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Email Archive Appliance

Today email system is the biggest tool in every business & this dependency of email system on business brings various problems. There are many issues which generally arise like: Storage, backups, problematic PST files, access to old emails and legal compliance. To solve and tackle these problems you need an Email Archiving Software & Email management solution.

Not only this, you need such a kind Email archiving solution which should be cost effective, easy to install and need very less administrative efforts.

So here is a solution of your problem. ITA Networks offers Email Archiving Software for Exchange Server 2000, 2003 & 2007. ITA Networks Email Archive easily manage the email processing system & its simple functions need very less administrative efforts to search and restore emails & archive mails.

• ITA Networks email archive works automatically & copy every single email that pass through Exchange server & stores all the mails in email server database.

• You could use stored emails from database anytime even when Exchange Server is offline due to problems or any reason.

• ITA Networks email archive moves essential & important data from mailboxes and stores the data Exchange Server database.

• ITA Networks email Archive extracts attachments form mails and save attachments separately & provides link for attachments in the links.

• ITA Networks email Archive provides security in case of critical e-mails getting lost due to PST files getting corrupted or e-mails getting lost for any reason. Backups take time to restore whereas Admin T own email Archive provides instant access to the e-mails, one more important reason for deploying ITA Networks email Archive on your network today.

• ITA Networks email Archive comes with built in SQL Database, so you do not have need to purchase additional software to store the emails.

• ITA Networks email Archive provides ability of search, view and restore emails to all users.

• ITA Networks email Archive connector system makes the process of archiving existing e-mails completely automated, easy, and effortless.

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How to Sell Handmade Cards to Create Extra Income

Handmade cards are one of the most popular and intimate ways of sending that special message, be it happy birthday or good luck to that special someone and more and more people are starting to get in on the action.

And why wouldn’t they, the greeting card market in the UK in worth £1.2 billion a year.

The big question is, ‘how do I sell my handmade cards? You might want to sell them because your friends and family think there’re good, you want to create some extra income to help fund your passionate hobby or just to set up a business and one day become one of the big players in the greeting card market

 

The first step we would recommend any crafter to do is to research their local market. Try to find out if anyone else in your local area is selling handmade cards, look at their designs, look at their prices and where they are selling them. You could even go to the extent of phoning them up to see how selling their cards are going for them and how they operate.  Basically gain all the information you think you need to set up and run your own card business.

 

The next step for any handmade card crafter is to do is do what they do best, and that’s create some designs. Ideally you should be looking at a wide range to begin with to see what works and which designs you like. Be creative. That’s one of the main things people like about handmade cards, their originality. However don’t make them too complicated. After all you don’t want to spend four hours making one card, when might have hundreds to make!  Keep in mind (with the exception of Valentine cards) around 80% of cards are purchased by women.

 

The next question is ‘How much should I sell my cards for?’ Set the price too low and you won’t make any money but set the price too high and no one will buy your cards. The first step is to work out how much your cards cost to make. There are numerous costs to consider and it this depends on how far you want to take it. Some common examples of costs that you should consider are: Supplies e.g. Paper, glue, ribbon, envelopes.

 

Equipment – do you need to buy new equipment to make cards? E.g. a laminator, trimmer or a stand to display your cards

Labour – how much are you going to pay yourself?

Postage and packaging e.g. stamps, boxes, petrol if you deliver them.

 

Once you have this information you can then work out a selling price. Pricing strategy is quite important and you should look at the prices of other peoples handmade cards in your area to ensure that yours are similar.

 

Now here comes the fun part, selling your cards. You should by now have about six designs of cards, some stock, know how much each design costs to make and know how much you want to sell them for. There is a number of different ways you can sell your cards and different methods work for different people so don’t give up if you don’t get any sales to begin with.

 

One of the most popular methods of selling handmade cards is at craft fairs and car boot sales. These are good because they are easy to attend and set up costs are relatively cheap. Simply research you local fairs to get more information. Other people will also be selling cards at these fairs so the competition for customers will be quite high. Ensure your stand is presented well, invest in display stands that give good visibility for your cards and are easy for your potential customers to browse. Make sure prices are clearly shown.

 

The internet is a good way to start selling. EBay is the most obvious choice, easy to use and set up therefore making it ideal to sell cards on. However lot of people are selling handmade cards on eBay for very low prices so be prepared not to sell your cards for a high price. Also there are listing fees and commissions to be paid which will take away from your profit.

A more complex way of selling on the internet is to set up your own website. There are a lot of handmade card websites out there so looking at those for inspiration is a good idea. The downside is it will take time and patience and some knowledge of computers will be required.  Selling to Retail outlets is one of the more challenging ways to sell cards, but also has the potential to be very successful.

Keep a few points in mind.

Retailers typically look to sell cards around 2.3 times the purchase price, so if they buy at £1 they will look to sell around £2.30 including the VAT.

 

Retailers are people too, if having a bad day, they’re unlikely to buy your cards, but if in a good mood and like your designs, and the chances are they will give you a try.

It’s not unusual for retailers to request greeting cards be supplied on a sale or return or consignment basis, this involves you supplying the cards and quite often a suitable display stand free of charge and returning at agreed intervals to replenish and charge for any cards sold. An easier way to get space in the shop, but more time consuming and with you carrying all the risk.

 

Even if purchasing outright retails will often expect a display stand to be supplied, normally on the basis of buy £xxx of cards and get a free stand.

The most common reason for rejection is “we don’t have any space”.  Look around as you go in and suggest possible locations (make sure you have display solutions for wall, counters and free standing)

 

Cards tend to sell better when they are well lit so don’t go and put them in that dark corner of the shop. Try to get somewhere near a window with plenty of day light or under strong lighting to really emphasise them.

‘Eye level is buy level’, tries and locates where customers can see easily and not have to bend down or search.

The busier the shop, the more cards are likely to sell. Hairdressers and cafes are easier to get into, but sell less due to limited number of people entering each day.

Have a good pitch for the shop owner, tell them about yourself and take a stock of cards into the shop already in a display stand so they can see how it will look and make it easy for them to say yes

Some more ideas of where you could sell your cards are listed to below.

Craft fairs

Car boot sales

EBay

Own website

Farmer markets

Local shops

Post offices

Family and friends

Cafés

Good luck selling your cards; we hope this guide is helpful.

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Employee Survey Best Practices – 11 Lessons Learned

The current economic downturn has changed the world dramatically. It’s a new ball game for every organization. Now, more than any time in the past 60+ years, current feedback from employees and customers is essential for knowing where we are, where we need to be, and for planning our organizations’ futures. Conducting effective surveys provides information and insight for making informed decisions, driving positive change and significantly increasing profit and organizational sustainability.

If your organization conducts surveys, or if you are thinking of conducting a survey, this article will help you achieve excellent results and avoid pitfalls often encountered while conducting surveys.

To receive a PDF version of the complete survey report by e-mail, including employee survey best practices, key survey findings, survey data and verbatim comments, please send an e-mail to hdeutsch@Quantisoftdotcom requesting the “Employee Survey Best Practices Report.”

Survey Best Practices – Increasing Your Survey Expertice

As a survey company we are often asked questions about survey practices: What is the best way to conduct surveys? How can we get the highest possible response rate? Should we use a survey company, or should we try to use a self-use online survey service? The questions we receive are many and varied.

While Quantisoft has extensive survey experience and expertise, we decided to conduct a survey to identify employee survey best practices at organizations we do not conduct surveys for. The findings of the survey validated our own survey experience and produced interesting and useful information and insight about employee surveys.

This article includes the key Lessons Learned and Actions for You to Consider from Quantisoft’s Survey About Employee Survey Practices. Please contact Howard Deutsch at hdeutsch@Quantisoftdotcom to receive the full Employee Survey Best Practices Report, including the survey findings, data and verbatim comments.

Lessons Learned

1. Types of Employee Surveys – Participating organizations are using a wide range of employee surveys to gather information and insight for making better decisions and making informed changes. Types of surveys they conduct include employee satisfaction/engagement, employee benefits opinion, employee turnover, sales force opinion, IT customer satisfaction, business risk assessment and other surveys. Information about types of employee, customer and specialty surveys is presented at http://www.quantisoft.com/Industries/SurveyTypes.htm.

2. Survey Frequency – The most common frequency for conducting surveys is annually.

3. Satisfaction with Survey Companies vs. Self-use Survey Services – Organizations that primarily use survey companies are significantly more satisfied with their survey process than organizations primarily using self-service online survey services. The reasons survey companies are providing greater satisfaction and value than self-service survey services include the expertise and experience provided, receiving survey reports quickly without the need to take time to generate graphs and other reports in-house, objective analysis of survey results, more focus on implementing changes, greater support and involvement from management and other factors.    

4. Effectiveness of Survey Practices – Organizations primarily using survey companies rate the effectiveness of key survey practice significantly higher than organizations using self-service online survey services. The survey practices with the largest gaps in effectiveness ratings are receiving support from managers, producing timely useful reports, communicating survey findings, developing implementation plans, analyzing survey results and achieving results from surveys.

5. Importance of Survey Practices - Survey respondents identified the “most” important survey practices as keeping responses anonymous, conducting follow-up surveys, time taken to complete survey and analysis of survey data.

6. Survey Response Period and Rate – Responding organizations strive to achieve a high survey response rate. A 2-week survey response period is most popular.  A third week typically generates a higher response rate. 60% of responding organizations typically have a survey response rate of 60% or greater.

7. Primary Survey Approach - Online/Web surveys are the most often-used approach. Organizations are learning ways to end the use of paper surveys, even for employees that do not use computers to perform their job. 70% of responding organizations use Online/Web surveys as their primary approach, 20% use paper surveys as their primary approach and 10% use Online/Web surveys supplemented with paper surveys as their primary approach.

8. Reasons for Conducting Employee Surveys – The top reasons for conducting employee surveys include identifying performance improvement opportunities, assessing employee satisfaction and engagement levels and trends, part of ongoing measurement process and identifying causes of employee turnover.

9. Surveys Achieving Their Objectives – Some organizations are achieving very strong results from surveys while others are falling short. Key factors for achieving survey objectives include management support for conducting surveys and implementing changes, using a survey company and executing well on all of the survey practices. Surveys generate significant quantitative and qualitative results when designed and executed well, followed up by effective analysis and implementation of changes identified by surveys.

10. Using Normative Benchmarking Data – Survey respondents prefer to benchmark their survey results with survey results from other organizations. However, they are not comfortable using benchmarking data unless they can be sure the data enables “apples-to-apples” comparisons. Similarity of organizations being benchmarked, similarity of survey questions/wording, common time frame for when survey data was collected and other factors are important for making valid benchmarking comparisons.

11. Survey Best Practices – Knowing and consistently following best practices is very important for successfully conducting surveys and achieving results. Organizations that fail to follow best practices for all survey practices fail to achieve the full potential results from surveys.

Actions for You to Consider – Conducting Better Surveys

1. Share the full Employee Survey Best Practices Report with people in your organization who are responsible for conducting surveys, and with managers that can benefit from conducting surveys. Send your request for the full report to hdeutsch@Quantisoftdotcom.

2. Compare your organization’s approach for conducting surveys with the best practices, lessons learned and other information and insight included in the full report available from Quantisoft. Identify and implement changes your organization can make to achieve greater results from surveys.

3. Consider conducting surveys to gather information and insight for increasing your organization’s competitiveness and bottom line in this difficult economic environment. Beyond the usual employee satisfaction/engagement surveys, other types of surveys can enable your organization to identify ways to increase sales, identify and manage risks more effectively, gather feedback for reducing costs and increasing quality and customer service levels, enhance your organization’s “going green” profile, get more value from employee benefits dollars spent and much more.

4. The world has changed dramatically during the past year. The information and insight gathered from surveys conducted just a few months ago may no longer be valid. Update previous surveys now to gather current information and adjust action plans to reflect the “new reality”.

5. Make sure to focus your organization’s surveys on gathering actionable information that will positively impact employees, customers, the environment and your bottom line.

Information and tips that will help you to achieve results from surveys are presented at http://www.quantisoft.com.

 

How To Canter A Horse

One of the natural gaits possessed by horses is the canter. The canter is normally faster than a trot but slower than the gallop. This gait is used by all horse riders. The canter gait’s speed could reach more or less 22 kph or 14 mph. The speed heavily depends on the horse. Longer strides would cover more ground and therefore, faster canters are executed.

A lope, on the other hand, is a slower but somewhat similar to a canter. The lope gait has a speed of around 16 kph or 10 mph. It is a collected movement and it is primarily used in western form of riding. Both the canter and lope are 3-beated gaits that are both functional and aesthetically beautiful to watch.

The canter and the lope usually come after teaching the horse how to trot. The animal will gradually learn how to execute these natural movements with the weight of the rider. Horses will eventually be comfortable with the trot gait and that will be the perfect time to canter or lope the horse. As you progress, you will learn how to rate the horse for collection, extension and ultimately feel confident enough for a full gallop.

It is best to start working the horse on the longeline and with the reins out of way. This will help the animal to recognize commands before the horse must deal with the additional weight of a rider.

Here are some tips and techniques on how to canter a horse:

1. Let the horse trot calmly to help warm him up. Do not surprise the horse with the new instructions, make sure he knows the command on the ground before you attempt to try the shift in gate from his back.

2. From the trot, bring your outside leg back but your inside leg should stay on the girth.

3. Keep the horse normally bending to the inside and when you apply the leg cues, the horse will start to lift his shoulders and continue to drive with the hindquarters.

4. When you start to canter, be loose in the hips, move with the animal. Just follow the horse’s movement. Be fluid not stiff. Maintain a slight pressure on the inside leg if necessary so that the animal’s forward motion is sustained.

5. It is very important have gentle contact with the horse’s reins. Make sure he has comfort in the mouth, but enough pressure so he knows you are in control. NEVER jerk on an animals mouth. Many riders prefer to ride without putting any pressure on the reins.

6. Always try to check if your horse is on the correct lead. You can actually feel this but if you are still inexperienced with this, you will just have to observe with your peripheral vision. Do not tip your head to look; it may cause you to get out of correct position.

7. Come back to the trot by softening all the pressure. Just light apply a bump with the rein aid and if you need to, you can use your voice as a command.

8. You can mix things up. You can cue for the canter or lope again if you want. Eventually the horse will effortlessly get the cues and aids. Keep it fresh to prevent boredom with your mount.

9. Practice cantering in both directions. Sometimes, a particular side is more difficult for your horse but with constant practice, the animal will understand and be able to shift in no time.

10. Remember, safety first. Use a helmet, know your mount and be educated on proper cues and etiquette.

Beat Absenteeism With The Bradford Factor And Leavemaster

The Bradford Factor is a unique formula that enables you to identify employees whose “little and often” absences are damaging your business.

By giving each of your employees a rating based on the number and length of their absences, it enables you to differentiate between employees on legitimate sick leave and those who are disrupting your business by taking too many ‘sickies.’

Its calculation,: E x E x D, where E is the number of episodes of absence and D the total number of days absent, gives a rating to each employee based on the number and length of their absences over a rolling 52 week period; with employees with many short leaves penalized more than those with a small number of long-term absences.

So if an employee is off for 10 straight days on long-term sick leave, but this is their only episode of absence in a year, their Bradford Factor will only be 10:

1 x 1 x 10 = 10

But if another employee takes a one-off sick day on ten different occasions over a year, their Bradford Factor will be 1000:

10 x10 x 10 = 1000

This would highlight the need to address the situation with the employee.

How does The Bradford Factor reduce absenteeism?

As well as providing managers and HR departments with clear evidence of absenteeism, the Bradford Factor deters employees from taking unwarranted sick days.

Knowing it will give them a high Bradford Factor score, staff are discouraged from calling in sick when they’re not really ill, especially if their organisation has a “trigger” system in place whereby mandatory action is taken against employees whose score reaches a certain level.

Why use LeaveMaster to calculate the Bradford Factor?

Calculating the Bradford Factor manually or using a spreadsheet, for every employee across an organisation, is cumbersome, complicated and laborious.

And to be effective as a deterrent and if the statistics are to be used in disciplinary hearings, the process for calculating the Bradford Factor needs to be full-proof and the data indisputable. But the exponential nature of the formula means that even the smallest mistake can double or triple an employee’s score, leading to unwarranted disciplinary action and a possible loss of confidence in the system.

To free you of the burdensome administration time and potential for error that comes with calculating the Bradford Factor manually, LeaveMaster automatically calculates the ongoing Bradford Factor score for every employee in your organisation for you; even intuitively taking into account non-working days such as weekends and bank holidays.

5 Most Popular Display Stands And Their Functions

The use of display stands has completely changed the look and environment of the tradeshows, conferences, shopping centers and other retail and outdoor events. Now the display stands are used as the great business promotional tool. The selection of an eye-catching, attractive display stand can make the products lucrative to the customers. If you are going to join a tradeshow or a similar event, you should give much importance to display stands. You should consider the products you will display and the themes you will highlight. Here follows a discussion on several types of display stands and their functions.

Brochure display stands

In a tradeshow, the brochure display stands are very functional. If you want to display the brochures or other information about your company, you need an eye-catching, attractive brochure display stand. It is a smart as well as convenient way of showcasing your company literature to the visitors. Using a brochure display will help you keep organized all your company information and also give a professional look to your booth.

Pop up Display Stands

Pop up display stands are effective as well as easy to use display stands, which can also easily draw the attention of the visitors. If you want to draw the attention of the visitors by large display stands, then they are ideal for you. The pop up display stands usually come between 8 feet and 20 feet long. They are also available in many innovative designs. Another great advantage of the pop up display stands is that they are portable. These display stands can be packed down small and you can carry them anywhere. In this way, they are also cost effective. You do not have to buy display stands each time you join a tradeshow. You can reuse your pop up display stands.

Rotating Display Stands

If you want to quickly draw the attention of the visitors, the rotating display stand is a great option. It helps present the products or information in a professional and interesting way. This type of stand usually does not take much space as it can be placed in a corner of your booth. But wherever you place it, a rotating display stand will draw the attention of the visitors.

Banner Display Stands

In a tradeshow, people usually do not have time to visit every booth. So, you cannot expect that all the visitors of a tradeshow will visit your booth. But still you can reach most of the visitors by the banner display stands. The banner display stands, which are one of the tallest types of display stands, can be put in either side of the booth displaying the name of your company or your product. Thus, if you want to draw the attention of a large number of people, you can use the banner display stands.

Tabletop display stands

Tabletop display stands are also very popular for tradeshows. This type of display stand is smaller in size so that they can be placed on the top of a display table. They are available in various designs and colors. Tabletop display stands are inexpensive display stands.

Thus, depending on your budget, products and booths, you can select any of the above display stands.

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Children Bunk Beds Make Your Kids Sleep Time Fun

Children bunk beds are constantly a huge hit with the children, when a bed isn’t adequate, and more than one bed is too many for a bedroom, then children bunk beds is the answer to your room’s space problem. It may be a full mattress over a full mattress bunk bed, or a twin mattress over a twin mattress bunk bed, considering either configuration, children bunk beds will free up space in a room.

Whether it’s just for your children, or just a lot of sleepovers and your lacking floor space for the overnight neighbor’s kids, children bunk beds will save the day. Also when the time arrives and your children are on their way to college or moving into their own abode, bunk beds can be utilized as twin beds or changed into a loft bed so that you can use the space under the bed for a small desk.

There are numerous designs of children bunk beds to select from and nearly impossible to go over all of them at this time, although you should consider some things before buying a bunk bed; the cost of the children bunk bed, and of course the bunk beds quality, also the construction material used to make the children bunk beds.

Children bunk beds cover a large range of prices. The costs of children bunk beds are mostly due to the material used in making them; also the quality depends on the estimated price. Some metal children bunk beds are actually less expensive but not as strong as most of the children bunk beds made from wood, although some wooden children bunk beds aren’t as well constructed as others.

Some children bunk beds can get very pricey, some themed bunk beds have all the accessories that can possibly come with a bed. You can discover children bunk beds that look like a race car, an airplane, or even a castle. These themed beds are simply to look at wonderful but expensive.

There are just so many advantages of purchasing children bunk beds, not many things are as fun as when you’re a kid, than to share a bedroom with your brother or sister or a friend. If it’s a themed bed or children bunk beds your kids will surely have fun. Children bunk beds are a smart choice for freeing up space in a room, and making a way for more area for your kids to play, or to make space for a small desk or a dresser.

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