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Tag: Business
What Creates Customer Loyalty?
Did you know that April is International Customer Loyalty Month? Think about the businesses you consistently patronize. What have they done to capture your loyalty?
Read MoreAsk the Accountant
I back up my files each night on a thumb drive. Is that enough? You do need to back up your files, especially your order and accounting files, so you can recover quickly when disaster strikes and not lose critical data.
Read MoreThe No. 1 Ingredient for Business Success
What’s the No. 1 key ingredient to business success? Some might say sales. Others might say marketing, technology or access to capital.
Read MoreMindless Drones Selling Promotional Products
It’s actually no “secret” that a successful business is driven by knowledge. Knowledge is power in an increasingly more challenging business environment. My PPAI award-winning FreePromoTips.com industry resource program has been offering relevant business-building information and industry commentary for years.
Read MoreWhich Version of QuickBooks Is Best for Ad Specialty Distributors?
There are five versions of QuickBooks, each designed for specific applications, and the ad specialty business was not one of their selected specifics.
Read MoreIn a Relationship: The Bachelor and Power Meetings
My mom often tells me, “Brittany, you should apply to be a contestant on the show ‘The Bachelor’ to find a good guy.” Honestly, it’s not for me.
Read MoreHow Does Amazon’s Business Model Affect Ours?
Our evolving industry business model continues to be a hot topic. Recently I started wondering how an online purchasing mentality, I’ll call the Amazon click-to-buy world, affects our industry. It begs the question, are we (aka distributors) really needed? It’s getting easier and easier for end-users to buy online or direct from suppliers.
Read MoreWhy QuickBooks for an Ad Specialty Distributor?
The ad specialty distributor business, regardless of its size, is unique. It does not fit a “business mold.”
Read MoreWhat’s Your Biggest Business Threat?
We’re beginning to craft the editorial content for the next QCAConnect, coming out in March. I hope you have enjoyed our supplements to Promo Marketing so far—but if you haven’t yet had the opportunity to check it out, here’s a link to the winter edition of QCAConnect. It’s chock full of valuable information for your business and definitely worth the read, if I do say so myself.
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