Why Most Promo Businesses Fail to Hit Sales Targets

“What drives sales outperformers?” That’s the question McKinsey & Co. asked over 2,500 B2B companies. McKinsey wanted to know what differentiates those who outperform the market versus those who stay stuck in no-growth (or slow-growth) mode. They discovered four key traits all outperformers share…

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Recipe for Success: 4 Essential Ingredients to a Winning Sales Presentation

There’s that old cliché that, when you’re nervous about giving a presentation, you should picture the audience in their underwear. But guess what? There are a lot of elements to a successful sales presentation, and none of them involve imagined undergarments. Here, we’ll look at four of them to help you nail your next meeting and bring home the sale…

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4imprint Awards 350 Grants During Q3 2021

4imprint, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, awards grants to 350 nonprofits throughout the U.S. and Canada to purchase promotional items to thank volunteers, raise funds and achieve other goals during Q3 of 2021. The $500 grants came from 4imprint’s one by one program…

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Arby’s French Fry Vodka Is Disgustingly Brilliant Promotional Marketing

Have you ever been drinking a cosmopolitan and thought to yourself, “This is pretty good, but it’d be a lot better if it tasted more like Arby’s spicy curly fries”? The answer is definitely “no,” but regardless, that’s now a thing you can have thanks to Arby’s french fry vodka. And while it might sound gross, the whole thing is actually kind of brilliant…

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Smoothie King Goes Health-Conscious With Merchandise Rollout

If you’re a company like Smoothie King, whose brand is all about a healthy and active lifestyle, your promotional merchandise has to go with that brand identity. But Smoothie King is still a chain that needs to keep up with the fast pace of branded merchandise rollouts and e-commerce sites. The company did a good job of landing somewhere in the middle…

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Fendi Partners with Make-A-Wish Foundation for Fundraiser T-shirt

Fendi is bringing high fashion and designer looks to the fundraising world by releasing a special-edition children’s T-shirt, with proceeds benefitting Make-A-Wish Foundation International. According to WWD, the shirt will go on sale on Nov. 18, and will price between 140 and 190 euros. Each shirt will be a unisex fit, and depicts the Fendi…

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Darius Rucker’s Apparel Collection is Latest Partnership by NFL, Fanatics

Music star Darius Rucker, formerly of Hootie and the Blowfish and current country sensation, is now adding another achievement to his lifetime of success: a line of officially licensed NFL apparel inspired by his love of music, football and fashion called NFL x Darius Rucker Collection by Fanatics. But, unlike the somewhat unpopular collection that…

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