Interview with Jason Black, CEO of Top Distributor Boundless Network

Ranking #19 on the Top 50 List, Black shares his thoughts on the future of the industry and what has made Boundless so successful.

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Scare Up Business with Halloween Marketing Tips

Halloween presents the promotional industry with a ton of cool ideas. Looking to go beyond the standard ghosts and goblins? Here are 3 ways to market the scariest time of year.

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6 Unexpected Upsides of the Government Shutdown

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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Nailed It: Primetime Emmys, Polish and Promotions

Red carpet-ready nails aren’t just for TV land’s elite. There’s a huge community of nail enthusiasts out there, which spells opportunity for the promotional industry. Check out these 3 award-worthy products.

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Marketing and the Selling Function

For the past four weeks we have taken an in-depth look at the promotional industry from a marketing perspective. Today I am going to shift gears a bit and make all of this marketing mammer-jammer applicable to the selling function.

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Tonight’s Debate: What Talking Points Affect Your Business?

Though the focus is on foreign policy, the debate could cover trade issues that have a direct and critical effect on the promotional industry

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Fun with FlashForward

Based on my love of Lost, I decided to check out FlashForward last Thursday. It was okay I guess. Overall I wasn’t too impressed. The pilot seemed overly expository and character dialogue was a bit clunky and forced. Still, it was just the first episode, so I suppose I’ll give the show a few more episodes before I cross it off the list.

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