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The development of the internet and the proliferation of broadband access is revolutionizing how humans live in ways we are only just beginning to experience. Social networking technology is one of the innovations that have captured the minds of tens of millions of people around the world. Among social networking sites, Twitter is a common site people use to communicate with their friends, customers, and business associates. Users periodically update their status in a 140 character text based po… Continue

Employees are the primary representation of a business in the minds of its customers. An employee’s dress, attitude, mannerisms, and behavior strongly play on a customer’s opinion of the employer. While a professionally dressed, courteous, articulate, and helpful employee can win a customer’s loyalty, an unprofessional looking, rude, and incompetent employee can lose a customer for life. A smart manager would do well to consider every aspect of an employee’s presentation and search for ways to i… Continue

Who says name tags have to be boring? Who says name badges have to be the same day in and day out, year after year? Maybe they could be spiced up a little and brought into the 21st century? Well, they have! The newest nametags out there are the digital name tags!

We're all used to the standard version of a name tag - the plastic or metal name badge that can be plain or can carry the company logo. These name tags have been engraved either digitally or by etching the employe

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Name badges are a great way to get people thinking about your business. We tend to slap them on our clothing as an after-thought and without paying much attention to them, but wearing a name badge can make the difference between gaining a new customer and losing one to the competition.

Usually we think of namebadges in plain (and often boring) terms. They are rectangular, they can be plastic or metal, they state your name and possibly bear the company logo

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Name tags are a small and often overlooked business "accessory" but, on a subconscious level, they say a lot about a company:

1. Sophisticated metal nametags tell the world that your business is on the cutting edge. They make the company look sharp and they tell people the company is "high end".


2. Plastic name tags tell everyone that your business is dependable. They can be made in various colors so they'll match uniforms or company colors. And plastic

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