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Custom Shipping Labels for Promoting Professionalism

It’s important for your business to maintain a professional appearance when dealing with customers. Custom shipping labels are one way you can make an impression, taking your letters and packages from unprofessional or boring to great. Long gone are the days when placing an order requires weeks for shipment, and long gone are the days when there was only one style of font or one color of shipping label to choose from. Today, customers expect fast service and professional packaging that reflects a quality product inside, that reflects the quality of your business.

With the wide variety of software available that can be easily loaded onto your home or business computers, creating custom shipping labels doesn’t have to e challenging. You can make labels using traditional block script in black or choose from a variety of colors to make the labels more eye-catching.

Custom shipping labels also allow you to use your imagination when you are designing the look that is right for you. You can select from a variety of font styles, making the script bold or cursive. Just make sure whatever font selection you do make is easy to read when printed and that it is not too small.

Images are another great customization to add to your shipping labels. Families who select to add imagery to their shipping labels feel it adds a personal tough. Businesses can enhance and promote their brand with an eye catching graphic or logo that builds on recognition.

Another advantage to using custom shipping labels is that you can make them any size you prefer. You have the option to make them in larger sizes than the traditional shipping label, leaving you with space for marketing tools or information. It provides a great location for important contact information, like phone numbers, websites, and even social media sites, all available to make it easier for the customer to contact you.

Packing Labels: This End Up

I had this happen to me once. It was not the best experience while moving. I guess the movers didn't read the "THIS END UP" written on the top (because it had somehow gotten on the bottom, and faded to the point where it read "S END P"). I watched in horror as the tape gave way and almost all of my cd's scattered across the sidewalk.

I'm still trying to replace that music collection.

Another packing tip for moving is to invest in "THIS END UP LABELS" they are bright, fade resistant, and have permanent adhesive so movers won't be fooled. Even if the contents of the box aren't fragile, it still helps to serve as a reminder of the orientation of the contents inside the box.

Handle with Care

Most of us have moved or will move at one point in our lives, and most of know how hectic and time consuming it can be. There are Boxes and bubble wrap everywhere, sharpies that get lost, tape guns run out, and lastly, you can never know what's fragile and what's not. What's more annoying than having to find that sharpie and spend 5 minutes per box scrawling in giant letters "Fragile!" or "Handle with Care!". 

Here are a few tips to help make packing your house or apartment go smoothly: Start packing a month or two before your move out date if you can. Catagorize your home into sections: books, tools, pictures, decor, bathroom essentials, clothing etc. Plan on a catagory a day (or a week) up until move out date.

Next get supplied. Go to your local grocery or hardware store and inquire about boxes. Most of the time they will be happy to give them to  you for free, if they have them. It's best to catch them in the morning  or evening after shipments have been processed. Buy a tape gun and a pack of packing tape (trust me on this one, stopping to rip duck tape with your teeth or scissors is not efficient). Lastly you're going to need packing labels.

These are probably the second most important tools when moving because they create a strong message that ultimately protects your personal items. The Handle with Care labels are bright in color and easily readable. Bonus feature for this particular label is the "THIS SIDE UP" indicator, So all you have to do is slap one on the side of each box that carries your valuables and other loosely packed items, tape it up and go.

Remember to lift with your legs, not with your back. Be sure to move boxes in loads according to rooms, with the heaviest, biggest boxes going in last (for stacking purposes in the new home).

Best of luck, and congratulations on moving into your new place!

Holidays providing a welcome boost for shipping companies

According to an article in the Arizona Republic, the time between Thanksgiving and New Year's is the busiest time for shippers, providing a boost in revenue and a morale boost for employees who deliver holiday cheer.

Whether you're providing flat rate shipping or beyond this year, we've got a great selection of shipping labels at low prices.

 

Feature Friday: New Made in the USA labels

It may not be July 4th, but that doesn't mean you can't show where your products are produced with pride. 

Made in USA labels help promote America as the county of origin. Support American manufacturers.

• 500 Labels per Roll
• 3/4" x 3/4"
• 1/8" space between labels for easy peel away removal from liner.
• Rounded corners (.125 corner radius)
• Made in the USA

Feature Friday: 1" Blue Round Labels

So you've resolved to be more organized in 2010? Then you need these round labels that come in a bunch of fun colors.

Use these 1-inch round labels to label pre-made meals, chart your children's chores, organize your soon-to-be clean desk and much more.

Product Information:

• 1' Round Label (Circle)
• Color is Blue
• 1000 Labels Per Roll
• Ideal for new postal tab / wafer seal requirements
• Permanent adhesive with temperature range of -20 to +80 celcius
• Quantity Discounts available
• Perfect for warehouse and date coding applications
• We have 6 colors available Yellow, Blue, Red, Orange, Green and White

Makin' a list and checkin' it twice. Get your packing lists here.

With your company, customer satisfaction is always No. 1.  That's always been especially true during the holidays. 

Packing lists help you ensure your customers are getting what they want and need in time for their celebrations.

Alert recipient which carton contains your packing slip to ensure proper receipt of your shipment with the Packing List Enclosed Labels. LabelValue brand shipping labels are a Quality Semi-Gloss permanent adhesive pressure-sensitive material.

• 3" x 5"
• 500 labels Per roll
• 1/8" space between labels for easy peel away removal from liner.
• Gives a professional appearance to your important shipments.
• Prevents damage
• Labels come on a 3" core. Rolls can be used with a label dispenser.
• Adds highly visible safe handling instructions
• Made in the USA
• Model LV-SL6

Protect holiday shipments with the right shipping and handling labels

Nothing's worse than a customer receiving a broken shipments. It's especially difficult when the order was a holiday gift. Companies need to start protecting their shipments and their reputations today and it all starts with what's on the outside.

We're talking shipping and handling labels. Find the one that's right for your products:

• Fragile Handle with Care Labels 
• Fragile Liquid This Side Up
• Do Not Stack
• This End Up
• Packing List Enclosed

This end up shipping labels

Nothing is worse than shipping off products you are proud of only to be alerted that they arrived in shambles to disappointed customers.

As a retailer, it's your responsiblity to do your best to make sure your products are received as promised. One way to help safeguard merchandise is to mark them with specific shipping labels.

Product Details:

3" x 5" - 500 labels per roll

1/8" space between labels for easy peel away removal from liner.

Gives a professional appearance to your important shipments.

Mandatory for shipping liquids

Labels come on a 3" core. Rolls can be used with a label dispenser.

Adds highly visible safe handling instructions

Made in the USA

Waterproof shipping labels for your convenience

Make sure your packages arrive at their destination every time by using shipping labels that work to your advantage.

Dymo 30256 compatible shipping labels are made of synthetic polypropylene for a waterproof label that resists the elements.

The labels are perfect for labeling manufacturing parts, containers or a variety of other projects needed water proof synthetic labels, from your Dymo LabelWriter 330, Dymo LabelWriter 330 Turbo printer and the new Dymo 400 series printers. Each bright white, high quality, self-adhesive label measures 2-5/16” x 4” (59 x 101 mm) and is designed to be 100% compatible with your Dymo LabelWriter printer.