Make Sending Mail More Efficient with an Address Stamp

Maybe you send your customers handwritten thank you notes to let them know how much you appreciate their business. Or you might pay all of your business' costs via check through the mail. Either way, you'll save yourself a lot of time with a return address stamp. You can also use the your address stamp as a branding opportunity by including your business' logo. Establishing your brand is important to your success, so make sure you use every opportunity to introduce someone to your business or make it memorable.

Stay Organized with Office Stamps

As a busy small business owner, you simply don't have the time to be disorganized. Stock office stamps are the easiest way to mark all of your documents and keep them organized. By establishing a filing system and using office stamps to clearly mark each document, you'll save yourself hours of headaches. From invoice to urgent, completed to approved, find what stamps make the most sense for your business.

Mark Documents or Perishable Products with Dater Stamps

Dater stamps are another instrumental tool for keeping yourself organized as a small business owner. What most people don't realize are all the ways you can use your dater stamp! Yes, you can quickly and easily date all of your paperwork so you never have to question when a contract was signed or a receipt was received, but the possibilities don't end there. If you make a product that parishes over time, you can date all of your containers so you always know when it needs to be sold by. You can also date any photos you take of your company so you can see how much you grow over time. There are just so many fun and creative ways to incorporate a dater stamp into your small business.

Create a Memorable Brand with Logo Stamps

Many small business owners think branding is either out of their budget or not all that important when they're first getting started. Not only is creating a cohesive, memorable brand absolutely necessary to be successful, it's also really affordable with the help of a custom logo stamp. With a single stamp, you can make branded invoices, letterhead, stationery, product packaging, and so much more.

Make your life as a small business owner easier with the help of rubber stamps! From sending your mail to collecting invoices, there are so many ways to utilize these powerful tools within your business. Save yourself time on the daily upkeep of running your own business, so you can spend more time on what it is you love to do.

• Ramble Coffee in Worthington, OH

The inspiration for starting Ramble Coffee’s owners Sara and John was pretty simple: they wanted to bring adventure back to their hometown. This creative, coffee-obsessed duo focuses on single origin, Fair Trade coffees from organic certified farms. They roast fresh every week, offering free delivery in Worthington and special pricing when placing a wholesale order. They invite you to “explore the world of coffee” with them!

• Cake Ambition in Detroit, MI

Founder of Cake Ambition Jessica Bouren has a background in Interior Design and a Bachelors Degree in Fine Art & Design, so when her passion for baking collided with her artistic side, it only seemed natural. An award-winning pastry chef and a former Executive Pastry Chef, Jessica is now one of Detroit’s most cutting edge cake artists. She believes “when it comes to cake…… anything is possible!”

• Rye Restaurant & Lounge in Appleton, WI

With a passion for quality, Rye’s menu offers all fresh, local and organic foods whenever possible and artisan cocktails. Rye is J.R. Schoenfeld’s most recent restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner.

• Whisked Away in Charlotte, NC

Whisked Away offers a very unique service to their customers: surprise travel! Choose your region, travel dates and budget and Whisked Away plans the whole trip for you. They handle everything from the airfare to your accommodations, and even scope out what the weather will be like! One week before you depart, they send you an envelope in the mail with all of your SURPRISE travel details. What could possibly be more exhilarating?

• District Pour House & Kitchen in Kansas City, MO

With 34 infused spirits including three seasonal selections and over 100 different beer selections, there will always be a new drink to try at District Pour House & Kitchen. Their kitchen specializes in progressive American cuisine and offers everything from pulled pork sliders to lettuce wraps, street tacos to a Cuban sandwich.

• Genius Loci Jewelry in Phoenix, AZ

Genius Loci specializes in hand-painted, wooden jewelry inspired and created in the Sonoran Desert. Launched in March of 2016, each piece has somewhat of a geometric feel but it also unique in its own way. Their collection of necklace and earrings are unlike any other.

• Wool & Company in Saint Charles, IL

Whether you’ve been knitting and crocheting for years or are a complete beginner, this local yarn shop is a place for everyone. Their team of approachable yet knowledgeable members is always happy to help with your yarn and project-related questions. They also offer workshops and will even host your own special event. “We want our shop to feel more like going to a friend’s house… a friend that has over 10,000 skeins of yarn!”

• Poe’s Tavern in Jacksonville, FL

Named after and decorated in honor of the talented and troubled Edgar Allan Poe, this unique dining experience is something for both literary-lovers and foodies alike. Poe’s is best-known for their gourmet hamburgers and hand-cut fries, but offer an array of other delicious options. Their original location is located in Charleston, SC in case you don’t make it all the way south to Florida!

• Barre3 in Eugene, OR

Studio Owner Jessica Neely knew right away barre3 would be a perfect fit for the Eugene community. Whether you’re already a lover of barre3 or are completely new, “classes are designed to make everyone feel welcome and get a great workout.” This Eugene location will supply everything you need to enjoy this ballet barre, pilates and yoga-combined workout experience.

• Priest Ranch in Yountville, CA

Priest Ranch “believes all wines must stem from the land itself.” Winemaker Craft Becker takes a minimalist approach to winemaking. Aside from offering their selection of red, white and sparkling wines, they also host fun events and parties. Visit their Yountville tasting room any day of the week to taste their wines.

Here at Simply Stamps, we’re passionate about stamps, but we’re also passionate about supporting small businesses. It’s always a joy to see the different types of customers we have, what small businesses they own and what their passion is. We’re thankful for all of our customers from across the country and wish them the very best in all of their entrepreneur endeavors!

So in all of our years of experience, what has been one of our best selling products? Our address stamps of course! Over the years we've amassed quite a collection of address stamp designs on our site and have sold quite a few as well.

We stand by the belief that these little stamps make the perfect gift no matter what the occasion is. With Christmas right around the corner, our lasers are running around the clock and filling order after order. But what are a few of our favorite stamps here at SimplyStamps.com?

1. Custom Address Stamps

With a design for every occasion, event, and/or holiday, we've made it a point to have a stamp for every style. Great to give as a gift or to treat yourself, these little guys are made quickly and efficiently and often times shipped out the same day so you can be sure to get them in time for whatever the occasion. Small and compact, these stamps fit easily in a drawer or on your desk either at home or at work and will last for years and years to come. These also make a fabulous house warming gift!

2. Holiday Stamps

So how are these different from our normal custom address stamps? If you check out one of our holiday stamps pages you will see that we don’t just handle custom address stamps but also other stamps that are guaranteed to get your holiday to-do list tackled in half the time. We offer an array of stamp designs designed to help you create your own custom gift tags and labels, party invitations, and greeting cards which allow you to truly personalize your holidays!

3. Packaging Stamps

A favorite for all super small businesses whether they are out of a small standalone shop, or working out of their homes. These stamps are great for businesses who set out to make their money by creating custom handmade gifts and products. These stamps are the perfect way to add an extra special touch of custom personalization that your customers and clients will love to see!

Being that we specialize in stamps, we are proud to say that all of our stamps are high quality and guaranteed to give you beautiful lasting impressions with every use. Whichever of our particular products appeal to you, you can be sure that your order is in the best of hands!

Now amongst all this new technology is a growing group of individuals that feel such a sense of nostalgia that they are turning away from the multitudes of factory produced materials that millions flock to on a daily basis. Forget the millions of factory "cookie-cutter" products, these people want to return to the days of old when quality was not determined by how many machines it took to make a product, but by the actual individual that made it.

Don’t believe us? As a response to this nostalgic movement making its rounds across the country, websites advocating and promoting buying, selling, and making of hand crafted items have sprung up all over the Internet. Websites like Etsy, Pinterest, and Storenvy have gained national notoriety and attention for these reasons and are now huge names in the Internet marketplace. It may seem strange to include Pinterest among these names seeing as how Pinterest isn’t exactly a “store” though it often contains links to them; but so far in its relatively short life, Pinterest has become a mecca for all DIY (Do-It-Yourself) projects, recipes, and gift ideas, therefore they have earned a spot on the list.

However, as these Etsy and Storenvy stores expand and the owners decide to open an actual physical shop, they’ll want to maintain the same homemade handcrafted feel that they had with their virtual store. So how is such a thing accomplished? In today’s world it’s far too easy for stores to blend together in a sea of whitewashed walls, windows, and glass double doors. Potential customers can become so overwhelmed with all the options that they just wander around until something unique catches their eye. So how do you get their attention? By being as unique as possible!

Filling your store windows with one-of-a-kind items, and advertising that they are all handcrafted and handmade, will go a long way with your potential customers! They’ll enter your store and marvel and your creativity and exclusive wares, and while they’re wandering they may just find something to take home with them. As any business man or woman could tell you, a business thrives and grows on the recommendations from its customers and a single poor review or bad remark could deter an undetermined amount of potential customers from ever even stepping foot in your store, which in the long run will cost you money. The best way to go about ensuring that nothing negative can be said is to give them the best shopping experience you can possibly manage, give them smiles, warm welcomes, and interact with them at every opportunity.

As a part of this unique shopping experience, you can take a page out of Lush Cosmetic’s playbook (an emerging bath and body product competitor). Though they have grown until a multimillion dollar company, they too started out small. But by daring to be different, and opting to hand make each and every one of their products, not to mention using all natural ingredients to quickly become a major name. As a result, they and are now undergoing a serious expansion that encompasses setting up Lush stores all over the country.

Surely as they have grown, they’ve deviated from making everything themselves right? Wrong. And in order to keep people remembering that everything in their stores are made by hand, they include stickers on each product depicting an actual picture of the person who made it, the date it was made, and the expiration date. Through this tiny little additive, this massive company has managed to maintain their small shop feel and still attract millions of loyal customers.

It’s stores such as these that have prompted us to create a line of packing stamp products, with this same idea in mind. Now with the help of these customizable little stamps, you too can add a personal touch to all of your packages whether you are shipping your product to a waiting customer or wrapping it up, or placing it in a bag, and handing it to the customer yourself. Adding personal touches like these will help to remind your customers that they are ordering from people and not giant corporations. These simple yet personal packaging stamps will shock them momentarily and send them mentally whirling back to a time before everything was automated. They’ll smile, and remember you the next time they need a gift or run low on your product.

For restaurant owners, this eating healthy craze can present a problem resulting in diminished sales. For years people have linked eating out with unhealthy eating and unwanted weight gain. The truth is that it’s not where you eat, but what. Recently, a science teacher from Iowa, lost 37 lbs and lowered his cholesterol from 249 to 170 over the course of a 3-month experiment, where he eat nothing except McDonalds food and walked 45 minutes daily. The teacher had his student’s pick out his food based on a diet plan of roughly 2,000 calories a day. Unsurprisingly, the results have shocked not just those who support McDonalds, but also those who oppose the historically fatty fast food chain.

McDonalds isn’t the first chain to claim you can lose weight by eating their food. Subway is notorious for claiming to be diet friendly. But while restaurants like McDonalds and Subway can afford flashy marketing campaigns, complete with billboards and commercials, they are the exception and not the rule. The majority of businesses are small and can’t afford to hire a top notch marketer to spread the word about their products and services- instead, they rely on word-of-mouth from their customers and clientele.

In reality, while the large marketing campaigns do help spread the word, it’s the little things that count; quality ingredients and products, great customer service, and a clean and welcoming environment. There are plenty of successful businesses that have built up a steady clientele based on these very things. Cozy, little hole-in-the-wall places, where friends can meet up and enjoy each others company, where the servers and hostesses know you by name and really ask how you are.

Besides the obvious, what do all of these successful and small establishments have in common? They listen to their customers and work their hardest to serve them, and not just themselves. So when your client base starts to dwindle in the early months of the year, let them know that they don’t have to stay home to eat healthy.

How do you do this?

Step 1: Showcase your healthier options on your menu. Turkey is notoriously healthy and low in fat, as is chicken and fish, not to mention high in protein. Run a Tuesday special on the turkey club sandwiches.

Step 2: Consider investing in a new menu with a “Lighter Fixin’s” section.

Step 3: Get on the bandwagon! Consider offering vegetarian, vegan, and gluten free options for your customers to munch on. Great for animal lovers and dieter’s alike!

Step 4: Re-vamp your carryout strategy! Great for complex orders with lots of different items, you can use stamps either on the packages or wrappings so your customers can tell which is theirs and which one of their friend’s much faster.

In the past few months, we’ve been working on creating a new line of stamps specifically for this purpose. And now we’re ready to share them with our friends, fans, and fellow business owners. Our stamps can be used to simplify not only your life but also the lives of your customers to maximize the experience of flavors that you serve up for them daily.

Don’t let the ‘Battle of the Bulge’ influence your sales! Implement some of these tips and tricks today to improve sales today!

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