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Mark Graham recently stumbled across a great blog post written by the owner of a South African ad agency. His name was Mike Stopforth. He loved the post so much that he tracked him down in Johannesburg for an interview. Mike is the CEO of Cerebra, an ad agency based on South Africa and [...]

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In this episode of the PromoKitchen Podcast, Chefs Mark Graham and Dale Denham bring you up to the present as we speak to Norman Cohn, Chairman of the Advertising Specialty Institute (ASI) about how both ASI and the industry look in 2015. In June 2012, the Wall Street Journal described Norman as the “Sultan of Swag.” It [...]

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In this episode of the PromoKitchen Podcast, Chefs Mark Graham and Dale Denham speak with one of the most influential and dynamic people in our industry, Norman Cohn. Norman is the Chairman of the Advertising Specialty Institute, most commonly known as ASI. In June 2012, [...]

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In today’s episode, PromoKitchen chefs Mark Graham and Dale Denham are going to take a deep dive into what it takes to deliver “ultimate customer experiences”.  In today’s competitive landscape, customer experience is often the key differentiator that separates one company from the next. We know this to be especially true in the promotional products [...]

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In this episode of the PromoKitchen Podcast, PK Chefs Mark Graham of CommonSku and Robert Fiveash of Brand Fuel Promotions chat with Jim Martin of Kolder Incorporated. Kolder is the parent company of industry icon Numo Manufacturing. Jim talks to us about what it takes to create a much loved supplier brand, how to compete [...]

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The PromoKitchen Podcast was honored to once again welcome Seth Godin as our guest. During this podcast Seth spoke to us about his new book, “What to do When it’s Your Turn”, avoiding the race to the bottom, the importance of community [...]

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In today’s episode, Chefs Mark Graham of CommonSku and Danny Rosin of Brand Fuel, are going to explore the new and exciting world of 3D Printing. 3D technology has been getting a lot of play in the media these days, but many of us in the promotional products industry are waiting for 3D tech to [...]

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Every February a team of marketing and design geeks descend upon Raleigh for the annual High Five Conference. At this year’s event, no one was geekier than today’s guest. This someone dazzled the High Five audience with stories about how he became a one man graphic design branding machine and how local advertising campaigns were [...]

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During the PPAI Expo, PromoKitchen recorded a special podcast. This podcast features two of the most successful leaders in the industry, SanMar’s Marty Lott and Geiger’s Jo-an Lantz, MAS. PromoKitchen Chefs Mark Graham and Bobby Lehew sat down with Marty and Jo-an and entered into conversation about more than just profits and progress.  The discussion [...]

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In today’s episode we are going to look at the aging state of the promotional products industry as it pertains to our workforce. While age translates into experience and stability, we also need to position our industry as attractive to the younger generations. Other industries like media, advertising, and technology are great examples of sectors [...]

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