Gotta Love These Supplier Best Practices

I’ve been in the promotional products industry for more than 25 years, both selling products and programs, and coaching and educating distributor sales professionals. I’ve seen a multitude of changes in that time, but one thing remains the same: our reliance on quality suppliers.

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Proactive Selling in a Reactive Environment

If you have been in our industry longer than 10 years, you will probably agree that we have seen significant changes in the way we service our clients. The two most significant changes have been with communications and the “reactive” nature to our sales process today.

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7 Powerful FREE Online Resources for Promotional Products Sales Professionals

This week, rather than write my usual blog post, I’m going to share with you 7 powerful free online resources guaranteed to save you time and help you make more money in your promotional products business.

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Can “Pink Spoons” Increase Your Promotional Products Sales?

The ice cream shop, Baskin Robins, made pink spoons famous. You can walk into the shop and sample any flavor, before purchase, on a little pink spoon. As an ice cream lover, I always enjoy sampling new flavors and coming back for more, and I’m sure I’m not the only one. 

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