Tag: raving fans

July 24, 2018

Creative Frame Uses by Frame USA Customers

We love seeing creative frame uses by our customers!

Here at Frame USA, our customers are our top priority. However, they are more than just important to our business – they inspire us! Seeing our products used in such a variety of creative ways brings out the artist in all of us.

For instance, the photo above was sent to us by the owner of an Etsy shop called CreativeGlassByBecky. Becky uses frames from Frame USA to create faux stained glass artwork that she sells in her shop. We love that our American-made frames are being used to create art and help an American small business owner run their company.

Above is another piece of art made with a Frame USA Wood Frame. This reverse glass painting was also made by an American Etsy shop owner whose shop is called KRAM Gifts & Crafts. Reverse glass painting consists of painting in layers on the back of a piece of glass and viewing it from the other side. It is a technique of painting that has existed since the Middle Ages.

These next photos are examples of our custom frames. Frame USA offers a wide variety of standard frame sizes, however sometimes customers have pieces they want framed that are not standard sizes.

This customer had these beautiful posters they wanted to display, but needed a custom size to fit them.

All of our standard frames can be made in custom sizes by using the “Custom Sizes” tab on our site.

The Design a Frame section of our website is also an option for designing your own custom frame.

Our Decorate-It frame series is another popular frame that leaves room for creativity. These wood frames come unfinished so that you can decorate them yourself however you please! These photos are examples of how one customer decorated their Decorate-It frames. This series is great for painting on or using to collage onto like this artist did.

Weddings are also an occasion where having the perfect picture frame is important. This customer used one of our frames to commemorate their big day in 2011. It’s a great way to decorate a wedding ceremony or reception, or to show off photographs from your wedding afterward. Jared and Diana spelled their last name “Thompson” in a photo collage and displayed it as a decoration.

We love seeing all of the different creative ways our customers use our frames. If you’ve purchased a frame from us, we want to see your photos! Contact us on social media – Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, or email us at [email protected]. We will gladly give you a shout out.

February 21, 2017

Can a Millennial make a change?

Bethony

Millennial: A person reaching young adulthood in the early 21st century….

The millennial generation is the largest age group to emerge since the baby boomer generation. Millennials are creating a change in how work gets done. They often work more in teams and use more technology. Some may ask how this may affect the workplace. But rather then asking how this will affect the workplace, why not think of it as improving the workplace. My name is Bethany Larson and this is day 2 at Frame USA as a Customer Service Representative.

I am part of the generation we all call the Millennials. Although I may look older and act more mature then my fellow millennial’s in my age group, we also have to remember the years to be considered a Millennial. Millennials are born between the years of 1980s ranging from the mid-1990s to early 2000s. And there I am 1993; one of the best birth years ever.

I was born in a world full of new technology, there wasn’t anything I couldn’t learn. At my fingertips I have tablets and smartphones; Google with just a touch of a button and Internet wherever I went. It was a new world more advanced then we could have ever imagined. And I was living it. I have always had a passion for the business industry, watching my parents own their own business and their parents owning there’s has really inspired me to become my very best.

As a Customer Service Representative at Frame USA I want to bring my very best abilities to the table. I not only want this company to have satisfied customers but I want them to have Raving Fans. Everyday there are new opportunities to do something amazing, to go that extra plus one to make someone’s life better, to challenge myself and come up with new ideas for the team. It’s my turn to make a difference. And I am happy to have been welcomed into the company!

September 17, 2014

Update: Brandi and Jarrod on Posterservice’s “Beer” Poster

“It’s a bear. And a deer. It’s Beer.”

For those who followed our previous post, A&E managed to separate the clip from Brandi and Jarrod: Married to the Job that involved our Beer poster.

In the clip, Jarrod was tasked with making a bar area / game room for his family that met everyone’s needs – the needs of his kids, his wife, their friends… And of course, his own. We think he did an excellent job, and the Beer poster worked perfectly in that setting.

You can see the clip below – be sure to let us know what you think!

August 21, 2014

Raving Fans and Customer Comments

We take customer feedback very seriously here at Frame USA, whether that involves us replacing a faulty order, thanking a customer for their kind words about our services, or… drawing unicorns on a box?

That’s right–one of our more eccentric customers frequently asks for any number of random drawings on their packages, and our team has really had fun with this in the past (we can recall doodles of a dancing penguin and a mummy/pirate duo playing jump-rope).

This time, we had our customer service representative (and talented illustrator) Kelley Kombrinck create the box art for our customer. Needless to say, they were very impressed!

A more detailed view of the illustration. All because of a comment left in the “notes” section of our checkout process!

This time, the customer asked for an elephant to be drawn on the box. Again, Kelley delivered…

You can find our latest customer comments here, which is updated every 2-3 months.

January 13, 2014

FrameUSA.com 2013 Year in Review

It’s officially the one-year anniversary of our improved website! We’ve added a lot of great features over the last year to make FrameUSA.com your all-in-one art and frame shop on the internet. Today, we thought we would look at our year in review and show off all the features you may not have known about!

Laser Engraving

Our first order of business after we redesigned FrameUSA.com was to create a web app that shows off our Laser Engraving services. We were so proud of this product that we wanted to set it up first! Perfect for customers looking to buy anywhere from one to a thousand engraved frames, this feature allows you to select a font, frame, engraving plate and even an image that you would like engraved directly on the frame. Needless to say, this was a customer favorite.

Build A Frame

An online custom frame shop! How cool is that? We were especially excited to get this up and running, after having our customers request a service that allows them to visualize their finished frame product as opposed to simply ordering a custom frame and separate mats. To top it off, we allow our customers to upload their own artwork for us to print and frame for them! We also offer options for the customer to order and frame 3 mats from MatDesigners and any of our posters from our sister site, Posterservice.

Related Products and Accessories

Another feature we added was on each of our product pages – Related Products and Accessories. Along with the custom frames and volume order form tabs, Related Products and Accessories are there to make your experience far easier. From these tabs you can select a similar product or an accessory to your frame, such as a sawtooth hanger or wire hanging kit. The best part is, you can add any accessory you’d like and you never have to even leave the page! Simply select the quantity and click “add to cart”.

Redesigned Affiliate Websites

FrameUSA.com wasn’t the only website to undergo a great number of changes – we also added Posterservice.com, Matdesigners.com and FrameCloseouts.com into the mix! Now customers can add items from every website into their cart and check out everything at once! This also allowed us to incorporate Build A Frame into a powerful tool that lets the customer take advantage of all of our websites at once. Click on any of the tabs at the tob of the page on FrameUSA.com to visit them.

Looking Ahead with FrameUSA.com

What sorts of plans does Frame USA have in store for 2014? There’s been rumors swirling of mobile apps, new products, gift card features, video tutorials and more social content from around the office. Follow us on facebook to stay in the loop!

Until next time, keep calm and frame on!

April 12, 2013

Frame USA’s Raving Fans

Have you patronized a business only to walk away feeling less than happy with the service you received? Worse yet, have you left that business vowing to never return because the service was so poor? Face it, we all have had these experiences and it doesn’t bode well for business. At Frame USA, our culture is to create Raving Fans. What’s a Raving Fan you ask? A Raving Fan (according to the book Raving Fans authored by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles) is a customer that is more than just satisfied with services and products….they RAVE happily about them. Raving Fans return to a business not just because they are the lowest cost, or because the products are extraordinarily made; they return because they are thrilled with the service from the minute they view the company’s websites to the minute they receive their product. Not only that, these customers RAVE about the company and the service to all their friends and family so those people will want to see and experience it for themselves!

At Frame USA, creating Raving Fans is a part of our culture each and every day. This culture is instilled in every employee beginning their very first day in new-hire orientation to the company. We provide employees with the book Raving Fans to read so they obtain a better understanding of our company manta and culture.

The way we take care of our customers and vendors is mainly by listening to their needs and concerns and then quickly reacting. One of the ways we have recently created Raving Fans is by changing our shipping policy from 7-10 days to 5-7 days and in some instances shipping is free!!

The Raving Fan mantra isn’t just limited to our external customers and vendors. Employees are encouraged to create INTERNAL Raving Fans as well. Internal Raving Fans (our fellow employees) are just as important as our external customers in making this a successful business!

March 12, 2013

Picture Frame Quality

As we peruse the World Wide Web and dig around looking for references to Frame USA and picture frames, we have seen many questions and comments about the quality of picture frames from various manufacturers across the net.

We’ll say it again and again, and then one more time.. We are dedicated to creating raving fans of our frame products and our customer service.

Quality Counts

Every manufacturer wants to have the highest quality product at the lowest prices with the highest number of satisfied customers. If that isn’t your goal, then why are you in business, right?

We are extremely proud of our products, but occasionally something slips through. This is true of any manufacturer, whether they produce purple glitter widgets or picture frames. What we want you to know is this — If you ever have any issue with an order from Frame USA, we want you to get in contact with us immediately and give us a chance to make it right.

What If My Frame Order Has An Issue?

CALL – 1.800.577.5920
You can call us at our toll free number anytime between 9-5 PM EST.

CHAT – Click Here To Chat via Text
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EMAIL – [email protected]
You can contact us via email anytime, and we’ll get back to you by the next business day.