Category: Creativity — Tags: brainstorming session, business meeting, Creativity, problem solving — Sarah @ 7:17 am
We hope that the following dialogue does not remind you of any recent work meetings you’ve attended.
“So that’s the problem, in a nutshell. Does anybody…have any ideas?” asks Dwayne. How about you, Pablo?”
“Not really,” replies Pablo.
“I do! Yeah! Hmm. Oh darn. I lost it,” Marla says dejectedly.
Dwayne notices that Debbie from sales is now asleep. “Debbie? DEBBIE?”
“What? Oh! No ideas here! I’m okay with whatever everyone else wants to do,” Debbie adds, and lays her head back down on her hands.
Does that bring back any memories? Even if your recent meetings have had a little more substance and success, we invite you to get in touch with us and try brainstorming imPress style. Especially if, like Dwayne, you have a printing-related problem that your own team wasn’t able to solve. Here’s why –
- We know our biznazz. We do what we do every day. And we do what we do well. Talking to us will allow us to outline our products and services for you so we can take over jobs we do best so you can focus on doing what you do best.
- We’re a good time. Debbie wouldn’t fall asleep at a meeting with us. We’ll probably strategically segue into a discussion about Dwight Schrute at some point during the discussion. It’s possible we’ll play some games. We even have a tendency to do cartwheels on occasion.
- We know what questions to ask. We can really get the conversation flowing because we know what information we need to get from you in order to do a good job for you. And we’ll spend the time to get to know you so we can make sure our ideas align with your specific needs.
- You don’t have to wear a tie. Every day is casual Friday at imPress. So there’s no need for you to get all gussied up for the meeting. We probably won’t. In fact, there’s a 50/50 chance that we’ll be wearing shoes. We do promise to wear pants.
- We’re creative. So our minds are always spinning with ideas. If your problem is one we deal with all the time, we have the experience to fix it, and if it’s a new problem, we can come up with ideas that will fix it. Either way, your problem won’t be a problem for long after you sit down with our team.
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Category: Creativity — Tags: cards, envelopes, problem solving — Sarah @ 11:16 am
We like problems.
Or, to be more accurate, we like finding solutions to problems. There’s something about watching a client go from aggravated to amused that gets us fired up. You know the feeling – it’s the same one you used to get when you would smack Super Mario’s head on a mushroom, enabling him to mature from a petite plumber to a burly powerhouse. We love to empower our clients so that they can get their stuff done more effectively.
Story time!
One particular client came to us with a dilemma that had been grinding her gears for years. Her company made gift baskets, and, as is customary, the gift baskets would arrive to their recipient with a little card attached that identified the sender and provided a place for a message.
Unfortunately, these little cards turned into a big pain in the rear for our client. Her method for putting these together involved printing the message on a teeny card and inserting this card into a slightly larger envelope. Our client ended up wasting a lot of time and spiraling into frustration as she transferred the messages onto those little insert cards. The cards were too small for the printer she was trying to use, and then once she’d finally get those going, she still had to deal with addressing the envelope and putting the two together. Overall, there was just too much time being wasted on that aspect of her product, and it was getting in the way of the point of her business, the basket itself.
That’s where we came in. Printing being our specialty, we were able to come up with a system that conveyed the same information in a much less aggravating way. We developed a different type of card that was bigger and therefore fit nicely into all standard printers. Because the card was larger, both the address and the message could fit on one card, so there was no need for an envelope. We even showed her how to fold it in a nifty little way so that the address and message could be viewed separately. Bonus: No envelopes = No envelopes to pay for. Our method was even more cost effective.
Our client’s problem wasn’t a matter of life or death, but it was something that had been getting under her skin for a long time, and she’s much happier now that the issue has been resolved.
We actually have a lot of sweet little tricks up our sleeves. If there’s a Little Goomba that has been after you for awhile, send him our way, and maybe we can stomp on him for you. Or at least show you how.
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