How much attention do you pay to office supplies? I am very careful with my house supplies, and the things I use on a regular basis. For example, I used to have terrible kitchenware. After months of frustration, I realized these were items I was using every single day. And having knives that aren’t sharp would mean a much longer time prepping meals every time. Don’t even get me started on sticky pans, and pots that were not big enough to batch cook. For the sake of saving a few pennies, I would end up wasting a lot of time and energy for the same result.
After a while, I started paying more attention to the things I was buying and taking into my home. Nice sheets aren’t that expensive, and a good night sleep is priceless. After reviewing the home, it was time to start analyzing the office. I was uncomfortable at my desk after a while. My chair was not high enough for my desk, resulting in back pains, and lost productivity. I also enjoy writing down things on notepads, and having nice paper and a nice pen brought me much more pleasure than the dollar store items.
Talking about paper, Boise Paper just sent me a couple of reams of their Boise® ASPEN® 30 Multi-Use Recycled Copy paper and Boise® X-9® Multi-Use copy paper. Paper, like knives or pens, was one of these things I was barely paying attention to. It is only when you get used to something of better quality that it is pretty hard to go back to your old ways.
Boise Paper holds a 99.99% Jam-Free® guarantee backed by tough third party testing. How many hours of your life have you spent trying to fix your jammed printer? How much money did that cost you, in terms of lost productivity, but also waste, when you have to print something all over again because you didn’t get it right the first time?
Paper is important. There are many brands out there, all of different quality and value. When you start comparing them, it is as simple as trying to print the exact same document on two different sheets of paper. The ink can bleed, you can get a jammed printer, the colors and brightness can be different, and so on. This often results in looking more or less professional to your customers. Being a customer myself, when I see that the documents I am sent are less professional, I instantly view the company as less able to provide me with a good service. Or if they cheap out on that, what else would they do?
Impressing your customers can go a long way towards charging higher rates or landing a new client. Boise Paper has been around for a long time, and is America’s Top Selling Brand for copy and recycled paper. It is actually #1 for office paper. Why not use it as a freelancer?
Boise Paper is made in the USA, so you are helping keep local jobs. Third party testing is used to ensure a 99.99% jam-free experience. And the paper is sourced sustainably, following both SFI and FSC forestry certification standards.
The ASPEN recycled paper has exactly the same characteristics as the regular X-9 paper. It is the same 20lb paper with 92 brightness. You won’t see the difference! Using a mix of recycled and non-recycled fibers is important to do daily. Non-recycled paper needs to be included in the mix of the recycling process to introduce new wood fibers to the cycle.. That is why it is important to use both fresh fiber and recycled paper.
If you are willing to invest in your business and productivity by having the best tools and supplies possible, think about your use of paper. Using better quality paper, like Boise Paper, is usually a small investment that will pay for itself many times over as you save time and effort.
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I’m certain Boise group would be pleased by this post. But does your effeciency at work really depend on the paper type you’re using?? Honestly speaking??