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7 Trends That Are Changing Sales Compensation Models in the Promotional Products Industry — commonsku Blog

7 Trends That Are Changing Sales Compensation Models in the Promotional Products Industry — commonsku Blog

Resources for the Promotional Products Industry 7 Trends That Are Changing Sales Compensation Models in the Promotional Products Industry In this new series on sales...

Promo Companies Reveal The Benefits That Keep Great Workers

Promo Companies Reveal The Benefits That Keep Great Workers

Industries across the spectrum are struggling to find and retain employees in today’s labor landscape. The promotional products industry is no different. Most of us have heard...

When Times Get Tough... / PromoJournal - The Only Constant is Change

When Times Get Tough... / PromoJournal - The Only Constant is Change

It’s the perfect storm of challenges for us as salespeople as we slide into the second half of the year.  Let’s start with the logjams strangling most major U.S. ports, which...

Are You Ready to Take the Lead? / PromoJournal - Pursuit of Purpose

Are You Ready to Take the Lead? / PromoJournal - Pursuit of Purpose

To flourish and remain relevant in this highly competitive and rapidly changing industry environment, you must be very clear about who you are, what you are and what you deliver...

Q&A: How Not to Avoid Awkward Conversations

Q&A: How Not to Avoid Awkward Conversations

Solid conversational skills are a cornerstone of business, in the promotional products world and beyond. Whether it’s making a great first impression on a job interview,...

7 Ways To Make Instagram and TikTok Work for You

7 Ways To Make Instagram and TikTok Work for You

Instagram and TikTok are the wild west of social media platforms these days. They seem untamed, with only the masterful few being able to conquer them. So, with this frontier of...

Preppy Styling Is a Promo Classic

Preppy Styling Is a Promo Classic

Academia-inspired looks have been trending in fashion and retail lately, but in the promotional products world, they never faded away. First it was monochromatic outfits, then...

Stran & Co. Seals the Deal on Acquisition of Trend Brand Solutions

Stran & Co. Seals the Deal on Acquisition of Trend Brand Solutions

The Boston-area Top 40 distributor believes the move will help accelerate business growth in Texas and elsewhere in the South. Stran & Company (asi/337725), a Top 40...

Are Promotional Products Suppliers Prepared for the Holiday Selling Season?

Are Promotional Products Suppliers Prepared for the Holiday Selling Season?

While challenges persist, suppliers are in a better position to meet Q4 demand thanks to factors like deeper inventory and improved staffing levels. That’s approximately how...

Why a Target-Based Compensation Plan is Ideal for the Promotional Products Industry  — commonsku Blog

Why a Target-Based Compensation Plan is Ideal for the Promotional Products Industry — commonsku Blog

Resources for the Promotional Products Industry Why a Target-Based Compensation Plan is Ideal for the Promotional Products Industry In this new series on sales compensation,...

Rob Watson Joins Zing Manufacturing as Vice President

Rob Watson Joins Zing Manufacturing as Vice President

The experienced executive aims to create the industry’s best buying experience at the Arizona-based supplier that’s known as the exclusive provider of S’well drinkware to the...

Influencer Marketing in the Promo Industry | A How-To Guide / PromoJournal - Taylor's Take

Influencer Marketing in the Promo Industry | A How-To Guide / PromoJournal - Taylor's Take

Are you missing the boat on this strategy? Content has never been more valuable. For this reason, it’s normal to feel pressured to ramp up the quantity produced. So how can we...