Smarter holiday e-shopping
Before you fire up the Net and begin your holiday spending spree, follow these tips from financial web site “The Motley Fool” (www.fool.com) for saving money during the nation’s biggest shopping season …
Category: Purchasing
Let’s make a deal: 3 tactical tips
You probably negotiate every day without even thinking about it. When it’s time to sit down and negotiate a lease contract or office-supply discount, have confidence that you’re a good negotiator. Use these tactical tips …
Green buying, beyond recycled paper
Not everyone can buy a Prius, but most admins can make office purchases that have a positive impact on the planet.
Cut costs, boost your personal value
Saving your employer time and money is one of the few measurable ways to demonstrate the contribution you make at work. Here’s how Amy Gurren, winner of OfficeTeam’s Administrative Excellence Award, proactively found ways to save her employer some of both.
Help change the world
Help change the world—especially the world of business—by visiting DoTheRightThing.com. The site collects stories about the social impact of companies’ behavior, such as Bank of America spending $20 billion to back environmentally sound practices …
Be eco-friendly
Be eco-friendly by buying “green” badges for your next big company event.
Pinching pennies can save salaries
Pay attention to small amounts of spending that could add up to huge savings across your organization.
Check Web-seller’s legitimacy.
Check Web-seller’s legitimacy. Before buying from a Web site for the first time, check it for a phone number and physical mailing address. If it has a phone number, test it before buying. If you can’t find either, the site owner may have something to hide.
Shopping for a copier?
Shopping for the copier? For the second consecutive year, Imagistics copiers topped J.D. Power and Associates’ survey of customer satisfaction. By introducing new models and better training its sales force, Hewlett-Packard jumped from last place in 2003 to a tie with Toshiba for second in 2004. Only a few points on a 1,000-point scale separated […]
Pump up your purchasing prowess
To squeeze the greatest value from every penny you spend for your organization, look beyond just purchases to save money.