My thanks to Smead, via Shoplet.com, for
providing me with free products to facilitate today’s post. All opinions and
love of organization are my own.
If I had a penny for every invoice, bill, receipt or work-related
piece of paper I touch in a day, I could buy myself a tall latte at least twice
a week with zero budget guilt. As the chief important-paperwork-wrangler for my
family’s small businesses, I know the importance of having a workable filing
system in place. Notice I say “workable”. What’s workable for me may not be
workable for you, so if you find yourself drowning in paperwork, now is the
perfect time to research different filing and organizing systems.
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| Smead SuperTab folders |
No matter what filing and organizing system you choose, you will
need to purchase some file folders. During my 15+ years of being a work-at-home
mom, I have come to rely on Smead folders. They are practically indestructible.
You can easily tear off old labels to re-purpose these folders, or if you are
like my husband who doesn’t like labels, you can white out the label area and
write new information as needed.
Writing all the important information on a little label area
used to be a pain, but Smead has provided a simple solution- Smead SuperTab file Folders! These folders give you a 90% larger label/writing area and will still
fit in all file drawers! They hold up to 6 letters easily without crumpling
them, too. The pink beauties, shown above, will be used by yours truly for my blog/writing
business.
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| Smead 3-in-1 SuperTab folders |
The new Smead 3-in-1 SuperTab folders are in a word, genius!
These are perfect for my husband’s cabinet/carpentry business where he has
multiple pieces of paperwork per job with him often. He can easily store CAD
drawings, job project lists, receipts, paint swatches, and client/architect/designer
notes in this huge, 12-letter-size folder. The best part of this SuperTab
folder is the Lockit flap at the top that keeps papers secure. Now my husband
can walk around job sites and conduct business without fear of dropping
important papers.
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| Smead 12 pocket Stadium File Organizer |
This brings me to the last Smead product I had the privilege
of reviewing. The Stadium File Organizer. This beauty of a portable filing cabinet is going in my husband’s
shop, where he can keep important paperwork on hand as jobs progress. Since it
can hold over 900 sheets in the 12-tiered pockets, we’ll be able to transfer
papers from his 3-in-1 folders to the Stadium folders as certain aspects of the
job are complete. This will be the holding station until each job is completely
done and I make a permanent file for that client.
Thanks to Smead’s newest file folders and organizer, my
husband and I will be better able to keep a handle on our complex filing
system, which will improve our productivity.
That’s a small business win in our book.
I invite you to learn more about Smead products by using the
links provided for each above. Be sure to visit Shoplet.com to learn more about
their home and office supplies as well.
Please share in comments: How often do you use file folders
in your home office? Would you like me to do a more in-depth tutorial on home
office organization? Please let me know in comments!
Disclosure: My thanks to Smead and Shoplet.com for providing the products mentioned above to facilitate my review.Opinions are 100% my own. No monetary compensation was given. I’m disclosing this in accordance with the FTC’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising”
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