up these rules and creating any necessary folders may take a little time up front, but it will save you significantly over time.
3 Questions We Won’t Answer and Why
We work hard to understand our clients’ needs and their business as a whole to provide the best solutions for them on an individual basis. This may mean doing something really simple and inexpensive or putting a little more money towards something that will have a high return on investment, but we work with our clients to ensure that they are making the right choices that will benefit them.
The Most Underutilized Automations Tool for Microsoft Office
When time is money, automation is your best friend. That’s something we’ve scaled a lot in the last few years here at FGS. We do a lot of variable data work, so figuring out how to quickly and accurately process data for mailers has been a consistent goal.
Letterpress 101: Intro
Today, letterpress printing is commonly referred to as a dying art and the few shops that have a letterpress aren’t mass producing texts. Instead, modern letterpress printing focuses on design, creating a uniquely tactile, high-quality finish that you won’t find on digital prints.
Letterpress 101: Cost and Time
Before you dive into a project for the letterpress, it’s important to keep your budget and deadline in mind. Here’s some things to consider when thinking about the cost and time that a project might cost you.
Letterpress 101: Colors
Color is an incredibly important aspect to designing for and producing on the letterpress. Here are a few tips to help. The ink is an essential part of the letterpress printing process and your first step in color.
Letterpress 101: Basic Design
The letterpress can elevate your projects to another level, but not everything can be letterpressed. Here’s a few things to consider when designing.
Letterpress 101: Final Thoughts
An enormous amount of thought and planning are vital to a successful letterpress project. If you’re unfamiliar with the process, getting started might seem like a daunting task. We’ve given you a lot of tips throughout this series, but the best piece of advice we can give you is to let us help!
5 Ways Outlook Rules Can Make Your Life Easier
It may be hard to admit, but some emails are more important than others. You need to see an email from your biggest client before an email from a vendor featuring new equipment. By utilizing Outlook rules, there are several options to make sure you see the emails you need to see.
The Trick to Universally Accessible Macros
Whether you’ve dabbled with macros a little already or you’re just beginning to learn how to utilize this automation tool, creating macros that are available every time you open Excel (not just in a single Workbook) is a useful thing to know.