When you hear the term, Deja Vu, most people know what it is. What exactly does it mean in this week’s blog post? Deja Vu We wrote in a prior blog post about getting our priorities straight. That was over a year ago, when we took some time off to enjoy life. Fast forward to […]
We deal with shipping challenges every time we receive an order for custom metal work. Especially with large pieces. This blog post explores recent challenges and opportunities we’ve encountered. Shipping Challenges When we started our business, the majority of our sales occurred at craft and art shows. We had a few orders through our website, […]
The saying “Never Say Never” is truer today than ever before. Never Say Never When we started Sunriver Metal Works five years ago, we could not imagine where life and the business would take us. We started out small, developing products for a local fishing shop. Our website evolved over the years to become our […]
We found out recently that people read blogs. A potential customer actually quoted a recent blog post about saying “no” to some projects. People Read Blogs Our blog posts are located on the home page of our website. We keep new products and (hopefully) weekly posts front and center for people to see what’s going […]
Believe it or not, it is hard to say no to customers. We’ve been doing it a lot lately. Never in a million years did we think we would come to this place… It’s Hard to Say No In the past, we have always tried to figure out how to make the customer happy. We […]
Yes – it must be Tuesday. Should I write a blog post or do housework? Sometimes it’s a hard choice to make! Blog Post? We (I) try to write a blog post every Tuesday or Wednesday. Well there’s the simple answer. Delay writing it until Wednesday! More often than not, we have errands scheduled on […]
You’ve probably heard the phrase before. Be careful what you wish for. Because you may actually get it. And then some… Be Careful What You Wish For When we first started this business, we got really excited when a Wufoo came in. Wufoo is the program that allows us to capture contact forms from potential […]
If you Google “the lights are on but nobodys home”, you get a wide variety of definitions and examples. One of the definitions is “someone who is mentally vacant”. That’s kind of the way we’re feeling today at Sunriver Metal Works! The Lights Are On But Nobodys Home We need to mentally and physically get […]
We think everyone must be suffering from social media overload these days. How about you? How much is too much? Social Media Overload When we first started our business, social media was just beginning to emerge. In order to be successful, our website developer told us we needed to have a presence on the major […]
It seems simple enough. How do you determine the time zone using a phone number? Time Zone It appears that people don’t think about time zones any more. We think that because we’ve been getting more and more calls early in the morning. Apparently, our digital world precludes the need for time zones. Where is […]
