Everyone who uses name tags knows there can be problems with wearing them. Pin-backed name tags can poke holes in your best shirt and can rip fabric if they get caught on something. Magnetic name tags are great and easy to use, but if you happen to lose the magnetic back portion of the tag, you can't wear the name badge anymore. So, it is no surprise that people are always looking for new ways to display their name tags. Lanyards fit the bill nicely.
The lanyard is a type
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Added by Mickey Arledge on October 30, 2009 at 11:22am —
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It is a tough economy out there and most companies are trying to find ways to cut costs until they can bounce back out of the recession. So, it just makes sense to try to use something in the office in several different ways in order to get the maximum for your corporate dollar. One of the best ways to be frugal without looking like you've been pinching pennies is to use reusable name tags.
- If your company has a high staff turnover rate (maybe you are in the restaurant industry,
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Added by Mickey Arledge on October 17, 2009 at 10:19am —
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Have you ever gone to a party or a convention where you were introduced to twenty different people within the space of a half hour? Everyone has gone through this and experienced that dreaded moment when we were called upon to remember someone’s name and couldn’t.
As a result, anyone who’s ever attended any kind of social event or convention can appreciate the importance of name tags.
Not only do they effectively introduce everyone in attendance, but name badges relieve the burden of h
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Added by Mickey Arledge on September 28, 2009 at 7:01pm —
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The recession of 2008-2009 is still hanging around. Although economists are telling us that the recession is over and that the economy is in recovery, many companies are finding their sales figures still reflect the difficult time we are just coming out of and don't necessarily show them that the good times are coming back quite yet. So, one of the things companies must do in a bad economy is tighten their belt. They start to look for ways to save money and they shop for bargains just like the r…
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Added by Mickey Arledge on September 23, 2009 at 7:07pm —
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Visitor Name Tags
Companies, organizations and clubs all need ways to identify there employees, members, volunteers and visitors. The best way to do this is by using the old peel and stick "hello my name is" label. An upgraded, yet affordable version is the pvc or credit card style plastic badge.
These visitor badges are each thermally printed with a sharp standard color. The card material
comes in gold, white, silver and yellow. This variety gives you the option to color code your members depe…
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Added by Joseph McVeigh on September 12, 2009 at 11:33am —
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Do you Tweet? If you don't, you are fast becoming a "dinosaur"! In the summer of 2008, USA Today reported that the number of people using Twitter jumped by more than 2 million users in just over a year. The social networking site was started as a way for people to keep up with each other, but it has quickly taken on a life of its own. Tech-savvy companies now use Twitter to get feedback from customers, to post news flashes, and to become a resource for clients. You are limited to messages (known…
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Added by Mickey Arledge on August 31, 2009 at 6:33pm —
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It's the time of year when college students across the country pack up their suntan lotion and head back to school to start cracking the books and one of the things many students look forward to is joining a sorority or fraternity during their college years. These sororities and fraternities abound on college campuses across the nation. The "clubs" give students a bonding experience and provide emotional support and friendship, as well as leadership skills, and they help the community by providi…
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Added by Mickey Arledge on August 24, 2009 at 6:44pm —
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Conventions are a fact of life for businesses, nonprofits, and social organizations. In addition to valuable opportunities for training and learning about the industry, one of the most important benefits of attending convenient is networking. However, in order for social interaction to be smooth and easy, it’s important for attendees to be able to identify each other and remember their names. Name tags are an excellent tool for fulfilling these needs.
Depending on the conference there
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Added by Mickey Arledge on July 30, 2009 at 7:31pm —
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What do customer service businesses, social organizations, conventions, and religious groups have in common? Though it probably wasn’t your first guess, all of these organizations strongly benefit from the use of name tags.
In any context where unfamiliar people meet, feelings of intimidation and discomfort often arise. However, when everyone wears name tags, it becomes easier to approach one another and start conversations. In a customer service setting, employees wearing name tags se
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Added by Mickey Arledge on July 17, 2009 at 4:09pm —
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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…
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Added by Mickey Arledge on June 29, 2009 at 6:30pm —
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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…
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Added by Mickey Arledge on June 23, 2009 at 5:21pm —
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Identify your employees and club members with name tags.
We are all making cutbacks due to the financial crunch. A smart way to go in order to keep your employees and members identifiable while keeping your spending down are reusable name tags.
Offering blank name tags and tags with your company logo are a sure fire way to keep your costs down while still providing a friendlier customer service atmosphere.
Name tags break down the initial barrier of putting a name to the face, making people and…
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Added by Joseph McVeigh on May 27, 2009 at 12:06pm —
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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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Added by Mickey Arledge on May 14, 2009 at 7:13pm —
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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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Added by Mickey Arledge on April 27, 2009 at 7:40pm —
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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:
- 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".
- 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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Added by Mickey Arledge on April 14, 2009 at 8:12pm —
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Generally, businesses think of using a
name badge as a way to get their name in front of a customer and don't go much further than that. But, there are lots of ways using a
name badge can help help a business.
- A name badge can be a walking billboard when an employee leaves the building to run an errand.
- They are a great ice-breaker between customer and employee. Customers feel comfortable if they feel they are on a
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Added by Mickey Arledge on March 26, 2009 at 5:57pm —
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The most basic but the most beneficial item a new employee can get from the company is their employee name tag. It seems like such a small thing, and it is often overlooked, but
name tags can help both employee and employer in a variety of ways:
- For the brand-new employee, seeing other staff members wearing their name tags helps them learn people's names quickly. It can be embarrassing to work with someone all day long on t
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Added by Mickey Arledge on March 16, 2009 at 6:51pm —
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Sororities and fraternities abound on college campuses across the nation. These "clubs" provide a bonding experience for their members and emotional support, friendship, the development of leadership skills, and provision of services to the community through the fund-raising and elbow grease of the group members. Each year, as colleges gear up in the fall, fraternities and sororities begin the process of looking for new members and new college students start researching the various groups and ma…
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Added by Mickey Arledge on February 28, 2009 at 4:27pm —
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Another day at work means another day of wearing the same old boring name tag, right? Well, not if you spice up your work place with a shaped name tag of some sort! Instead of a ho-hum rectangle, name tags can be cut into many shapes, including those cute
tooth-shaped name tags you've probably seen at the dentist office.
Name tags that come in different shapes can make your business and your logo stand out from the crowd. In the case of the aforementioned
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Added by Mickey Arledge on February 10, 2009 at 7:17pm —
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Name tags are are a basic necessity for every employer. They help customers and employees know the person they are dealing with is a company representative and the logo that can be engraved on a name tag subtly reminds the client of the name of the business and helps "implant" your brand into their subconscious. In these days of a tough economy and decreasing sales figures, businesses need all the help they can get with sales. People have been known to walk out of a store if they can't find an e…
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Added by Mickey Arledge on January 30, 2009 at 7:32pm —
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