If you’re ready to skyrocket your 4th quarter sales it’s important to get out there in a big way. Here are three proven strategies to do just that.
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Our Dependency on Each Other
I’m learning quite a bit about dependency and how that relates to our business lives in addition to our personal lives. My ankle fusion surgery has forced me to be completely dependent on others and I’m taking a fresh look at the concept of being so reliant.
Read MoreAre You Bending Over Backward to Earn Your Client’s Trust and Business?
For our recent “Turning the table: Clients tell us how you can win their business” webinar, I asked our powerful panelists what it takes to earn their trust. The new standard? “You need to bend over backwards.”
Read MoreThe Real Differentiator
Are you concerned about all the competition for your business these days (and who isn’t)? Are you worried your clients may “jump ship” if they find a competitor with a lower price? Here’s how you can stand out and get more sales without cutting your price.
Read MoreTrade Shows… My Perspective. What’s Yours?
There are few topics in our industry that stimulate more lively discussion then trade shows. Are there too many? What do you really get out of them? What will you miss if you don’t go? And the question that seems to be hotly debated recently… should industry trade shows allow hosted end-users to attend?
Read MoreThink This Can’t Happen to You? The Reality of CPSIA
We have all heard about the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA). And up to now, as distributors, we have been relatively insulated to the developing changes that suppliers have had to follow closely and adapt to be compliant. That is all ending now.
Read MoreAre You Hiding Behind Your Computer?
If you’re anything like I am, some days you feel chained to your desk and computer. There just seems to be a never-ending stream of e-mails to answer, phone calls to catch up on and social media to post.
Read More10 Consumer Complaints to Help Your Client Build their Next Promotion
I was reading an article on CNN’s website about the top 10 consumer complaints and it got me thinking. There is valuable information here for the distributor.
Drinkware tips from Huffermen
Our April issue has been out for a little while now, which among other things, contains my amazing, fantastic and generally mind-blowingly great drinkware story. It contains advice and tips from drinkware experts at Huffermen, 99CentPromos.com, Visstun and Moderne Glass on how to sell different kinds of drinkware, like sports bottles, glassware and travel mugs
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