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2006JUL
 Chair's Letter
The Frog In The Well
By: Carl Gerlach, MAS Issue: 2006JUL
A Chinese proverb tells of a frog that lived its whole life in a well and never knew what a real body of water was until a sea turtle told him...Full Article
Closing Call
Are You A Pro Or A Rube?
By: Kris Belveal, CAS Issue: 2006JUL
I didn’t know what I wanted to write for this Closing Call article, my first in 2006. Should I be funny or serious? Can I make a...Full Article
Editor's Picks
Time Is On Your Side
By: Cherri Gann Issue: 2006JUL
Time is one of life’s concept with which we’re never quite content. We’re always wishing we had more unless there’s some to kill...Full Article
Fast Forward
Fast Forward--VerseAtility
By: Lex Sloot, CAS Issue: 2006JUL
It is easy to become overwhelmed by the sheer load of everyday situations that we encounter in today’s world. But we must be careful not to let despair creep into our lives...Full Article
Fast Forward--Datebook
By: PPAI Issue: 2006JUL
JULY
July 11-13
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July 17-21
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Fast Forward--Tips
By: Melanie Medina Issue: 2006JUL
Buck Up Weary Business Traveler: You Can Survive The Summer Travel Season
The new age spiritual genius who came up with the idea...Full Article
Fast Forward--Dispatch
By: Jodi Hodak, ABC Issue: 2006JUL
INDUSTRY NEWS
Lewiston, Maine-based Geiger (UPIC: Geiger) enjoyed double-digit sales growth and is sharing nearly $900,000 of record...Full Article
Fast Forward--Next
By: Melanie Medina Issue: 2006JUL
Lock Down Your Laptop
With all the news about protecting electronic data, which is certainly a worthwhile practice, laptop users may want to think about protecting something a little more tangible: their laptops...Full Article
Features
Keeping Company With Catalogs
By: Cherri Gann Issue: 2006JUL
The official company line in our industry is that we’re all about offering solutions—using decorated products. The last part of that tagline is often unspoken or otherwise downplayed, but the products (God love them) are the reason we all have jobs...Full Article
Field Of Dreams--Even More New Ways To Harvest Your Ideas Through BrainStorming
By: John Storm Issue: 2006JUL
This article concludes a three-part series on BrainStorming. Last month, I shared seven brainstorming tips, exposed seven painful traps and pulled seven brainstorming tricks out of my innovation hat...Full Article
Feedback
Feedback
By: Anne Pechuls Issue: 2006JUL
DEBRIEFING IS A VALUABLE TOOL
I really enjoyed reading James Murphy’s article, “Debriefing Your Business” in the April PPB (page 80)...Full Article
Goods
Goods
By: Cherri Gann Issue: 2006JUL
THINK PINK
If you could choose one hot, hotter and hottest color for this year, then pink would sweep all three categories...Full Article
Inside PPAI
Inside PPAI
By: Anne Pechuls Issue: 2006JUL
The PPAI education department proudly announces Mick Fleetwood as the keynote speaker for the Opening General Session of The PPAI Expo 2007 on Thursday, January 4, 2007, at 8:30 am...Full Article
International
Chutes And Ladders And Leapfrog
By: Raymond Barrett Issue: 2006JUL
History tells us that empires rise, thrive, decline and then fall. This is also true of businesses. The reasons are many and varied—outdated...Full Article
Matter of Facts
Partners In Personal Prosperity: You And The Direct Mail Biz
By: Rick Ebel Issue: 2006JUL
Aside from the fact that they are all fund-raisers engaged in protecting pets and strays, what do Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, Humane Society of the U.S...Full Article
Online Exclusives
RAC National Education Day Participants Get Tips On Selling To The Opposite Sex
By: Melanie Medina Issue: 2006JUL
Quick: Which gender is easier to upsell? The answer (keep reading to find it) is one of the many gender-related themes covered during...Full Article
PPB Supplements - Wear
Have It Your Way
By: Cassandra Johnson Issue: 2006JUL
Remember the old hamburger chain commercial? The restaurant workers sang “Have it your way” as they danced around the cashier stations—implying they’d fix your hamburger just the way you like it...Full Article
Back To Basics
By: Lisa Horn Issue: 2006JUL
Every wardrobe needs foundation pieces, the basics upon which individual style is built. In promotional apparel, tees, polos, wovens and caps categorize the marketplace...Full Article
Finding And Keeping Good Digitizers
By: Robert Young Issue: 2006JUL
How do you find good digitizers? You can use the services of your embroiderer, but then the question is, Who owns the design if you...Full Article
Special Effects Printing Creates Competitive Advantage
By: Larry Mays Issue: 2006JUL
Go to any retail apparel store in just about any American mall, and you will see special effects inks used on apparel consumers purchase every day...Full Article
President's Perspective
Are Marketing Days For You?
By: Steve Slagle, CAE Issue: 2006JUL
A smorgasbord of choices, a plethora of ideas and a myriad of opportunities await you. These are big words that simply mean variety, choices, alternatives and options...Full Article
Profile
Making Plans
By: Tina Berres Filipski Issue: 2006JUL
In a story reported first in a special edition of PPB Newslink, Paul Lage, MAS, began his new position as president of Indianapolis, Indiana-based supplier Norwood Promotional Products (UPIC: NORWOOD) on June 1, 2006...Full Article
Question
Question
By: Anne Pechuls Issue: 2006JUL
A DISTRIBUTOR WRITES: “I have noticed an increasing number of suppliers with overrun and underrun policies. Because waste happens,...Full Article
Technology
Basic Technology For Your Business
By: Lee W. Ibbeson Issue: 2006JUL
The world we live in demands constant change if we are to keep up with our fast-paced daily lives plus the competition we face in the market place each day...Full Article
Viewpoint
Distributor Role Underlined At The Motivation Show
By: Paul Kiewiet, MAS, CIP Issue: 2006JUL
The increased involvement of PPAI at The Motivation Show in Chicago symbolizes the strength of the promotional products distribution system and the growth opportunities for all involved...Full Article
Washington Report
Washington Report
By: John Satagaj, J.D. Issue: 2006JUL
John Satagaj, PPAI legal counsel, updates members on legislative issues each month.
AVIAN FLU PANDEMIC
Probably one of the last things you are thinking about is whether you need to worry about an avian flu pandemic...Full Article
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