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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…

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Jan 01, 2018

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…

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Dec 14, 2017

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…

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Dec 04, 2017

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…

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Nov 19, 2017

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…