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So you’re spending time at your satellite office, are you using that time wisely? Consider not-so-subliminal advertising by dressing your laptop to do some of the work for you.
teresa boardman
September 5, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Funny. I work in coffee shops and have been for years. I have a business card taped onto the laptop so people can see my name when they walk by. I have gotten listings because of it too.
Todd
September 5, 2008 at 1:42 pm
You can have images, logos laser etched onto your laptop too:
https://blog.makezine.com/archive/2005/12/how_its_made_laser_etching_pow.html
Tres chic!
Chris de Jong
September 5, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Personally, I avoid taking my laptop into public spaces at all costs. Nothing says unprofessional like a 5 year old hand-me-down laptop adorned with all manner of band stickers and sounds like a malfunctioning jet engine. If I work on the go I just borrow a laptop from our office – or try (and fail) to do all the work I can from my phone.
Mark Eckenrode | HomeStomper
September 5, 2008 at 2:39 pm
i dig personalizing my stuff… check out https://www.skinit.com for other options
Vicki Moore
September 5, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Oh! Excellent suggestions. Thanks!
Chris – Do like people do with their bumpers. Stick over them. With all the noise in coffee shops nobody will hear that rumbling.
Mariana
September 6, 2008 at 5:04 pm
My laptop screams “I AM NOT A MAC!”
Vicki Moore
September 6, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Mariana – You crack me up. I needed that. I was looking at moo.com to order business cards and saw stickers – I thought about ordering some of those to make my laptop look like the back of an old VW bus.
Mariana
September 7, 2008 at 11:51 am
Oh! I love old veedubs. That sounds like a smokin’ good idea.
Matt Wilkins
September 7, 2008 at 7:54 pm
I have ABSOLUTELY no problem whipping out my Lenovo X60 and get some work done. I will definately consider attaching a business car to mine also.
What gets people talking to me is that I have a convertable tablet. Many times when browsing lisitngs I will use tablet mode and that has started a few conversations.
Ted Mackel
September 8, 2008 at 8:40 am
I put a Apple Sticker on the corner of my Dell 700m and everyone thinks I have a Mac……………LOL The big fat Dell badge in in the center of the cover.
Vicki Moore
September 8, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Mariana – God I love innuendos. I’m going to make it psychedelic.
Matt – Let me know how it goes. I’ll going to do it too.
Ted – Let that sense of humor shine!