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commonsku Turns 10!
10 years ago, commonsku was just Catherine, me, and one developer subletting space from our other business at the time, Rightsleeve. It was a thrilling -…
Do You Have the Mindset for Sales Success?
The world of sales and marketing blend together now more than at any other time. Over the years I’ve done a lot of reading and exploring in the world of…
commonsku Now Powers Over $1B in Network Volume
Dear skummunity, We have an exciting milestone to share with you. Our community of distributors has achieved $1 Billion in network volume. Together, we…
skucon 2017 Merch - The Definitive Guide
Every year when we produce the merchandise collection for skucon, we are asked where we sourced the products. Well, this is your definitive list for…
skucast episode 5: Creative Storytelling with Bobby Lehew
Welcome back to skucast! We hope you've been enjoying our episodes so far and would love to hear your feedback. You can let us know here what topics you'd…
skucast episode 4: Imaginative Selling with Bill Petrie
Our episode today is another part of our skucon Chicago speaker series. This is where we track down our speakers who will be joining us at skucon in…
Suppliers are from Mars, distributors are from Venus
I started out as a distributor in this industry in 1997. Back then, the communication challenges between suppliers and distributors were largely a…
the story behind commonsku
This story goes back to 2006 when two 31-year-olds set up accounts on Facebook. The social network instantly changed our view of how people communicated…