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PromoKitchen Podcast

PromoKitchenwww.promokitchen.org
PromoKitchen is a community driven, volunteer led 501(c)3 organization focused on education and mentorship of professionals within the promotional products industry.
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PromoKitchen Podcast #89 - Catherine Graham, commonsku

Join chefs Dale Denham and Danny Rosin in a conversation with guest, Catherine Graham. Catherine is known for her passion about the modern workplace and what it takes to run a successful business in 2015. She is the President of RIGHTSLEEVE and CEO of commonsku. Prior to joining Rightsleeve, Catherine had a variety of roles including several years of financial planning at TD Bank. She pursued an MBA at the Rotman School of Management during which time she joined the fledgling eBay Canada as empl...

Nov 16, 201532 min

PromoKitchen Podcast #88 - Brittany David | Snugz

In this podcast chefs Mark Graham and Jessica Hutwelker have the pleasure of speaking with Brittany David, currently Vice President of Sales at SnugZ USA in Salt Lake City. Brittany has just finished an exhausting campaign for the PPAI Board where she was recently elected to one of the supplier board seats. She is no stranger to the industry, having got her start right out of college when she joined SAGE in 2006. Then in 2011, she moved to the supplier side joining Snugz USA. Her rise throughout...

Oct 29, 201553 min

PromoKitchen Podcast #47 – Jay Deutsch | BDA

Jay Deutsch, CEO and Co-Founder of BDA, Inc is our special guest on this episode of the PromoKitchen Podcast. With more than 500 employees and multiple awards and honors to his name, Jay shares some of his tips and lessons learned from his days of bootstrapping with $500 to building a multimillion dollar enterprise. Featured on ABC’s Secret Millionaire, Jay shares with us some of the backstory of that episode as well as “the rest of the story”. Being entrepreneurial at different levels, recruiti...

Oct 28, 201550 min

PromoKitchen Podcast #55 – Jason Lucash | OrigAudio

Founded in 2009, OrigAudio -the ‘origami of audio’- was named to Time Magazine’s 50 Best Inventions of 2009 and appeared on ABC’s ‘Shark Tank’, gaining worldwide recognition. Co-founded with his business partner Mike Szymczak, Jason Lucash was honored as Entrepreneur Magazine’s “Entrepreneur of the Year” for 2013. Join Jason and chefs Mark Graham and Danny Rosin as they discuss key issues and opportunities facing suppliers in the industry, including: how a small supplier can gain traction within...

Oct 28, 201546 min

PromoKitchen Podcast #1 – Welcome to PromoKitchen

Welcome to the very first episode of the PromoKitchen podcast. In this episode Mark, Bobby and Jonathan discuss the newly launched PromoKitchen website, its purpose and place in the industry and how you can get involved. The PK Podcast is a weekly conversation hosted by Mark Graham and Bobby Lehew featuring guest suppliers, distributors and service providers discussing opportunities, challenges and insights into the promotional products business. The purpose of the podcast is to to bring the con...

Oct 28, 201519 min

PromoKitchen Podcast #41 – A Conversation with Best-Selling Author, Daniel Pink

On May 8th, we recorded a very special episode of the PK podcast with best selling author Daniel Pink. In this episode, we discussed Dan’s new book To Sell is Human and the relevance of his research on the promotional products industry. Other topics include the shifting paradigm for sales commission compensation, the myth that extroverts make the best salespeople, how to decommoditize our medium, the threat of internet selling, and more. Daniel H. Pink is the author of five provocative books– in...

Oct 28, 201541 min

PromoKitchen Podcast #7 – Dana Zezzo

In this episode, Bobby Lehew and Dana Zezzo meet for an early morning chat at the ASI Power Summit. (Tim Andrews even makes a cameo appearance as a photographer). A fast-paced, rich conversation on a myriad of topics, including: The law of reciprocity and the power of giving away your secrets, Zezzo’s Three Levels of Marketing, national account advice, powerful advice for beginning suppliers, using your competition to establish benchmarks for yourself, giving back to your industry, the paradigm ...

Oct 28, 201523 min

PromoKitchen Podcast #50 – CJ Schmidt | Hit Promotional Products

CJ Schmidt, Vice President of Sales at Hit Promotional Products discusses the growth and development of Hit, a long-time industry powerhouse whose technology prowess and product development has earned the admiration of the industry. Mark Graham and Danny Rosin chat with CJ about the critical issues of technology development, managing a family owned business, the sanctity and success of the traditional distributor/supplier model in our industry, and more. Join the chefs as they discuss how to abi...

Oct 28, 201541 min

PromoKitchen Podcast #45 – Chris Piper | Halo Branded Solutions

Recorded live at the recent SAAC show in Long Beach, CA, Chris Piper, the Northwest Regional Vice President for HALO and the founder of Piper Speaks Promo joins us to discuss a myriad of topics as his experience in this industry is vast, including working on both the supplier side as well as the distributor side and within such niches as the luxury sports market. Topics include: a discussion on how to put a plan behind your promo product, how to present good ideas to your clients, becoming more ...

Oct 28, 201515 min

PromoKitchen Podcast #44 – Brad White

Brad White, fellow chef and Vice President of Sales Development for Boundless Network, joins us on this episode to have a quick chat about sales, sales prospecting and most importantly: where to find the time to get that critical activity of new business development done. Smart advice in a short amount of time!

Oct 28, 201534 min
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