Dec 10

Raise Your Business Card Printing IQ

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Article by Janice Jenkins

Do not really know the right way to print business cards? Well let me help you raise your business card printing IQ with this simple guide. I will teach you all the different aspects of business card printing and the main choices that you will have to decide on to make sure that your business cards turn out right. So let us start first with the most basic of things in business card printing, the paper materials.

Learn about your business card paper – The paper can really have a big impact on your business card. Not only does it have a direct relationship with the durability of your color business cards, but it can also have a significant effect on the appearance of your design.

The most basic rule that you need to know in terms of business card paper materials is that the thicker the paper the better for your durability. So always try to spend on thick business card paper to make sure that your business cards are tough. Besides that, it is good to always go for glossy finishes to your business card so that it feels smooth and gleams in the light just like a professional’s. Follow these printing options when you can and your business cards should turn out quite well.

Learn about your business card inks – Little did you know, but your ink options in business card printing also play a big part in the look of your cards. While the standard black ink is the most commonly used for business cards, you should also be aware that there are other kinds of inks out there including full color inks, full color glossy inks and special metallic inks.

These different inks provide a different kind of effect on the print. Basic glossy inks make your business card text look more like a magazines, while metallic inks makes them more elegant and of course “metallic” in a way. You should always choose a good type of ink that really supplements your designs quite well. So ask your business card printer your options in terms of ink, you should be able to judge them by price and quality.

Learn about other important printing options – You should also pay attention to other printing options when it comes to business cards. Some business card printers offer special water resistant coatings to make the cards faster. Other printers also offer special options like one sided glossy printing, full color printing or even special “spot color” printing that only prints full color on certain spots of the business card. There are a lot of extra options to look out for in business card printing and you should always ask your business card printer all about them so that you can maximize your choices for printing business cards.

Learn about your business card printer – Finally, you should always know the basics about business card printers. Here are a few facts that you should know:

Printers can be found online. Many business card printing companies have online portals. These portals help you order business card prints online without having to go to the place of business of the business card printing company. So if you want to print business cards more conveniently, try online business card printing.

It is easy to get discounts. Business cards should be typically ordered by the bulk. This usually results in getting great discounts from the business card printer. So always ask what amount of custom business cards results in printing discounts.

So there you have it. With these business card printing facts, you should now have a higher IQ on printing business cards. Hopefully, you will be able to print business cards in a better way after reading this.

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About the Author

Janice Jenkins is a writer for a marketing company in Chicago, IL. Mostly into marketing research, Janice started writing articles early 2007 to impart her knowledge to individuals new to the marketing industry.

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Dec 9

Sand Diego Hotel Deal Celebrates New Year?s Eve in the San Diego Gaslamp Quarter With Gift Card

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Sand Diego Hotel Deal Celebrates New Year’s Eve in the San Diego Gaslamp Quarter With Gift Card











San Diego Marriott Gaslamp Quarter Hotel


San Diego, CA (PRWEB) December 07, 2011

Don’t drop the ball on making early New Year’s Eve plans this year and pick up a little bonus for planning ahead for the “Bottoms Up NYE 2012” party as well.

The San Diego Marriott Gaslamp Quarter will throw one of the swankiest celebrations in Southern California starting at 8 p.m. Dec. 31 beginning in its award-winning Soleil @k lobby-level restaurant and Latitude lounge. As the clock counts down to the end of 2011, the party will expand and allow revelers to move up 22 stories to the hotel’s rooftop bar, ALTITUDE Sky Lounge, and take in breathtaking views of the city’s skyline, San Diego Bay and PETCO Park.

For every two tickets purchased of $ 150 before Dec. 10 for “Bottoms Up” early planners will receive a $ 25 gift card for Soleil @k, serving modern California cuisine that’s farm-to-fork fresh. Tickets for the party include free-flowing champagne, unlimited well drinks and domestic beers all night plus expansive dining options such as fresh greens, decadent sushi, artisan flatbread pizzas and assorted desserts with a flowing chocolate fountain. DJ Rooster will keep participants entertained in the lobby, while DJ Ramsey will spin into 2012 at ALTITUDE. A celebratory toast at midnight will include party favors on both the first and 22nd floors.

Feeling lucky for the New Year? Enter to win a VIP “Bottoms Up” package which includes two tickets, one-night accommodations, parking for one vehicle and a post-party brunch for two at Soleil @k on Jan. 1. Simply “Like” any Marriott venue Facebook page. One winner will be selected Dec. 10.

The Gaslamp Quarter hotel also will offer “Bottoms Up” partiers a special room rate starting at $ 329 so the celebration can continue all night long. Rooms feature flat-screen TVs to watch celebrations all across the world plus Gilchrist & Soames of London Spa Bath amenities to welcome the new year in serene style. The deal also includes valet parking for one vehicle.

About the San Diego Marriott Gaslamp Quarter

The San Diego Marriott Gaslamp Quarter sits in the heart of the city’s historic district and is within walking distance of the San Diego Convention Center, PETCO Park and convenient public transportation hubs. The boutique-style hotel features comfortable rooms with plush down comforters, Starbucks coffee and Tazo Tea and high-speed wireless Internet. The San Diego Marriott Gaslamp Quarter offers a full-service business center, rooftop fitness room and dining at Soleil @k along with two lounges, Latitude and ALTITUDE Sky Lounge. For information, visit http://www.marriott.com/SANGL.

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Dec 8

5 Tips for a Successful Job Search this Holiday Season

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Aspire! Empower! Career Strategy Group works with high-achieving professionals to help them kick-start a job search and land faster!


Bethesda, MD (PRWEB) December 07, 2011

This year, don’t wrap up this year’s job search, along with that new pair of slippers, in anticipation of the approaching holiday season. According to Laura M. Labovich, Founder and President of Aspire! Empower! Career Strategy Group in Bethesda, MD, “contrary to popular belief, shelving a job search in advance of the approaching holiday season is simply not a good New Year’s resolution.”

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, this past November the unemployment rate fell by 0.4 percentage point to 8.6 percent, with employment trending up in retail trade, leisure and hospitality, professional and business services, and health care industries. Labovich says, “even slight upswings in economic patterns can create a window of opportunity with which to make sweeping change. Job hunters would be wise to maximize on these trends by partnering a job search with a strategy this year.”

Here are five tips to help job seekers gain momentum during the holiday season (and all year round):

1. Go; don’t slow. Many job seekers give up searching between Thanksgiving and New Years in fear of slow, or no, hiring, a lack of return phone calls, and a general disinterest in recruitment in general. But, the holiday season is a great time to reach out to personal and professional contacts, to wish good tidings and share conversation about work, jobs, life in general.

2. Party with a professional purpose. There are more parties in December than any other time of year, which means more opportunities to network. It is acceptable to discuss job search related topics but, remember: friends, family members, and business acquaintances are more inclined to help if it is mutually beneficial. So, before heading out, give some thought to a few ways to help others, thus making the conversation reciprocal. Keep it light, but try to retain the details of the conversation, which will make following-up (when all the eggnog has been enjoyed) that much easier.

3. Send a handwritten note. Sending a “Happy Holidays” or a “Happy New Year” greeting card to recruiters, prospective employers, and to contacts at target companies, is a great way to stay top of mind and continue the conversation into the new year.

4. Volunteer. Not only will volunteering infuse the “spirit” of the season into a mundane, perhaps frustrating, search; it can look mighty good on a resume too. Be strategic; whenever possible, job seekers should research companies and/or organizations that would be a “right-fit” were a position to open up in the future. While there, network, get to know the key players and become an insider. All while giving back.

5. Join the ranks of the social media doers. Still unsure how to use Linkedin in the job hunt? Been playing around with Twitter without any success? The holidays offer a great time to learn, so take a class, get additional training, and join the masses. Using it successfully? Then, ratchet it up. Link to a new article on Linkedin, tweet a tearful, yet uplifting, job search story; others will enjoy this new, or improved, presence on these sites.

Lastly, be patient, relax (yes, even in a full-blown job search, there should be time to relax) and, most importantly, push on.

‘Tis the season to get a job, after all.

About Laura M. Labovich and Aspire! Empower! Career Strategy Group

Laura M. Labovich, MLRHR, Founder and President of Aspire! Empower! Career Strategy Group, is a Guild Certified Five O’Clock Club Career Coach, an award-winning resume writer, and the co-author of the forthcoming book: “100 Conversations for Career Success: Learn to Tweet, Cold Call and Network Your Way to a Dream Job” by LearningExpress, LLC.

Aspire! Empower! Career Strategy Group (http://www.aspire-empower.com) is a full-service career consulting firm that arms high-achieving professionals with empowering job search solutions enabling them to attract more job offers, at higher rates of pay, in a shorter period of time. Aspire! Empower! offers job search strategy coaching, resume and career marketing document development (bios, Linkedin profiles, executive summaries) social media training, and career development workshops for individuals and companies, in the Washington D.C. area, and throughout the US.

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Dec 7

Size of the Merchant Cash Advance Industry – 3rd Quarter, 2011

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Size of the Merchant Cash Advance Industry – 3rd Quarter, 2011










New York, NY (PRWEB) December 06, 2011

The Merchant Processing Resource has released their findings on the size of the Merchant Cash Advance (MCA) industry in the 3rd quarter of 2011. A little over $ 150 Million was funded to small businesses in the form of MCAs. That puts the industry on pace for $ 600 Million this year, a figure that would surpass 2010. http://www.merchantprocessingresource.com/merchantcashadvancestats.php?merchantcashadvancedata=4

The State of the Industry

A lot of factors have affected the landscape. California, the state that houses the most MCA transactions in the country, experienced a slowdown in funding due to temporary regulatory hurdles. As they have been mostly resolved, we expect the 4th quarter to show additional growth.

Alternatives to Alternatives

MCAs have been popularized by their alternative nature. Unlike a loan, a MCA is the sale of future card payments. In 2011 there has been an emergence of “micro-lenders”, financial firms that cater to the same niche as MCA but with programs configured with all the bells and whistles of a loan. These alternatives to the alternative have created a highly competitive marketplace, forcing many funding providers to offer multiple forms of financing.

Diversifying the method of financing has actually caused the rate of growth for the true MCA product to slow. This can be best illustrated by AdvanceMe, the firm that has dominated the MCA market for over a decade. Their recently launched spin-off, NewLogic Business loans, is infringing on the market that would normally choose MCA.

As such, industrywide claims that MCA transactions are totaling $ 1 Billion annually are likely overstated due to the inclusion of micro-loans.

The Revolution

The Merchant Processing Resource team has pledged to continue creating awareness of Merchant Cash Advance, a mission we started a year ago. Congress and the big banks do not have the will or the means to support small businesses, the backbone of the American economy. The MCA industry is a pure private sector machine, a system that best symbolizes capitalism. With MCA, it is the American people that directly finance the growth of American small business. The nastiness of collateral, credit ratings, and unconditional indebtedness are byproducts of big bank lending and have no place in the world of MCA. While this financing is not perfectly suited for everyone, business owners have the right to know that it is an option and where to turn for information. http://www.merchantprocessingresource.com/merchant-cash-advance-resource/

Funding ranges from $ 750 to $ 500,000 and terms vary widely. The pure volume of MCAs (Over $ 400 Million in three quarters of 2011) is a testament to the value this transaction can create. Purchasing inventory, advertising, hiring, and repairs are prime examples of its use.

Disclosure

MCA funding providers and their affiliates have not endorsed this press release or the Merchant Processing Resource. Any use of a company’s name, image, or likeness serves simply as a point of reference for our opinions. We strive to remain the only independent outlet for information and will continue to serve the public.

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