Podcast (33)
Episode 27: The Speed of Change with Tom Goos
We meet Tom Goos, the President of Image Source, in the lobby of the Red Lion Hotel where the NWPMA show (a regional trade association show) is held.…
Episode 26: The skucamp experience live from The Ace
skucamp is the industry's first business planning boot camp. It is a 2-night/3-day event, designed to kick-start your 2018 calendar year. skucamp is a…
Episode 25: The Emerging Creative Class
A very quiet, tectonic shift has been happening in the market, a surge toward fashion forward, retail trends, and it is being driven by millennial…
Episode 24: Supplier Rebates, Terms, and Price Negotiations
Have supplier negotiations gone too far? Do supplier rebates comprise too much of a distributor's bottom line profit? Is the financial viability of the…
Episode 23: The Promotional Product Landscape (The Next Five Years)
The promotional products industry is undergoing significant market-force changes. Some changes are noticeable (mergers and acquisition) but some of the…
Episode 22: Company Stores, Friend or Foe?
In today’s episode, Mark Graham and Bobby Lehew discuss the potential pitfalls and opportunities with the company store model.In this episode, we discuss:…
Episode 21: Tiny Tasks for Ginormous Sales Gain
In today’s episode, Mark Graham and Bobby Lehew share Tiny Tasks for Ginormous Sales Gain.In this episode we discuss: Respecting the difference between…
Episode 20: Wishpond best practices and pro tips with CPO Nick Steeves
In today’s episode, we explore the world of marketing automation. For those of you asking yourself “what the heck is marketing automation?” it’s the…
Episode 19: making your customers laugh, think and cry with Saul Colt
Today’s episode is part of our skucon speaker series. This is where we track down our speakers who be joining us at skucon in Las Vegas on January 8,…