August 2010

Just like when you move homes, if you’ve decided to relocate your business lately, there can be a laundry list of things to remember during the process. From identifying a new location, packing and moving, to joining a local Chamber of Commerce and updating your current customers on where you’re moving to -- the “to do” list never seems to end! Eventually of course, you find yourself settled in and ready to open up shop again.

Now that your business is in its new place, it’s important to make sure your logo, address and phone number are updated in all the right places. This will make it easier for current customers to find you and to build awareness about your business with new customers who are visiting for the first time.

Signage – Make sure you update any exterior or window signage with your business name, address, phone number and hours of operation. Aside from your new address, this information may have changed since you moved to a new site. ...read more

Guest blogger Marelenise Roberts is an educator in Dallas, and the wife of one of our FedEx Office team members. She made some terrific car travel books this summer that we just had to share with our readers!

For this year’s family car trip, we upgraded from the traditional “I Spy” game.

This summer, our family drove from our home in North Texas to Disney World in Florida. It was almost a 20-hour drive with three kids in tow! Needless to say, I was worried about how we’d keep all three kids occupied in the car and avoid boredom. 

I captured their enthusiasm for the trip and for Disney by making them themed activity booklets for the car. I bought simple pocket folders with brads and filled them to the brim with all kinds of fun games. You could also have these coil-bound or secured like book. Then, I laminated the folders and decorated them with each child’s nickname.  ...read more

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote, “The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service.”

I have always found charity to be an important part of my life whether I am donating my time, my money or helping organize others into charitable acts. Beyond my own charitable endeavors outside of work, our office participates in two major fundraising drives each year for the March of Dimes and United Way. My fellow team members are always interested in finding out how the campaigns are going – and while e-mail updates are nice, a visual representation really helps people see the goal and how far we need to go to meet it.

The thermometer goal like the one in the picture above is tried and true and does this job admirably. As I say, don’t mess with a classic! ...read more

Guest blogger Jeffrey Hatch is a summer fellow with Ketchum, the public relations agency for FedEx Office. Jeffrey has traveled widely and lived in a LOT of small spaces. In fact, before heading to college he traveled throughout South America and Europe, working at an estancia in Argentina for a couple months. Many of the places he stayed during his travels had little to no closet space. Being “borderline O.C.D.” Jeffrey always had to keep his room clean. So we’re sharing some of his best tips and lessons learned for you here!

Geometry doesn’t lie. Being one of the oldest and surest forms of mathematics, you can always be confident with the answer it gives you. From a young age its principles are engrained in us through games like the shape sorter. Square block, square hole. Round ball, round hole. ...read more