Promokitchen Podcast

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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 employee #4. After leaving eBay, Catherine worked as a management consultant at A.T. Kearney, working with Fortune 100 companies in a wide variety of areas including merger integration, marketing strategy and operational efficiencies. Catherine has been named PPB’s Best Boss and an ASI Rising Star. Outside of work, Catherine is a mother to 3 children ranging in age from 11 to 6 years old and sits on a variety of boards and committees in the non-profit space. She is also involved in a variety of initiatives and orga

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 Snugz has been swift - beginning as national account manager into the national sales manager position, and finally to her current role as VP Sales. Brittany also stands out in the promotional products industry as a millennial business executive. It’s well known that our industry is aging and there is no question that our future success depends on recruiting fresh young faces into our ranks.

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, recruiting the right people for you culture, keeping employees motivated in a very demanding business – those topics and more are discussed as Mark Graham and Danny Rosin take us behind the scenes and inside the mind of the man who leads one of the most successful and iconic businesses in our industry. (For more information on BDA’s philanthropic passion, please visit BDA Cares).

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 a massive industry, using social media to change the conversation with customers, design thinking when developing products, and balancing retail and promotional markets successfully.

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 conversation we are already having at shows and restaurants to a public forum where we can all listen and learn. As a continued commitment to mentor those new in the industry, the podcast will feature a broad spectrum of topics. If you wish to participate in the podcast, please fill out our form and we’ll be in touch!

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– including the long-running New York Times bestsellers, A Whole New Mind and Drive. His latest book, To Sell is Human, is a #1 New York Times business bestseller, a #1 Wall Street Journal business bestseller, and a #1 Washington Post nonfiction bestseller. Dan’s books have been translated into 34 languages. He lives in Washington, DC, with his wife and their three children.

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 shift and risk of publishing thought leadership for an industry.

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 abide by one of Hit’s primary principles: “live this business”.

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 consultative in your approach, and growing allegiance with other departments within your customer’s company. (We experienced technical difficulties during the recording of this broadcast: half way through the broadcast you will hear a gap in the conversation, the recording resumes after a few seconds).

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!