“Lonely” Can Mean “Costly” to Your Company One of our major goals is to make your sales process more effective, from using promotional items smartly to having your printing needs met more efficiently through print supply chain management.I often suggest one of our...
Featured: A Strong Foundation—and a Bright Future for Michigan-Based Businesses Sometimes I have trouble holding in my pride about our company and my home state of Michigan. My company, founded by my grandfather in 1924, offers unmatched experience, technologies, and...
Learn How to Be a Better Leader in 4 Simple Steps Our company is more than just a promo and print services provider. When my grandfather founded it nearly a century ago, the whole idea was to save people time in their workday, so they could be more productive and...
How to Be Happy at Work? Here Are 12 Ways. “Well, I hope you’re happy.” We’re used to hearing that with a dose of sarcasm, but I really mean it. I hope you’re happy at home and at work. Today, I wanted to take a little break from the print and promotion...
Custom Product Labels Increase Sales by Drawing in Customers Most of the time, I talk about how your business can increase efficiency, reduce costs and get more sales. Usually, I talk about technologies like online portals for sourcing and procurement of printing and...
MLive Highlights $5B in Contracts from MEDC and Pure Michigan Business Connect Matchmaking Summits Running a business presents many challenges, no matter where you are. Getting new clients and customers is never easy—but absolutely essential if the business is to...
Quiet Time Isn’t a Luxury – It’s a Valuable Tool In a post last week, I talked about the importance of “quiet times” in your day to help make you more creative and productive. An article in the Harvard Business Review laid out several scientific...
Quiet Your Mind and Your Environment for Success We all deal with constant “noise” in today’s world. Physical sounds are certainly part of it. A guy roars down your street on his modified-exhaust motorcycle, the constant backdrop of blaring televisions at every...
Spend Less, Get More in Printing and Promotional Items My grandfather started Superior Business Solutions in 1924. After almost 100 years in the print and promotional products business, we know a thing or two about staying ahead of the game. If you own or manage a...
Are Catalogs Dead as Sales Enablement Tools? Are catalogs dead? Some think that. And it may be true if your idea of a catalog is one of those six-inch-thick tomes that weighed a ton and did their best work raising you to the dinner table when you were 5. That kind of...
A Word from the Wise Can Help You Sell More Today I’d like to highlight one sales enablement tool that I think is under-appreciated: great advice. Specifically, let’s look at the words of those who have achieved great things in many fields. Ask anyone here at Superior...
QR Codes for Sales Enablement? Read (Don’t Scan) This Post. Last week, I published a post about QR codes, and how you can easily create a Google maps QR code for your business. It’s a simple way to help consumers locate your business or office with a simple...
QR Codes Are a Great Sales Enablement Tool for Your Business How many times have you heard that old “location, location, location” mantra? Well, one of the reasons for that is easy: it’s true! For a business, your location is critical. Finding you is a pretty...
Words from Winners to Help You Succeed In Business To me, inspirational quotes always mean a little more coming from people who have really achieved something. And the best quotes aren’t just about how to slap a puck through the goalie’s five hole, or fend off...
Disasters Happen – Disaster Recovery Relief Requires a Plan Last week, in my first post in this disaster recovery relief series, I focused on help “after the fact.” I listed government resources available to assist businesses after they have suffered...
Disaster Recovery Relief: A Natural Disaster Doesn’t Have to Be a Financial One for Your Business Today, I’d like to kick off a series on a very important topic: disaster recovery relief. DO you know how to help protect your business from the effects of a natural...
Sales Enablement Tools That Increase Success for Your Sales Team Sales don’t just happen because you are in the right place at the right time. They happen because smart sales managers and teams see a sale as the successful conclusion to a process, and the start to a...
Turning Consumer Trends into Sales Tips: Communities Contribute to Your Success Today, we offer the final installment in our series of sales tips based upon a report recently released by Sheryl Connelly, Global Consumer Trends and Futurist at Ford Motor Company. It...
Sales Tips: Dealing With Prospects’ Parenting and Life Challenges Welcome to the fifth installment in a series in which I am taking a closer look at the findings in a report recently released by Sheryl Connelly, Global Consumer Trends and Futurist at Ford Motor...
Turning Consumer Trends Into Sales Tips: Delivering the Change Consumers Want This is the fourth installment in my series based on a recent “trends” report released recently by Sheryl Connelly, Global Consumer Trends and Futurist at Ford Motor Company. I originally...
