The History of the Barcode

We use barcode scanners on a daily basis, but have you ever asked yourself how the barcode came to be? October 7, 2012 is the 60th anniversary of the barcode and this infographic includes fun facts about how the barcode, its practical uses, and how industries use barcode scanning technology today. Additionally, this infographic shows the evolution of the barcode—from its rudimentary four line predecessors to the QR codes of today—and the barcode scanner—from bulky laser guns to cell phone apps. With this infographic, Wasp Barcode Technology would like to wish a very happy 60th birthday to the barcode!

60th anniversary of the barcode

The History of Microsoft Office

If you are looking for information about the history of Microsoft Office then this infographic by UK company Best STL is perfect for you. The infographic has details of every package that has been released since 1990 as well as a section on Microsoft Office 365 and a preview of Office 2013.

The History of Microsoft Office
Source: Best STL

Should You Sue Your Customer

This is a flow chart that we use at our collection agency to guide our clients through the litigation decision process against customers with long past-due invoices. We us a flow chart in order to have an objective decision-making process, rather than a subjective or emotionally-driven reaction to past due balances. By taking an objective approach and calculating the ROI of going to the litigation process our agency has succeeded in nearly every case we’ve taken to court for our clients.

Many clients are suprised that the costs of litigation are not very high. Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean that the process can’t become a lengthy one with any guarantee of success.

Should You Sue Your Customer?

Source: The Kaplan Group

Compliance and Growth in the Electronics Industry

Find out more about REACH in the electronics industry as of September 2012. Our representation takes a look at REACH’s compliance and growth; we demonstrate the percentage of suppliers who publish information, how many parts are affected by unpublished information, top product lines containing SVHCs, and some future projections assessing which product categories are potentially the most at risk.


Source: Silicon Expert

What is Content Marketing

At One Productions we understand that content marketing involves creating unique content that fulfils your target audience’s wants and needs and brings them one step closer to you. Based on our expertise in video production, web design and advertising, One Productions is capable of crafting a marketing campaign that is optimised for your company’s specific brand strategy. As social media is now the most popular form of content marketing is high quality business email lists with the value of high-quality video production has never been higher and will yield immediate results in exposing your product to the widest possible online audience.

From Facebook to Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Google + and everything in between, One Productions knows how to harness the power of social media for your benefit. It is very easy these days, to buy cheap likes for youtube videos. Of increasing importance also are podcasts, webinars, blogs and online newsletters, as nine out of ten businesses now use some form of content marketing. In the world of B2B (business to business) marketing, 86% of B2B marketers now admit to using content marketing.

The results of the serp checker speak for themselves. Content marketers have reported huge increases in web traffic resulting from the following: 25% webinars/webcasts, 32% case studies, 36% video productions, and 45% blogs. The importance of social media is underlined by the fact that 60% of all social media posts are links to content. Explore the right content marketing options for you at One Productions, Dublin

Source: One Productions