The year has been a challenge for many. Struggling to stay on top financially. Keeping old revenue streams flowing. Generating new ideas when the legacy streams begin to slow. But still waters do run deep, and each one of us is more resilient, creative and able than we ever give ourselves credit. It is remembering this about ourselves that is the hard part.
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In my September clocks and watches article, I received a lot of good information from my sources, more than I could fit into the magazine. Reproduced below is a sidebar with Bill Peak of Belair Time Corporation that was cut from the magazine, detailing the technical differences between electronic and mechanical watches, and the options available to each.
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Crystal D’s Audra Lehnert gives advice on selecting and selling crystal awards for recognition or rewards programs.
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My dad walked the Appalachian Trail. Yep, the whole thing from Georgia to Maine, all 2,175 miles of it. Over the course of months he battled the elements, the brutal terrain, and his own mind and body. And with every battle waged, slowly but surely he conquered each hurdle placed before him.
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People value watches, but why? Our attachment to them goes beyond functionality, and can tell us a lot about how we create value in objects through branding.
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Project Rev is a website that follows 9 small-business owners as they are given marketing help, advice and funding for a year. The site provides an interesting window into the promotional struggles small businesses can face.
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I pretty much squealed with delight when I discovered that there was a quiz inside, this one is the, “Do you have what it takes to be wealthy?” quiz.
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I have to say this week’s news highlighting the trials and tribulations facing American Apparel have been painful for me.
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While fabrics in the performance and corporate apparel arena have seen some pretty cool developments in recent years, Nanosilver use might be one that needs a bit more research in regards to its long term effects.
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Marketing “luckiness” (or unluckiness if you prefer) on Friday the 13th could be an awesome opportunity for a promotion, which of course would include promotional product sales.
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