We’ve officially reached the third leg to our 50-40-30 sale!
Happy October to Team Nations! Click here to review pricing!
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Order your NPL Photo Book today!
July 27, 2010 : Written by NPL staff : Comments (1)
We are proud, and excited, to finally announce that PHOTO BOOKS are now available in both our ROES Pro and ROES Easy ordering systems! So many different cover options, sizes and paper types! Click here to download ROES! Happy Photo Books!
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Stock Tips: Remote Control
July 21, 2010 : Written by jonathan : Comments (0)
Having trouble placing an order? Need some technical assistance? How about some cool handy ROES tips and tutorials? If you hit a roadblock and are pressed for time, let us do the work!
Team Nations is happy to offer remote technical support using Citrix software – Go To Meeting!
Just relax and put the phone on speaker; eat some lunch, play with your dog, tell your kid to get down from there! or take some notes while we take care of everything.
Remote assistance is so simple and only takes a minute or two to get connected. Please contact customer service at 800.315.0420 or send an email to info@nationsphotolab.com to schedule a meeting with a knowledgeable and PATIENT NPL team member! We look forward to hearing from you!
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Roll Out The Red Carpet!
June 4, 2010 : Written by NPL staff : Comments (0)
Textured prints are here! As of today, you can now add a unique and artistic linen texture to your Nations prints. This texturizing is available on both luster and metallic Kodak Endura prints, wallet sized up to 24X30 enlargements. Not only can this linen texture lend a creative touch, but it can also act as a security measure so your work cannot be scanned or replicated. Take a peek at all the details here: http://www.nationsphotolab.com/texturedprints.htm.
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Exciting News!
May 11, 2010 : Written by NPL staff : Comments (0)
The results are in for the finalists of the esteemed Maryland Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award, and Nations’ own CEO, Ryan Millman, has been selected! Ryan will compete with 16 other business leaders from our region to be named the Young Entrepreneur of the Year in our state.
We’re thrilled that Ryan has been recognized for his hard work, but honestly, he does it for you, our customers. Your belief and commitment to Nations Photo Lab has helped make us the successful company that we are today. We have pushed ourselves to be the very best because we know that’s what you deserve. Team Nations is extremely proud of the job we do for you and we hope to continue to bring you innovation for many, many years to come!
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WPPI 2010
March 30, 2010 : Written by NPL staff : Comments (2)
Team Nations is back in Maryland and finally catching up after a crazy week in Las Vegas at WPPI! We kicked off March with the largest trade show of the year and we’re proud to say our booth (not to mention our gift cards!) was a huge hit. Show visitors were loving our new canvas products, splits and clusters, which just went live. You can see them for yourself at http://www.nationsphotolab.com/canvas.htm
We’ve captured a few pictures of our team on site at the show. Enjoy!
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- Products (loving the Canvas Cluster in the back!)
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- Ashley, our Director of PR, getting ready to hand out our gift cards!
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- TEAM NATIONS
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- Ashley and Molly- Day 1 of WPPI
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- WPPI 2010
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- Chris, our Director of Marketing, discussing one of our many products showcased at WPPI.
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- Molly putting together even more gift cards!
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- TEAM NATIONS having a great time at WPPI
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- I hope you were one of the lucky attendees to receive one of our gift cards!
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NPL President partcipates in K-Zone at PMA
March 3, 2010 : Written by NPL staff : Comments (0)
Ryan Millman, President of NPL, participates in K-Zone at PMA
Ryan Millman, Nations CEO, was invited to join the esteemed group of photography experts on the Kodak K-Zone speakers panel at the recent PMA 2010 convention in Anaheim, CA. On the K-Zone panel, Ryan addressed how “Print Makes It Real” and the why print remains a vital, powerful and lasting medium for sharing our personal stories, despite the advent of digital media.
The Kodak K-Zone is a live talk-show setting where industry experts, print service providers and marketing professionals engage in dynamic discussions on photo industry hot topics. Ryan was hand-picked by Kodak to join the PMA panel and lend his lab expertise. Take a peek at him in action!
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Nations Photo Lab on CNN!
February 4, 2010 : Written by NPL staff : Comments (0)
Yesterday Ryan Millman, President of Nations Photo Lab, was featured in an article on CNN! To check out the article click here or simply scroll down to hear his thoughts about President Obama’s recent proposal for $5,000 per-worker tax credit for new hire. What are your thoughts?
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — America’s smallest businesses shed another 12,000 workers last month, extending a two-year streak in which job losses have mounted every month, according to a report released Wednesday by payroll processor ADP.
But the tide could be turning: The pace of losses has slowed, and one segment of the market — companies with 50 to 499 workers — added a net 9,000 positions in January.
And some business owners say President Obama’s recent proposal for a $5,000 per-worker tax credit for new hires this year could help goose the recovery.
“I am personally extremely excited about the tax credit,” said Ryan Millman, president of Nations Photo Lab in Owings Mills, Md.
Millman’s two photo labs employ about 70 full-time workers. His companies grew fast last year, and Millman expects to see growth of at least 50% in 2010. He anticipates hiring 20 to 25 new employees this year. That could net him tax credits of more than $100,000, if Obama’s proposal is enacted by Congress.
“We are going to take that money, that tax credit, and plow that right back into our business,” Millman said. “Any money we get is going to help us to continue to expand and grow.” He says he would like to invest the cash in product development and buying new equipment.
Steven Cox, the owner of music instruction provider TakeLessons.com, is also looking to hire.
“We needed more people, but we simply put it off. We all worked longer hours to hit our revenue goals and profit goals, and we just can’t keep doing that,” said Cox, who launched his San Diego, Calif., company in 2006 and now has 12 workers. “To us, every single $5,000 really, really matters.”
Cash for jobs: America’s smallest companies, those with fewer than 50 employees, have cut 2.7 million positions over the past two years — almost a third of the total jobs lost in the U.S., according to ADP’s estimates. Reversing that trend has become a top priority for President Obama and his administration.
Job creation “must be our No. 1 focus in 2010,” Obama announced during last week’s State of the Union address. Days later, he traveled to Baltimore to visit a local machine company and unveil his tax-cuts-for-jobs strategy.
“Now is the perfect time for this kind of incentive because the economy is growing, but businesses are still hesitant to start hiring again,” Obama said in Baltimore. “The economy is growing, but job growth is lagging.”
0:00 /3:40Job market: gradually growingAmong business owners, reactions were mixed. Sales for many companies have dried up throughout the recession, and for those businesses owners, tax credits to hire workers they don’t need or can’t afford won’t do much good.
But then there are the entrepreneurs like Shane Schuster, who says just a little bit of government money could be enough of an incentive to influence his hiring plans.
Shane Schuster is the CEO of Alternative Commercial Solutions (ACS), which handles credit collections for businesses. The Hillsboro, Ore., company launched in October 2004 and now has a staff of eight. Schuster would like to add a half-dozen more workers.
A tax credit would allow ACS to hire “someone who is requiring a higher salary, as opposed to training somebody from the ground up,” Schuster said. It would also offset the rising cost of benefits like health care.
Strengthening Main Street: Washington policymakers have let loose with a flood or proposals this past week aimed at helping small businesses, which were particularly hard-hit by the recession.
On Tuesday, Obama called for a new $30 billion Treasury fund to make cheap capital available to community banks that boost their small business lending.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner appeared before Congress on Wednesday to discuss government programs aimed at freeing up credit for small companies, especially those in economically disadvantaged areas.
“We need to work together to intensify our focus together on job creation, on investment and on innovation,” Geithner told the House Ways and Means Committee. “When you talk to small businesses across the country, as I know you do, they tell a similar story. They’re worried about whether they’re going to see demand for their products. And their ability to expand and to hire depends on access to credit.”
Later in the day, Geithner announced a program to make Troubled Asset Relief Program capital available to Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) at a 2% dividend rate, well below the standard 5% rate the Treasury usually charges for TARP funds. CDFIs are financial institutions that lend in the most underserved communities.
To enact any of Obama’s new proposals, including the hiring tax credits and the $30 billion lending fund for community banks, the president needs backing from Congress. But opponents are already questioning the plans’ price tags.
“More government spending isn’t what small businesses need,” House Minority Leader John Boehner, an Ohio Republican, said in a statement. Even among Democrats, Obama could have trouble mustering enough support to push through programs that will increase the country’s debt load.
But business owners like Ryan Millman will be crossing their fingers that the proposals move forward.
“Anytime you give something to small business and give them some kind of incentive, it can only be positive,” Millman said. “Hopefully it is something that we can get passed.”
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What is My.NationsPhotoLab?
February 1, 2010 : Written by NPL staff : Comments (0)
We’ve sent some emails and gotten plenty of calls, so we thought we’d set the record straight and answer the question “what the heck is My.NationsPhotoLab?” It’s simple, we promise.
My.NationsPhotoLab is the answers to your prayers: it cuts out the calls (although I’m sure you love chatting with our fabulous customer service team) and answers all your pertinent questions at the click of a button, including:
-checking the status of your orders
-tracking your packages
-changing/updating your NPL account information
-viewing your current or past statements and invoicesAnd lots, lots more.
Getting there is easy too. Just go to our homepage, click on the “Access My Account” button in the upper right hand corner of the page, and enter your Nations account number and password. It’s like your very own NPL genie-all the answers you need are right there!!
Click here to access your my.nationsphotolab account! ENJOY!
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Photobooks Update!
January 29, 2010 : Written by NPL staff : Comments (2)
First and foremost, we want to thank you for your saint-like patience in waiting for this new product roll out. The good news is that the product has been perfected, our Photobooks department is stocked and ready to roll, and we have expert staff chomping at the bit to get started.
Only one caveat: we are still working out the last kinks in our new Photobooks ordering software. We’ve developed this software from scratch to make designing and ordering simple and fun, but with new software come glitches, and we want to be sure we’re dealing with these on the back end so you don’t have to on the front end. Our programmers are diligently working to have this thing off the ground ASAP! Please bear with us- we promise this product will be worth the wait!
