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How to Unpack Your Sales Potential for 2022
December 21, 2021 at 11:29 am

Considering how 2021 went, most of us won’t have a solid comparative sales history to work from in 2022. But you can still determine the most important part of setting sales goals: potential. The key to sales growth planning, whether coming out of a bullish economy or a collapsing economy, is granularity...

You Were Built to Rise
December 20, 2021 at 11:55 am

Like a beautiful hot air balloon rising in the sky, you were built to rise. Rise higher in business. Rise higher in life. But many never rise to their full potential. Some never rise at all. Why? The reason some people never rise to their full potential is the same reason some hot air balloons…

How to Fix Payments from Check to Credit Card in QuickBooks
December 16, 2021 at 1:05 pm

Ask the Accountant… Question: I recorded bill payments as being paid by check instead of by credit card. How do I fix that? Answer: QuickBooks is very forgiving. Just go into the checking account register and delete the payments you recorded by check or electronic payment. This will put the bills back into the "Pay…

Top 5 Reasons You Need a CRM System
December 16, 2021 at 11:20 am

If you’re looking to grow, you need to add new clients on a regular basis, so you must always be prospecting for new business. A CRM will help you stay on top of all the touches needed to convert a lead to a prospect and eventually to a client. Here are five ways a CRM can help you be more effective in your sales process and business growth...

For the Love of Bacon and Innovation
December 13, 2021 at 10:57 am

Matthew Rooda solved a major issue for hog farmers through starting SwineTech. He raised more than $6 million in venture capital and has been recognized by Forbes 30 Under 30. Tune in to hear valuable advice from an entrepreneur who knows what it takes to grow a business and stay ahead of the competition...

5 Reasons for Optimism in 2022
December 10, 2021 at 10:06 am

As we look forward into 2022, most experts predict that the headwinds impacting the promo industry will continue, coupled with the latest COVID variants. But at Boundless we are seeing opportunities like never before in our 16-year history. The following signs from our customers make us very optimistic about 2022...

How to Market Without Facebook (and Why You Should Be Thinking About It Now)
December 9, 2021 at 10:32 am

For all its faults, I still see Facebook as the No. 1 platform to promote just about anything online. But some of us have become overly reliant on this one platform to meet our needs. How do you market without Facebook? Here are a couple of ideas. And you might not want to wait until Facebook disappears to start using them...

5 Steps to Transform Your Promo Business (by Thinking Like an Ad Agency)
December 8, 2021 at 9:08 am

Distributors spend far too much time simply putting logos on merchandise and calling themselves marketers. This is an enormous problem—one that the supply chain stresses are only serving to exacerbate. However, distributors can follow five steps to create magic for their clients by thinking like an ad agency...