Promokitchen Podcast

Chef Kate Plummer chats with Kelly Brown from Green Giftz about what makes a good water bottle, How do we sell, or not sell another one and what we should be thinking about when we talk about sustainability. Join us every Wednesday over on Twitter for a brand new #promochat 3:00PM Eastern, Noon Pacific

Chef Kate Plummer chats with Jeff Becker from Kotis Design in a conversation that started about volunteering and moved to sustainable product selection and how to deal with leftover promo. We even cover if Patagonia got it right. Join us every Wednesday over on Twitter for a brand new #promochat 3:00PM Eastern, Noon Pacific

In this episode Johanna Gottlieb talks to Hugh Lawson about Diversity and Racism. We tackle some deep topics and hear his life experience. We learn about his passion for the BLM movement and his Why. Hugh is the Director of Business Development for Staples Promotional Products (SPP), a subsidiary of Staples Inc. with offices in Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia and the United States. He has over 20 years of experience helping clients globally drive brand engagement and improved business results by designing and executing custom merchandise, incentive, recognition, gifting, uniform and promotional programs involving their employees, channel partners, and customers. Hugh currently manages and leads strategic teams for Global new business prospecting, RFP responses, proactive proposals, competitive intelligence, future-trends identification, and business enhancement initiatives. He is also a Member of SPP’s Senior Leadership team that oversees organizational strategic plans, succession planning, process impro

Chef Kate Plummer chats with Jay Busselle about making it to the milestone of the 200th #PromoChat. We cover what's changed, what's needed to build an online community and so much more. Join us every Wednesday over on Twitter for a brand new #promochat 3:00PM Eastern, Noon Pacific

Chef Kate Plummer and sous chef Amanda Delaney are back with in impactful and inspiring episode of Growing Up Promo! Theresa Muzzillo, owner of Proforma Big Ideas in Tampa, is joined by her father, Greg Muzzillo, founder of top 40 distributor Proforma, as she shares stories from her earliest promo days as a kid, and what ultimately brought her back to promo after pursuing a post-college career in finance in the big apple. You don't want to miss this incredibly real and raw conversation as Theresa opens up about why she has always been (and remains) adamant on paving her own path and creating her own success as a business owner within the franchise her father built. She also talks about how taking the risk to invest in self-promos when the pandemic hit actually helped her grow her business in 2020, how her biggest clients gave her a new game-changing perspective on the power of community-over-competition, and so much more.

In this episode Johanna Gottlieb, Axis Promotions, and Ashley Colautti, Commonsku talk to Meg Erber, S&S Activewear and Glencora Twigg, Fairware about selling sustainability in the promotional products arena. They tackle some great topics on what you can and should be asking your clients and suppliers.

Chefs Johanna Gottlieb and Kate Plummer talk to Paul Bellantone and Robert "Bob" McLean about the transition in a virtual environment, Paul's future philanthropic goals, what we have learned in the pandemic and what we can expect from the association going forward.

In this moving and powerful podcast, Chef Kate Plummer sits down with Kathy Cheng, Michelle Chen, Cindy Tsuji and Kathy DiFrancesco to talk about anti-Asian racism, how it has personally and professionally effected them. They also share how others can help and what our next steps need to be.

Chef Kate Plummer chats with Digital News Director at ASI, Chris Ruvo about what is causing inventory issues across the board. This was a great chat and it's worth reading the article that sparked this conversation: https://t.co/wmz5PyqqOg?amp=1 Join us every Wednesday over on Twitter for a brand new #promochat 3:00PM Eastern, Noon Pacific

Chef Kate Plummer chats with trend expert Vicki Ostrom about how sustainability is showing up in product design, the effect the pandemic has had on trends and so much more! Join us every Wednesday over on Twitter for a brand new #promochat 3:00PM Eastern, Noon Pacific.

In our fourth episode, Jay Busselle & Danny Rosin talk with Roger Burnett about his experience as a founding member of PromoKitchen.

Chef Kate Plummer talks with sous-chef Ashley Colautti about the future for women in work looks like, what makes a good leader and the role of womxn events for individuals! Join us every Wednesday over on Twitter for a brand new #promochat 3:00PM Eastern, Noon Pacific

Before zoom meetings, there was ZOOMcatalog. Chef Kate Plummer and Sous Chef Amanda Delaney sat down to chat with the inspiring women behind ZOOMcatalog, Noleen Zasman, President, and her daughters Bryony Zasman, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer, and Donna Zasman Lomazini, Director of Business Development, for our latest instalment of Growing Up Promo. You do not want to miss this amazing story of how this woman-owned family business came to be, and how they have fought to push through the barriers to turn ZOOMcatalog into the forward-thinking, successful business it is today, in spite of everyone who told them they would never make it.

Sous Chef Amanda Delaney and Meg Erber with PromoCares have some exciting news for you and your future in promo! The Tee Hamilton Creative Scholarship is NOT limited to graphic artists and creative designers alike in our industry, so head over to https://www.promokitchen.org/donate to apply today! GOOD LUCK!

Chef Kate Plummer talks with PK Chef Dale Denham about what cybersecurity precaustions you need to take to keep you and your company safe. Join us every Wednesday over on Twitter for a brand new #promochat 3:00PM Eastern, Noon Pacific

In this episode we talk to Bill Petrie, Brandivate and Alina Rubinshteyn, LiV2. We hear about their experiences in starting a business during 2020, a historically and challenging year. We learn about what has worked for them and how they are persevering.

In this episode we talk to Bill Petrie, Brandivate and Alina Rubinshteyn, LiV2. We hear about their experiences in starting a business during 2020, a historically and challenging year. We learn about what has worked for them and how they are persevering.

In this PromoKitchen podcast. Mark Graham, Kate Plummer and Jeremy Picker riff about the impact of promo on world events (and the other way around). We spend a lot of time reminding end clients why promotional products are an effective marketing strategy. However, we often find ourselves fighting an uphill battle when we see some end clients dismiss our medium as trinkets and trash. But what happens when our medium is “too effective”, when it moves audiences in ways that are uncomfortable for some people? We have seen examples of this in the past few weeks with the use of branded merchandise as a rallying force at the US Capitol on January 6. Or Facebook’s encouraging its employees from wearing company merchandise lest they be the subject of attacks. Or Shopify’s decision to take down Trump’s MAGA store. Our industry has evolved considerably over the years. Thanks to advances in technology - like print on demand, just in time inventory, e-commerce, no minimums, Direct to Garment printing - our industry

Chef Kate Plummer talks with Sous chef Andrea Pereira of Rocket Science Branding and Jarid Taylor of Brandigenous about being Indian and Indigenous and how identity gets built and communicated. They cover everything from land acknowledgements, to being a minority business and how they answer "So where are you from?"

In this episode Kate Plummer, Clearmount and Johanna Gottlieb, Axis Promotions chat with Juan Martinez, Director of Innovation and Branding Strategy at Spector & Co. We talk about what it means to be behind innovation at Spector and about highlighting the creative in our industry. Juan has been involved in the promotional product industry for over 25 years. During the past 20, he has been employed by Spector and Co. His proven track record includes skill and experience in diverse branding methods, technology research and development, product flow analysis, methodology implementation and staff management. His background includes an Industrial Design University degree that he applied on the automotive industry as a start up drafting and engineering position back in Guadalajara, Mexico; once in Canada and during his 26 years of residence, he has been very active within the promotional product industry, most recently as part of the operations of Spector and Co. Through all those years, he has been in charge o