In Case You Want to Read the Bible in Klingon…

December 29, 2008 Leave a comment

…here’s your chance:

The Bible Tool

I’m glad there are people dedicated to spreading the Good News to everyone, but I think it would make sense to take care of the human race first before we go intergalactic.

Thankfully, a quick search on the site provides some answers:

For some, there can be other benefits. Though this kind of translation might seem frivolous, the work of producing such a translation can have devotional value even if the translation is never used. The effort of reading the scriptures and considering their meaning for a translation cannot fail to benefit the translator by helping him or her develop a deeper understanding of the text.

Interesting, I’ll stop there.

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It’s Cold and Miserable Outside

December 14, 2008 2 Comments

There’s a nasty winter storm out there … I just posted the following note for WebsitesForPrinters.com clients so they know why we may be a little late on the phones tomorrow:

To clients of WebsitesForPrinters.com:

We often have fun telling people that Fargo, North Dakota is the Silicon Valley of the North. While Fargo does have a regional reputation for high technology, we do sometimes fail to keep up with Silicon Valley in the weather department. When December rolls around the weather does tend to get a bit uncooperative at times. Last Saturday evening marked the start of a severe winter storm that is lasting all weekend. The worst of the storm “should” have passed by Monday morning, but our city crew will have a lot of work in front of them to get the roads opened up for safe travel. For that reason, the WebsitesForPrinters.com staff may not be readily accessible until later in the day on Monday. Thanks for understanding!

If you’re not familiar with the weather found in our region, here’s a bit of what we are experiencing:

  • Monday’s high temperature is forecast to reach -11 F (-24 C).

  • Fargo, ND is located at the intersections of two Interstate highways (I-29 and I-94). Both highways are closed to traffic for over 100 miles in all directions.
  • Locals typically plug in their cars during periods of cold temperatures. No, this isn’t the latest in alternate fuel vehicles … we have block heaters in our vehicles to keep the vehicle’s “vital fluids” from getting too cold, allowing the vehicles to start easier. Without these additional heaters, vehicles will often need to be towed to a heated garage to “thaw out.”
  • A pre-storm trip to stock up on food at the grocery store resulted in me obtaining one of the last eight shopping carts available, and standing in long checkout lines. (All lanes were open, all were at least four customers deep.)
  • Our local newspaper the Fargo Forum, published this story: Blizzard Blasts Fargo-Moorhead … and the accompanying reader photos from the storm.
  • The Fargo Forum also publishes a school, church, and business closed due to inclement weather list.

By the way, WebsitesForPrinters.com is hiring! Those interested in applying for a position in our Customer Service department, please contact us. Just remember, cold weather gear is required! :-)

Dave Hultin and the crew at WebsitesForPrinters.com

It will be interesting to see if we get any applicants!

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Printer@Work Success Stories!

December 3, 2008 Leave a comment

It’s no secret that the Printer@Work e-mail newsletter is one of my favorite things to talk about with prospects considering WebsitesForPrinters.com. One of our clients send us this fabulous report back from one of her customers! Here’s what our client, and her customer had to say…

Dave, a customer just emailed a nice note on the email newsletter!
Thank you for doing such a great job. I actually got two comments on this today.

BR, Owner

—— Forwarded Message
From: EG
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 12:10:58 -0800
To: BR
Subject: about your newsletter

Hello B,

I just wrote this email to my boss, and I realized you may be interested in my thoughts too, just to know that I appreciate your enewsletter.  We are working on designing our own for BB, and I’ve passed this on as an example.

Here is an example of what I consider to be a very helpful and well organized enewsletter. I particularly like B’s note of “how I see it” today titled “Against the Odds.”  She always makes the notes personal, relating an inspirational story, and tied to the emotional contact she wants to generate with her clients.  They are also always short which makes them easy to read.  I consider this very successful to reach people like me – very little time or interest to read things in full, but I feel like I can always take the 3 minutes to fully read her enewsletters; and they make me feel good about working with them, and inspired in general. (Customer confidence!)

Thanks for the helpful tips and uplifting words every week; your newsletter is one I actually look forward to reading!  And I spend time perusing the helpful hints and design tidbits too – I’ve gotten so much out of them.

Keep up the good work!
EG

—— End of Forwarded Message

(Names reduced to initials to protect their privacy.)

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