“Thank you.” Powerful couple of words there, right? Thanks for holding the door. Thanks for introducing me. Thanks for helping with my dead battery. When someone does something for you, a sincere expression of gratitude is just the right thing to do.
Read MoreWhat is your special advantage? Your mojo? Your secret sauce? What gets customers ringing your phone, locked onto your website, calling you “the only game in town” for them?
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When you receive end quantity pricing from a promotional products supplier, do you pass it on to your client?
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This week, we announced the redesign of our home page and magazine. Let us know what you think about the new looks.
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What would have to change for you to be completely fulfilled as a promotional professional, as a loving spouse, a nurturing parent, a true friend, a whole person?
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“I have this idea for an app,” is how the conversation starts. I brace myself. I want to be open-minded, but I can’t help it. The app ideas floating around, especially in the promotional products industry, are crAPP. I listen, I wait for it, and it never comes.
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The PPAI Expo is clearly the most significant event in our industry. Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas is taken over with two huge floors of supplier booths, top-notch education, and incredible keynote presentations. There is a brand. section showcasing incentives, a new products pavilion, a “Decorate” area, and a variety of social events.
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Valentine’s Day. Due to humanity’s fundamental desire to be loved, and equally fundamental desire to not be that person watching CSI reruns with 19 adopted cats, it’s a big holiday for places that serve alcohol or otherwise do their best to slay the great and terrible specter of human loneliness. Know a few bars or restaurants that might be throwing some date-night events to defeat one of life’s great existential challenges? Maybe they’d be interested in a few of the items here.
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Suiting- and performance-inspired apparel for your spring and fall programs.
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Who made that cool new product?!? You are just returning back from the PPAI Expo in Las Vegas when your client calls you with an urgent request for an important event and needs ideas today to place the order and have it delivered. You recall seeing three or four perfect items for the event, but you can’t recall which vendor had the items and you don’t know the proper keywords to find them in an online product search.
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