Clients are seeking higher quality merchandise experiences as evidenced by some of the most notable distributors seeking the Original Favorites brand, join us to hear why!

The most encouraging part of CEO Summit? To hear how humble beginnings led to incredible growth, humility, challenges, opportunities, and seasons of overcoming and winning.

In today’s episode, we ask Pierre and Camila to break down the process they went through and the impact it has had on the clarity of their mission. Plus, we talk about the difficulty of navigating –as a supplier– between providing transparency as a manufacturer and working through their distributors while creating a memorable brand for both.

More and more distributors are faced with the challenge of serving International clients, sometimes it’s just one project, a client that requires merchandise drop-shipped anywhere in the world. At other times, it’s an RFP opportunity that requires international expertise.

Kate Hallett, CMO at Harper + Scott is one of my all-time favorite guests because she is a) brilliant b) she doesn’t hold back, she’s very forthcoming about her experiences and c) has expertise as a client, a journalist, and a distributor/agency.

Brian Duran has been an essential part of Media Tree’s growth and success over the past decade. You’ll soon see he’s a logistical strategist and is constantly thinking about how to drive innovation through tech in digital promotions and rewards.  Brian is a leader in the digital reward space, a category that has become increasingly popular in a post-COVID world.

If you are struggling with any of these: getting the most out of your day, prioritizing the important things, planning, even just feeling lost in the volatility of change in business — have we got a refreshing episode for you.

This year, many distributors are in the process of rethinking their brand strategy and their visual identity, including, of course, their digital presence, and whether you are doing this or not, there are some big changes coming with Google Analytics on July 1 that everyone needs to act on now, which is why we invited our in-house expert on Digital Marketing, Luke Williams, to the skucast to talk about these topics. Luke is a digital marketing specialist in web enhancements, google analytics, paid and organic search, and more.

Ethan Dowie is the customer-obsessed CEO of Indigo Promotions, a top branded merchandise distributorship located in New York. Ethan’s 25 years old, with a passion for building businesses, his goal is to create the most innovative and successful distributorship in the world, one that puts the needs of its clients first.

About two weeks ago, the largest gathering of technologists in the promotional products industry happened at PromoStandards Tech Summit. Over 150 attendees from over 60 companies gathered together at the premier tech event, and today on the skucast, we’re sharing with you a glimpse behind the scenes at Tech Summit, which includes a panel led by commonsku’s CEO Catherine Graham and also, a brief breakdown from Robert Cathro-Oliver, commonsku’s Director of Software Development on the work of the PromoStandards committee. Dave Shultz, commonsku’s Vice President of Supplier Partnerships, also joins us to answer this question: What is tech summit?