PostNet Whitby
905.240.0442
1800 Dundas Street East

PostNet Whitby is a full service print shop. We can produce high quality digital full color and black & white printed promotional materials for your business. From basic copies to full-service printing – whatever your project requires, whether it’s folding, binding, cutting, enlarging, laminating, AdMail services, scanning, duplication, or just simple reproduction services – PostNet Whitby will get the job done!  Call 905.240.0442 or stop by to see what we can do for you!

Visit our Online Print Center and place an order for printed products.

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Need Graphic Design Work?

Suzanne is our full-time designer on staff at PostNet Whitby and she can take your project from an idea to completion. Bring your ideas and we’ll create your artwork.

Ask us about these products:

Business Cards • Brochures • Flyers • Postcards • Rack Cards
Tent Cards • Booklets • Business Forms • Stationary
Calendars • Note Pads • Presentation Folders
Door Hangers • Raffle Tickets • Stickers 

PostNet Whitby 1800 Dundas Street East Whitby ON   905.240.0442    on126@postnet.ca

Great Article from: HELLO, my name is Blog!(hellomynameisscott)

For original Blog entry go to: http://tinyurl.com/cjca6r3

Hiring yourself is a hard road to hoe.

The ups and downs of running a business can leave you stressed, insecure, scared, doubtful and exhausted. And that’s on a good day.

Then again, roller coasters aren’t so bad if you have people to scream with.

And once you hear those voices, once you realize you’re not alone, once you find people to face the world with, the ride isn’t so bad after all.

I started my company the day I graduated college. And in ten years of freelancing, ten years of being the sole employee and ten years of having no permanent office to go to everyday, I’ve worked overtime to fill my roller coaster with a few groups of people to scream with.

A chamber of solidarity. People who fight the same obstacles as you. People who hear the same voices as you. And people who will acknowledge your insecurities, lay their cross on the table and say me too.

A room of mirrors. People to give unbiased but useful opinions on our work. People to show you what we’re too close to yourself to see. And people who will look you in the eye and say oh my god.

A network of healing. People to help you greet your fear. People to sustain you when your spirit is tired and sagging. And people to carry you to the other side of the wall and say don’t stop.

A company of encouragement. People to say you’re not crazy. People to be there for you when you start to doubt yourself. And people who will support the decisions you’ve made about our own reality and say right on.

A circle of safety. People you can cleanse yourself with. People you can complain and cry and bitch with. And people who will let you be the lowest version of yourself in their presence and say I still love you.

That’s a big reason why I’m still here.

For those who have stood by my side, you are the story I tell.

Ship Letters and Packages quickly and easily at

PostNet Whitby.

PostNet Whitby is an authorized outlet for Purolator and FedEx.   Choose the service that’s right for you. We have a full range of insurance and delivery options.

Professional Packing Services.   Bring your item and we’ll package it for you. Fragile, intricate, oversized – we’re your pack and ship experts!  We’ll custom pack your most fragile items to ensure they will arrive safely, including golf clubs, fine art and paintings, clocks, computers and electronics, bicycles, sports equipment and memorabilia, hunting trophies and more.

Just need supplies?   We carry an assortment of shipping envelopes, boxes, tubes, bubble wrap, foam products, and packing peanuts. We can also print custom gift tags and design personalized greeting cards.

Have a Drop Off package?  Bring them to PostNet.
Call for details: 905.240.0442

Serving Whitby and the entire Durham Region

PostNet Whitby offers secure shredding on-site.  Bring all your old documents including tax records, bank statements, business or medical records.   Don’t be a victim of identity theft – shred it at PostNet Whitby.

Document management services available:
Archiving (Scan to Electronic File) • CD/DVD Duplication • Shredding
Print and Copy • Binding • Lamination • Shipping/Mailing Services

For a long time I have divided my version of BrainStorming - defined in Wikipedia as a group creativity technique by which a group tries to find a solution for a specific problem by gathering a list of ideas spontaneously contributed by its members - into two parts:

BrainDumping: get all the ideas available out onto a whiteboard as they arise: sensible, outlandish, new, old, whatever comes out of the rapidfire contributions of the group.

BrainSorting: once everything is out it's time to take a break and then individually or in small groups review each idea, make some notes on the pros and cons of each and eliminate or rank the idea as a suitable solution. Then take the highest ranked items and create a plan around them.

The New Yorker has an interesting article on BrainStorming at:

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/01/30/120130fa_fact_lehrer

When you need to sort out the way forward on BRANDing or your latest Print, Graphic Design or Shipping problem, let us help at:

PostNet Whitby 1800 Dundas Street East Whitby ON L1N2L4 905.240.0442

PostNet Whitby is your one-stop-shop for all your small business marketing needs. From BRANDing and marketing consultation and printing of business cards, sales collateral, postcards, trade show setup, promotional items and more - we can help.

Napoleon Hill popularized the concept of the mastermind group in his 1937 book “Think and Grow Rich”.  A Mastermind is broadly defined as a small group that you meet with for the purpose of reinforcing growth and success while offering support to one another; a group that has been identified and set aside to concentrate specifically on growth and manifesting success.  Mastermind groups achieve success by visualizing goals, creating intentions, setting achievable goals, and sharing resources. 

As small business people we often feel alone and heavily burdened with tasks and decisions from all aspects of our business falling to us. A Mastermind can help you find constructive support in the form of feedback, exchange of views and information, idea generating brainstorming and accountability – holding you to commitments to top priorities.

To learn more about Mastermind go to the Napoleon Hill Foundation website at http://www.naphill.org/

To learn more about support services for your small business visit us at:

PostNet Whitby 1800 Dundas Street East Whitby ON L1N2L4 – 905.240.0442 – on126@postnet.ca

 Ask us how at Postnet Whitby!

PostNet Whitby 1800 Dundas Street East Whitby ON L1N2L4 905.240.0442

I just got an email update from Canada One Business Directory http://www.canadaone.com/index.html to announce some changes and advise me to update my listing.

While I was on the site I was thinking about what a great FREE opportunity it offers to present yourself to potential Customers. Over 75% of Customers now look for information on purchases and local businesses online before they buy. You need to be as visible as possible online.

May I suggest two actions that will raise the visibility of your business?

1. Today, go to http://www.canadaone.com/index.html and create an account and claim/ create your business.

2. Then for the next 30 days, every day do a Google search of keywords for your business and/or search for your competition (and ALWAYS add your town or city or neighbourhood to the search) and look for FREE directories in the first 2 or 3 pages of results.

When you find a directory - from Yellow Pages to Gold Pages to Canada One and on down the line - check for your business and if you are listed make sure all of the information is correct or email the site to correct the listing and if you are not, register, create an account, create a listing. If you start at the top of the Google searches at the end of 30 days you will be listed on the top 30 directories for all of your products and services.

If just 1 person a day runs across one of your listings that is a potential of 30 NEW prospects EVERY month (365 NEW prospects a year!) who may have never heard of you before but now know something about your business. For FREE! (Well it "costs" you 10 minutes a day that you are in the store or office anyway, and I would consider that an investment.)

If 3 out of every 10 - in a month that's 9 NEW Customers-  go from your online listing to walking into your store or calling you on the phone and buying at your average transaction rate, what does that translate to in your top line? Could you use that extra cash flow? What if they come back again, and again? What if they became your best Customer?

Get online. Get visible!

PostNet Whitby 1800 Dundas Street East Whitby ON L1N2L4 905.240.0442

PostNet Whitby is your one-stop-shop for all your small business marketing needs. From BRANDing and marketing consultation and printing of business cards, sales collateral, postcards, trade show setup, promotional items and more - we can help.

PostNet is now FSC^® certified!

Design, Print, Copy, Ship

Print and copy services for all your projects!

• Whether you need a short run of 100 business cards or 10,000 copies of a presentation, PostNet can take care of your print and copy needs.
• Let our graphic designers help create your business cards, flyers, brochures or even wedding invitations.
• We can scan images and documents to CD, or scan and archive documents so you can quickly reorder print jobs.
• We also offer document finishing services like binding, stapling and laminating. Not sure what you need? Come in for a free consultation so we can help guide you to the best finishing options for your project.

Pack and ship services

• FedEx Authorized Ship Centre
• Purolator Authorized Shipping Agent
• Canada Post Authorized Business Centre
• Our packaging experts can pack and ship your items. We specialize in fragile, oversized and intricate items, so you'll never have to worry about getting it there in one piece again!
• Our safe, secure private mailbox suite rentals include package receiving from all the major carriers, plus you can get e-mail updates when you receive new mail.

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PostNet Whitby 1800 Dundas Street East Whitby ON L1N2L4 905.240.0442

PostNet Whitby is your one-stop-shop for all your small business marketing needs. From BRANDing and marketing consultation and printing of business cards, sales collateral, postcards, trade show setup, promotional items and more - we can help.

Business Cards, postcards, business forms, NCR forms, brochures, flyers, invitations, stickers & labels, stationary & letterhead, newsletters ... if you need it on paper we can put it there. Call us for print solutions.

PostNet Whitby 1800 Dundas Street East Whitby ON L1N2L4 905.240.0442

PostNet Whitby is your one-stop-shop for all your small business marketing needs. From BRANDing and marketing consultation and printing of business cards, sales collateral, postcards, trade show setup, promotional items and more - we can help.

Security. Identidy Theft. It's a scary world out there, and you don't want the need to get the word out on your small or home business exposing you to the danger of having your home address broadcast across the web.

If you can Google you or your business and your home address comes up, anyone can do the same, for whatever purpose they want. Provide security for your business and family, as well as a professional Suite address for your business with a MAILBOX RENTAL at PostNet Whitby.

With 24 hour access, convenient location and what one Customer told us her research showed were "the lowest prices in the GTA" a mailbox at PostNet Whitby makes sense. Call or drop in to rent your mail box today!

PostNet Whitby 1800 Dundas Street East Whitby ON L1N2L4 905.240.0442

PostNet Whitby is your one-stop-shop for all your small business marketing needs. From BRANDing and marketing consultation and printing of business cards, sales collateral, postcards, trade show setup, promotional items and more - we can help.

When you have hard copies of valuable information or images then can get lost or damaged easily. Now that it is so easy and inexpensive to store information securely online, why not drop by PostNet Whitby and scan documents up to 11" X 17" in size into an electonic file that you can store savely, use anywhere, send by email, and print on demand as needed down the road. SCAN at PostNet Whitby: easy, convenient and secure.

PostNet Whitby 1800 Dundas Street East Whitby ON L1N2L4 905.240.0442

PostNet Whitby is your one-stop-shop for all your small business marketing needs. From BRANDing and marketing consultation and printing of business cards, sales collateral, postcards, trade show setup, promotional items and more - we can help.

Small businesses face situations everyday that require signature exchange, or other paperwork transactions and passing of information that can't easily be done by email or quickly by courier.

When you need it now, anywhere in the world, drop into PostNet Whitby and make use of our old school (and very reliable) fax machine. We can send 1 page of 100 pages while you wait and confirm receipt with a hard copy print out to document the transaction for your records, or court records for that matter.

You don't need the cost or trouble of having a fax machine you only use once in a long while, when you need to fax come down to PostNet Whitby, your Neighbourhood Business Centre. We're close by and faxing starts at just .99 cents a page.

PostNet Whitby 1800 Dundas Street East Whitby ON L1N2L4 905.240.0442

PostNet Whitby is your one-stop-shop for all your small business marketing needs. From BRANDing and marketing consultation and printing of business cards, sales collateral, postcards, trade show setup, promotional items and more - we can help.

... EVICT PROCRASTINATION!

Is procrastination renting a room in your brain? Is it always disrupting your attempts to get started on the important stuff you have to do? Procrastination is a bad tenant, eager to become a bad manager of your all time and energy.

Stop procrastination in its track and evict it from your brain by exerting focussed energy to overcome inertia and GET STARTED NOW!

Let’s pick a task every small business owner absolutely loves: COLD CALLING ‘er, Business Development Calls.

Here are 10 reasons you have to make the call NOW:

1. Customers are the star of their own movie, you are at best a bit player, to get noticed you have to put yourself front and centre in their camera viewfinder. Make the call.

2. Customers are very busy, just like you; but unlike you, they may not have a reason to call you right now, and you need to call them ... right now. Make the call.

3. You have information, expertise, knowledge, experience, and products that can help that potential Customer, so be proud and confident and call to let them know all you can offer. Make the call.

4. You aren’t retired and living in a villa in Costa Rica, or wherever your dream and goals are intended to take you. So if you are not there yet, you need to do something now to take a step in the right direction. Make the call.

5. You are part of a community. For success, you need to contribute to that community. The best way to do that is to help. Your products and services help, they benefit your Customers, so reach out and let them know how you can help. Make the call.

6. Your entire life you have been learning new things. So if you are new to business development calls you need to make them to learn what works and what doesn’t in the real world. The best way to learn is to do. Tom Peters says “Ready. Fire. Aim.” Make the call.

7. Into each life, a little rain must fall. We all have things that MUST be done. Period. Think how many things you do because they have to be done: to maintain health and hygiene, to build your relationships, to care for your loved ones, to maintain the infrastructure of your life. If you can not only do all of those things, but do most of them as routines and habits, you need to add another to take care of your business. Make the call.

8.  Did I mention? Make the call.

9. No one else is going to do this for you. Like it or not, you own your own success. So, step up, accept the responsibility, take action and ... Make the call.

10. When you make the call, it’s done. You survived, you touched another person, you made your  10 second investment (yes, that’s all it takes to get to success) you got their attention, you engaged the gatekeeper, you left the dynamite voice mail message, you arranged the 20 minute appointment to understand the decision makers business better, even if you got a “NO!” you were a SUCCESS! Fantastic! Now, celebrate that success; and you know what the absolutely best, most powerful, useful and valuable way to celebrate is?  Make the next call.

PostNet Whitby 1800 Dundas Street East Whitby ON L1N2L4 905.240.0442

PostNet Whitby is your one-stop-shop for all your small business marketing needs. From BRANDing and marketing consultation and printing of business cards, sales collateral, postcards, trade show setup, promotional items and more - we can help.

The little slice of Whitby life that I see out the front of my store shows me a wet, muggy and drizzly day, but I don’t mind. It’s bright and just the right temperature here inside (we need to keep our high end XEROX digital printers at a constant humidity and temperature to deliver the best results for our Customers) and we have the 80’s on 8 on the XM Radio, so we are rockin’ out old school new wave style, just a little bit.

Some folks get down – or shut down - on rainy days or Mondays or (insert external factor here), but  as small business owners we can’t afford the luxury of letting anything other than our professional passion and our plan impact our day. It will rain, it will be Monday, bad things will happen (even to good people).

But as you gaze out the tent flap from Base Camp, and you see the rain that will fall, remember that you have already identified today’s priorities and, yes, you may have to adjust your plan for the weather, or whatever, but you control your actions and regardless of the weather, you know what needs to be done today to create your best tomorrow, so as the Cable Guy says: “Git ‘er done!”

PostNet Whitby 1800 Dundas Street East Whitby ON L1N2L4 905.240.0442

PostNet Whitby is your one-stop-shop for all your small business marketing needs. From BRANDing and marketing consultation and printing of business cards, sales collateral, postcards, trade show setup, promotional items and more - we can help.

As small business owners, we have an infinite amount of "STUFF" that we have to think about, plan, remember, move forward, write, try, get and do. It can be overwhelming, and result in non-productive activities - spinning in circles, multitasking to nowhere, and all forms of procrastination (web surfing anyone).

Here's a suggestion: take a breath, a pad of paper and a pen, and a liquid beverage refreshment and commit to 10 minutes spent dumping all the things that are top of mind onto the page. You will and should take more than 10 minutes to get it all out, but commit 10 minutes to start and keep going until you have all of the open loops down on paper. 

Then scan the list looking for two kinds of items:

1. things that can be done in under 2 minutes - an email response, a facebook post, a quick phone call - and when you find them do them and cross them off as done or record the next action you will take on them on the list.

2. things with deadlines - if you have a sales call later today, a project due later this week - identify those and put them in order of what is due NEXT. Then take that NEXT item and create a list of actions that are required to be 90% ready to go when the clock hits the scheduled time; then start working on the list now.

Three things just happened: you cleared all the stuff out of your head and captured it on paper, you cleared some minor tasks and have the satisfaction of crossing them off your list, you prioritized the remaining tasks and have started on the NEXT item due.

So, now you have a base camp, you know where you are, you have the map (list) in front of you and you can start to do the things that are most urgent and most important, and cross them off the list.

And don’t forget to take a moment to look around and enjoy the view from your first base camp.

PostNet Whitby 1800 Dundas Street East Whitby ON L1N2L4 905.240.0442

PostNet Whitby is your one-stop-shop for all your small business marketing needs. From BRANDing and marketing consultation and printing of business cards, sales collateral, postcards, trade show setup, promotional items and more - we can help.

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PostNet Whitby 1800 Dundas Street East Whitby ON L1N2L4 905.240.0442

PostNet Whitby is your one-stop-shop for all your small business marketing needs. From BRANDing and marketing consultation and printing of business cards, sales collateral, postcards, trade show setup, promotional items and more - we can help.