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To Exist is To Change....

Top Six Trends Changing Our Business Today

Dale Limes, MAS is senior vice president of sales at HALO Branded Solutions. You can reach Dale via email, here.   If you have been in the promotional marketing business for a while, you certainly know there have been an abundance of changes, and there are more to come. I can recall my early days
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red_neck_car

Remember Who You Are

Have You Forgotten? Simba: Father?! Mufasa’s ghost: Simba, you have forgotten me. Simba: No! How could I? Mufasa’s ghost: You have forgotten who you are and so have forgotten me. Look inside yourself Simba. You are more than what you have become. You must take your place in the circle of life. Simba: How
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Hi, My Name Is Rain. What’s Yours?

Steve Woodburn, MAS, is an account manager for Staples Promotional Products. Reach him at stephen.woodburn@staplespromoproducts.com. I’ve always been fascinated with brands, their products and the names chosen for those products. Some become iconic and last for centuries while others struggle to survive even a few years. DuPont, Colgate and Citibank have been operating for
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Creative Mojo by Tee

What Juices Your Creative Mojo?

Battle Creativity on Demand with Creative Talk: Less fat and all the energy of a 12 oz RedBull–without the shakes. Now with Kungfu Grip… Those of us who work as “Creative Professionals” are usually faced with daily tasks that require Creativity on Demand ™. Creativity on Demand ™ is not a pill, nor an energy
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USAPinMadeInChina

Why “Made in China” Isn’t As Bad As You Think

  The Made in China debate in the promotional products industry confuses me. An article in a St Louis paper got me thinking about the sensationalist approach the media has towards our industry as it relates to the Made in China issue. While this article highlights the irony of promoting U.S. jobs by handing
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Marketing

red_neck_car

Remember Who You Are

Have You Forgotten? Simba: Father?! Mufasa’s ghost: Simba, you have forgotten me. Simba: No! How could I? Mufasa’s ghost: You have forgotten who you are and so have forgotten me. Look inside yourself Simba. You are more than what you have become. You must take your place in the circle of life. Simba: How can [...]

Productivity

USAPinMadeInChina

Why “Made in China” Isn’t As Bad As You Think

  The Made in China debate in the promotional products industry confuses me. An article in a St Louis paper got me thinking about the sensationalist approach the media has towards our industry as it relates to the Made in China issue. While this article highlights the irony of promoting U.S. jobs by handing out [...]

From The Kitchen

leadership

The Whys And Hows Of Mentorship

In our efforts to be a productive industry resource, the PromoKitchen community launched a mentor program this year. Our goal has been to pair promotional products veterans with a young generation of new professionals. The first two rounds of veterans and young professionals have been successfully paired, and we are proud to announce that this [...]

Sales

red_neck_car

Remember Who You Are

Have You Forgotten? Simba: Father?! Mufasa’s ghost: Simba, you have forgotten me. Simba: No! How could I? Mufasa’s ghost: You have forgotten who you are and so have forgotten me. Look inside yourself Simba. You are more than what you have become. You must take your place in the circle of life. Simba: How can [...]

Operations

To Exist is To Change....

Top Six Trends Changing Our Business Today

Dale Limes, MAS is senior vice president of sales at HALO Branded Solutions. You can reach Dale via email, here.   If you have been in the promotional marketing business for a while, you certainly know there have been an abundance of changes, and there are more to come. I can recall my early days when [...]

Events

Bootlegger

San Diego Party 2012

Promo Kitchen Party The San Diego Edition Monday, April 2, 2012 5:30pm until 7:30pm Venue info http://bootleggersd.com/  RSVP href=”https://www.facebook.com/events/376677922352143/”

Podcast

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PK #17 – Tech Meets Promo and The Distributor’s DNA: Jim Franklyn

Jim Franklyn, VP of Sales and Marketing and a partner in the successful online distributorship InkHead, joins us for an extremely rich and positive conversation regarding the future of ecommerce sales in the promotional products industry. Included in this week’s discussion: The potential with online sales Order averages and expectations for large volume orders What [...]

Technology

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Pinterest Is Made For The Promo Products Industry. If…

Source: adrianalopezblog.com via Lisa on Pinterest Unless you’re Rip Van Winkle and have slept through the last 20+ weeks since Time magazine named this site to its 50 Best Websites of 2011, you’ve at least heard of Pinterest—the online pinboard-style social photo sharing website. I love, Love, LOVE Pinterest. And while I’m currently only using [...]

Creativity

Creative Mojo by Tee

What Juices Your Creative Mojo?

Battle Creativity on Demand with Creative Talk: Less fat and all the energy of a 12 oz RedBull–without the shakes. Now with Kungfu Grip… Those of us who work as “Creative Professionals” are usually faced with daily tasks that require Creativity on Demand ™. Creativity on Demand ™ is not a pill, nor an energy drink [...]

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