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Ten Tips To Help You Ace 2018 (and Get the Most out of skucamp!)
As I write this, we’re just days away from our inaugural skucamp event held at the iconic Ace Hotel in Palm Springs! Our primary purpose at skucamp is to…
“Change is Hard” is Bullsh*t, Here’s How to Inspire Your Team to Change (The Path to $10 Million, Part 8)
You will not be the same company at $10 million that you are at $1 million.
8 Secrets the Pros Know About Protecting Your Bottom Line and Maximizing Your Profit (The Path to $10 Million, Part 7)
It happens to all of us at some point in our promotional products career: you finally convert that hard-to-reach prospect into a bonafide customer … only…
The #1 Training Method for the Promotional Products Industry (The Path to $10 Million, Part 6)
Da Vinci apprenticed under Verrocchio from the age of 14 to 20, doing menial work in leather, carpentry, drawing, painting, and sculpting.
The Craft of Renewal: 6 Ways to Revitalize and Refashion Your Brand
Reading time: 7 min We arrive in Salt Lake City on a mission: to discover how in the hell a 30-year old lanyard company, within an old and commoditized…
Unvarnished and Unconventional: Bold Ideas on How to Build a Better Promotional Products Support Team (The Path to $10 Million, Part 5)
Reading time: 5 minutes “Strategic investment in infrastructure produces a foundation for long-term growth,” wrote businessman and troubadour Roger…
4 Mistakes to Avoid When Hiring Promotional Products Salespeople (The Path to $10 Million, Part 4)
Exponential sales growth requires recruiting, getting the right people “on the bus.” The phrase “on the bus” comes from Good to Great by Jim Collins, a…
The 5 Stages of Business Growth (The Path to $10 Million, Part 3)
How do you get from $500,000 to $1 million in sales? How do you grow from $1 million to $3 million? What does it take to get to $10 million? We’re…
3 Key Elements That Make a Promotional Products Company Great to Work For
“Because we actually give a shit about the people we employ.” That’s what Andy Thorne, President of UK-based distributor Outstanding Branding said when I…