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PK #65 – Sawyer Xie

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Mark Graham

Sawyer Xie is the co-founder of the popular professional networking app, Coffee. Sawyer graduated from Boston University in 2013 where he majored in sustainable urban space and architecture. As a millennial who had just graduated from college, Sawyer and his friends were struggling to find jobs. Networking events were tiresome and connections were difficult to make, so they decided to…

PK #63 – Jessica Hutwelker: Empowering the Millennial Employee, Selling to the Millennial Customer

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Mark Graham

Jessica Hutwelker is the Director of National Accounts at Match-Up Promotions based in Florida. Jessica has been in the promotional products industry since 2005 as a part of the team that has grown Match-Up’s business from $6.4M in 2005 to $15.6M in 2013, placing Match-Up in the top 1% of distributors in the industry. Jessica was a recent speaker/panelist at…

Snack-Sized Byte: Nurturing Creativity in Your Team to Generate Proactive Sales (2 min, 30 sec)

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Mark Graham

From time-to-time, the PK podcast crew will highlight the juiciest morsels our chefs and their guests dig into, we serve these in small, delectable bite-sized bits for your convenience. Today’s snack is courtesy of Greg Washer with Clean Fun Promotional Marketing. Stayed tuned for more! (The full episode can be found here). Greg Washer was ahead of his time. As a…

PK #62 – Mark Schaefer

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Mark Graham

Mark Schaefer of Schaefer Marketing Solutions is a globally-recognized blogger, speaker, educator, business consultant, and author who blogs at businessgrow.com (one of the top marketing blogs in the world) and co-hosts the successful marketing podcast The Marketing Companion. He teaches graduate marketing classes at Rutgers University and has written four best-selling books including The Tao of Twitter and Return On…

PK #59 – Kirby Hasseman, Delivering Marketing Joy

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Mark Graham

Kirby Hasseman is the owner of Hasseman Marketing and Communications and the author of multiple business books including his latest, Delivering Marketing Joy: Using Promo To Grow Your Business The Right Way. A compelling content creator with over fifteen years experience, Kirby hails from the birthplace of the promotional products industry (listen to hear the story!) and is growing his…

Amazon Supply for B2B: Is Promo Next?

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Mark Graham

Not surprisingly, Amazon is looking to extend its reach into the $8 Trillion B2B wholesale market. Their B2B site, amazonsupply.com, already boasts 2.2 million SKUs and they are on a hiring tear to help them in their quest to “rebuild civilization.” My good friends, Danny Rosin and Robert Fiveash of BrandFuel, talk of a doomsday scenario where they wake up…

PK #58 – Reddit, Erik Martin

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Mark Graham

In 2012, Time Magazine listed Erik Martin as one of the world’s most influential people. As the Manager of the infamous ‘front page of the internet’, Reddit has become famous for its candid Ask Me Anything interviews with distinguished guests (including Barack Obama). Erik is an outspoken supporter of protecting internet freedom and innovation and before his internet addiction fully…

PK #57 – Roni Wright, The Book Company

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Mark Graham

Roni Wright , Vice President at The Book Company, is one of the most respected individuals in our profession. A 2013 recipient of PPAI’s distinguished Woman of Achievement award (and, in our opinion, one of the nicest colleagues in the business) Roni sits down with chefs Brad White and Mark Graham to pull back the curtain on what it truly…

Highlights from the PromoKitchen Podcast, 2014

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Mark Graham

From time-to-time, the PK podcast crew will highlight the juiciest morsels our chefs and their guests dig into, you can find those delectable bite-sized bits here. Highlights from Episode #56, The Icebox: Advice to a 25-Year Old Enrepreneur (3-1/2 minutes) | Jordy Gamson, The Icebox | full episode Culture, Compensation, Attracting Good Staff (3-1/2 minutes) | Jordy Gamson, The Icebox…

PK #56 – The Icebox

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Mark Graham

Icebox: perhaps one of the coolest promotional companies on the scene today, are nothing short of refreshing. From humble start-up (an appropriate founding: born on a tabletop, surrounded by cold beverages) to a mega-posse that claims a serious stake in the next generation of Swag Masters. Awash in accolades and awards, one half of the two-person founding partnership sits down…