What gets planted grows. So who’s planting your garden? Are you letting others plant seeds of doubt, worry and failure? Because those seeds can grow into ever increasing weeds of doubt, worry and failure in your garden of life. Perhaps it’s time for you to do some weeding in your life and garden. Perhaps it’s time to get rid of those weeds…
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Question: I have QuickBooks Premier 2019. I keep getting pop-ups telling me to upgrade to Premier 2022. I know I need to upgrade to 2022, and that it’s a subscription. Should I just go ahead and do it? Answer: Your QB Premier 2019 will be upgraded at no additional charge through May 2022. The subscription that you will be purchasing is an annual one…
Read MoreYou’ve decided to step up your marketing and start a blog to publish content. Before you start, since this is a long-term strategy, it is wise to make an informed decision about where to house your content to get the most benefit from this effort. First off, you want to think about your long-term business goals…
Read MoreGoogle Analytics has undergone many iterations over the years. But as the web has evolved and gone mobile, and data tracking regulations go into effect, the popular tool has become increasingly inaccurate. In order to solve that, Google has launched a whole new tool, Google Analytics 4. Here’s what promo distributors should know…
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You need validation for your parking receipt if you want free parking. That’s all you need validation for. You don’t need validation from others that you are successful. You don’t need validation from others that you are right. You don’t need validation from others that you are worthy. If you know you are successful, right…
Read MoreWe often move throughout our day with neither thought nor purpose. Sadly, this same whirlybird approach is applied to the work presented to clients on a far-too-regular basis—especially as it relates to promotional products. If you want to stand out from the product pushers and grow your business, it’s time to not just work with thought and purpose, but to share that with your clients…
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Many accounting systems can be quite complicated at year-end, requiring that you manually close the income and expense accounts into your balance sheet. This zeroes out the income and expense accounts to be ready to start another year. This is how your income and expenses go to zero at the start of a new year…
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Think of growing your business as growing a garden. It doesn’t happen overnight. It takes time and care. Working on it a little every day will reap results before you know it. You might need someone to teach you what to do and how to do it, so get help if that’s the case. Just make sure it’s someone who is already getting organic leads…
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I love the song “Sit Down” by James. In the song there are two lines that in many ways define my life, “If I hadn’t seen such riches, I could live with being poor.” Truth is, I grew up in a middle-class family. My father was a meat salesman, and my mother was a stay-at-home mom. Growing up, I had no idea about the lifestyle of wealthy people…
Read MoreI’ve spent one third of my life dedicated to the promo industry, and I’ve had the absolute pleasure to work with so many phenomenal people and share so many amazing memories along the way. Throughout the years, I’ve learned countless things about myself, my business and life in general, and I thought it’d be great to share some of those…
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