Management
March 13, 2018 at 1:31 pm
Promo Marketing's sister publication, Print+Promo, released its Under 40 list, which celebrates workers in the print and promotional industries making waves before their 40th birthdays. Among the print and promo professionals, there are a few names that likely will stand out to distributors working in the promo side of things, like Miles Wadsworth from Logo…
March 12, 2018 at 10:39 am
Getting through to C-level decision-makers demands effective follow-up techniques, and today’s best performing sellers have them.
March 12, 2018 at 10:06 am
At Proforma, we’re not calling this year 2018 … we’re calling it 2X18. Our 2X18 Video Series is designed to give busy industry professionals like you some of the best quick tips and tricks to help 2X your success, your profits and your fun in 2X18. Video #3 of our 2X18 Video Series reveals one…
March 7, 2018 at 12:04 pm
Terry Town, San Diego, announced the hiring of Bob Heintz, bringing more than 20 years of industry experience to the Terry Town family. Heintz, who will hold the position of director of national sales, will be responsible for key account management, national…
March 6, 2018 at 12:53 pm
Harriet Gatter, founder of Accounting Support LLC, announced reduced pricing of QuickBooks Training On Demand, video instruction specifically for ad specialty distributors and bookkeepers to use QuickBooks correctly and to its full capacity. For the ad specialty distributor, there is a version of QuickBooks…
March 6, 2018 at 8:41 am
3M, Minneapolis, announced yesterday that CEO Inge Thulin will move to a newly created position—executive chairman—and will be replaced by current chief operating officer Michael Roman. Roman has been with 3M for 30 years, according to the Post and Courier, and had led the company's Industrial Business Group (the company's largest group) as chief strategy…
March 5, 2018 at 2:15 pm
Failure is a part of success. Sometimes failure can be the key to your fortune. You may have heard the story of how an engineer at 3M was trying to invent a super strong adhesive, but came up with a super weak one instead. That weak adhesive he invented became the secret to 3M Post-it…
March 2, 2018 at 11:43 am
Jay Deutsch, creator of the Quality Certification Alliance, and cofounder and CEO of BDA Inc., Woodinville, Wash., announced that he is stepping down from his position on the QCA board after 10 years. Deutsch spent eight of those years as president. "Jay was instrumental in creating industry standards for brand safety and ethical sourcing," Tim…
February 28, 2018 at 2:31 pm
Proforma, Cleveland, has hired Chris Piper as its vice president of business development. Piper has more than 20 years of experience helping independent sales professionals grow their businesses and win enterprise level accounts. In his role with Proforma, Piper will…
February 28, 2018 at 2:07 pm
Jeffrey P. Marks, president of Promotional Considerations, along with vice president Bobby Baughan, has purchased the company back from Vanguard Industries, effective March 1. The company also announced that it is now affiliated with iPROMOTEu. Marks started the company in 1984,…
