Supplier Archives - Print & Promo Marketing

How to Handle a Supplier Mistake in QuickBooks

August 23, 2019May 8, 2024 Harriet Gatter

Ask the Accountant… Question: I have a credit from a supplier for a mistake in an order. How do I enter that in QuickBooks? Answer: To enter a credit from a supplier in QuickBooks Premier to be used at a later time, follow these instructions. Go to “Enter Bills” Click “Credit” at the top of…

Gotta Love These Supplier Best Practices

September 1, 2015May 8, 2024 Rosalie Marcus

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.

Ask the Accountant

August 7, 2015May 8, 2024 Harriet Gatter

Question: I use the order system in QuickBooks Premier. Why don’t the customer sales order and supplier purchase order appear in my financial statements?

In QuickBooks, the customer sales order and supplier purchase order are “non-posting” information. That means that they are logged in the order portion of the software, but they aren’t posted in your accounting system until:

Why Is This Important?

August 6, 2015May 8, 2024 Jeff Solomon, MAS

I see the industry from many sides, both in my role as publisher of the PPAI-award winning FreePromoTips.com and as a distributor. My perspective is different from most, and that enables me to publish content that is of interest to our industry.

Colliding Worlds: Does This Scare You?

July 23, 2015May 8, 2024 Jeff Solomon, MAS

In building our PPAI-award winning FreePromoTips.com program into a valuable resource for the industry, we have always made a conscious effort to keep it out of the radar of the non-industry online community. This is a program with content that specifically is focused on the promotional marketing industry.

The Time is Now

March 6, 2015May 8, 2024 Jeff Jacobs

There is no question that the subject of product safety and compliance has begun to be mainstream in the promotional products industry.

Suppliers, Where Are You? Distributors, Where Are You?

February 19, 2015May 8, 2024 Jeff Solomon, MAS

I am hardly an expert in the area of social media. In my personal online life, I will post pictures of my cute, but very weird dogs and family outings. I’ll occasionally “check in” at restaurants, since it’s important for my “friends” to know I’m eating well and hanging with the right people that I “tag.”

We’re Not Going to Change It

January 8, 2015May 8, 2024 Jeff Solomon, MAS

At the 2015 PPAI Expo, FreePromoTips.com will be receiving a technology award for our website. We are honored that what we do for suppliers, distributors and the industry is being recognized by PPAI. This is also a positive for the supplier and distributor companies that understand and support what FreePromoTips.com does.

It’s Showtime

January 5, 2015May 8, 2024 Greg Muzzillo

Happy New Year! It’s a new year, and time for the promotional product industry’s two major shows—the ASI show in Orlando and the PPAI Expo in Las Vegas.

It’s Tested, Right?

October 31, 2014May 8, 2024 Jeff Jacobs

Trust, but verify. Three simple words that form the best advice I can offer when talking about sourcing safe product from suppliers in our industry.