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Nov 09, 2018

Building a Company to Last and a Life to Love with Rod Brown of MadeToOrder, Inc. (A skucamp NOLA Video)

Rod Brown started the Harwood Company, a promotional products distributor, in 1989, grew it to over $13 million in sales and sold it in 2000. In 2003, Rod…

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Nov 08, 2018

3 Quenching Tactics That Will Inspire Clients to Buy More (Business Planning Series, Part 2)

Whether you are a solopreneur or manage a team of salespeople, how do you do business planning that becomes more than wishful thinking? How do we make…

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Nov 05, 2018

Here's the thing about that piece on swag by Elizabeth Segran in Fast Company: she's right.

The $24 billion dollar promotional products industry is up in arms over the Fast Company article by Elizabeth Segran, It’s time to stop spending billions…

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Nov 02, 2018

7 Questions to Dramatically Increase Your Sales (Business Planning Series, Part 1)

Whether you are a solopreneur or manage a team of salespeople, how do you do business planning that becomes more than wishful thinking? How do we make…

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Oct 30, 2018

Easy Over Everything: Simplifying Your Sales Process (A skucamp NOLA Video)

skucamp NOLA was an enriching experience for those who attended and we’ve captured a part of the magic just so that we can bring it to those who weren’t…

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Oct 10, 2018

26 Actionable Ideas from skucamp to Kick-Start Your Growth

Now is when the real work begins. Over the past few days in sultry and sizzlin’ New Orleans, over 130 open-minded entrepreneurs gathered in the art deco…

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Sep 18, 2018

How Brand+Culture Fusion Attracts Clients and Talent (Culture Series, Part 5)

This is the fifth post in a new series on how to build a strong culture in your promotional products business. Culture and brand form a perfect symbiosis.…

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Sep 18, 2018

David Shultz joins commonsku as Vice President of Supplier Partnerships

We’ve been on an exciting journey over the past couple of years with the growth of commonsku. From our initial beta launch in September of 2011, we have…

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Sep 10, 2018

Does Your Compensation and Culture Align? (Culture Series, Part 4)

This is the fourth post in a new series on how to build a strong culture in your promotional products business. What if the culture of your business could…