Ask Melinda Durkee, co-owner of Proforma Durkee, and she will tell you, “At first I was very hesitant to consider Proforma, but now I think it’s one of the best things we’ve ever done.” After…
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Shumsky Assigns New Advisory Board Member
Shumsky, Dayton, Ohio, announced that Keith Hawk, senior vice president of sales of LexisNexis Inc., has joined the Shumsky advisory board, effective immediately. Hawk’s professional background includes more than 30 years in a wide variety of roles (e.g., senior vice president of sales, vice president of customer support, director of marketing, director of technical support)…
3 Types of Business Plans: Which Do You Have? Part 1
All business owners and sales reps know they should have a plan, right? We’ve all heard the saying, “If we fail to plan, then we are planning to fail,” right? There are three types of business plans, and in my next three articles I will address them. The first and most common type of plan…
Compliance and Product Safety
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Bill Mahre, president of ADG Promotional Products. I received an invitation to participate on a recent panel discussion (as one of four ad-specialty suppliers). It was on the state of the industry in front of 800-plus key distributors and suppliers was a terrific opportunity to review key challenges…
Software Sunset: Why You Should Update QuickBooks Every 3 Years
Question: Why can’t I email out of my QuickBooks Premier 2013 anymore? Answer: “Software sunset.” Intuit, the company that owns QuickBooks, like other software providers, continually upgrades and improves its products. And, from time to time, it stops supporting the older software in favor of the more recent versions. The QuickBooks products have been evolving…
PM Video Battle: Dkspecialties Versus EMT
Promo Marketing’s Video Battle pits two industry videos against each other for the chance at the ultimate bragging right: Being declared our readership’s absolute favorite. (Next up: It’s 108 degrees outside with the heat index right now. Or, as we like to call it, video game weather.) Last week, Logomark won its fourth battle, earning…
6 Cool Products from the 2016 SAAC Show
The 2016 Specialty Advertising Association of California (SAAC) Show wrapped up yesterday, and we got to take a good look around the showroom floor. While the sun in Southern California sure was nice, getting to check out some cool promotional products really was the highlight for us. Here are some of the items that stood…
How Much Is an Olympic Gold Medal Worth?
Maybe I’m too materialistic, but I’ve spent a decent amount of time obsessing over the value of this year’s Olympic gold medals. Last month, we learned that the…
BDA Expands its Operations Into Europe, the Middle East and Africa
BDA LLC, Woodinvile, Wash., a merchandise agency serving Fortune 1000 companies worldwide, announced this week that it has…
Dennis East International Recalls Whiskey Glass and Stone Sets
Dennis East International LLC, Yarmouth Port, Mass., is recalling its Whiskey Glass and Stone Sets after receiving two reports of the whiskey glass spontaneously breaking. The set includes a 16 oz. clear glass, four…