Landfill by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Stop Information Clutter and Start Getting More Done

By Bob Sadowski, APR, Public Relations & Social Media Manager, ACCO Brands

Are you an information landfill, where important notes, phone calls, messages, ideas and websites come in but they never come out? If so, then you need to reduce your information clutter.

Luckily, you’re not alone. People commonly struggle to handle the enormous amount of information and communication each day. Here are a few simple tips for managing the information in your life: Continue reading

From “Tinker Bell” to “The Twilight Zone”: ACCO Brands Wins Big with Calendars

ACCO Brands recognized by the Calendar Marketing Association with eight awards 

The Hobbit Calendar

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey™ 2013 Scroll Calendar

The Mead® and DayDream® calendar lines from ACCO Brands received multiple awards from the Calendar Marketing Association (CMA). The calendars took home a total of eight CMA Awards, including five gold awards, two bronze and an award of merit:

Poster Calendars:

  • Best Graphic Design: Doctor Who (gold)
  • Most Creative Marketing Application: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 2013 Scroll Calendar (gold)

Retail Division:

  • Best Children’s Calendar: Nightmare Before Christmas (gold) and Tinker Bell (bronze)
  • Best Glamour Photography: Life Made Sweet (gold)
  • Most Creative Marketing Application: Marvel Comics (gold)
  • Most Original: Year One (bronze)
  • Best Graphic Design: The Twilight Zone (award of merit)

“We strive to identify current and timely themes and topics that truly resonate with today’s consumers. We then take those themes and develop innovative graphics, photography and copy around them, making each calendar unique and entertaining,” said Robert Shelek, Marketing Manager, Decorative Calendars at ACCO Brands. “These awards are indicators that we’re succeeding in making calendars with which consumers can identify and enjoy.” Continue reading

Home Office by Matthew Oliphant

Creating a Home Office that Works for You

By Lissa Cupp, vice president, e-Commerce & Consumer Marketing, ACCO Brands

Are you ready to start your dream business right from your own home? Or have you been given the flexibility to work remotely for your job? Whichever the case, the establishment of a functional home office is needed. Following are several things to consider in making sure your home office works for you: Continue reading

Plannerisms.com: AT-A-GLANCE Planning Notebooks

This blog post and review is republished with permission from www.plannerisms.com and Laurie Huff. To view the original post, visit http://www.plannerisms.com/2013/04/at-glance-planning-notebooks.html.

AT-A-GLANCE has a whole range of Planning Notebooks that are an excellent hybrid of a notebook and a dated planner. They sent me two Planning Notebooks to review, the Perfect Bound Medium Lined with Monthly Calendars on the left and the Planning Notebook with Circle the Date on the right.

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System Error by Justin Marty

System Error: Too Much Clutter!

By Lissa Cupp, vice president, e-Commerce & Consumer Marketing, ACCO Brands

It’s nearly impossible to completely escape clutter. Whether it’s a junk drawer, the in-box at work or a stack of newspapers near the front door, clutter somehow makes its presence felt.

This clutter, in turn, leads to stress, leaving you feeling overwhelmed, frustrated and unproductive. Unfortunately, there is carry-over of these negativities from work to home and vice versa. The result is a breakdown of an ideal work/life balance. Continue reading