I hear many people make excuses for postponing selling or giving presentations because they are concerned that they aren’t quite ready. Not being ready is a bad excuse for postponing success. The concern I often hear is that people don’t feel ready because they are worried their sales pitch or presentation won’t be perfect. Typically,…
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: Happy Mother’s Day to all the awesome moms out there!) Last week, HALO Branded Solutions won, and now will face off against TechnoMarketing Inc. The winner will be decided by…
It’s no surprise that people like branded drinkware. And let’s just say, hypothetically, that you’re at one of your favorite bars or breweries, and your drink comes in a cool branded glass…
Chocolate Inn/Taylor & Grant, Hicksville, N.Y., announced that it has promoted Chris O’Connor to the role of vice president of national accounts. O’Connor previously held the position of Mid-Atlantic territory manager for Chocolate Inn/Taylor & Grant. In his new…
This week we dive into fidget spinners, ill-advised tweets and disastrous T-shirt errors.
Through distinction as a 2012 Outstanding Civilian Service Award winner and designation as the National Football League’s 2014 Salute to Service Award victor, John Harbaugh has earned his stripes as a…
Remember Zen Magnets? We sure do. Back in 2015, the company was ordered by a federal judge to stop selling (and destroy) its recalled magnetic balls. The CPSC banned them because the small magnets could cause serious intestinal harm if swallowed. After (unsuccessfully) fighting the CPSC to retract the ban, Zen Magnets finally complied with…
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that it is recalling night lights that were given out as promotional products between November 2016 and March 2017. The lights, which were imported and distributed by AM Conservation…
Twenty years ago, Adidas, through its $1.4 billion purchase of French equipment maker Salomon, began to position itself as a major player in promoting golf, with the TaylorMade brand proving the catalyst. The 2008 and 2012 acquisitions of Ashworth and Adams…
Bankers Advertising Company, an Iowa City, Iowa-based distributor, recently gathered its sales partners and supplier representatives together for its 2017 Gathering of the Stars National Sales Meeting in Springfield, Mo. Springfield is the birthplace of Route 66, which made a…