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May 2008

NEWS : Advantages



May 2008

Features

 

2008 Compensation Survey: How Does Your Pay Stack Up?


Salespeople are wearing many hats these days – not only are they selling, but performing customer service, public relations, marketing and training solutions for their businesses too. Are you being paid accordingly? Advantages’ first-ever compensation survey reveals how your company’s payment plan measures up. – By Kenneth Hein Read Article...

Jump on the Brand Wagon


Clients who ask for branded items have an appetite for quality and are willing to pay for it.
– By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant Read Article...

Going Custom with Way-Cool Results


When nobody offers exactly the right product for your promotion, why not come up with something new? – By Tonia Cook Kimbrough Read Article...

Media Alert!


Do you have even a remote chance of channeling your creative energies into the television business? Do you hear nothing but static from radio prospects? Here’s how to turn up the volume, straight from salespeople who are tuned in. – By Shane Dale Read Article...

Product Showcase


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From the Editor

You’re a rock star.


I have so much to say about getting paid what you’re worth. I recall an e-mail that circulated awhile back about what women would earn in monetary terms if we calculated it based on the many hats we wear each and every day: maid, cook, nurse, teacher, psychologist, chauffer and providers of certain favors for our husbands, for which some governors apparently pay a lot.
– By Kathy Huston Read...

Columns

Out of the Box – Building brands is no ordinary feat
Play Nice
By Brian Greul

The Guest Room – A venue for various viewpoints
Web Site Reality Check
By Caroline Melberg


Departments

From The Field – A forum for readers rants and raves.
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What’s Your Story? – An introduction to interesting industry players. Read...

Problem Solved – Solutions from the sales front. Read...

Sell this Product – Strategies & tactics straight from suppliers. Read...

Promotional Pulse – Ideas, information and inspiration. Read...

How’d They Do That? – Promotional products don’t just make themselves. Read...

The Perfect Pitch – Make $11,800 with your client’s next promotion. Read...

Success Stories – Case histories designed to motivate salespeople and jump-start sales. Read...

Hot Dates CalendarAdvantages’ strategy-planning calendar, with the proactive salesperson in mind. Read...