LinkedIn has added a new “click” feature that enables you to very easily “endorse” people for their expertise in the skill areas listed on their LinkedIn profile. A recent article from Social Media Examiner talks about this new feature and offers 6 Tips for Using the LinkedIn New Endorsements. Endorsements has been met with mixed reviews. But it does set the stage for additional dialogue on how social media connections turn into actual business relationships?
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Though many businesses affected by Hurricane Sandy were able to reopen today, there are some that still remain closed. Below is yesterday’s list of closed businesses, amended to note which have opened and which have remained closed as of 3:15 p.m. EST today. Messages from the closed companies have been posted when available.
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Promotional Products Association International (PPAI), recently announced its new board members: Tom Goos, president, Image Source Inc., Kirkland, Wash., and Kim Newell, president, World Wide Lines Inc., Covington, Tenn. A New RAC Delegate to the PPAI board was also announced: Tom Carpenter, MAS, national sales manager, Scarborough Specialties Inc., Lubbock, Texas. The new board members and RAC Board delegate will begin their terms immediately following The PPAI Expo 2013.
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PPAI has announced the PPAI Code of Conduct is now available in Spanish, French Canadian and Chinese language translations. The PPAI Code of Conduct is the tangible presentation of what the promotional products industry is doing to meet the expectations of the end-buyer for product safety, social and environmental assurances.
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What makes a good life? Is it lots of money to buy “stuff” you want? Or, is a good life made up of faith, family and friends?
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PPAChicago was host to PPAI president and CEO Paul Bellantone, CAE, on Wednesday, September 19, 2012. Over 50 member and non-member distributor and supplier representatives took part in a town hall-style presentation.
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As I strolled through Los Angeles International Airport on my way to Miami, I took notice of the “Life is Good” store that is in many airports. At 6:00 a.m. it was closed, but my branding brain is always going.
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PPAI announced it is accepting applications from promotional products professionals to attend the 2013 PPAI Legislative Education Action Day, now through October 31, 2012. L.E.A.D. is a platform designed to bring promotional products industry leaders together with one voice to advocate for policies that advance the unique needs, challenges and interests of the industry.
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As they often do, a discussion recently in a LinkedIn Group went off in an interesting direction.
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The Michigan Promotional Professionals Association (MiPPA) has named Paul A. Kiewiet, MAS the new executive director for the association effective immediately. The association serves the professionals in the promotional products industry in Michigan.
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