Promotional products have been making headlines lately. Unfortunately, it’s not in a way we want.
Read MoreThe Inevitability Of Change
Editorial Type: Columns/Opinions
How to Keep the Cash Flowing in Your Promotional Products Business
In these uncertain economic times cash flow is more important than ever. Whether you’re a self-employed promotional products sales professional or working for a larger promotional products distributorship, you’ll want to be aware of key drivers of cash flow. Good cash flow directly impacts your income.
Today’s blog post will give you 9 proven strategies to get paid faster.
NRA: Not Made-in-USA?
A reader recently pointed out on our Facebook wall that some of the membership incentive items the National Rifle Association (NRA) has been giving to its members are not made-in-the-USA (in this specific instance, it was a cap that was made in China). I thought this was really surprising, given the NRA’s politics and member base, so I thought I’d look into the issue a little myself.
Read MoreThe Most Important Two Rules!
How are you different? How are you relevant? If you’re not working on those two things every day, you risk becoming a commodity.
Read MoreProduct of the Day: The Spoon Hold-It from Evans Manufacturing
Fact: Even if all someone cooks is the “bachelor special,” aka “rice and beans in a pot,” a person still needs a clean place to put his spoon (mostly because the typical counter-washing timetable for the rice-and-bean types is once every 4,000 years). So do your part and keep lonely bachelor salmonella poisonings to a minimum with The Spoon Hold-It from Evans Manufacturing.
Read MoreAfter the Sale: Distributor Thoughts on Impressing and Keeping New Clients
A handful of short interviews I did with distributors gathering customer service ideas on how to impress and keep new clients.
Read MoreProduct of the Day: 1.9 oz. Moisture Bead Sanitizer with Carabiner from SnugZ USA
Happy Halloween! In honor of the spookiest holiday, let’s all take the time to focus on something truly scary: How germy little trick-or-treaters actually are. Protect your kids (and more importantly yourself) from famous Halloween ghouls such as “Boy dressed as cowboy who does not at all know how to use a tissue” and “Magic Princess with cough like 65 year-old coal miner” with the 1.9 oz. Moisture Bead Sanitizer with Carabiner from SnugZ USA.
Read MoreHalloween Horrors: 3 Recent Product Lawsuits That Will Send a Chill Down Your Spine
Will you learn from these cautionary tales?
Read More5 Tips on Selling to Small Businesses (from Someone that Runs One)
Learn how to sell better to small businesses, plus get pointers on holiday self-promotion and designing a better web store.
Read MoreVIDEO: Rainbow Highlighter Jar from Bullet
A quick demo of some pocket-sized highlighters from Bullet.
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