I have written about changing business landscapes in this publication for more than a decade now. During this time, we have experienced a shift in technology that created an “adapt or perish” atmosphere. We also experienced a recession so deep, many didn’t expect our industry could bounce back. But, we did. Today, we face uncertainties…
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Building New Business
As I look at Center City Philadelphia from my office window, it is clear something big is happening: Cranes are at work, hoisting materials to new high-rise buildings. From high-value commercial properties, mixed-use developments and hospitals to multi-family housing and luxury condominiums, there is more building and revitalizing going on in this city than in…
Read MoreBring Your Playbook
And just like that, many of my current team members and I have been together here at Print+Promo and Promo Marketing for more than a decade. We have grown up together in a sense, celebrating some of life’s major milestones. There have been marriages, babies and other “life stuff”—the good and the bad. I honestly…
Read MoreGo for the Gold
This weekend marked the start of the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. I watched a variety of events and, like the rest of the country, I was in awe of the many young athletes competing their hearts out. The positive energy and sheer desire to win was evident in every competitor—as was the heartbreaking…
Read MoreRainmaker Sales
So, you want to be a rainmaker? Doesn’t everyone in sales? While rainmakers make it look easy, it is not. Rainmakerdom does not come without laying solid groundwork and building trust and relationships. Sometimes this groundwork is many years in the making. Below are solid tips to consider in your hunt for the coveted title…
Read MoreLooking Forward
Unbelievably, we have entered a new year. 2015 went by so fast that I am still in awe that it is already over. It was such a busy year for the Promo Marketing Media Group. We were not only busy producing our award-winning publications, events, newsletters, online solutions and all the unique custom services we…
Read MoreThe Perfect Match
The Super Bowl has also become the Ad Bowl, where brands duke it out to see who has the funniest, stickiest ad in the land.
Read MoreIn the Weeds
For those of you unfamiliar with this expression, it means you are crazy-busy and working at a frantic pace. For all of us in the print and promotional products industry, this is the “in the weeds” time of year.
Read MoreIf You Can Dream It, You Can Be It
The ideology of “If you can dream it, you can be it” is something unique to the United States, particularly the latter part of the statement.
Read MoreBranders Are a Girl’s Best Friend
Fifty years ago, on August 5, 1962, American icon Marilyn Monroe died. Her death also marked the birth of one of the strongest celebrity brands in history
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