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DID YOU KNOW?
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There are more TV sets in the US than
there are people in the UK
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On every continent there is a city
called Rome
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The sentence "The quick brown fox
jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.
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About 50% of Canadians live within 80
Kilometers of their birthplace. This is called propinquity.
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The
can opener was invented 48 years after
cans were introduced
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| Dear Subscriber,
Every month Disher Courier wants to
let you know what we're doing, what we're talking about and share some
good news about people of the Greater Toronto Area. We hope
you enjoy our words and hopefully learn something new!
Best Regards,
The Disher Team
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 7 Tips to Recession-Proof Your Small Business
By Susan L. Reid
Earlier this week it was reported that the U.S.
economy is primed to slump into a three-quarter recession. What will
you do? What action will you take to recession-proof your small
business this year... or any year, for that matter?
What if there were a simple, effective
solution to ensure your business productivity and growth, no matter
what the economy does? Would you want to learn more? What if I told you
there are ways to increase productivity no matter what the economic
climate - not just by a little, but by 20 percent? Would you be
interested?
Seven
Sure-Fire Ways to Boost Productivity
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Be
known for delivering great products and services. Now, more than ever,
this oft repeated maxim is true. Your products and services are a
reflection of you, are the frontline calling card for your business,
and are the number one way to make your customers trip all over
themselves referring others to you.
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Stand
out by offering an astonishing guarantee, one so amazing that others in
your industry would balk at offering it. Delivering on your astonishing
guarantee distinguishes you and gets your business noticed.
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Add
value, not price. Continuously adding value to your products and
services makes you look rich and attractive to your customers and
prospects. Adding price without value makes you look cheap.
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Cultivate
business with customers who have similar beliefs and interests. This
eliminates having to work with jerks.
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Connect
to give; don't connect to get. Cultivate mutually beneficial win-win
relationships with emphasis on the "give" part. Ask not what your
customer can do for you, but what you can do for your customer. Then
deliver.
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Command
time and space this year and create what you see for yourself, not what
someone else sees for you. Meet your own sales goals, provide your own
growth incentives, and keep abreast of the markets so you can remain on
the cutting edge, rather than waiting for someone else to do these
things for you.
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Forget about last year. Whether you did well or
not, forget about it. Create a new voice. In the words of T. S. Eliot,
"Last year's words belong to last year's language, and next year's
words await another voice."
What
makes these seven steps so special? How will they recession-proof your
business? These seven steps focus exclusively on strengthening your
business from the inside, at its core. They are not dependent upon
outside sources or resources to function or sustain them. They focus on
actions you can easily and effectively take now. No long-term planning
is required to implement them. They are things that everyone - from
solopreneur to company of 20 - can do right now.
Do
yourself a favour. Don't stand idly by with a wait-and-see mindset.
Recession-proof your business to ensure increased productivity and
growth this year. Take these seven steps now. Make 2008 your best year
ever. You'll be glad you did!
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Disher Courier Continues to Strengthen Green
Approach
While Disher Courier is in
the business of making the lives easier for their customers through
innovation and technology, the concept of green is continually being
recognized in and out of the office.
While
on monthly basis, enough paper is wasted on invoices that are thrown
out to replace all the trees in the city of Toronto.
This is only representative of the
invoices in North America, every single month!
In addition to invoices, the energy consumed to
print, produce, discard, pay and document such a transaction is energy
wasted in our universe. Hence,
everyone at Disher is ready to make our contribution, one small step at
a time.
Disher's extensive technology allows you to receive
your invoice electronically. Not
only will you be doing your part for the environment, you will also be
saving your company time and money.
Your efforts will translate into
making our firm closer to our goals of becoming competitive in our own
industry on the front of being green.
To learn more about Priority's Electronic
Invoicing, please call us at 1.800.463.1035 and let us know you want to
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Ontario
- Reasons why North America Starts Here
The
province of Ontario doesn't have a slogan with arrogance, a marketing
twist or cliché, Ontario has the proof to the most powerful slogan of
all 10 provinces and 3 territories.
Not only
does this province provide a great place to work - Ontario is also a
vibrant, attractive place to live.
Lively cities, vibrant small towns
and an enormous variety of activities outdoors all make this province
truly in its own league.
Sure,
British Columbia has the mountains, Florida has the sun, the mid-west
has the music and New York has, well, people, Ontario has it all. This summer, consider
spending a day on the ragging rapids, visit Toronto for an outdoor
concert, watch a professional sport and have a night out on the town. Take a hike in the hills
and natural forests after a great game on a one of our many world class
golf courses. With
those same mountains you climbed in the summer, enjoy the most
picturesque moment during the fall or grab your skis and hit the slopes
in the winter on some of the best slopes in the North.
With four distinct seasons,
Ontarions have learned to enjoy what nature has provided.
Yours to
discover - There is no place like this.
The history, arts, culture,
festivals, fishing, gardens, golf, natural outdoors, snow sports,
sporting events, water adventures and the wine & culinary
experiences, Ontario is simply the world's best kept secret. Whether you are just
visiting or living in Ontario, take a moment to appreciate the beauty
of such a beautiful place on this planet.
We invite
you to learn more about all that Ontario has to offer at
http://www.ontariotravel.net/.
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