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By Matt Franks

A touch of greenery in ones office definitely helps with the scenery. So when you start looking into promotional items to share not only with your office staff but also your customers, make it one that makes an impression. Instead of giving out calendars, key chains and stress balls, give out personal desk plants.

Personal desk plants come in a beautiful decorative tin that has your company logo embossed on the side. How many colors you can use on your promotional desk plants vary with manufacturer from single to four colors. The tins the desk plants come in are made of aluminum in brushed silver and this allows your office logo to really stand out. With a matching lid that also supports your company logo, desk plants are a unique way to reminding everyone who you are.

The desk plant tin contains everything your customers or employees need to grow some indoor grass. When you hand out this promotional item with your office information on it, the recipients will find soil and grass seeds inside. All they need to do is plant the seeds of their new desk plants in the dirt, water them, and sit back and watch the grass grow. Obviously the employees and customer whose desk plants thrive are definitely the ones that are enjoying your gift the most.

Like music, having desk plants in the office help your employees work better. It is a small slice of outdoors that they can enjoy on a daily basis. Think of how people will react when they see one of these desk plants on your receptionist’s desk. They will probably be intrigued with the idea that your employees are growing grass in the office in a tin that is sporting your office brand. If they are not one of your customers yet, give them one of your promotional desk plants to take back to their own office and let them grow some grass while they ponder on your business proposal. Your desk plants may be the key to winning their contract.

It is truly amazing how much time you and your employees spend in the office. The promotional desk plants are a good way of showing your employees that you really do appreciate the work they do for you on a daily basis. If you want to add a little more to the gift, why not investigate other desk plants that are available? Instead of just grass, you could give out small desk plants that grow miniature bamboo trees, tropical plants, palm trees, flowers, and even herbs. These small promotional desk plants will add a touch of feng shui to the room and soothe your employees when their nerves are rattled.

Desk plants with your office logo on the side are a great way to get the word out about your company. They are fairly inexpensive to purchase in bulk and the graphics setup for your logo may be the most you will pay out for this great promotional idea. Order some desk plants today and give them to your employees to see how they like them. Then make sure you have plenty of desk plants on hand to give to your customers. It’s a handy way of saying ‘thank you’ and that you’re there and ready to work for your customers.

About the Author: Matt Franks is director of Fluid Branding, the UK’s largest supplier of Promotional Desk Plants and Branded Desk Plants at www.fluidbranding.com. For Eco Friendly promotional products, including Recycled, Organic and Sustainable items visit www.ecoincentives.com

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By Anderson Josiah

What ever kind of business you choose to operate from your home is totally your decision, but there are some things that you would have to do to assist you in being successful. While thoughts and hopes of a higher standard of living comes to mind for allot of individuals who choose to start their own online home business, they often don’t remember that it is at the end of the day a business.

Managing an online home based business often gives individuals the huge misunderstanding that they could dictate every area of the businesses’ operations but while there are several aspects in which they are totally in charge of, clients and customers would also have an input on many of the other functions.

Making money online secret #1 – The first things you need to run a home business successfully is you must have a schedule. It might be very easy to stay up late look at a movies and then repeatedly press the snooze button the next morning on your alarm clock, but when it comes to dealing with customers over the telephone phone you really don’t want them to think that their morning call woke you up from a deep sleep and while the idea of having plenty of free time might be very appealing and taking the occasional nap the during the day might be attractive, try to keep regular working hours, this is very important to any online home business.

Making money online secret # 2 – Try to ensure that your office is only used for office related activities, not only would you receive a tax benefit for carving out a special space that would be used only for work, you would also have the feeling of readiness for work when you step into that room in the morning. Similarly, when the work day is finished and you leave your office you should have the feeling of reaching home. You would want to keep friends and family distractions away from the office just as you should also keep work distractions away from the rest of the home.

Having a professional approach in all business activates when in your online home office would defiantly help your image as an online home business owner. If you can’t afford to have a separate phone line for the business, try to answer the telephone in a business like manner during working hours.

Making money online secret #3 – Promotion and Marketing is very important to your business; it does not matter if the business is online or offline. Chances are that you don’t have a sign hanging at the front door of your home that tells passers by that you are open for business. The only way anybody will know that you are open for business is through promotion, advertising and marketing.

Building a well organized and informative website is very important if you want your customers to navigate easily and get all the necessary information on your products, it should serve as a sales pamphlet that includes information about your experiences, your business and your products. Including contact information on the very first page is a crucial to getting more business and customers, you should also have a form available for visitors to answer questions or to send requests for information. If you would like to know more on this topic check out Dotcomology the art of making money with your home business.

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