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Check these out! Flowers made out of paper – how awesome are they?!
Made by one of our very own NEOS sales reps, Adam Oteri. He brought these in on Valentine’s day and placed them out in the lobby for all to enjoy. A great alternative to real flowers (they’ll last forever!) and very much appropriate for our industry, don’t you think?
I had to know how he made these, being a fellow craft lover myself – this was my attempt using post-it notes…i think i’ll stick to marketing for now 
Creative uses for office supplies: use file folder labels to identify cords
Is this photo a familiar sight to any of you? Does it look similar to how the area underneath your desk looks? Or does it maybe resemble the area behind your television at home? I for one can tell you that this photo looks exactly like the area behind my living room entertainment center. You’d think every piece of electrical equipment in my house all plugs into this one surge protector. And forget trying to figure out which cord goes where, it’s just trial and error trying to figure that out… you end up unplugging 5 different things before you find the cord you were actually looking for!
If the photo above looks all too familiar to you and you’re tired of unplugging your television or computer when you were really trying to unplug a lamp… there’s an office supply solution for that!
Simply use file folder labels to identify each of your cords. Just attach the file folder labels near the actual plugs for each cord… you could use color coding to identify each cord, or you could write the name of the cord on the label. Now you can quickly tell which cord is which without using the trial and error method and unplugging every cord! Sometimes I wonder why I don’t think of these things…
Would you try out this method to organize your cords at home or at work? Comment below!
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Empty your wallet, fill your AwardWallet: a helpful app to organize your rewards points
If you are a smart phone or tablet user you know that there are thousands of apps out there. There are lots of amusing and fun apps as well as apps that are really helpful. As an iPhone user, the app that I have found to be most helpful is called AwardWallet. When I first loaded this app my plan was to just organize all the different travel rewards programs I was on. Besides credit card sized cards in my wallet I had bits of paper with numbers and passwords written on them.
By using this app I was not only able to organize these rewards accounts but also track them. I was surprised at the amount of points I had accumulated on some of these rewards programs that I had fogotten about. The app automatically adds in any new points as you earn them. I had an occasion last fall were a hotel I stayed at somehow did not award my account any points for my stay. After seeing no increase in that particular account I made a quick phone call to the hotel and had it taken care of. It was quick and easy as the app also provides the customer service number for each account. Besides airlines and hotels this app also includes credit cards, restaurants, and many other rewards offers.
Here’s a link to AwardWallet in the Apple App Store if you’re interested in checking it out.
Hopefully some of you may find this app helpful. What is your favorite or most helpful app you have found? Comment below!
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Tagged app, AwardWallet, Favorite app, helpful app, rewards points app, rewards tracking app, smartphone apps, Travel Rewards
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Are your online passwords safe? Some tips for improving the security of your online accounts
An increasing number of our daily activities, both personal and professional, are being conducted online. We shop online, pay bills online, manage accounts online, use online services for email… the list goes on. Personally, I have so many accounts online that it’s sometimes hard to keep track! – and I’m sure I’m not the only one.
While doing most of these activites online makes our lives a lot easier, it also unfortunately opens our accounts up to the threat of being hacked. With that said, one easy way to help strengthen the security of your online accounts is to make sure you’re using secure, strong passwords. Here are some signs that your current passwords might not be as secure as they should be (from timemanagementninja.com):
Creative uses for office supplies: use a corkboard to organize jewelry
I have a reoccurring problem… my necklaces and bracelets constantly get tangled and it’s like solving a Rubik’s Cube trying to get them apart… practically impossible! (I’m sure some of our readers can relate) And who has the time in the morning when you’re rushing to get out the door to sit down and attempt to untangle a ball of necklaces? Not me! I’ve purchased those necklace holder things in the past, but I have so many long necklaces that they are too long to hang from the holder without me having to wrap it around twice, which causes tangling once again.
So here’s a neat solution using office supplies… use a corkboard and some push pins to hang necklaces and bracelets. Not only does this solve the tangling dilemma, but it also makes it really easy to locate which necklace you want to wear that day! And if you wanted to make it match your room decor, you could even adhere some scrapbook paper or colored paper to the corkboard.
What else could you use a corkboard to organize? Comment below!
12 of the all time greatest cubicle pranks
Have you ever stopped to think about how vulnerable your cubicle is if you’re away from the office for a long period of time? I mean, it’s not like having an actual office with a door you can lock while you’re away on vacation and rest assured that everything will be safe in there . Nope, having a cubicle means your entire workspace is out in the open, susceptible to any and all pranksters that are just waiting for you to leave for a few days.
Although a cubicle prank may not be as funny if it actually happens to you, it is pretty funny if you’re just an innocent bystander. With that said, here my 12 favorite cubicle pranks… some of these require a lot more effort than others, but they still all have the same effect: scaring people from leaving their cubicles for an extended period of time!
12. The classic neon Post-it cubicle
11. Cubicle full of balloons
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Tagged cubicle pranks, funny cubicles, office pranks, pranks for the office, pranks on coworkers
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11 quick and easy stretches you can do right at your desk
I just came across a great post on a blog called workawesome.com highlighting 11 simple stretches that you can do right at your desk… and you won’t look silly doing them either! Many experts recommend getting up and taking a walk around the office every so often throughout the day to stretch your muscles, clear your head, etc. I’m really bad at remembering to do this though and lot of the time I find myself sitting at my desk for almost the entire day without even realizing I haven’t left my seat for hours. For anyone else who doesn’t leave their desk much throughout the day, the 11 stretches highlighted in this post are a great solution. While these stretches are quick and wouldn’t require you to abandon your work for more than a couple of minutes, you can also do a lot of these while working if you’re really crunched for time. I’m going to try to make a habit out of doing some of these periodically throughout the day since they are so easy to do and could even become like second nature eventually.
Check out the post and let me know what you think by commenting below!
Creative uses for office supplies: use a magazine holder to organize take-out menus
Anyone else feel like they have about 50 take-out
menus 
and you can never find the one you’re
looking for when you need it? I have a drawer in my kitchen (we call it the “junk drawer”) that is full of the most random stuff… including take-out menus. It’s like a huge process to try to find the exact take-out menu you’re looking for when you open up this drawer…everything is kind of just stuffed in there. So for anyone else out there who finds it difficult to keep track of your take-out menus and find the one you’re looking for when you need it… there is an office supply solution for that!
Solution: use a magazine holder/file to organize your take-out menus! You could also use a literature rack/holder or document holder for the same idea just a different style. Now, instead of digging through a drawer or hunting around your house, you can just flip through the menus in your magazine holder. You could even use this at your office as well… keep it in a place that’s easy for everyone in the office to access if they need it.
Here’s a quick list of magazine files from our website if you want to try this out!
literature rack
Did you find this tip useful? Can you think of anything else to use a magazine holder/file for? Comment below!
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Roxbury Technology: a company with an inspiring mission and a new partner for NEOS
At NEOS we operate under the principle that a company is only as good as its people and its mission and we look for opportunities to partner with vendors who have similar values. One such company we’ve had the pleasure of developing a partnership with recently is Roxbury Technology. Not only does Roxbury Technology sell an in-demand product (remanufactured ink and toner) and is also an environmentally responsible company (they are an industry leader in environmental solutions) but in addition to that they have a great story to tell and an inspiring mission.
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Tagged archie williams, reman toner, remanufactured ink, remanufactured toner, roxbury technology
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