How Stationery on Screen became one of the UK’s fastest growing dealers
Northampton-based dealer Stationery on Screen was one of the very first office supplies businesses to partner with Office Power two years ago. While many of Office Power’s partners are well-established businesses and look to Office Power to help shake things
How Rainbow Office Supplies stayed afloat during winter floods
Last December water poured into Rainbow's office to desk height and its delivery van was washed away along with its PCs and server. The floods in Cumbria have badly affected the business, but luckily Office Power was there to help.Steve
Top Tips on Building Brand Loyalty
Customer loyalty is disappearing in a hurry. Consumers put less trust in brands and tend to switch brands a lot faster.This shift is putting quite a few established marketing tactics in doubt.Why customer loyalty is downConsumers these days compare companies
Tax Traps for SMEs and How to Avoid Them
One of the most confusing things that small business entrepreneurs have to deal with is the niggling issue of tax. Here are some helpful pointers: Do you employ yourself? If you’re running your business as a sole trader, you and your business
Tips on Event Networking
You walk into a business event what do you see? People - strangers
How to Get the Most From Your Sales Team
Your sales people are the driving force of your business — nurturing your existing customers and converting new prospects. So how do you build and motivate a sales team to ensure you maximise its potential and get the best results? Pick
Tips on Getting Customers to Open your E-mails
Email marketing is an essential strategy of any business. But
Future-Proof Your Business: Buying Tip
Part two of Future Proofing Your Business, by Maria Chappell, Head of Category at Euroffice Group. Spot buying is just like being stuck in traffic! It’s a sullen day on a British motorway, traffic suddenly slows down, you can see it backing up
Euroffice Appoints New Senior Marketing Manager
As Seen in OPI.net European online business supplies group Euroffice has appointed Alina Fisher as Senior Marketing Manager.Fisher joins the company with extensive B2B and B2C marketing experience, having held similar positions with Terasaki Electric, where she was responsible for overseeing
Is it time to say goodbye to The Catalogue?
By our very own Steve Robinson and as seen on opi.net Catalogues. They are expensive, restrictive, inflexible and old-fashioned; yet 95% of office supplies dealers still use them. For many dealers, catalogues continue to be their principal sales and marketing tool.
Top Tips for the January Sales Boom
This January most customers will be using their computers or mobile devices to research and buy office supplies, and they won’t be disappointed by the number of options available to them.At this competitive time of the year (in a sector
How To Prepare Your Business For Bad Weather
It’s normal for us Brits to complain about the weather, but sometimes our complaints are justified, when flooding and snow problems seriously impact our business. Make sure this doesn’t happen to you, by planning ahead for bad weather. Monitor forecasts Extreme weather