When was the last time you turned off all the busyness in your life for a day or at least several hours, read some great inspirational and motivational books, and then restarted your life with the new upgraded you?
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How the 2025 Color of the Year Picks Reflect Groundedness and Sustainability
Pantone isn’t the only company that chooses a color of the year. Take a look at some of the other shades that companies believe will capture the 2025 vibe.
Read MoreThe More Challenging the Sale, the Stickier the Relationship
It’s important to mix in stickier products like durable labels. Account relationships based on these products are much more difficult to dislodge.
Read MoreOn-Demand Print & Merch is Big Business for Private Equity
Building a robust and efficient online system has increasingly been accomplished with the support of well-heeled private equity funds seeking the higher margins possible with the scale and automation obtainable in an online environment.
Read MoreProfessional & Operational Liabilities in the Commercial Printing Industry
Is your printing operation adequately covered against expected and emerging risks? How can you assess the strengths or weaknesses of your liability insurance policy? This guide will show you how.
Read MoreHelp! I Can’t Email Invoices Out in QuickBooks Premier 2020
QuickBooks is getting serious about expired software and they are trying very hard to move everyone to a subscription product.
Read MoreHow To Embrace Tactile Wide-Format Printing
One of the newer opportunities available for print service providers (PSPs) and their customers is the ability to print textures or finishes, offering a tactile and/or visual “bonus” when compared to flat printing on a flat substrate.
Read MoreThe Adversity/Prosperity Quotient
The truth is that true business development tasks are very distasteful. In fact, they are so distasteful, most business owners and sales reps in our industry drive below average results and earn below average income.
Read MoreConversations and Stories: Ideas to Increase Your Sales
Everyone has a story, and top sales performers are master storytellers. They don’t pitch — they have conversations. They listen, uncovering hidden opportunities through thoughtful, strategic questions. And when they speak, it’s not a sales pitch — it’s a conversation.
Read MoreYou Get What You Get When You Do What You Do!
Years ago I got mad at my P&C Insurance guy. Our auto rates took, what I considered to be, an unfair jump. I shopped around, found a less expensive option and made the switch. I showed the dude who was boss and saved money in the process. What does this have to do with selling? More than you think. Behavior drives outcomes.
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