PEAS ARE YOUR ENEMY AND MUST BE DESTROYED!

As this is my first blog post for this new regular Be Bold Blog, it is only appropriate to warn you exactly what you are in for! Within these scintillating paragraphs each time, I’m hopeful you will find an idea or two that will inspire you and then, perspire you. Because it’s about thought, then about doing the work. There is NO substitute for doing the work.

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Empowering Through Educating

Educating is helping your staff, clients, and colleagues realize their true potential. It is for this reason that I love educating and mentoring. By asking powerful and thought-provoking questions I empower people to realize their own depth or the depth of their brand.

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Follow These Trends to Make More Money in Promotional Sales 2013!

Inc. Magazine recently ran an article, “5 New Niches That Are Heating Up Fast.” All of these niches have great implications for increasing your promotional products sales. Here are three you can bank on now.

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What Do I Want My Life to Look Like?

What makes a good life? Is it lots of money to buy “stuff” you want? Or, is a good life made up of faith, family and friends?

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Life is Good … Isn’t It?

As I strolled through Los Angeles International Airport on my way to Miami, I took notice of the “Life is Good” store that is in many airports. At 6:00 a.m. it was closed, but my branding brain is always going.

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What’s Your Industry IQ?

As they often do, a discussion recently in a LinkedIn Group went off in an interesting direction.

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A Salute to Our Industry’s Heroes

Inspiration for this piece came from a recent journey that made me realize I needed to stop and salute our Industry’s Heroes—those road warriors that spend time away from home to help us.

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A Changed Life … My Personal Journey in This Industry

Many years ago I started in this industry as an apparel decorator. We were doing pretty well, but my wife saw the need to expand the business to include promotional products. I thought she was nuts but I went along with it.

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