January is Football Playoff Fever. Create a party atmosphere in your store and help your hostesses celebrate with their guys in their Man Cave by offering promos on those items needed for their January football festivities! Create easy displays by digging through your garage and pulling out … Continue reading
Choosing Civility: The Twenty-five Rules of Considerate Conduct by P.M. Forni This book identifies the twenty-five rules that are essential in connecting effectively and happily with others. In the hurried lives that we all live, we often forget the art of civility and compassion. The topics covered … Continue reading
All of you that receive this newsletter are part of PBK’s Reward Program. Our Class Act Partner Program is designed to recognize you as a top customer and reward you for your loyalty. We build the personal side of the relationship with your dedicated sales rep that … Continue reading
I have enjoyed sharing some of my favorite books with you. However, this month I want to be sure that you are all aware of a very interesting industry newsletter. GIFTBEAT is a very valuable 8 page oversized newsletter, published 11 times a year. Their tag line … Continue reading
The winter holiday season marks a period dedicated to love, kindness, and the charitable spirit. It is easy for business owners to lose sight of this because it also marks the start of the busiest time of the year for most in the gift industry. There is … Continue reading
The season of gratitude is quickly approaching. That could be Thanksgiving, but when we all pause to think of what we are thankful for in our lives, maybe Christmas is a better time to focus on those around us. Help your customers remember all the people that … Continue reading
Just like our box sign says! Please take responsibility for the energy you bring into this space. What did you do today to change the energy in the room? Learn how to change your focus from negative thoughts to positive thoughts and feel the energy of the … Continue reading
Guerrilla Marketing Look at the condition of this book!! These Guerilla Marketing books by Levinson are my most favorite marketing books!! The white cover is the newest version of my two older copies. You can tell by all my tabs and folded pages that these were full … Continue reading
Participation in supporting the community is important to PBK! Earn respect in your community by finding ways to support local entities in need. As you all know, I am a dog lover and I enjoy supporting local non-profits that have a mission to help unwanted pets find … Continue reading
Technology is an amazing thing that can help make life easier. However there are people out there who can exploit technology in order to use it against us. Here are a few basic things you can do to protect yourself, your systems, and your data from people … Continue reading