Newsletter Blogs

Nothing can stop our constant quest to find the most fun promotional products each week. This time, our five favorite promotional products includes Nike sneakers modeled after our favorite convenience store, Netflix home decor, Drake's designer college apparel and more...

Are you looking to grow your business to $1 million and beyond? In part 2 of this interview with Julia Pimsleur, she dives deeper into the secrets of starting, scaling and funding your business venture. Tune in as Pimsleur discusses three critical questions you should be asking and how to prepare for your pitch...

By carefully studying how your audience engages (or doesn’t) during a campaign, you can proactively make the efforts to brighten, enhance and, to stick with the analogy, repaint your marketing grass. This is the only way to keep your field of play looking fresh for your prospects and clients...

We have an opportunity to surpass expectations, but first we need to communicate and set realistic expectations that match the times. Then, humility needs to take a back seat to pointing out how you came through successfully, overcoming unprecedented challenges to make your buyers look great...

Remember Warheads candies? They were, to put it simply, awesome. They had everything a kid wanted: bright colors, a very extreme name and the properties to create a playground challenge. Anyway, one of our favorite promotional products this week is Warheads-related. Check it out!...

I love the movie “The Shawshank Redemption.” In that movie, there’s a famous line, “Get busy living or get busy dying,” where the lead character, Andy Dufresne, is focused on getting out of prison and living the life of his dreams. Truth is that many of us have been in a “prison” of sorts just…

Ask the Accountant… Question: I need to charge my customers 7.5% in sales tax, but 6% is for the state and 1.5% is for my county. How do I handle that in QB Desktop so I can file with the state, but just show the 7.5% to my customer? Answer: Sales tax is complicated, and…

A mid-year business review isn't always convenient or fun, but the benefits are crystal clear. It can help bring incomplete marketing projects to life, ditch activities that don’t work and improve internal processes. If you want to perform such review for your company, here are the six steps we follow...

Getting a kitten is fun, but it’s a lot of work. Suddenly the whole house is a toy. While we try to keep our new cat away from the smartphone charger, check out our fave five promotional products of the week, including a Guy Fieri beach towel and a "Superbad" snow globe that Seth Rogen still owns...

Terry Brizz had two great ideas that massively changed his life and were influential in creating his financial and business success. Listen as the president of Galaxy Balloons and professor of entrepreneurship shares why you need to keep your eyes open to the opportunities that surround you...