This was a very strange January for me. Not since the birth of my son, a decade ago, have I missed the PPAI Expo in Las Vegas. Yes, PPAI is the largest expo in the Promotional Marketing industry, but that is only one of the many reasons that I go every year. The…
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This January (2014), I got to do something I have not done in a while. I was asked by a government client to come in and give a live webinar on How to Effectively Market in 2014. The webinar went really well and at the end there were some great questions and interaction amoungst
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Here is a recent article that was published by PPAI (Promotional Products Association International. The article updates us on the most recent changes by Health Canada on the Canadian Consumer Product Safety Act. I hope that you find this valuable and by abiding with the safety updates we will continue to Get YOU Noticed!
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For reasons beyond my control and with much disappointment, I had to miss The Art of Marketing Conference this year. I have been looking forward to it for months and at the last minute it did not happen. Fortunately for me, and all my readers, Rebecca Coleman stepped up to the plate and wrote
We all seek it, and some of us try to provide it. It’s a verification that something exists or has existed in the past – a proof that something has been created at some point in time and is deemed relevant to this day. This is what good marketers do. They create the opportunity for
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Hello everyone: CMYK Solutions has many wonderful clients in Alberta and we want to help Alberta recover from the affects of the flood. We will be making a 5% donation to the Canadian Red Cross on all orders processed during the months of July and August 2013. We want to thank our customers for their
Our key suppliers send out information to all their clients showing the best and most innovative things they do. They want to let us understand how their product can be valuable to our clients and provide different marketing opportunities to Get YOU Noticed! One of these suppliers, that we featured in a blog earlier
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2013 was another banner year at the PPAI Expo. Each January, we descend from above the 49th Parallel to Las Vegas to find unique communication pieces for our clients that will Get YOU Noticed! Not only is there 1500 + suppliers and hundreds of thousands of products to look at, but there are amazing
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CMYK Solutions Turned 60 January 2013! MONTHS THAT IS! A few more grey hairs, a lot more wisdom and a whole bunch more experience! The last 5 years has been a great journey and you have all been part of it. We have grown into a full service marketing company with the ability to work
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I subscribe to a number of blogs and one that I find very valuable is “Quality Inspection Tips“. This is a great reference site for me when we are dealing with issues on development of custom branded products for our clients, as it covers a range of subjects from quality control to factory
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