A co-worker was tasked with sending out
into the envelopes. A task that used to take
notices to contract attorneys at the end
her around a week was condensed into less
of each year, printing out labels for their
than a day, and the notices were much more
addresses and affixing those to envelopes,
professional looking.
and mailing them. There were around 500
of them, and the addresses were in a plain
Small changes can have big rewards. Not every
text database. The program used to print
problem can be solved with something as
labels was dated and almost obsolete, and
simple as an electronic letter folder, but many
I was asked if I could help. The notice was a
solutions start with understanding the tasks
copied version of a copied version of a copied
that you or your employees or your customers
version, and looked like it had seen a few too
perform, and the pain points involved with
many copy machines. I suggested just using
those, and solutions that help make those
mail merge into a fresh new Word document,
better. What small changes are you going to
and envelopes with windows for addresses. I
make to your business this year that can help
made a new template, ran a mail merge with
you focus more upon actually doing business,
the address database, and printed out 500
or can help your clients? Solutions are out
personalized notices. She used the electronic
there.
letter folder to fold them, and stuffed them