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Apr 12, 2018

4 Keys to Focusing on the Most Profitable Clients (Path to Profit Series, Part 2)

A new customer of mine had just crossed the $20,000 threshold in sales YTD. As a new salesperson, it was an important number to me because that was the…

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Apr 05, 2018

Profit: The Real Business of Winning (Path to Profitability Series, Part 1)

Why are some businesses rewarding and profitable at $1 million in sales, with happy principals and employees, and others, at $20 million, are miserable,…

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Mar 27, 2018

The skucamp Experience, New Orleans

You arrive. As you step out of your cab, meeting that sultry 80-degree air, you know in a second that you’re in another world, a place that’s a feast for…

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Feb 23, 2018

How Entrepreneurs Jam (A skucon 2018 Production)

Ever wonder how the entrepreneur’s jam? How they improvise? How they riff ideas off each other and inspire one another to greatness? Continuing a skucon…

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Feb 16, 2018

Strideline: Taking Success in Stride (A skucon 2018 Production)

skucon, held in Las Vegas in January, was the perfect inspirational kick-off to the 2018 selling season. A day full of jam sessions and breakouts also…

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Feb 09, 2018

Scott Alterman: How The Icebox Keeps It Cool (A skucon 2018 Production)

With over $25 million in sales, Scott Alterman and his business partner Jordy Gamson have a history of taking big risks and charting unconventional paths.…

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Feb 02, 2018

Obviously Awesome - How Context Setting can Take Your Company from What? to Wow! (skucon 2018)

April Dunford kicked off an inspiring day, speaking to a sold-out crowd at skucon in Las Vegas! In her presentation from the same title of her forthcoming…

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Jan 26, 2018

skucon: Where Innovators and Explorers Gathered to Dream

Over 300 innovators and explorers gathered to dream together at skucon, the New Year, kick-ass, kick-off conference for promotional products…

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Jan 05, 2018

The High Cost of Busy: 3 Time Traps That Are Costing You Sales

“Being busy does not always mean real work,” wrote Thomas Edison. In the promotional products business, we tend to use our “busyness” as a barometer of…