Corporate

Office Name Plates

What’s that finishing touch for your office that everyone appreciates – even admires? That’s right – it’s a beautiful personalized name plate. Whether for a desk or an office wall, custom name plates are ideal as a personal pick-me-up or better yet – a thoughtful gift.

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5 Incredible Plaque Ideas for Your Small Business

The conference room is a popular meeting place for small businesses in all industries. Since meetings can often have a lot of people sitting around, it's essential to make sure that you've got a strong foundation, which includes a sturdy conference table and plaques that are firm on the wall. Plaques can be described as objects typically bearing the informative or commemorative text attached to a wall. The color, design, and material of the plaque should reflect your company well since it is one of the parts of the conference room that people are generally looking at the whole meeting.

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Host a Company Picnic This Summer

No matter what business you’re in, taking time off from the daily grind, an exhausting commute and the stress of big projects and meetings and deadlines has its advantages. For many, a summer vacation will do the trick. Yet attending the company picnic can work wonders, too.

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Full Color Corporate News Plaques

Seeing your company or family business in the limelight of good news coverage is exciting. For many, it can be a once-in-a-lifetime thrill, one that’s worth immortalizing.

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Custom Plaques for Retirement

Celebrate a retiring employee’s many years of service with a custom retirement gift. Our plaques are a classic choice to recognize their years of loyalty and service. Choose from full-color printed plaques or a variety of laser-engraved plaque styles. We even have an Easy Design style; just fill in the recipient’s name and the company name or submit a company logo. Choose the board type and metal color and you’re done!

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New Reasons to Use Customized Name Tags

Although the use of company name tags has waned over the years, new benefits for using name tags to identify employees have also surfaced. Here are just a few of them.

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Customized Name Plates for Businesses

Custom engraved name plates are often used in business environments to identify a worker’s office location, their desk, name and position they hold at their company. Businesses also use name plates to label rooms or specific areas within an office complex, or identify a suite of offices. Even cubicles can be identified with specialized name plates. Custom name plates add a professional touch to any office environment, too.

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Make Office Guests Feel Welcome

People who visit your place of work tend to base their perceptions of both you and your company on your actions, your words and your workspace. Treating office guests cordially and with respect is just the start. A few thoughtful gestures can set the tone for a comfortable and professional interaction. To make a positive impression every time, follow these guidelines:

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Create a Culture of Employee Engagement

Today, business leaders everywhere are tasked by their bosses to get the most out of their team. The effect of positive reinforcement on motivation is well-documented; when we receive it, we want more of it. So, if one of your employees does a great job on a project and you recognize their achievement in a meaningful way, chances are your employee will want to feel that same sense of accomplishment again -and work with this in mind on the next challenge, no matter its scope. This is the basic psychology behind successful employee recognition programs.

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The Value of Employee Recognition

A few HR stats to ponder. Studies show:

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Creative Uses for Perpetual Plaques

Just what is a perpetual plaque, anyway? It is a display plaque that typically has a top plate and conveniently-spaced rows of space for the easy addition of nameplates at a future date. The ability to add new plates to perpetual plaques make them a highly customizable option for businesses to honor key employees, etc., without having to buy a whole new award or plaque every time they want to make an update. Some perpetual plaques also include space for a photo. The plates themselves are custom engraved with names, job titles, accomplishments and just about anything else you can say in a few words.

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15 Unique Categories for Employee Recognition Awards

How about Class Clown? Most Popular? Apple Polisher? Ah yes, those were the days.

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Reward Inventors with Patent Plaques

Create a work environment that:

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Successful Fundraising Using Custom Ornaments

Schools, businesses, churches, nonprofits, communities, branches of the military, sports teams, medical research organizations and others are starting to develop fundraising strategies for the holidays.

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To Close or Not to Close Your Office Door

When you find yourself situated in your own work office for the first time, you may wonder about office etiquette, when it comes to conducting business there. How do you enjoy the freedom of your own office without being rude or sending the wrong message?

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Connect with Your Customers on Social Media

We love it when you share your reviews, suggestions and photos of your creations with us, because we learn more about how you’re creating memories for your business, family and friends using PlaqueMaker products. In turn, we’re always eager to share our latest promotions, new products and improvements with you.

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Recognize Employees & Personalize Business Gifts

At PlaqueMaker.com, we help businesses recognize, inspire and motivate employees, associates and customers with a wide range of custom engraved awards, gifts and mementos that you can personalize yourself. Currently, we work with many leading organizations that represent a broad range of businesses:

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Improve Your Company’s Employee Recognition Program

Corporations put a lot of time and money into recruiting, hiring and training new personnel because keeping good employees is essential to supporting the bottom line. Yet research shows fewer than one in three workers feel valued on the job. Those who feel under-appreciated are the ones most likely to leave despite competitive salaries and excellent benefits.

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Encourage Employee Innovation with Patent Plaques

In today’s fast-paced business world, companies realize the clearest path to success comes from within. They are challenging workers to brainstorm solutions for technological and manufacturing challenges. If you want your employees to be innovative, encourage them to be independent, push boundaries and think outside the box.

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Free WiFi Signs – Your New Company Marketing Tool

Today’s customers spend a great deal of time on their mobile devices and expect to take advantage of free WiFi service at all the places where they shop and dine. Recent surveys show 50% of shoppers who access a store’s WiFi spend more money than those who do not, while 62% of businesses say customers spend more time in their shops if WiFi is available. Posting a sign that says WiFi is available with a password makes good business sense.

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