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I Depend on You...
But Do I Trust You?
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In our last FreePromoTips issue we addressed the topic of dependency. If you missed that story, click here.
End users are dependent on Distributors to deliver what they ordered. Distributors are dependent on Suppliers to complete that transaction. Suppliers are dependent on Distributors to bring them orders and pay their invoices on time. We are all dependent on each other!
And our dependency need sets the stage nicely for another relevant industry topic rant which addresses another industry relevant topic...TRUST. In this FreePromoTips issue, we cover this second part of the equation that goes hand in hand with being dependent.
This is a topic that I have wanted to cover for a while. Just in the past few months there have been big controversies highlighting trust issues. There was a big controversy over PPAI's Hosted End User Buyers Program at The PPAI Expo, which ultimately was rescinded. There was a website that calls out "Shady Suppliers" with a tagline, "Stealing Your Clients Like a Thief in the Night." If you missed that story, click here. It's my feeling that the root of these issues is a lack of trust.
Maybe there is a justification for a lack of TRUST, but the question I ask is, where does this leave us as an industry if we can't trust one another?
To address this important topic for the FreePromoTips Community, I called on past PPAI Chairman of the Board, Paul Kiewiet. Paul is passionate about our industry and is a seasoned promotional marketing veteran. Paul "gets it." See below for the article. We invite your comments on this issue.
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Decode the Mysteries of
QR Codes & Microsoft Tags
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ALL-IN-ONE SHARES WAYS TO BOOST SALES!
 At next weeks SAAC Show in Long Beach, CA, Harris Cohen, MAS of ALL-IN-ONE will educate distributors on the latest developments in Mobile Marketing, E-Commerce and Social Media, with a focus on QR Codes & Microsoft Tags.
In an exciting, action-packed presentation on the morning of Thursday, August 25, Harris will explain how Tags & Codes use smartphones to connect our world with dynamic online content, how they offer amazing potential for promotional products, and how to SELL them! This is a Can't-Miss opportunity to discover new value-added ways to BOOST YOUR SALES!
Learn more in this short video...click here!
Harris recently educated distributors at a Geiger event in Charlotte, North Carolina. The presentation was so popular, that by the second session, there was a standing-room-only crowd! Harris commented, "All-In-One is proud to be a pioneer in bringing the coolest new technology to the promotional products industry. By offering QR Codes and Microsoft Tags, we're making it easier for distributors to use technology to sell!"
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Trust in the Industry Built on Paranoia
A Commentary by Paul Kiewiet, MAS
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There's a famous old saying, "Fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice,
shame on me."
In the words of President G.W. Bush 42 "There's an old saying in Tennessee. I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee, that says: 'Fool me once...shame on...shame on you...if fooled, you can't get fooled again.") Trust. It's not something our industry is known for.
Recently, PPAI announced a new "Hosted Buyer" program where a distributor attendee could buy a Friday-only show floor pass for up to two customers.
The association may have done a poor job of announcing, explaining and creating a value proposition around a "sacred channel" issue and the interpretations of the initiative caused a strong to vehement negative reaction from the members and industry. The board quickly rescinded the decision and the program was canceled.
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