Business Advice

Business disputes are inevitable when interacting regularly with customers, suppliers, vendors, staff and others. While routine disputes readily can be sorted out, some conflicts grow contentious and threaten serious harm to a business and ongoing stress and upset to all involved. Accusations and threats of litigation may be hurled, lawyers called, and communication — not to mention business — between ...

For those of you constantly frustrated by the complexities and nuances of getting the perfect art — you’re not alone.Too often, clients send art at the last possible moment, and when it arrives, it turns out to have raster images embedded in it. This, of course, means your supplier won’t have the vector-required files for printing. If you’re all too ...

In my business, I am constantly redefining myself, my services and my products to stay ahead of (or at least keep up with) the ever-changing industry of marketing. If I don't bring fresh ideas to my clients and contacts on an ongoing basis, someone else will. To stay at the forefront, I spend a significant amount of my time working ...

Summer officially begins in June, which means people everywhere are enrolling in local park programs and taking advantage of recreation areas for picnics, parties and a little pool time. Park and recreation departments across the country provide their communities with programming, services and facilities such as swimming pools, community centers, outdoor recreation spaces, tennis courts and more.Though summer is the ...

Hotels and resorts are in the business of pleasing. Promotional products — as gifts for our guests, employee appreciation and souvenirs — are a constant in this business. As long as we exist, we’ll be buying promotional products. To put this industry in perspective, consider that travelers in the United States spend an average of $1.9 billion per day — ...