When we look back, it feels as if our baby is “all growed up.” But we realize there is so much ahead for Brand Fuel and this amazing industry—despite the threats in our SWOT analysis. Alibaba, Amazon, Wal-Mart, Costco, Pete The Promo Peddler—we exist because we realize we are what they aren’t. Differentiation is a part of our DNA…
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Ask the Accountant… Question: How do you suggest I research credit cards to pay my suppliers and get points? Answer: Credit card points are a nice perk for our industry, but you should only use credit cards for this purpose if you pay the complete balance off each and every month. If you don’t plan…
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Every day we make mistakes—mistakes in business, mistakes in relationships, and mistakes in life. Some people overthink their mistakes. Sometimes overthinking our mistakes can keep us from trying to live our best life today because of mistakes from yesterday. Let it go. Move on. See yesterday’s mistakes as great learning opportunities, and see today as…
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Ask the Accountant… Question: I have a Promotional Products business using QuickBooks Enterprise. Our business has changed, and QuickBooks Enterprise is overkill for us now. Can we convert from Enterprise to Premier? Answer: QuickBooks makes it easy to convert from Premier to Enterprise (a more expensive product), but not convert from Enterprise to Premier. I…
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Having worked here for as long as we have, our eyes are a little sharper when it comes to spotting promotional products in our travels. Because of that, we figured it’d make sense to go with a team effort for this week’s Fave Five! Read on as some of our staff talks up some of the coolest, funniest and most memorable products from this week…
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Ask the Accountant… Question: Is there a good way to keep track of documents related to purchase orders? Answer: We certainly have a lot of paperwork attached to the orders in our industry! It is a challenge to keep a record of orders and the attending documentation. Keeping paper files can be cumbersome, but see…
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What happens when your professional goals are met, your business has grown and matured, and you’ve decided to transition out of it? You’ve built your business from the ground up and you have a proven track record of success, which can translate to big resale value—if that’s the way you want to go. Now is the time for you to plan for the future…
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Readers, this is a very bittersweet Fave 5 for me. As usual, it was a week of awesome promotions catching my eye left and right. But, this is also my last installment of the Fave 5 series. (I won’t cry if you won’t.) I just want to say thank you to everyone who has read…
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We all know that the best way to build muscle is through resistance training. Resistance training is a form of exercise using weights, rubber bands or your own body weight to provide resistance to various muscles. This resistance causes the muscle to strain or fail, which forces it to grow stronger over time. That’s about…
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Ask the Accountant… Question: What numbers do I call if I have a problem with QuickBooks? Answer: Let me introduce you to www.softwarediscountcenter.com. In addition to being a quality reseller of QB products, they also have a help desk. Click the “Help” tab Select “Support and Training.” Here there are numbers to contact QB. Let…
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