Success Advice from Paul Bellantone, President and CEO of PPAI

Continuing to ask respected industry leaders to share their thoughts on success, I reached out to Paul Bellantone, president and chief executive officer of PPAI, to share his advice. Thank you, Paul Bellantone, for sharing your advice about financial success with me. Question for Paul: In your years of experience in our industry, what do…

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Let’s Talk Politics

Trump! Clinton! Feel the Bern! Some can’t help but support their candidates both privately and publicly. Recently, Cheryl Rios, a marketing specialist, discovered the danger of talking politics online—she lost her largest clients. But, I’m not writing today to get you to stop talking politics. I want you to talk politics—even online—but directed toward your elected officials. Next…

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Can’t Wait for Tomorrow

Paul Bellantone and I walked to dinner after the first day of PPAI’s 2015 Product Responsibility Summit and talked about the same thing we always do: the best concerts we’ve seen recently. (Foo Fighters and the Smashing Pumpkins, for the record.) We also talked about the summit and the state of promotional product safety. Standing…

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