Category Archives: Cost reduction ideas

Going Paperless Helps with the Economy Of Effort

Posted on February 4, 2012 by

More & more surveys and study results about how human beings waste time or use it ineffectively (it’s not always our fault, though!): Email statistics and projections indicate that, by 2011, the average number of corporate emails sent and received … Continue reading →

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Plastic Crates For Moving Is a Non-Solution

Posted on April 1, 2011 by

Searching the Internet for industry innovations, I came across a company’s web site stating they rent plastic crates by the month for office moves.  By the month?  I can’t imagine how much this surrogate solution would cost. Can your business … Continue reading →

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Plastic Crates For Moving, Slow, Cumbersome And Expensive

Posted on March 26, 2011 by

I just viewed a plastic (box) crate company website that said they rent by the month (because that is their normal rental period) rather than like most plastic moving crate folks and rent by the week. Can your business shut … Continue reading →

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Low Price Poor Service!

Posted on March 16, 2011 by

In my twenty-five years of moving I have noticed some correlations. In the last year or months before a mover goes completely bankrupt they become the LOW price mover (like unbelievably low-20-30%).

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Deducting the cost of moving

Posted on March 9, 2011 by

Moving can be flat-out expensive.  Fortunately, in some situations these costs can be written off on your taxes.  Thanks to Chuck Myers of the McClatchy-Tribune News Service, I have put together a primer on tax deductions that might apply.

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A Sales Call From A Temp Agency

Posted on January 29, 2011 by

I am in the privacy business, I am also in the opportunity prevention business. Most identity thefts are enabled by weak controls, and easy opportunity. Perhaps my senses are more easily offended by obvious lapses in judgment, especially when they … Continue reading →

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Beware Of Rogue Movers

Posted on January 29, 2011 by

This is a re-post of an earlier blog with updated information because I received a call yesterday from an old client and her son had gotten several estimates that set off red flags with her. Look for the signs of … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 2, 2011 by

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Office Moving

Posted on January 2, 2011 by

Choosing the right mover for the type job you are doing is as important as picking out the right tool for a task. You wouldn’t use a power drill to open a wine bottle, so why would you let a … Continue reading →

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Transitioning Confidential Material, Avoiding Liabilty

Posted on December 12, 2010 by

In this day and age any relocation that requires the handling of “protected” confidential information requires extensive measures to prevent a breach of that data. File room transfers, conversions or relocations provide a major opportunity for identity theft, release of … Continue reading →

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