A Team Attitude

I heard a comical story about a man who got lost while driving through the countryside. While trying to navigate a narrow country road in heavy rainfall, he accidentally drove off the road into a deep, muddy ditch. While he wasn’t injured, his car was stuck in the mud, so he walked to the nearest farm.

He asked the farmer if he could help him pull his car out of the ditch. The farmer nodded and replied, “Yep, Warwick can get you out of that ditch,” as he pointed to an old mule standing in the pasture. The man looked at the small, old mule and had his doubts, but he figured he had nothing to lose.

The two men walked Warwick back to the ditch where his car was stuck. The farmer hitched the mule to the car and hollered, “Pull, Fred! Pull, Jack! Pull, Ted! Pull Warwick!” And just like that, the mule pulled the car from the ditch with very little effort.

The man watched in amazement, but asked the farmer, “Why did you call out all those other names when Warwick was the only one pulling?” The farmer chuckled and said, “Old Warwick is blind, but as long as he believes he is part of a team, he doesn’t mind pulling.”

Here’s the way I see it: Emily Voyles once said it best, “It doesn’t take strength to win. It takes the true heart of the team to win.”

Why reinvent the wheel if you have great content available at your fingertips? You don’t have to create new content every day. Rather, you just have to get your existing content into the hands of more people. Here are some tips to breathe new life into your best marketing content:

• Transform points from an article or blog into an infographic or chart that can be used on more visual social media platforms, like Instagram or Pinterest.


• Consider converting your most popular blogs or newsletter posts into a podcast with a personalized, conversational spin.


• Expand your reach by submitting your blog posts to content syndication networks.


• Consider using infographics for slide decks for workshops, presentations, and seminars. The short bits of information are great for creating an outline and can easily be expanded on when talking.


• Sprinkle customer quotes and testimonials throughout your website as a way to increase customer trust.


• Repost your most popular previous posts across different social platforms. The shelf life of a given photo or video is short, so reposting actionable content every few months can be a great way to reach new audiences.


• Replace purchased stock photos on your blog or website with photos taken during company events to make your website more personalized and friendly.


• Convert webinars into video tutorials to educate your audience on their own time.


• Turn frequently asked questions into a blog post. Chances are, if a few customers are asking questions, there are a lot of customers interested in the answers.


• Creating bite-sized video clips that act as teasers to full videos is a simple way of reusing your already created video content.


• Break up longer articles or posts into a themed series. A series will build up anticipation for your audience and helps to spread the ideas out over time.

If you’d like awesome ideas for how to reuse your marketing content creatively in print, give us a call today!

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Custom printed tray liners are a great marketing tool that can get your name and message front and center at churches, restaurants, fundraising events, bars, luncheons, corporate anniversaries, and more!

Printed tray liners not only enhance your brand, but can also be used to make announcements, create holiday themes, promote lesser known products or services, and are a creative way to promote upcoming sales and promotions. Tray liners can also be used to entertain customers, such as featuring a crossword or quiz related to your business, industry fun facts, or even instructions on how to create an origami paper creation or paper airplane.

Printed tray liners can be customized to fit any size tray, and can range from simple black and white to eye-catching full color. They can also feature a die-cut shape or creative edging (such as decorative scalloped edges).

If you’d like ideas for the perfect tray liner for your organization, our creative team is eager to help!

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If you’re looking for an easy way to access your desktop from any device, Chrome Remote Desktop is a simple, fast, and free way to connect with your devices.

Chrome Remote Desktop enables you to access any computer (Windows, Mac, Chromebook, or Linux) from a Chrome browser on any device. You can access all of the remote system's contents and even click around as if you were sitting right in front of it. It provides convenience when working remotely, and can also be a helpful tool in providing hands-on help for non-techy friends or relatives without having to be at the same location.

To get started, simply download the Chrome Remote Desktop App and follow the steps on the computer you want to access remotely (using a Chrome browser, simply search “Chrome Remote Desktop App”). For step-by-step instructions, visit: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/1649523?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en

Here are a few important things to consider when using Chrome Remote Desktop:

• Internet connection is required to share or access a computer.


• Make sure your anti-virus software allows the following:
  1. Outbound UDP traffic
  2. Inbound UDP responses
  3. Traffic on TCP ports 443 (HTTPS) and 5222 (XMPP)


• Contact your administrator to access a computer on a work or school network.

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