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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…
5 Point Checklist to Evaluate Promotional Products Software
EVALUATING & COMPARING PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS SOFTWARE At commonsku, we know that evaluating software to run your business can be a daunting task. If you’ve…
Innovate, Explore, and Dream: How to Get the Most out of skucon 2018
Ready to step boldly into 2018? What do you need to focus on the most? Sales? Marketing? Strengthening your team? Skucon was created to inspire…
Supplier Spotlight: Pierre Martichoux, Chameleon Like
\We love to share the stories behind the scenes of the most successful makers in the $23 billion promotional products industry. In today's spotlight, we…
How to Create Killer Swag
“Start with the problem, not the product.” <br/> With those words, Mark Graham sparks an epic exploration into what goes…
9 Keys to Unlocking Your 1st Million in Promotional Products Sales
What are the keys to unlocking your first million in sales? Are there secrets? Tactics that the seasoned pros know? From selling widely into existing…
7 Steps to Helping Your Team Hit Their 2018 Sales Goals
Reading time: 3:31 We’re continuing a series of articles and podcast episodes that will help you and your team as you plan for 2018. This week, we…
Dreaming the Possible: How to Set and Attain Your Personal Sales Goals for 2018
Are you a possibilitist? Not a pessimist. Not even a realist. But a dreamer who imagines possibilities? That’s what goal setting is: determining…
Are You Prepared to Scale? How a Systems Change Can Ignite Sales Growth
Reading time: 3:56 You’ve gone as far as you can. Sales have either plateaued, declined, or are slowly rising. Too slowly rising. At this point in your…