Archive for 2009

‘Tis the season

‘Tis the season for celebration, and I wish each of you a great holiday break full of reflection, relaxation and new resolutions! Reflection… As we close the book on 2009, I think we have many blessings to be thankful for in both business and family. Granted, this year was exhausting. Some say it was the [...]

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Bike or plane?

If you had to travel from Dallas to Chicago, what mode of transportation would you take? Walk Ride a bike Drive Fly Private Plane According to MapQuest the total distance from Dallas to Chicago is 969 miles. *Walk – 10 miles/day, Bike – 100 miles/day, Drive – 20 miles/gallon, Fly – Direct flight on commercial, [...]

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Worth a thousand words

If a picture is worth a thousand words, what’s a picture made of words worth? I found this tool that lets you create some really attractive “word clouds” based on terms you frequently use on your blog or in a bunch of text. It shows you what you’re actually writing about the most. This is [...]

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New $5 Million Investment in Boundless

The vision of Boundless Network was conceived more than 10 years ago, with the goal of being #1 within the $20B promotional products industry. The company was launched in 2005, and it’s hard to believe we’re already four years into this. Reflecting on those years, I’m certainly pleased with our progress–but not satisfied. We have [...]

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What’s your plan for 2010?

The year 2010 is a stone’s throw away. In less than 45 days we will be welcoming in a new year. I’m sending this message to remind you that, in addition to stuffing your face with turkey and shopping for your loved ones, this time of year is great for defining next year’s plan of [...]

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Predictions: the Industry in 2010

I recently did a Q&A with Promo35, a new group that aims to bring together various generations of promotional product professionals. We talked about my predictions for how the industry will evolve in 2010. Take a look… Describe what 2010 will be like for our industry in one word. Bumpy Will 2010 be up, down, [...]

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A Game-Changing Adjustment

It’s halftime in the big game of running your business, and it’s time to think about what adjustments can be made to improve your game. Boundless recently called a new play, and we’re excited about this new adjustment to our business model. We’ve decided to shift our operational strategy to focus 100% on driving our [...]

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I’m proud to welcome PromoCorp to the Boundless team!

Great news! I’m excited to announce that Boundless has welcomed PromoCorp to the team, our second Virginia-based distributorship to join us in the past six months. PromoCorp has been around for close to a decade and is among the top 3 percent of distributors in the industry. I’m happy to welcome Larry Ledoyen, Sean McColl [...]

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Surprise! There aren’t 48 hours in a day.

Some people just don’t seem to understand that the day is only 24 hours long. You’d think after a few years on Earth people would get used to this fact. But after working with sales professionals for the last 15 years I have developed some (hardly unique) insight: all sales professionals want to increase their [...]

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Why We Need Rigorous Debate

My favorite book, Jim Collins’ Good to Great, is full of principles that can be applied to real life. In the past 12 months I must have told at least 100 people to go read Chapter 5, “The Hedgehog Concept.” This chapter is about identifying your passion, your “one big thing,” and figuring out what [...]

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