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Declare War on Paper
by Jane Cage, COO, HTS
Here at the office I refer to myself as the
“Anti-Paper” . . . It drives me crazy when I see
the amount of information everyone sends to the
printer when that same information is available
on the screen. While being “green” seems to be
the issue of the day, it seems like the right
time to talk about the vast number of trees we
kill each year because we can’t get past the
perception that we have to hold paper in our
hand to be certain an item is real – or on the
chance we will ever need it again.
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Employee
Birthdays:
Jim Decker – 6/11
Peter
Samuelson – 6/26
Employee Anniversaries
Tom Hammersmith –
6/4/2007
Jared Johnson –
6/25/2007 |
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P.O. Box 1343
Hutchinson,
KS 67501
Phone
620.664.6000
Fax
620.669.8302
http://www.nmgi.com/
info@nmgi.com
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NMGI Customer Appreciation
 The
entire NMGI Team would like to personally thank you
for your business. We would like to invite you to
our first Customer Appreciation Event of 2008!
Join us at The Anchor Inn, 128 South Main,
Hutchinson, Kansas on Thursday, June 19th,
4:00pm to 7:00pm for food, beverages and lots of
fun.
Please feel free to bring a guest and we’d
appreciate a simple email an
RSVP so we know how to plan! Once again we look
forward to seeing you on the 19th.
- The NMGI Team! |
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Watch
What You Install On Your Server
by Christopher Elliott
reprinted with permission from the Microsoft
Small Business Center
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warning: Watch what you install on your server.
Today's
server operating systems, including Microsoft
Small Business Server 2003, are so user-friendly
that you could be left with the impression that
anyone with the ability to put a CD into a
computer disk drive could successfully deploy a
new application.
That is
the wrong impression.
When it
comes to adding any new software — and
particularly third-party applications — you need
to be extra vigilant about what you're putting
on your server and how you're doing it.
A
server isn't as forgiving as a desktop computer.
Take it from someone who just spent the better
part of a week trying to recover data from a
server that had been hopelessly corrupted by
several applications that, in retrospect, were
probably incorrectly installed by yours truly.
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How to Get Repeat
Customers: 7 Steps
By
Jeff Wuorio - Reprinted with permission from the
Microsoft Small Business Center
 “Don’t be a
stranger now.” You’ve surely heard that
expression, a most hospitable one. But for small
business owners, a returning customer is
essential to survival.
For the
entrepreneur, it’s important to understand how
to build a base of customers who return to your
business time and again. Here are seven ideas
and strategies to consider:
1.
Repeat customers cost less than new ones.
Studies show that it's less expensive to bring
existing customers back than to attract new
ones. It makes sense, considering the expense of
advertising, marketing, media and other tools
necessary to lure new customers. Also, getting a
new customer's attention can often be a matter
of timing.
"Prospects will only listen to your
pitch when they're ready to buy or make a
change," says Ed Brennan, chief creative officer
of Harrison Leifer DiMarco, a marketing and
public relations firm. "That means you have to
constantly be in the hunt to find those few that
are ready to make a switch."
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