What does this week’s settlement between the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the founder of Buckyballs mean for your business? What does it mean for the industry overall? And most importantly, what does it have to do with YoYos?
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From the best in comic-con giveaways to making fun of the government, here are the 10 most popular blog posts I wrote in 2013.
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There’s plenty bad about the government shutdown. Social service closures, work furloughs, dead air on C-SPAN—You name it, we’re suffering through it. But there are a couple silver linings too, especially for the promotional industry. Check out these surprise upsides of total governmental collapse that are really helping our industry.
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Anyone who’s part of a 10-million-per-year-or-more distributorship, if you or your CFO/marketing person hasn’t gotten me your form yet, you need to get on that! This week is it! After that we’re off to the printers and your chance for glory and fame will be gone, like low gas prices or a functioning federal government. (That’s right, political humor on a Monday! This week I’m taking no prisoners!)
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The release of our annual top distributors piece is only a few weeks away. Click through for a teaser of some of the great industry interviews published within.
Read MoreJust for a moment, try to imagine that a promotional product you sold to your largest customer has suddenly become the subject of a government recall.
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An architecture firm recently launched an online database of construction materials manufactured with harmful chemicals. How long until promotional products face the same scrutiny?
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Once more our industry has suffered a hit, in part because of the lack of understanding about its true value.
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When the president calls your industry extraneous, you know there’s a problem.
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