In this rant, I’m going to address an old topic that has been covered in depth before, but now appears with the twist of greater visibility via social media—suppliers/manufacturers selling direct and distributors buying direct.
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6 ways to help your business grow the absolute most this summer.
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Prospecting is the lifeblood of your business and it needs to be tackled with enthusiasm, both when it’s working and when it is not working.
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What would happen if you woke up in the morning and your first thought was, “I am never going to sell anything today. Why would anyone buy anything from me? I’ll be lucky to even survive.”
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Leadership is not about being liked. It’s about doing what’s right. That means being visionary and looking beyond your corners of the promotional products world.
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The account was history. That much he was sure of. It took two years to build credibility and a year to win the business. That was followed by two more years that he milked the cash cow he had created.
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A follow-up from last month’s popular post, five more pointers for writing clean, pointed and effective press releases.
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Recently a good friend gifted me with a rare historical find. Going through his late grandfather’s “stuff” he came across a solicitation from The Oakland Advertising Company located in Akron, Ohio, mailed December 3, 1912.
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The release of our annual top distributors piece is only a few weeks away. Click through for a teaser of some of the great industry interviews published within.
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While it began life as a Yearbook, I no longer feel comfortable using that as the analogy. What is Facebook in terms of the New Rules of Marketing?
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