What Would You Do?

What’s your opinion? This week a promotional products distributor sent me this question:  “I have a quick question and would love to get your opinion. The commercial printer I use for my business cards and stationery here in town has approached me with the offer to market my products from their store. They would like […]

Follow What’s your opinion? This week a promotional products distributor sent me this question:  “I have a quick question and would love to get your opinion. The commercial printer I use for my business cards and stationery here in town has approached me...

What’s The Most Persuasive Promotional Product?

I love sticky notes (Post-it notes and generics) and use them all the time. They are my favorite self-promotion. I always have a large batch on hand with my company logo. I use them in a variety of different ways, but here’s my favorite: When I send an invoice, I include a 10 sheet sticky […]

Follow I love sticky notes (Post-it notes and generics) and use them all the time. They are my favorite self-promotion. I always have a large batch on hand with my company logo. I use them in a variety of different ways, but here’s my favorite: When I send an invoice,...

Quick Office Organizing Tip

Whether you’ve been in the promotional products business for 10 days or 10 years, you know that this is a business where it is easy to get overwhelmed with clutter.  If you’re buried knee deep in samples, catalogs and piles of paper, here’s a quick organizing tip from my colleague Elizabeth Hagen: Elizabeth’s Tip: “Overwhelmed […]

Follow Whether you’ve been in the promotional products business for 10 days or 10 years, you know that this is a business where it is easy to get overwhelmed with clutter.  If you’re buried knee deep in samples, catalogs and piles of paper, here’s a...

Are You Making This Mistake?

Many years ago when I first started selling promotional products, I thought everyone was a good prospect for me. Consequently, I wasted a lot of time and energy on the wrong prospects. Prospects who were only looking for the lowest price or worse: didn’t have the ability or authority to order. After a while I […]

Follow Many years ago when I first started selling promotional products, I thought everyone was a good prospect for me. Consequently, I wasted a lot of time and energy on the wrong prospects. Prospects who were only looking for the lowest price or worse: didn’t...