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…
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Question: I have a vendor who has become a customer. QuickBooks will not let me use the same name. What do I do? Answer: You can use a variation of the name, such as “ABC Company” for the customer and “ABC Company Inc.” for the vendor. Alternatively, you can do something as simple as adding…
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Everyone from my friends to my parents binge-watched Netflix’s hit show “Stranger Things.” In fact, I had to put my hands over my ears anytime I entered the break room because my co-workers kept revealing spoilers. And, like everyone else, I felt a huge void in my life the moment I finished the last episode. Not…
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This is what you clients want. This is what your staff wants. This is what your colleagues want. This is what baby boomers want. This is what millennials want. This is what my kids want. This is what my wife wants. This is a nearly universal truth. People want to be heard. Listen. Listening is…
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In my last article, I wrote about the first type of business plan, which is really having no plan at all. The sad fact is that more than 90 percent of business owners and sales representatives have no real plan for their businesses or their lives. The second of the three types of plans is…
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What do coolers, portable chargers and coasters all have in common? Not much, besides the fact that they’re all promotional products that we (probably) need this week. See for yourself: For information about our video services, contact Brittany at [email protected].
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Did you ever wonder what it would be like to have a tail? I never really gave the idea much thought—until I saw plush tails (with elastic bands to hold them in place) for sale in Disney World. And it looks like I’m not the only one who is intrigued by the idea. ASOS now offers five tails for adults…
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Do you know what success looks like for you? I’m amazed by the number of people who are dissatisfied with their current situations but cannot describe what their personal happiness would look like. In “Alice in Wonderland,” the Cheshire Cat tells Alice that if you don’t know where you want to go, then “it really…
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With fall just weeks away, I’ve been thinking about all the reasons to be excited for it. Pumpkin spice lattes, cozy sweaters, football season and, of course, the “Gilmore Girls” revival. Honestly, there is nothing more fall than “Gilmore Girls,” which is set in the fictional New England town of Stars Hollow. And with Netflix…
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The customers make the buying decisions to buy what they want, when they want and from whom. What Salespeople are inundated with what to sell from suppliers, managers and their general experience. It’s not a secret that customers want to know what is popular. We all want to know today’s special when we visit a…
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