Commission Models and Profitability: Why the 50/50 Split Needs an Overhaul
To respond to the demand, today’s successful salesforce has had to deploy rapid-fire response tools: mobile technology to respond from anywhere, cloud-based technology to work from anywhere, seamless solutions to move swiftly from project-to-project to respond to the demand.
skucon 2023: Grit, Glory, and Gratitude!
A sold-out crowd jammed into the beautiful Keep Memory Alive Center in Las Vegas to experience a full day of inspiring insights shared by some of the boldest and bravest in the business!
Will ChatGPT Disrupt Promo?
Join us as we use the tools of AI to explore the future of AI and chatGPT for the promotional products industry.
Episode 233: Seth Godin on Climate Change
In this special episode of skucast, Seth Godin joins us to talk about the opposing views in which people view the challenges of climate change: wizards who believe that only technological innovation and human progress offer hope for the planet; prophets who seek dramatic reductions in the ways that humans interact with the natural world; and ostriches who say there is a possibility that the climate isn’t actually changing.
The Guide to Map Your Future Growth
In this guide, you'll grade your effectiveness as you lean into the future and create a roadmap for changes. Once you've completed the questionnaire, flip to the end summary to start building your action steps for change!
Hiring for Support: 8 Essential Traits and 10 Critical Questions (Guide to Hiring, Part 3)
Your production team are the backbone of your operation, without their work at seeing projects through to completion, your efforts at sales would collapse.
Customer Growth Journey with Turnkey Merchandise Programs: How Project Portals Help Holly Ringle Win Big Business
While average industry growth is around 5%, the commonsku distributor averages around 20%. We’re passionate about growth.
How to Hire for Sales: Resources and Interview Questions (Guide to Hiring, Part 2)
In this “Guide to Hiring,” we’re going to cover everything from the job description to onboarding. Today we're talking, how to hires for sales.
Episode 113: Gen Z with Aly
In today's skucast, we sit down to talk about Gen Z, the generation that by 2020 is expected to account for about 40% of all consumers.
Here We Grow Again!
All big ideas are born in small places. But as they grow, they take on a life of their own and change, but the vision that shaped it, never changes.
Episode 112: The Rowboat Creative Experience
Lucas Guariglia and Joe Zangrilli started Rowboat Creative in a basement in Chicago, that would eventually grow to over 60,000 square feet.
How to Write Dynamic Job Descriptions That Actually Work (Guide to Hiring, Part 1)
It is a job seeker’s market. Good talent is hard to find. But if you treat your recruitment process like a sales process you can attract the best talent.
Customer Growth Journey with Unlimited Product Solutions: Flying High and Fast
While average industry growth is around 5%, the commonsku distributor averages around 20%. We’re passionate about growth.
This Is What The Promotional Products Team Of The Future Will Look Like
There is still a tremendous amount of time wasted in this industry on non-value add and duplicate activities.
Path to $10 Million Series
Welcome to our series entitled “The Path to $10 Million.” Our purpose is to provide insights for your entrepreneurial journey by sharing articles, tips, interviews, and a plan on how you can get to your first $10 million in sales.
6 Traits the Salesperson of Tomorrow Needs Today
We’re looking at the what the salesperson of tomorrow must possess in order to respond to the demands of the modern company.
Episode 111: Recruitment as a Sales Process, How to Hire and Keep Top Talent with Kathleen Quinn Votaw
Kathleen Quinn Votaw is the Founder and CEO of TalenTrust, which is revolutionizing how companies find and keep top talent, and grow great people.
Episode 110: How Adversity Shapes a Brand with Lisa Smith of Republic Promos
We sat at Lisa’s dining room table in her beautiful home to talk about her incredible journey full of faith and perseverance in the face of adversity.
Business Planning Series
In this series on business planning, we’ll walk through how to make plans actionable by creating both “bottom-up” and “top-down” business goals!
commonsku sessions: Reflections on the 4-City Tour to Double the Size of the Industry
It was a tiny idea that grew into a colossal vision: What if we created a sales conference that focused on doubling the size of the industry?