Resources Used by Cambridge Reprints

No business can operate without good resources to use. Cambridge Reprints is no exception!

Over the years of running my businesses and hobbies, I have researched and used many companies who have supplied many different resources. It seemed only fair to share this knowledge with people who could benefit from this knowledge. YOU!
As time allows further subjects and ideas will be added. I hope you will find some of the information helpful.

If you have any comments or problems please do not hesitate to contact me directly at stephen@cambridgereprints.co.uk
or telephone 07957 873185.

Best regards, Stephen

Office Software

The need for good quality software to run the day-to-day activities of a busy office is very important. A good integrated system with word processing, spreadsheets, databases etc. is a necessity. Microsoft Office is an excellent package, but at a high price. We came across a package with all the same attributes, but at a fraction of the cost. It also meets the "industry standard" by being able to read and write standard Microsoft Office documents, e.g. Word, Excel etc.

For further information on this excellent office suite and how you can hold of a copy, please click here.

Web Hosting

As an on-line business the most critical resource is our Web presence.
We did a considerable amount of research when planning our website and came up with an enormous list of things to be done in order to make a successful on-line business.
You know the sort of things - Researching, Web/html/graphic design, Site hosting, Domain name registration and renewal, Search engine submission, Keyword reports, Ranking reports, Search engine optimization, Pay-per-click research, Click-in and Click-through analysis, etc., etc. We also became aware that 99% of all on-line small businesses fail!

You can see why so many prospective small business people fall for the "Cheap-Quick-&-Easy" message of the large, old-fashioned Web hosts. They fall for brilliant, convincing "Get Rich Quick" ("GRQ") sales copy over and over, always believing that "this one is different." (GRQ, of course, does not exist. If it did, why would anyone sell it? They'd use it.)

Fortunately we came upon a company that does it all - Site Build It! (SBI).
Site Build It! is Web hosting that works. It is the only all-in-one site-brainstorming-building-hosting-and-marketing step-by-step system of software tools that delivers thriving, profitable businesses.

If you would like read how SBI assisted us or want to know how SBI can help your business, please click here.

Sponsorship

You may feel this subject is out of place here! But although not directly connected with this website, fund-raising is a subject I have spent many sleepless nights over for some of the organisations I have been involved with.

Many organisations, clubs and groups we are involved with, rely almost entirely on fund raising for their existence.

One traditional fund raising idea to raise money consistently is sponsorship; but few organisations are successful in this. Many concentrate on what the sponsor can do for you. The successful ones focus on what you can do for the sponsor. No matter what type of business you are contacting for sponsorship, they want to know what's in it for them! In other words, 'what will you do for me?' With the cut backs in marketing budgets many companies are looking for new ways of attracting potential customers and many are open to the idea of sponsorship; but only IF the approach offers them value for money.

You can discover the amazing secrets of how to successfully find sponsorship in the guides I recommend here. The techniques described are used by professional sponsor-seekers the world over, from formula one teams, through world-leading museums and art galleries to football clubs. The 10-stage process has been developed out of years of trial and error, costly mistakes and fantastic successes. If you have sent letters that haven't worked and been rejected on the telephone, then now is the time to invest in developing your sponsorship skills.

You can download these guides immediately here.