Going green in the office means more than recycling paper, plastic bottles and aluminum cans. Every office should look beyond the obvious targets when implementing recycling programs. Here a four ways to expand your office’s recycle program in overlooked areas.

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The Avery labels, binders, report covers and other supplies featured at On Time Supplies help you organize your important files and documents and help you raise money for your kids school. Continue reading →

What is it that they say? Many will enter, few will win? Well, only one of the more than 160 of you that took to Facebook, Twitter and commented right here at Smart Office for free school supplies could win the On Time Supplies Back to School Giveaway prize package. I’m here today to reveal the winner. Drum roll please. *Ahem* And the winner of the 2010 Back to School Giveaway is… Continue reading →

Messy cross outs were fine for Beethoven, but messy school work is just not going to fly with your kid’s teacher! Correction fluids do a good job of covering mistakes, but can be almost as messy and unsightly as scratch outs in kid’s hands. Plus, correction fluid can take too long to dry. How many kids have the patience to wait for Wite Out, Liquid Paper and other correction fluids to dry before writing over mistakes? That’s why every student needs Tombow correction tape.  just works better for kids. Tombow correction tape dries instantly, so your kid can quickly and neatly correct errors. Even better, Tombow correction tape comes in break proof cases, so they won’t get destroyed in your kid’s backpack. Continue reading →

Update: The Back to School Giveaway is now closed. Winner will be announced Friday, August 6th.
On Time Supplies is giving away more than $100 in back to school supplies to one lucky winner! You’ve got a few ways to enter the drawing.

• Follow us on Twitter or Facebook, or subscribe to Smart Office via email or RSS.
• Let us know that you really want those free school supplies! Tweet @OnTimeSupplies or post this comment to our Facebook page or in the comments of this blog post:
  “I want to win free school supplies from www.OnTimeSupplies.com! /” (you have to include the link!)
  Get three chances to win by posting at Twitter, Facebook and the blog!

It’s that easy! No purchase necessary and open to US residents only. I’ll randomly choose one lucky winner on Friday, August 6th, 2010.  I’m leaning towards the tried and true method of picking a name out of a hat. The winner will be contacted through the medium the entered, so if you entered through Facebook, we’ll let you know you won through Facebook, and so on.

The Back to School Give-Away package includes Crayola markers, Swingline mini staplers, Pentel #2 pencils, Avery binders, Mead note books and filler paper, and so much more!

Happy Memorial Day everybody! I am so looking forward to the long Memorial Day weekend and my mama’s barbeque! It’s been almost a whole year since I chowed down on some ribs! I hope you get to spend the holiday with your family. If you’re one of the millions who have to work, well I hope someone saves you a plate! Is it obvious from allthis talk about BBQ that I am ready for lunch!

So right after I got through thanking God that it’s not only Friday, but the Friday that begins the long holiday weekend, I realized that I didn’t know exactly what Memorial Day commemorates. I thought it had something to do with our veterans, but then what about Veterans Day? I felt a little guilty about my ignorance. Luckily, I am a master at of the Google-fu, so now I have that information and can share it with you!

Memorial Day is the day we set aside to remember the men and women who’ve died in our wars and thank them for their sacrifice. It began after the Civil War, and was originally called Decoration Day because mourners would visit and decorate the graves of the war dead. Decoration Day events sprung up in communities across the country, so it’s hard to know for sure where it was first observed. My favorite Decoration Day origin story comes from Charleston’s Post and Courier newspaper. The paper credibly claims that the first Decoration Day events happened there, May 1, 1865. Around 10,000 former Charleston slaves marched to the city’s Washington Race Course, the site of a prison camp, to bury the Union soldiers who died there. It took the former slaves two weeks to bury the Union dead. After completing the somber and arduous task, it was time for a proper funeral. A procession 2800 black school children sang “John Browns Body” as they made their way to the new graveyard. After sermons and prayers of the funeral service,  the former slaves held a picnic. The mix of celebration and solemn remembrance became Charleston’s first Decoration Day. The day grew to recognize the soldiers who died in all of America’s wars after World War I, and became known as Memorial Day. Memorial Day became an official federal holiday in 1971.

Today, we celebrate Memorial Day by remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country, and by taking much needed time away from the hectic work world to spend time with our families and loved ones. At OnTimeSupplies.com, we like to take the opportunity to thank our customers with free and discount shipping. Memorial Day is also the unofficial start of the summer, ushering in the season of Popsicles, freshly cut grass and Saturdays at the beach. I hope you have a great Memorial Day and a great summer!

In this economic climate, nothing is more important to a business than customer loyalty. On Time Supplies is no different. They want to be the only place you order office supplies and furniture. Competitive pricing and stellar customer service goes a long way towards accomplishing that goal, as does the new, more user friendly OnTimeSupplies.com. The response to the new site has been amazing, and overwhelmingly positive. However, smart businesses like On Time Supplies knows that there’s always room for improvement! Continue reading →

With the Louisiana oil spill and failed Times Square bombing grabbing recent headlines, a national disaster has largely flown under the radar for those of us outside the affected region. Heavy weekend rains flooded rivers and creeks across Tennessee, killing 28 people, forcing mass evacuations and shutting down down much of Nashville. Continue reading →

The newspapers tell us that the economic climate is better than it was this time last year. However, I know I’m still in a cost-saving mode, and polls show that most of you are too. We here at Smart Office are always on the look out for new and creative ways to save money. The internet yields helpful tips, such as new uses for vinegar (is there anything that liquid can’t do?) as well as impractical tips. After all, are time so tough that I really have to join the Amish in making my own office furniture? While looking for new ways to cut expenses, it’s easy to overlook one method that makes great sense in any economic climate: buying in bulk.

Bulk buying isn’t just for stocking up on enormous bottles of ketchup, or in my case, coffee in bags the size of newborn child.  No, bulk buying is often the most economical way to stock up on the supplies you use the most, including a wide variety of office supplies. For example, every office needs a good supply of pens. BIC Clic Stic pens are among the most popular pens sold at OnTimeSupplies.com. A 12-pack of BIC Clic Stic pens sets you back $6.49 at OnTimeSupplies.com, unless you buy in bulk. You only spend $4.57 when you order BIC Clic Stic pens in bulk, a savings of 30%. Why wouldn’t you wouldn’t you cut your recurring expenses by 30%? It’s not just pens. You reap significant savings on a wide variety of office supplies when you buy in bulk. At OnTimeSupplies.com, you’ll pay between six and 31% less when you order clipboards in bulk, and on bulk orders of virtually every other office supply.

Buying in bulk is an even bigger money saver when you target the supplies you use at home and in the office, or the supplies that both you and your school-age children need. For example, sheet protectors in bulk, pocket folders in bulk and other school and office supplies all cost significantly less than purchasing those items individually. Since you go through those supplies like water anyway, do your self a favor and stock up.

After all, you don’t just save money when you buy office supplies in bulk — you save time and frustration too. The office supplies you use every day are always on hand when you need them when you buy in bulk.  So look out for bulk order discounts when you’re shopping for office supplies. It’s not just your wallet that will thank you.