Categories: Branding

How Rubber Stamps Can Help Your Business Stand Out

When your business begins to grow, it is important that you, as the leader, begin thinking about the importance of your company’s appearance. There are a lot of areas that can be covered on a large scale, from moving to a more prominent office location to creating a new, more user friendly website. Often, many businesses pay more attention to big changes and skip out on smaller ones that can make your office look and feel more professional, without draining your company’s coffers.

One of the simplest, most cost effective things that your business can invest in is rubber stamps. These basic office supplies can go a long way in making your business appear larger and more professional, not only to employees, but to customers and suppliers as well. Here are a few ways how basic and customized rubber stamps can help your business stand out from your competition.

Basic Stamps

Rubber stamps come in nearly every shape, size and design that you can imagine. Many common phrases and job titles that are often used in the business world such as “Paid” or “Accounts Receivable” can be found pre-printed on commercial stamps. For just a few dollars, these stamps will not only make the job of your accounting department easier, but also put a more professional appearance on invoices and receipts. With simple stamps, invoices can be marked off much more quickly and without the mess of writing all over each one.

Custom Made Stamps

In addition to the basic design of pre-printed rubber stamps, most office supply companies can also create custom stamps to fit a wide variety of your needs. Whether it is a customized picture or any phrase that your business uses on a regular basis, office supply companies can provide you with rubber stamps that meet your exact specifications.

The most common use for custom made rubber stamps are as signature stamps. By providing the stamp maker with a copy of your signature, they can create a replica onto the face of the stamp. This is ideal for business owners and professionals who are constantly signing off on documents and paperwork. By using a stamp, you can easily save valuable time each day. Stamps like these should be well-controlled. Only authorize one be made, and be careful of who has it – it in the wrong hands a signature stamp could be used on countless documents.

Avoiding Confusion

Another benefit of using rubber stamps in the office is that it helps avoid confusion on documents between employees. Skip troubles with handwriting and unclear instructions. By using stamps to communicate on documents, co-workers and employees are able to clearly understand what is expected out of them in regards to your instructions.

By making small changes around your business, you can easily alter the perception of your company by your employees, business associates and consumers. By using rubber stamps for your office’s communications you can increase the professionalism both between employees and to the public. Not only do these stamps make your business look more sophisticated, but they also reduce the amount of mistakes make because of misunderstandings over instructions. For companies who need to process large amounts of documents, using rubber stamps can save significant amounts of time for those needing to authorize the paperwork. Look at your office’s procedures for documents today, and imagine how rubber stamps could increase productivity in the workplace.

Mike Gardener is a founding partner of TheOfficeProviders.com. Mike is a passionate real estate investor who loves helping other investors and businesses by providing any kind of office space. You can see his site for more details. His areas of expertise include real estate investment, office space rental, and economic and business issues. 

Deborah Sweeney

Deborah Sweeney is an advocate for protecting personal and business assets for business owners and entrepreneurs. With extensive experience in the field of corporate and intellectual property law, Deborah provides insightful commentary on the benefits of incorporation and trademark registration. Education: Deborah received her Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration degrees from Pepperdine University, and has served as an adjunct professor at the University of West Los Angeles and San Fernando School of Law in corporate and intellectual property law. Experience: After becoming a partner at LA-based law firm, Michel & Robinson, she became an in-house attorney for MyCorporation, formerly a division in Intuit. She took the company private in 2009 and after 10 years of entrepreneurship sold the company to Deluxe Corporation. Deborah is also well-recognized for her written work online as a contributing writer with some of the top business and entrepreneurial blogging sites including Forbes, Business Insider, SCORE, and Fox Business, among others. Fun facts/Other pursuits: Originally from Southern California, Deborah enjoys spending time with her husband and two sons, Benjamin and Christopher, and practicing Pilates. Deborah believes in the importance of family and credits the entrepreneurial business model for giving her the flexibility to enjoy both a career and motherhood. Deborah, and MyCorporation, have previously been honored by the San Fernando Valley Business Journal’s List of the Valley’s Largest Women-Owned Businesses in 2012. MyCorporation received the Stevie Award for Best Women-Owned Business in 2011.

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  • You make a great point that rubber stamps come in all different shapes and designs, so I could find one that matches the exact style of my business. I am thinking about ordering some stamps for the employees in my office and you make a great point that stamps help to avoid confusion and save time. Using a stamp to authorize paperwork would be more professional and definitely save me a lot of time so that I can focus on other important aspects of my business.

  • Very well said, I don't know what I'd do without those rubber stamps. I've been running my business for years and I can say it's essential especially when it comes to paper transactions.

  • I also want to add one more point i.e Rubber Stamps can also help in branding for SME's. You can create stamps of your brand name, logo or whatever you want on stamps and it will help you to aware people about your business.

  • I can see how it could be really useful for a business to find some ways for them to stand out and be more efficient. It could be really useful for them to get some rubber stamps from a professional so that they can be custom made. It was interesting to learn about how they can get a copy of signatures and can use them to communicate on documents.

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