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Tool Review: allowancemanager.com

Tool Review: allowancemanager.com

We were recently asked to review the website www.allowancemanager.com. Allowance Manager is a free tool for parents to manage a child’s allowance online.   It is designed to allow parents to reward good behavior, discourage misbehavior, track chores, and enter miscellaneous allowance entries that are otherwise difficult to remember. After reading about Allowance Manager, reviewing their website,… Read more

Product Review: DYMO LabelWriter 450 Twin Turbo

Simply Placed was recently asked to review the DYMO LabelWriter 450 Twin Turbo. Having come to grips with the fact that I am not exactly the most technologically savvy individual, Iworried I might have some difficulty even trying to set the thing up let alone getting it to print out a label. Designed for office… Read more

"End the Paper Pain"

  Does this picture look familiar? Ok, maybe your situation isn’t this dramatic, but we know a lot of people who suffer regularly from paper pain. This pain is often accompanied by feelings of overwhelm, anxiety, frustration, sometimes even depression. Negative affects of this problem include time wasted looking for things you know you have but… Read more

Beauty Alert!

Calling all cosmetic hoarders! Yes, you know who you are.  Rifling through drawers (yes drawers), of lipstick, mascara, eyeliner; the list goes on and on. Truth is, us gals don’t accumulate such a plethora of cosmetic items in the hope of looking like Tammy Faye Bakker when we walk out the door. So, why keep… Read more

Product Review: Dymo LabelManager 260P

I was recently asked to review a new label maker on the market, the Dymo LabelManager 260P. As those who know me, know that a label maker is one of my favorite organizing “toys”, oh, I mean “tools”, I jumped at the chance. The Dymo LabelManager 260P is compact, portable, and easy to use. Its… Read more

Smead Give-Away

Recently we posted product reviews on a few Smead organizing products (the Stadium File and the SuperTab Folders) that were fairly new on the market. Now we want to let you know of a give-away Smead is doing of some of those very same products. It is really very simple: You want to get organized Smead wants to help… Read more

Organizing Product Review: Pendaflex PileSmart

Yesterday I posted about two products I used recently to help someone who was a self-professed “piler” organize his piles of paper. It was his preference to make the piles work, as opposed to file away the paper we were dealing with. It seemed the perfect opportunity to give a couple of PileSmart products I had… Read more

How to Pile, Instead of File, If You Must

I’ve been known to urge, “File, Don’t Pile!” I think a well designed, thoughtfully organized filing system is an excellent choice for those who want to put papers away, eliminate the distraction of papers on their desk that they don’t need right now, and who want to be able to find what they need, when… Read more

Product Review: Smead SuperTab Folders

We recently posted a product review of Smead’s Stadium File. Today we’ll review their SuperTab Folders. An alternate to a traditional file folder, the SuperTab Folders’ primary differentiating factor is the size of the tab found at the top of the folder. Providing 90 % more space in which to label, these folders allow the user… Read more

Product Review: Smead Stadium File

We’re always on the look-out for new products that can help our clients stay organized. Recently, we were asked to review three from Smead. We were sent samples of their Stadium File, SuperTab Folders, and Viewables Labels. We’ll be posting our review for all three products over the next few days. The first will be… Read more

Elements of a Good Reference Filing System

How many of you have a reference filing system in place at home and/or in your office that’s working well for you?  A reference filing system creates a home for those papers you already took action, or don’t need to act on, but need to keep for your records.  Are you able to find the papers… Read more

Slow the *&%# Down!

I don’t swear. Hardly ever. Its just not me. Yesterday morning though, the phrase in the title came hurling out of my mouth, just after my life flashed before my eyes. I was on a early morning run, enjoying a light drizzle, some clean air, and the fact that I was almost done. I went… Read more

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